The Training for Newly Elected Officials is held each winter and has reached over 55 elected officials in the past three years at both the municipal and state level. The 2001 and 2003 trainings were for municipal officials and covered topics such as planning, education, finance, and transportation. Municipal officials were able to discuss public policy issues with experts such as Gina McCarthy of the Office of Commonwealth Development, Eleanor White of Housing Partners, Inc.and Richard Weissbourd of the Graduate School of Education.

List of Past Topics and Presenters

2001 Agenda and Presenters

What Your Town Manager/Administrator Wants You to Know
Mel Kleckner, Town Administrator, Town of Belmont

Municipal Finance
Shelley Kilday, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Environmental Issues in the Boston Region
Aaron Toffler, Urban Ecology Institute at Boston College

Transportation
David Luberoff, Taubman Center for State and Local Government

Planning/Zoning/Housing
Charlie Euchner, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

2002 Agenda and Presenters

More Than Shelter: Housing the People of Massachusetts
Bill Apgar, Senior Scholar, Joint Center for Housing Studies, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Charles Euchner, Executive Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Aligning Resources and Needs: Budget Challenges Facing the State
Mike Widmer, President, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
Representative John Rogers, Chairman, Ways and Means Committee

Innovations in American Government
Stephen Goldsmith, Faculty Director, Innovations in American Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Elaine Kamarch, Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government

2003 Agenda and Presenters

Panel Discussion on Governance, Finance and Education
Dr. Victor DeSantis, Bridgewater State College
Mr. James Segel, Principal, Smith, Segel and Sowalsky and former president of the Massachusetts Municipal Association
Professor Linda Kaboolian, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mr. Richard Weissbourd, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Working Lunch and Panel Discussion on the Built Environment (transportation, housing and the environment)

Mr. Terrance Regan, The Planners Collaborative
Ms. Regina McCarthy, Chief of Operations, Office of Commonwealth Development and former Undersecretary for Policy, Executive Office for Environmental Affairs
Ms. Eleanor White, President, Housing Partners Inc.