Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation. He has also presided as Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service for almost eight years during which time the corporation has achieved record numbers of participants in service activities. He previously served two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, America's 12th largest city, where he earned a reputation as one of the country's leaders in public private partnerships, competition and privatization. As mayor, he conducted over 80 public private competitions resulting in over four hundred million dollars in savings and over 1 billion dollars in infrastructure including a transformation of downtown Indianapolis that has been held up as a national model. Goldsmith was the chief domestic policy advisor to the George W. Bush campaign in 2000 and Special Advisor to the President for faith-based and not-for-profit initiatives. His publications include the award-winning Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector; Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work through Grassroots Citizenship; and The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America.