Conference Co-Chairs
Thomas Bradshaw
Managing Director & Co-Head Transportation Group
Citigroup
Mr. Bradshaw has been a investment banker for 26 years. He has senior managed transportation financing for Arizona, Colorado, Indiana and Missouri Departments of Transportation, Montana and Alabama Highway Departments; Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority; Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and Puerto Rico; New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transit Agencies; Sales Tax Programs for Contra Costa County Transportation Authority; Riverside County Transportation Authority, San Bernardino Transportation Authority; Santa Clara County Authority and San Diego Transportation Commission Tom also senior managed turnpike financings for New Jersey, New Hampshire, Florida, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Kentucky and Harris County/ Houston, Orange County Transportation Corridors Agencies and Puerto Rico.
Pamela Bailey-Campbell
Senior Vice President - Public Private Initiatives
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Pamela Bailey-Campbell is the national Public Private Initiatives market leader for PB. Ms. Bailey-Campbell’s role reflects PB’s emphasis on serving clients in the fast-paced public-private partnership arena. In her role as market leader, Ms. Bailey-Campbell leads all aspects of public-private partnerships for PB in the Americas across all infrastructure sectors.
Keynote Speaker
Cal Marsella
General Manager & Chief Executive Officer
The Regional Transportation District
Clarence W. “Cal” Marsella, a 34-year transit veteran, was hired as the General Manager of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in August 1995. He manages 2500 employees, over 1000 privately contracted employees, and an annual operating budget of more than $400 million. Since taking the reins at RTD, Cal and his talented staff have helped gain the trust of the greater Denver metro area by building three new light rail lines on time and on budget. That includes RTD’s $879 million light rail component of the $1.67 billion T-REX light rail and highway project that opened November 17, 2006. The level of public trust in RTD was verified in 2004 when metro area voters overwhelmingly passed the $4.7 billion light rail and commuter rail rapid transit expansion program for the eight- county metro area. This represents the largest transit-only voter approved program in the entire country.
Mary E. Peters
Secretary of Transportation
U.S. Department of Transportation
Mary E. Peters was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 5, 2006, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 15th Secretary of Transportation on September 30, 2006, after spending more than two decades crafting solutions to our nation's toughest transportation challenges.
Featured Speakers
Michael A. Vaccari
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP
Michael A. Vaccari is the Co-Head of the firm’s Infrastructure Team and a Deputy Group Leader of the Public Finance Group of Nixon Peabody LLP. With 30 years of experience, he has served as counsel in hundreds of financings covering a broad range of projects and finance structures, including transportation, housing, derivatives and student loans.