Past Winners
ARTBA P3 Division Entrepreneurs of the Year:
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:
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”