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Participant List YALE Mayors College David P. Abney Chairman & Chief Executive Officer UPS Bryan K. Barnett Mayor Rochester Hills, Michigan Richard J. Berry Mayor (2009-2017) Albuquerque, New Mexico Arvind Bhambri Professor, Marshall School of Business University of Southern California Jim Brainard Mayor Carmel, Indiana Luke A. Bronin Mayor Hartford, Connecticut Byron W. Brown Mayor Buffalo, New York LaToya Cantrell Mayor New Orleans, Louisiana Steve Case Co-Founder, America Online (AOL) Chairman & CEO, Revolution David A. Condon Mayor Spokane, Washington Ray Dalio Founder Bridgewater Associates Ed DiSanto EVP, CAO & General Counsel American Tower Corporation Vanessa Esparza Senior Vice President, Human Capital Gladstone Place Partners John C. Farnam Deputy Disruptor Morgridge Family Foundation Greg Fischer Mayor Louisville, Kentucky Joseph P. Ganim Mayor Bridgeport, Connecticut Becca Gould Senior Vice President American Tower Corporation Toni Harp Mayor New Haven, Connecticut James B. Hovland Mayor Edina, Minnesota Will Joyce Mayor Stillwater, Oklahoma Richard L. Kauffman Chair, Energy Research & Develop. Authority New York State Ed Knapp Chief Technology Officer American Tower Corporation Benn R. Konsynski Professor, Goizueta Business School Emory University Laura Lane President, Global Public Affairs UPS Harry LaRosiliere Mayor Plano, Texas Lauren Love-Wright VP, Network Partnerships Development Verizon Tim Mahoney Mayor Fargo, North Dakota Dee Margo Mayor El Paso, Texas David R. Martin Mayor Stamford, Connecticut Tony Martinez Mayor Brownsville, Texas D. Quinn Mills Professor Emeritus Harvard Business School YALE Mayors College Jon Mitchell Mayor New Bedford, Massachusetts Carrie Morgridge Chief Disruptor Morgridge Family Foundation Christina Muryn Mayor Findlay, Ohio Lauren Odell Partner & COO Gladstone Place Partners John R. O’Donnell Managing Partner MMO Partners Kyriakos P. Pagonis Vice President MMO Partners W. Douglas Parker Chairman & Chief Executive Officer American Airlines Group Bill Peduto Mayor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Adrian Perkins Mayor Shreveport, Louisiana Douglas W. Rae Professor of Management YALE School of Management Preston Read Senior Director for External Affairs Verizon Smart Communities Courtland Reichman Managing Partner Reichman Jorgensen Rachel Reilly Director of Impact Strategy Economic Innovation Group Madeline Rogero Mayor Knoxville, Tennessee Kevin Scarpati Mayor Meriden, Connecticut Libby Schaaf Mayor Oakland, California Tom Schwedhelm Mayor Santa Rosa, California Christopher Shays Member of Congress (1987-2009) State of Connecticut Tom Simplot Senior Advisor National Endowment for the Arts Thomas Small Mayor Culver City, California Paul Soglin Mayor Madison, Wisconsin Levar Stoney Mayor Richmond, Virginia Joe Straus Speaker (2009-2019) Texas House of Representatives Jim Strickland Mayor Memphis, Tennessee Tom Tait Mayor (2010-2018) Anaheim, California Lynn Taliento Founder & Sr. Advisor, Philanthropy Practice McKinsey & Company Beth Van Duyne Mayor (2011-2017) Irving, Texas Alan Webber Mayor Santa Fe, New Mexico Jeff Williams Mayor Arlington, Texas Steve Williams Mayor Huntington, West Virginia Victoria Woodards Mayor Tacoma, Washington.
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