IOC Director Graham Wilson Announces 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors

2015 San Francisco — IOC Director Graham Wilson address the 2015 US Conference of Mayors in San Francisco

On Friday June 19th at the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Initiative on Cities (IOC) Director Graham Wilson took the stage in front of over 250 American Mayors and their staff to officially kick off the 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors. First conceived under the late IOC Co-Founder and former Mayor of Boston Tom Menino in 2014, the Menino Survey of Mayors stands as the only nationally representative look at the needs and priorities of America’s most dynamic political leaders.

USCM 2015 Graham and leadership — From left to right: Tom Cochran (CEO and Executive Director, USCM); Graham Wilson (Professor and Director, IOC); Robert Annibale (Global Director of Inclusive Finance and Community Development. Citi); and Mayor Kevin Johnson (Mayor, Sacramento, CA and President, USCM)

The 2015 Menino Survey research team will be conducting interviews with mayors throughout the summer. All answers and results are anonymous. The Survey’s Final Report will be released in January 2016 at the USCM Winter Meeting in Washington DC.

If you are interested in learning more about the Menino Survey or if you know a mayor who would like to participate, please contact Conor LeBlanc at the Initiative on Cities at conorleb@bu.edu or by phone at 617-358-8086.

The 2015 Menino Survey of Mayors is made possible by the sponsorship and support of:

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