Yale Mayors College

Bringing together mayors from mid-sized to large cities across the U.S. with leading scholars in healthcare policy, urban sociology, and history, the Yale Mayors College is an intensive one-day, peer-driven roundtable, offering a highly interactive environment with case studies from participant and other leading global cities. Participants are joined by 150 global CEOs and policy figures for the linked Yale CEO Summit.

Yale Mayors College Features

Interdisciplinary expert interaction with scholars from Yale, Harvard, etc.
Customized curriculum focusing on current issues in participant cities.
Peer-driven, candid, off-the-record discussion of current leadership challenges.
Recent participants have included mayors of cities including: Rochester Hills, MI; Albuquerque, NM; Gresham, OR; Columbia, SC; Carmel, IN; Hartford, CT; Buffalo, NY; Tulsa, OK; West Sacramento, CA; Spokane, WA; Louisville, KY; New Haven, CT; Edina, MN; Stillwater, OK; Burnsville, MN; Stamford, CT; Brownsville, TX; Findlay, OH; New Bedford, MA; Pittsburgh, PA; Baltimore, MD; Knoxville, TN; Meriden, CT; Culver City, CA; Little Rock, AR; Anaheim, CA; Tacoma, WA; Madison, WI

Upcoming Yale Mayors College

Yale Mayors College
Washington, D.C. | March, 2026

Recent Yale Mayors Colleges

View recent programs:

2025

Yale Mayors College
The Strategic Opportunities and Challenges of Trump 2.0: Business Leadership Lessons from Trump 1.0.
Washington, DC | March 10-11, 2025

2024

Yale Mayors College
The Secondary Business Effects of the Primary Election Season: Lessons on Guiding Investor, Workforce, Customer, & Community Harmony
Washington, DC | March 5-6, 2024

2023

Yale Mayors College
If Mayors Ruled the World
Washington, DC | March 14-15, 2023

2022

Yale Mayors College
The World is Round: Thinking Global Acting Local or Thinking Local Acting Local?
The Yale Club of New York | June 7, 2022

2021

VIRTUAL Yale Mayors College
The Ins and Outs of Infrastructure: Getting from Here to There
ZOOM | June 3, 2021

2020

VIRTUAL Yale Mayors College
Economic Rejuvenation: Safely Bringing Communities out of Corona Caves
Executive Summary
ZOOM | June 3, 2020

2019

Yale Mayors College
Trumpeting the Issues without Becoming the Issues
Executive Summary
Yale Club New York | June 4, 2019

2018

Yale Mayors College
The American Colossus: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times?
Executive Summary
Yale Club New York | June 12, 2018

2017

Yale Mayors College
Fortifying or Forgetting Forecasting: Can We Ever Plan Accurately?
Executive Summary
New York Public Library | June 8, 2017

2016

Yale Mayors College
The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be: Delight and Despair over Disruption
Executive Summary
New York Public Library | June 7, 2016

2015

Yale Mayors College
Mayors as Entrepreneurs: Transforming City Hall
Executive Summary
New York Stock Exchange | June 2, 2015

2014

Yale Mayors College
Transforming with Transparency: Investing in Innovation amid Public Scrutiny
Executive Summary
New York Stock Exchange | June 3, 2014