Please join the Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership (P3) Policy at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government on April 19, 2022, for its P3 Spring Forum. The forum aims to engage with industry leaders and the academic community to discuss pressing issues surrounding P3s for highways, transit, and the future of mobility.
Register for this free event while tickets last. You can do so at: P3CenterAnnualForum.eventbrite.com
The Forum will include three panels and a keynote during a catered lunch. Doors will open at 9:30 am, and the program will run from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
To stay up to date with this and future events, be sure to join the Center’s distribution list. You can do so by sending an email to p3policy@gmu.edu.
Forum Agenda
(speakers subject to change)
9:30 am: Doors Open (in-person registration available as space permits)
10:00 am: Introductory Remarks
Remarks provided by Dr. Jonathan Gifford, Professor, and P3 Center Director
10:10 am: Panel 1—DC Streetlight P3 Contract
Jonathan Willingham, Chief of Staff to D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh [Ward 3]
Kathryn Roos, Deputy Chief Operations Officer, District Department
of Transportation
Sia Kusha, Senior Vice President, Group Head Business Development &
Partnering, Plenary Americas
Ryan Pedraza, Legal Advisor, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Moderated by Prakesh Ganesh, Managing Director, KPMG
11:15 am: Panel 2—Regressive P3s? Progress & Prospects for the Progressive Model
Henry Patel, Vice President, Kiewit
DJ Gribbin, Founder, Madrus, LLC
Moderated by Colin Peppard, Director of Infrastructure Investments, Fengate
12:30 pm: Lunch* Keynotes
Anna Bonet, C.E.O., Elizabeth River Crossings (Abertis)
Thomas Sherman, Deputy Director, Office of Public-Private Partnerships, Virginia
Department of Transportation
* Catered box options will include vegetable hummus wrap, turkey
club sandwich, or garden salad boxed lunches
1:45 pm: Panel 3: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a conversation
facilitated by Young Professionals in Infrastructure (YPI)
Steve Dewitt, Senior Vice President for Business Development, ACS Infrastructure
Development
Sallye Perrin, Senior Vice President, WSP
Geoff Segal, Senior Vice President for Government Relations, Macquarie Group
Moderator to be announced
3:00 pm: Event Concludes
For more information, contact: Andy Blevins, Program Manager, at ablevin4@gmu.edu.
