| Notes |
The What Works Cities Certification Standard was developed by a team of experts in close consultation with the What Works Cities Standard Committee. The Committee is comprised of leaders in the field including: Beth Blauer, Executive Director of the Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University; William Eggers, Executive Director of Deloitte’s Center for Government Insights; Stephen Goldsmith, Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government; Mark Headd, Innovation Specialist at 18F; Simone Brody, Executive Director of What Works Cities at Results for America; Elspeth Kirkman, Senior Vice President at the Behavioral Insights Team; Neil Kleiman, Director of NYU Wagner Innovation Labs at New York University; Myung Lee, Executive Director of Cities of Service; Jeffrey Liebman, Director of the Government Performance Lab at Harvard Kennedy School; Christy McFarland, Director of Research at the National League of Cities; Tara McGuinness, Senior Fellow of Cities and Innovation at New America; Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, David N. Dinkins Professor in Urban and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Homeland Security Advisory Council; Jennifer Pahlka, Founder and Executive Director of Code for America; Stephanie Sykes, Executive Director of African American Mayors Association; and John Wonderlich, Executive Director of the Sunlight Foundation. |