IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC -- Newly elected mayors of big cities across the country will gather at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government this week for a three-day seminar on leadership in an era of new challenges for America’s elected officials and cities. An opening press conference on Wednesday, November 14 at 2:30 p.m. will feature the 16 participating newly elected mayors, as well as five current big city mayors. WHAT: WHEN: WHO: New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial Denver Mayor Wellington Webb Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson Knoxville Mayor Victor Ashe Mayor-elect of Seattle Greg Nickels Mayor-elect of Cleveland Jane Campbell Mayor-elect of Minneapolis R.T. Rybak Mayor-elect of Toledo Jack Ford Mayor-elect of St. Paul Rand Kelly Mayor-elect of Tacoma Bill Baarsma Mayor-elect of Worcester Tim Murray Mayor-elect of Chattanooga Bob Corker Mayor-elect of Hartford Eddie Perez Mayor-elect of Cedar Rapids Paul Pate Mayor-elect of Norwalk, Conn. Alex Knopp Mayor-elect of Richmond, Cal. Irma Anderson Mayor-elect of Santa Barbara, Cal. Marty Blum Mayor-elect of Westland, Mich. Sandra Cicirelli Mayor-elect of Lawrence, Mass. Michael Sullivan Mayor-elect of Quincy, Mass. William Phelan WHERE: Please note that still and video cameras will be permitted to shoot during the first five minutes of the opening class, which is scheduled to begin immediately after this press conference. Also on Wednesday, the mayors of New Orleans, Boston, Denver, and Tulsa, will discuss "When Global Crisis Demands Local Leadership." This forum is open to the public and will be followed by a question-and-answer period. WHO: New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial Denver Mayor Wellington Webb Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage Moderator: David Gergen WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: The training for new mayors has taken place every other year since 1973 under the auspices of Harvard’s Institute of Politics and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are about 1,100 such cities in the country today. For more information visit our website at www.usmayors.org.
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