Past Winners
2018 ARTBA P3 Awards luncheon, from left to right: ARTBA 2018 Chairman Matt Cummings (AECOM), Tony Elkins (Cintra), Jane Garvey (Meridiam), Bill Hale (Texas DOT), Steve DeWitt (ACS Infrastructure Development, Inc.), Megan Kenny (Texas DOT), and Simon Santiago (Nossaman LLP), the 2017-18 P3 Division president.
ARTBA P3 Champions of the Year (previously named ARTBA P3 Entrepreneurs of the Year):
2020 – Trailblazer of the Year: Dr. Shawn Wilson, Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (DOTD)
2020 – Emerging Leader of the Year: Noah Jolley, ACS Infrastructure Development, Inc. (ACS)
2019 – Trailblazer of the Year: Dr. Morteza Farajian, Build America Bureau
2019 – Emerging Leader of the Year: Ali Lauzon, McKinsey
2018 – Joint Selection – Jane Garvey, Meridiam
2017 – Joint Selection – David Spector, Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE)
2016 – Joint Selection – Mitch Daniels, Purdue University
2015 – Public Sector – Bryan A. Kendro, PennDOT
2015 – Private Sector – Ananth Prasad, HNTB Corp.
2014 – Joint Selection – Russell Zapalac, TxDOT
2013 – Public Sector – Kendra York, Indiana Finance Authority
2013 – Private Sector – Matt Walsh, Chicago-based Walsh Group
2012 – Public Sector – Tony Kinn, Virginia Office of Transportation P3s
2012 – Private Sector – Geoff Yarema, Nossaman LLP
2011 – Public Sector – Kome Ajise, Caltrans
2011 – Private Sector – Jordi Graells, Abertis USA
2010 – Public Sector – Amadeo Saenz, Texas DOT Executive Director
2010 – Private Sector – Nicolas Rubio, Cintra
2009 – Public Sector – Gerry O’Reilly, Florida Department of Transportation
2009 – Private Sector – Juan Santamaria, ACS Infrastructure Developments, Inc.
2008 – Public Sector – Pierce R. Homer, Virginia Secretary of Transportation
2008 – Private Sector – C. Kenneth Orski, Innovation Briefs
2007 – Public Sector – Lowell Clarey, FL DOT
2007 – Private Sector – Robert Poole, Reason Foundation
2006 – Public Sector – Ted Houghton Jr., TxDOT
2006 – Private Sector – Jose Maria Lopez, Cintra
2005 – Joint Selection – DJ Gribbin, FHWA
2004 – Public Sector – Mary Peters, FHWA
2004 – Private Sector – Kent Marshall, Granite
2003 – Public Sector – Suzanne Sale, FHWA
2003 – Private Sector – Geoff Yarema, Nossaman
2002 – Public Sector – Phil Russell, TX DOT
2002 – Private Sector – Tom Bradshaw, SSB
2001 – Public Sector – Shirley Ybarra, VA DOT
2001 – Private Sector – Norm Wuesterfeld, Wilbur Smith
2000 – Public Sector – Tom Warne, UT DOT
2000 – Private Sector – Ralph Stanley, Bechtel
1999 – Public Sector – Jerry Ellis, WA DOT
1999 – Private Sector – Michael Schneider, PB
1998 – Public Sector – Carl Williams, CALTRANS
1998 – Private Sector – Wally Kreutzen, TCA
1997 – Peter Buffa, Transportation Corridor Agency, Santa Clara, CA
1997 – Carl Williams, Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, Sacramento, CA
1996 – Gerald Pfeiffer, United Infrastructure Company
ARTBA P3 Projects of the Year:
2020
Community Impact of Year: State Street Redevelopment Project, West Lafayette, Indiana, Plenary Group
Innovation of the Year: Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, Pennsylvania, Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners
2019
Community Impact of Year – Central I-70 Project Denver, Colo., Kiewit Meridiam Partners, LLC
Innovation of the Year – Consolidated Rental Car Center at Los Angeles International (LAX) Airport, Nossaman
2018
Texas’ North Tarrant Express Project
2017
I-595 Corridor Improvements Project
2016
US 36 Express Lanes
2015
I-95 Express Lanes
2014
Dallas Fort-Worth (DFW) Connector
2013
Ohio River Bridges-End Crossing
2012
Presidio Parkway P3
2011
Denver RTD for their FasTracks Eagle P3
Puerto Rico P3 Authority for the PR-22 and PR-5 toll road deals
2010
Lyndon B. Johnson Express
North Tarrant Express
2009
I-595 Corridor Improvements Program
2008
Northwest Parkway – Privatization Program
2007
Florida – Port of Miami Tunnel
2006
Virginia – Pocahontas Parkway
Oregon – Innovative Partnerships Program
Texas – SH130
2005
Virginia – I-495 HOT Lanes
Texas – Trans Texas Corridor
Louisiana – LAI
2004
Texas – SH-45
Illinois – Chicago Skyway
Texas – US138A
Virginia – Dulles Metrorail Project
Legacy Award:
2013
Bill Reinhardt, founder, editor and publisher of the “Public Works Financing”