Tuesday, March 31, Former Mayor of Indianapolis, Bart Peterson
Topic: Indianapolis’s Leadership in Education Reform
Bart Peterson was the nation’s first mayor to have authority to grant charters to charter schools. He granted charters to 17 new schools during his tenure. Since leaving the mayor’s office, he has chaired the Board of Directors of The Mind Trust, a leading education reform organization that has been a magnet for education entrepreneurs throughout the nation. Bart will discuss Indianapolis’s education reform journey over the last 15 years and the new directions in which it is moving.
Bart Peterson joined Eli Lilly and Company in June 2009. He is a member of the company’s executive committee. Peterson received a bachelor’s degree from Purdue university and earned his law degree at the University of Michigan in 1983.
