Greg Fischer is currently in his second term as Louisville’s 50th Mayor. His administration is focused on three top goals: creating good-paying jobs, improving education at all levels, and making Louisville an even more compassionate city. Mayor Fischer is a trustee for the U.S. Conference of Mayors and is past chair of the Conference's Metro Economies Committee, which addresses economic problems facing the nation’s cities and their citizens. He is also an entrepreneur who started several businesses, including SerVend International and Iceberg Ventures, a private investment firm. He was named a 2013 “Public Official of the Year” by Governing Magazine, the only U.S. mayor to earn the distinction. Mayor Fischer received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University.