Mayor-elect Stephanie Terry today announced she was selected as one of the 29 newly-elected U.S. mayors to participate in the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University’s Program for New Mayors: First 100 Days.

Over the next five months, Mayor Terry will take part in world-class training offered by Harvard faculty, government innovation leaders from Bloomberg Philanthropies, urban innovation and management experts, and other mayors. Topics include how to set strategic citywide priorities, build effective city hall organizations, and deliver for residents. The program is delivered in collaboration with the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School.

“Effective mayors build strong city teams and robust citywide coalitions that move communities forward,” said Mayor-elect Terry. “I am proud to be selected to join this prestigious program and learn alongside other U.S. mayors and global experts as we work to strengthen the capabilities our city needs to lead and deliver on our most pressing challenges and opportunities.”

To kick off participation, the Mayor joined 29 other newly-elected U.S. mayors for a two-day immersive classroom experience at Harvard University. The mayors hail from 21 states and together represent 10.5 million residents nationwide.

As cities find themselves on the frontlines of addressing increasingly global challenges, the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard’s Program for New Mayors is designed to help the new mayors make the most of their roles. Participants gain strategic insight into how to strengthen critical leadership and management skills, build and lead teams to work across departments and sectors and build out their city hall organization in the first days and months of their administrations.

In addition to the core coursework and convenings with peers, the Program for New Mayors provides opportunities to share strategies with other mayors through the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard's vast mayoral leadership network and learn about interventions that are already working effectively in other cities to better resident lives.

The Program for New Mayors is offered by the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, home to a fast-growing global community committed to improving public management, leadership, and governance. Founded in 2021 with Bloomberg Philanthropies, which encompasses all the giving of Michael R. Bloomberg, the 108th mayor of New York City, the center’s cross-Harvard collaboration unites expertise focused on cities across disciplines and schools to produce research, train leaders, and develop resources for global use. The center is designed to have widespread impact on the future of cities, where more than half of the world’s people now live, by informing and inspiring local government leaders, scholars, students, and others who work to improve the lives of residents around the world. The Program for New Mayors builds on the longstanding tradition of a seminar for new mayors that originated at the Institute of Politics in 1975.

For more information and the full list of 30 new participating mayors, visit cityleadership.harvard.edu/program/program-for-new-mayors.