Venue
Hyatt Regency Dallas
Hyatt Regency Dallas, 300 Reunion Blvd, Dallas, TX 75207, USA

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Event Date Mon Mar 6 CST - Wed Mar 8 CST (almost 2 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Mar 6 1:00am - Wed Mar 8 1:00am
Location Hyatt Regency Dallas
300 Reunion Blvd, Dallas, TX 75207, USA
Region Americas
Details

This event is is one of the largest gatherings of government and development professionals in the country.

More than 1,000 senior representatives from public agencies, airports, higher education institutions, local economic development organizations and leading firms in the global construction, development and financial markets will gather in this event.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

MODERATORS:

Mary Scott Nabers
President/CEO, Strategic Partnerships, Inc.

Tim Treharne
Principal, Advisory Services, Arup

Marshall Macomber
Senior Policy Advisor, Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure (AIAI)

Kristy David
Senior Vice President, Clean Energy and Infrastructure, JLL

Michael Crase
Vice President, Public-Private Partnerships, Gilbane Development Company

Christine Ryan
Partner, Nossaman LLP

Thomas John
Partner, Ice Miller LLP

Jonathan Taunton
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Natriece Bryant
Public Private Partnership Director, Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration

Henry Patel
Vice President, Asset Development, Kiewit

Jack Callahan
Partner and Construction Industry Practice Leader, CohnReznick

Rodney Moss
Senior Vice President, Hunt/Amber

Angela Berry Roberson
Principal Consultant, Civil Rights Advisory Services and Compliance, WSP

Deborah Brown
VP, Director Alternative Delivery Advisory Services, WSP

Tom Budescu
Senior Vice President, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC

Joshua Schank
Managing Principal, InfraStrategies

Dr. Rick Fernandez
Director of K-12, Anser Advisory

Jennifer Bales Drake
Shareholder and Vice Chair, Public Private Partnerships Practice Group, Becker & Poliakoff

Jim Ziglar
Principal, Rebel Group

Tad Guleserian
Managing Director, CRC Companies

Lindsay Stowell
Executive Vice President, JLL

Seth Miller Gabriel
Director, P3 Co-Lead, BDO

Ed Crooks
Senior Vice President, HNTB

Jason Green
Co-Founder, Skillsmart

Chris Shaeffer
Senior Program Manager, RS&H

Jonathan Turner
Partner, Ashurst

Karol Denniston
Global Projects Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Sallye Perrin
Senior Vice President, WSP

Steve DeWitt
Senior VP Business Development, ACS Infrastructure

PANELISTS:

Jay Brown
Chairman and Managing Director, Hayat Brown

Adam Giuliano
Partner, Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell

Tom Kness
Vice President, Public-Private Partnerships, Anser Advisory

Michael Discenza
CFO, Transurban

Adam Hesketh
Chief Financial Officer, SH 130 Concession Company

Sia Kusha
Senior Vice President, Group Head Business Development & Partnering, Plenary Americas

Umer Yaqub
Director, P3 Co-Lead, BDO

Andres Carvallo
Co-Director CIEDAR, Texas State University

Thomas Mulvihill
Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Matthew Neuringer
Partner, Orrick

Maggie Weber
Director of Strategic Planning, Port of San Diego

Emily Barron
Assistant City Manager, City of Pflugerville

Daughan Pitts
Director, Hayat Brown

Jeff Nydegger
Shareholder, Winstead

Prakash Ganesh
Managing Director, KPMG

John Hibbard
Director of Operations, Georgia DOT

Tony Elkins
Vice President, Meridiam

Jeff Reiman
President, Broadband Group

Adam Sheets
Alternative Project Delivery Group Lead, Garver USA

Alex Burlingame
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Samuel Franco
Founder, InfraVest

Michael Kerrigan
Principal, Delgany Advisory

Branden Kiely
Vice President, The Concourse Group

Robert Anderson
Director, KPMG

Seth Christ
Chief Technical Officer, Francis Energy

Haggai Dror
Vice President Business & Strategy, S&B USA

Mark Nestlen
VP Business Development, Green Power Motor

Colin Peppard
Associate Vice President – Advisory Services, HNTB

Jenifer Boss
Senior Director, Hayat Brown

Anne Gatling Haynes
Chief Transactions Officer, Austin Economic Development Corporation

Ryan Losch
Associate Principal/Urban Designer, Page

Jeremy Striffler
Director of Real Estate, Austin Independent School District

David Bird
VP - Project Finance & Development, Garney Construction

James Eklund
Member, Sherman and Howard

Michael Irlbeck
Director of Business Development, EPCOR USA Inc.

