Ohio’s businesses and workers depend upon our transportation system to be safe and dependable. However, we are facing a funding crisis for key transportation initiatives. The Innovative Financing Workshop for Ohio Transportation gave us insightful information as we move forward with the challenges ahead in transportation funding. We learned and discussed:

Ohio Senator Steve Stivers
Jolene Molitoris, Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Transportation
Gene McCormick, Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff
David Earley, Director of Strategic Consulting, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Lisa Fenner, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Steve Stanley, Executive Director, Montgomery County Transportation Improvement District
Michael DiPerna, Managing Director, Robert W. Baird & Co.
David A. Rogers, Partner, Bricker & Eckler LLP
Tim Heilmeier, P.E., Vice President, HNTB Corporation
Gary Groat, Director, Project Development, Fluor Corporation
Thomas W. Pelnik III, P.E., Director, Innovative Project Delivery Division, Virginia Department of Transportation (see also this paper)
Chris L. Connelly, Associate, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (see also this outline)

Paul F. Hanley, AICP, Director, Transportation Policy Research and Associate Professor, the University of Iowa and Arthur P. Baines, Principal - Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP were unable to attend due to flight cancellations. Their presentations are linked here: Hanley and Baines.

Please contact Alicia Kehrig at 614.233.4169 for more information.