What City Hall can learn from a fiscal turnaround
Susana Mendoza on public trust, financial discipline, and leading through technological change.
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Susana Mendoza
Illinois State Comptroller, Office of the Illinois Comptroller
Brings deep expertise in government fiscal management, public-sector data transparency, and technology-driven governance—having led Illinois back from the nation's worst fiscal crisis.
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Chicago's Next Mayor? Susana Mendoza on Fiscal Crises, AI, and Why City Hall Needs a Builder
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza inherited a $16.7 billion bill backlog, a near-junk credit rating, and a rainy-day fund with $48,000. Nine years later: ten credit upgrades and a payment cycle cut from 210 days to 13. She joins AI in Chicago to discuss what fiscal-crisis management teaches us about the AI transition ahead.
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