"Pioneers" Honored for Advocacy of Public-Private Partnerships In Transportation At ARTBA 20th Anniversary Conference Gala Dinner

Washington, D.C. [September 16, 2008]— Industry executives, public agencies and private sector firms were honored September 15 for their outstanding advocacy and leadership in promoting the “practice, use and adoption” of public-private partnerships (P3s) on transportation improvement projects. The group was recognized at a special dinner during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 20th Annual Conference on Public-Private Ventures (PPV) in Transportation, held in the Nation’s Capital.

Among the honorees:

"Champions": For exemplary work in advancing the practice, use and adoption of P3s in transportation in the United States..

• Barbara W. Reese, Virginia Department of Transportation
• Geoff S. Yarema, NOSSAMAN LLP
• Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Virginia Department of Transportation

Individuals: For contributions to advance the practice and use of P3s in transportation in the United States.

• Thomas W. Bradshaw, Jr., Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
• Lowell Clary, Florida Department of Transportation
• Hon. Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Governor of Indiana
• Wallace Hawkes, URS Corporation
• Karen J. Hedlund, NOSSAMAN LLP
• Robert Heitmann, Zachry American Infrastructure
• C. Kenneth Orski, “Innovation Briefs”
• Thomas W, Pelnik, III, Virginia Department of Transportation
• Robert W. Poole, Reason Public Policy Institute
• William G. Reinhardt, “Public Works Financing”
• Phillip E. Russell, Texas Department of Transportation
• Michael Schneider, InfraConsult LLC
• James M. Whitty, Oregon Department of Transportation

Organizations: As a leading organization in advancing the practice and use of P3s in the United States.

• CH2M HILL
• Cintra
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
• Cofiroute Corporation
• DEPFA Bank
• AECOM
• Fluor Corporation
• Goldman, Sachs
• Hatch Mott MacDonald, Inc.
• HDR, Inc.
• HNTB Corporation
• Jacobs Carter Burgess
• Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc.
• KPMG
• Lehman Brothers
• Macquarie Securities (USA), Inc, Infrastructure Group
• Mercator Advisor, LLC
• NOSSAMAN LLP
• RBC Capital Markets
• Reason Public Policy Institute
• Transurban
• URS Corporation
• Vollmer Associates
• Washington Division of URS
• Wilbur Smith Associates
• Zachry American Infrastructure
• Texas Department of Transportation
• Florida Department of Transportation
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• Oregon Department of Transportation
• California Department of Transportation

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