Mr. Smith Goes To Harvard > Joins Class of Resident Fellows for Fall Semester

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Ivy League Harvard University invites ex-mayor

It's not that movie or that place - it's former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, who will join the Institute of Politics fall class of resident and visiting fellows in September in Cambridge, Massachusetts which include Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and longtime CNN anchor Candy A. Crowley, to host study groups and office hours for students.Other fellows include: former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Brent Colburn,  former Republican National Committee communications director Doug Heye, and former South African opposition leader Lindiwe Mazibuko.
( a lot of "formers' in the group who might get a boost interacting with the resources, people and opportunities at JFK School of Government @ Harvard University]
 

Institute of Politics Names Six Fall Resident Fellows

To read full announcement please hit this link > Harvard Crimson Announcement

Eric R. Andersen, the director of the IOP’s fellows and study groups program, said that while the topics of the study groups are still under development, they would draw from the fellows’ practical and professional expertise. Smith, for instance, will likely focus on leadership and government innovation at the local level - skills he exercised  leading the waymaking for a  transition to The New Urban Downtown Mesa.
 

Groundbreaking for Encore On First

Here's Mayor Scott Smith, in an image from the City of Mesa Newsroom in 2012, at the first privately-financed housing in downtown Mesa  in 30 years proving that governments and private sectors work hand-in-hand to deliver beneficial outcomes.
His H.E.A.T. initiatives from three years ago has incubated, delivering more results all over the new urban downtown Mesa at the present time. Valley Metro Light Rail Central Mesa Extension was started on his watch . 
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately with this opportunity @ Harvard)  he lost his political gamble to get elected as Arizona governor. Maybe he'll come back home and reclaim the office he performed so well in before . . .

Institute of Politics fellows develop and lead weekly study groups, participate in dinners, seminars, and other events at the university, and mentor students. The fellowship can serve as a pivot point in the careers of people in the political realm.

 “We’re going to focus on government that works,” said Smith, who is also a former president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. “In today’s world, we see gridlock, we see overall dissatisfaction with government, except at the city level—mayors are getting things done, and that’s unfortunately sort of unique in today’s world.”
 

[Let's not get carried away, Mr. Smith - some mayors are getting things down]
 

Veritas/Truth = Light

Smith also said he hoped to share with students his unique perspective as someone who entered the political sphere later in life, given his career as an accountant and real estate home-builder before serving as a mayor.