Jeff Lehman is the 46th Mayor of the City of Barrie, having been re-elected to a third term in 2018 with 91% of the popular vote.  Mayor Lehman is the current Chair of Ontario’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus, representing Ontario’s 29 largest cities.  Mayor Lehman is also a founding director of Alectra, the second largest community-owned utility in North America, serving more than a million customers in southern Ontario. He holds a B.A. from Queen’s University, and a Master’s Degree with first class honours from the UK’s London School of Economics.  As an economist, he writes and speaks frequently on issues affecting Canada’s cities. In 2019, the prestigious US business magazine Fast Company named Lehman one of its top 100 Most Creative People in Business for his innovative solutions in government.  Mayor Lehman is a passionate believer in transforming urban economies through public and private entrepreneurship.