Author: aschapp1

November 2015

Nicolas Rubio, U.S. President of Cintra, was the most recent P3 leader to join students for a Professional Insights session at the Center. Participants enjoyed a rare opportunity to explore in casual dinner conversation the lessons learned in this leading transportation executive’s involvement with more than 150 private infrastructure projects spanning 30+ countries.

Under his oversight, Cintra is engaged in more than $9 billion in infrastructure projects in the U.S., including SH 130 in Central Texas; North Tarrant Express, LBJ Expressway and I-35W in Dallas-Fort Worth; the Chicago Skyway and the I-77 managed lanes project in North Carolina.  Rubio, who serves on the Center’s Advisory Board, is also on the Steering Committee of Stanford University’s P3 Financial Literacy in the Public Sector Program.  He was a keynote panelist at the 2014 US Treasury/USDOT Transportation Investment Summit which was part of the Move America Forward Presidential initiative.

Rubio also serves on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure, the leading private infrastructure developer’s association in America, and was lauded for his entrepreneurial leadership in the arena by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association as well.

After the Professional Insight session, Rubio went on to provide a guest lecture in Professor Gifford’s P3 Policy class.

Click to see Rubio’s presentation, entitled Public-Private Partnerships, Rationale and Motivation.

Jack Basso, of Parsons Brinckerhoff and Peter J. Basso and Associates, shared a long history of experience and observations with Center students at a November 11 Professional Insights Series event.

Mr. Basso, who specializes in transportation funding and financing and supports clients on a variety of other transportation issues, previously served as AASHTO’s Chief Operating Officer and Business Development Director, USDOT’s Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, and USDOT’s Chief Financial Officer, among other positions in his 36 years of service in the field.

In relaxed conversation over pizza and refreshments, students had the opportunity to learn from one of the industry’s key figures about the challenges and rewards of leadership in the transportation arena.

The Center partnered with the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission to host a P3s and Transit Roundtable at the University’s Founders Hall on November 4. P3 leaders, Mike Schneider, Senior Vice President and Director, Strategic Consulting, HDR, Inc., and Doug Koelemay, Director, Virginia Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships (OTP3), were the featured speakers. A diverse audience represented the Federal Transit Administration, State and local governments, regional transit agencies, economic development organizations, and academia, joining in lively discussion about how Northern Virginia can effectively leverage P3s as a funding and financing strategy to meet the region’s transit demand.