From WTTW August 29, 2019 Alexandra Silets L-R: Harris Public Policy Center for Municipal Finance Executive Director Michael Belsky AM'84, Carol Spain MPP'10, Sylvia Puente AM'90 Harris Public Policy alumni Carol Spain MPP'10, Michael Belsky AM'83, and Sylvia Puente AM'90 were featured in a WTTW panel discussing Lori Lightfoot's 'State of the City' address. Michael Belsky, a former mayor of Highland Park, is the executive director of the Center for Municipal Finance at Harris, and Sylvia Puente is the executive director of the advocacy group Latino Policy Forum, which encourages Latino involvement in public decision making. Carol Spain is a board member of the Government Finance Research Center and the Chicago Municipal Analysts Society; she is a director at S&P Global Ratings in the U.S. public finance area. Full coverage available at WTTW. Upcoming Events More events Get to Know Harris! Appointment with MSCAPP Assistant Program Director William Smith Mon., September 08, 2025 | 11:00 AM University of Chicago Office Of Federal Relations 1730 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 275 Washington, DC 20006 United States Harris Social Impact Fellowship: Program Roundtable with Faculty Director Austin Wright Mon., September 08, 2025 | 5:00 PM Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Thu., September 11, 2025 | 8:30 AM
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