Tom Rousakis
US Transactions Infrastructure Leader, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC

Ricardo Bosch
Head of Business Development North America, Cintra

Marcus Coronado
Senior Project Manager, Garver USA

Matt McCleary
Associate Vice President, WT Partnership

Suhrita Sen
Founder and Principal, Infrastructure Advisors LLC

Caryn Maxfield
Senior Vice President, American Global

Jeremy Ebie
Founder & CEO, Phoenix Infrastructure Group

Shawn Matlock
Director, Capital Programs, Prince George’s County Public Schools

Brandey McDonald
Project Director, Infrastructure Asset Management, Fengate

Sarah Wu
Managing Director, American Triple I

Dr. Morteza Farajian
Executive Director, U.S. Department of Transportation, Build America Bureau

Nicholas Farber
Director, Colorado Transportation Investment Office

Edwin E. González Montalvo
Executive Director, Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority

Marc Mastronardi
Deputy Chief Engineer & Director of Construction, Georgia DOT

Sarah Christian
Shareholder, Winstead

Rob Guthrie
Chief Development Officer, Bernhard

Brian Renehan
Senior Vice President, WSP

Jose Bustamante
Vice President - T&I National Business Development, STV

Danielle Kochman
Mobility Planning Manager, SANDAG

Jacob Vallo
Sr. Director of Transit Oriented Development and Real Estate, MARTA

Cheryl Aquadro
K-12 Vertical Market Director, Johnson Controls

Juan Carlos de la Concha
Director, Marhnos

Mark Moore
Business Development Director, Invesis

Matt Bezanson
Program Controls Manager, Garver USA

Sana Dadabhoy
Manager, BDO

Greg Kitscha
Managing Director, John Laing

Bruno Welt
Vice President, Ellis Don

Frederic Brassard
President, Alma Global Infrastructure

Fermin Fontanes
Executive Director, Puerto Rico P3 Authority

Wayne Johnson
Key Segment Manager, Education, Duke Energy

Lucian Niemeyer
UCAN Power

Wendell Wakeham
Business Development, Engie

Mike Foley
Senior Alternative Project Delivery Consultant, WSP

Amir Nayeri
Deputy Director, Business Development, Meridiam

Jorge Roberts
CEO, AVPORTS

Nancy Bush
Chief Operating Officer, Clackamas County

Jensen Clarke
Director, Head of P3 Business Development, Fengate

Jose Davila
Vice President, P3 Advisory, WT Partnership

Rick Sapir
Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

William Gorham
Vice President, Business Development and Partnering, Plenary Americas

Jerimi Henry
Vice President, Hunt/Amber

Zach Tronti
Development Director, Gilbane Development Company

Darin Early
Managing Principal, Shoreland Bay, Inc.

Jason Washington
Director, Office of Alternative Infrastructure Planning and Development, Prince George’s County Public Schools

Corey Boock
Partner, Nossaman LLP

Roddy Devlin
Nixon Peabody

Talia Lake
Senior Associate, Milbank

Lee Weintraub
Shareholder, Becker

David Spector
Director - Infrastructure Advisory, KPMG

Joe Wingerter
Vice President Project Development, Kiewit

Jon Godsmark
Senior Managing Director, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC

Michael Bonini
Director, Commonwealth of Pennslyvania

Sam Headon
Managing Director of Business Development, Shikun Binui

Young Lee
Partner, Orrick

Benjamin Wisniewski
Senior Project Manager, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

Frieder Aldinger
Vice President, Plenary Americas

Scott Mucci
Project Executive, Gilbane

Remo Rea
Managing Director, Johnson Controls

Brian Traylor
Director - Amtrak Major Stations Planning and Development, Amtrak

Claudio Andreetta
Director, Business Development, Johnson Controls

Dan Dennis
Vice President/O&M Advisor, Stadia Technical Advisors

Fernando Herrera
Investment Director, Meridiam

Michael Lexton
Managing Director and Head of Transportation and P3, UBS

Jim Lew
Managing Director, Jacobs

Chris Livingstone
Managing Director, CohnReznick

Mary Francoeur
Managing Director, PFM

Chris Good
Vice President, RBC Capital Markets

Mark Jennings
Executive Vice President, Balfour Beatty Investments

Jeff Lack
Director, Fitch Ratings

Mayor Steve Benjamin
Former Mayor Columbia, South Carolina and Former President, U.S. Conference of Mayors 2018-2019

Odie Donald
Chief of Staff, City of Atlanta

Mayor Quinton Lucas
Kansas City, Missouri

Mayor Vi Lyles
City of Charlotte, NC

PRESENTERS:

Julian Anderson
President, Rider Levett Bucknall

Michael Schneider
Managing Principal, InfraStrategies

Josh Cohen
Executive Director, Center for Transportation Excellence

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PROGRAM PARTNER:
• AIAI

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• John Laing

ELEVATOR WRAP SPONSOR:
• ACS INFRA

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Ferrovial Cintra

LOUNGE SPONSOR:
• ANSARADA

MOBILE APP SPONSOR:
• Transurban

WIFI SPONSOR:
• FENGATE

SNACK SPONSORS:
• Greystar
• Globalvia
• WT

HOTEL KEY CARD SPONSOR:
• Plenary

COFFEE BREAK SPONSORS:
• Black and Veatch
• BDO
• Deloitte
• EY
• Gilbane
• HNTB
• JLL
• KPMG

LUNCH SPONSORS:
• Husch Blackwell
• WSP

CHARGE UP SPONSOR:
• Swinerton

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Ballard Spahr
• CFP3
• CohnReznick
• Edgemoor
• Fitch Ratings
• Goldman Sachs
• Hayat Brown
• Honeywell
• Ice Miller
• Invesis
• Nossaman
• RS&H
• KeyBanc Capital Markets
• Strategic Partnerships
• Tikehau Star Infra
• Squire Patton Boggs