The task forces will be Wage Growth, Fiscal Control and Government Innovation, according to a City of Bloomington press release.
The Wage Growth task force will examine what the most successful cities in America are doing to build strong and sustainable economies, what resources exist in Bloomington that can be coordinated to improve the economy and what steps “key local players” can take to do so, according to the release.
This task force will receive support from the City of Bloomington Director of Economic and Sustainable Development and is expected to report their progress in about a year.
The Fiscal Control task force will review fiscal operations in Bloomington and decide if they are working well and if there are ways to improve their efficiency.
They will receive support from the City of Bloomington Controller and Corporation Counsel and are expected to update progress in three months.
The Government Innovation task force will have six months to report progress and is expected to review current local government operations and government policies of successful cities in America and to discuss steps Bloomington could take to replicate said policies. The Office of the Mayor and the Information Technology Department will be providing them with support.
“We are bringing together a smart, experienced and creative group of residents to address important problems in our community with these task forces,” Hamilton said in the release. “I look forward with genuine excitement to see what these groups of bright people tell us. This input will inform the way we look at our city going forward.”
Alexa Chryssovergis
The task force members are as follows:
Wage Growth
David Audretsch: Distinguished Professor, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, SPEA
Jerry Conover: Director, Indiana Business Research Center of Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Lynn Coyne: President and CEO, Bloomington Economic Development Corporation
John Fernandez: U.S. Chief Innovation Officer and Partner, Dentons, and Bloomington Mayor 1995-2002
Jane Martin: Cofounder, Spring Mill Venture Partners William Morris Attorney with Indiana Legal Services, expertise in housing, employment law and social justice initiatives
Tina Peterson: President and CEO, Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County
Ron Walker: Vice President, Commercial Real Estate, CFC Properties
Fiscal Control
Mike Claytor: Past Partner, Crowe Horwath
Tedd Green: President, Cook Pharmica
MaryFrances McCourt: (invited, pending agreement), Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Indiana University
Government Innovation
Daniel Bingham: Software developer, writer, sustainability advocate and economic democracy activist
Alex Crowley: Managing Director, Excello Solutions
Christian Freitag: Attorney and Director, Sycamore Land Trust
Kathy Gutowsky: Expertise in information architecture, communications, technology solutions
Darryl Neher: Senior Lecturer, Indiana University Kelley School of Business, and former Bloomington City Council member
Mike Trotzke: Cofounder, Managing Member, Sprout Box Three additional members will be recruited from front line City of Bloomington employees.
