Terrance Smith

Terrance is a Public Innovation Fellow at the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins and former Innovation Director of the City of Mobile, Alabama. He is the founding director of the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Initiatives and serves on the Leadership Alabama Commission on Race and Equity. Terrance’s work reducing blighted properties in Mobile by 53 percent has been recognized by Fast Company, and he has been named one of Mobile Bay Magazine’s Top Forty Under Forty and one of six “CityLab Innovators to Watch” by Bloomberg Cities. Terrance is committed to fostering community growth through mentoring local youth, serving on multiple boards, and building relationships with local, national, and global leaders. As a Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow, he will lead research to help public innovation leaders worldwide better capture emerging opportunities that advance equity and improve quality of life. Terrance lives by the motto, “Make Mistakes, Make Improvements, Never Make Excuses!”