Mitchell Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He created the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship. He is faculty chair of the first year of the MBA program, where he taught The Entrepreneurial Manager. Prior to joining HBS, Mitch was Chief of Staff and a partner to Boston’s mayor, Thomas Menino. He is the author of We the Possibility and the Chief of Stuff newsletter on AI. Mitch was named one of the 100 most influential academics in government.