Stephen Goldsmith, Professor of The Practice of Public Management, is a management consultant with Lockheed Martin IMS and a Special Advisor to President George W. Bush on faith-based and not-for-profit initiatives. He currently serves as Faculty Director of the  Innovations in American Government Program, an Awards Competition of the Ford Foundation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Building on a rigorous, four-stage evaluation process, the Program confers broad public recognition on innovative government programs nationwide.

While serving two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, Steve earned a national reputation for innovations in government. As Mayor of America's 12^th largest city, he reduced government spending, cut the city's bureaucracy, held the line on taxes, eliminated counter-productive regulations, and identified more than $400 million in savings. He reinvested the savings by putting more police officers on the street and implementing a $1.3 billion infrastructure improvement program called "Building Better Neighborhoods." Indianapolis enjoyed record-breaking job creation and set a record pace for new construction under his leadership. Prior to his two terms as Mayor he was Marion County District Attorney for 13 years. Steve is also a Special Advisor to President Bush on faith-based and not-for-profit initiatives and served as chief domestic policy advisor to the Bush campaign. Currently he serves as a management consultant for Lockheed Martin IMS and as Chairman of the Corporation for National Service. 

In 1995 Stephen Goldsmith was recognized by Governing Magazine as the Public Official of the Year. He is also a recipient of the Innovations in American Government Award from the Ford Foundation, a President's Award from the Council for Urban Economic Development, The Free Congress Foundation's Governance Award and a Distinguished Leadership Award from the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships.

He is a past Research Fellow in Criminal Justice & Management at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and Adjunct Fellow of the Manhattan Institute. Stephen Goldsmith has also been an Assistant Professor at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

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