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 1, 2027
Recent Yale Mayors Colleges
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2026
Don't Let the Midterm Elections Divert Your Strategic Directions
Washington, D.C. | March 9, 2026
2025
The Strategic Opportunities and Challenges of Trump 2.0: Business Leadership Lessons from Trump 1.0.
Washington, DC | March 10-11, 2025
2024
The Secondary Business Effects of the Primary Election Season: Lessons on Guiding Investor, Workforce, Customer, & Community Harmony
Washington, DC | March 5-6, 2024
2023
If Mayors Ruled the World
Washington, DC | March 14-15, 2023
2022
The World is Round: Thinking Global Acting Local or Thinking Local Acting Local?
The Yale Club of New York | June 7, 2022
2021
The Ins and Outs of Infrastructure: Getting from Here to There
Virtual | June 3, 2021
2020
Economic Rejuvenation: Safely Bringing Communities out of Corona Caves
Executive Summary
Virtual | June 3, 2020
2019
Trumpeting the Issues without Becoming the Issues
Executive Summary
Yale Club New York | June 4, 2019
2018
The American Colossus: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times?
Executive Summary
Yale Club New York | June 12, 2018
2017
Fortifying or Forgetting Forecasting: Can We Ever Plan Accurately?
Executive Summary
New York Public Library | June 8, 2017
2016
The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be: Delight and Despair over Disruption
Executive Summary
New York Public Library | June 7, 2016
2015
Mayors as Entrepreneurs: Transforming City Hall
Executive Summary
New York Stock Exchange | June 2, 2015
2014
Transforming with Transparency: Investing in Innovation amid Public Scrutiny
Executive Summary
New York Stock Exchange | June 3, 2014