Betsy Hodges

Betsy Hodges was the 47th mayor of Minneapolis. Mayor Hodges currently serves as an advisor to cities, mayors, and the non-profit and private sectors about how to support progressive policy and improve equitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color. She is a Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Fellowship for Racial Equity (AFRE), Rodel Fellowship, and the Othering and Belonging Institute at the University of California-Berkeley and was a Residential Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. She is a Senior Advisor to the Mayors Innovation Project; on the Board of Directors for the National Black MBA Association and the Center for Good Food Purchasing; on the Elders Council for Race Forward; and on the Board of Advisors for the African American Mayors Association, the MIT Policy Review Journal, and the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music. She has written about politics and race for the New York Times, CNN, USAToday, American Prospect, the Huffington Post, and others. She and her husband Gary Cunningham live in Silver Spring, MD.