Matthew Preedy has been delivering highway and transit Public Works projects in the Puget Sound region for over 29 years. While previously working for WSDOT, Mr. Preedy served as the Construction Director and Deputy Administrator for the SR99 Alaskan Way tunnel Design/Build project in Seattle, WA. Currently, he is the Director of the Construction Management Division at Sound Transit, involved in delivering multiple light rail, commuter rail and bus rapid transit projects exceeding $65B across all phases. He believes that collaboration and engagement with industry is essential to the success of the business and long-term benefit of the customer.

Will Watts has over 24 years of broad public agency and consulting firm experience in delivery and leadership positions.  Positions held include Transportation Designer, Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Program Manager, Office Leader, Project Director, Operations Director, Chief Engineer, and the Assistant Secretary of Engineering and Operations for the Agency. All spent serving FDOT and working for the residents of Florida with a priority for safety, congestion relief, innovation, and resiliency. 

 
Will has a diverse background in both production and operations at the District and Statewide level.  This background includes hands on delivery, field execution in communities, completing complex projects under accelerated schedules, and strategic program leadership.

Mrs. Holton is the Vice President of Engineering, Chief Engineer and Deputy COO for the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA). As Chief Engineer, she is responsible for the design and construction of Nashville International Airports $1.4 billion expansion and renovation program, known as BNA Vision, and the $50 million annual capital program for both Nashville International and John C. Tune Airports.

Darryl leads the Innovative Delivery group for the Georgia Department of Transportation. The P3 Division is the Department’s expert for Public Private Partnership and design-build procurement practices. Delivery of various special projects, toll projects and Major projects are part of this specialty. Mr. VanMeter’s unit is responsible for incorporating innovative financing techniques into select projects and implementing GDOT’s Managed Lanes System, as well as providing procurement, technical, project management and construction management services to the GDOT’s P3 and Design Build Program. Currently, Mr. VanMeter’s office unit has over $2 billion in total value of construction projects under way, and has let 41 Design Build contracts cumulatively exceeding $1 billion in value and two Design Build Finance contracts since 2006. The office also is charged with implementing the $11 billion Major Mobility Improvement Program, including several P3 contracts along with a robust program of Design Build projects including statewide bridge replacements.

Mrs. Holton is the Vice President of Engineering, Chief Engineer and Deputy COO for the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA). As Chief Engineer, she is responsible for the design and construction of Nashville International Airports $1.4 billion expansion and renovation program, known as BNA Vision, and the $50 million annual capital program for both Nashville International and John C. Tune Airports.

Steve Starnes serves as a Senior Bridge Engineer with RS&H’s and has over 25 years of experience in bridge design and project management. He has significant design-build experience serving both as owner’s representative and as EOR for the design-build firm during pre-award and post-award phases. 

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida and a Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

John W. Bale is Vice President of CRS Engineers. Mr. Bale has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming and an MBA from the University of South Carolina. He has worked on over 40 design-build projects and several CMGC projects throughout the United States. Mr. Bale has filled numerous management roles including roles for the owner, design-builder and engineering consultant. He founded JWBale Inc. in 2015 after nearly 30 years in the engineering field.

Mr. Bale has been associated with DBIA for more than 15 years and has been a member of the Transportation Committee for most of those years. In 2012, Mr. Bale was asked to chair the newly established Education Subcommittee as part of his Transportation Committee duties. As part of his committee work, Mr. Bale has been a primary author of a Transportation Chapter of the DBIA Manual of Practice and several technical educational programs DBIA uses to educate public and private clients. In 2014 he joined the DBIA Board and is currently in his third year on the Board. Mr. Bale is passionate about design-build and has a desire to help the industry continue to maximize benefits from design-build delivery.

Mike is a Capital Outlay Program Manager at the California Department of General Services, overseeing the State’s 10-year $3 Billion 4.9 million SF Sequencing Plan addressing facilities deficiencies. Mike has been in the construction industry since 1982, after graduating from Bowling Green State University, and has experience in both the public and private sectors working on a variety of project types, including high rise office buildings, prisons, and governmental civic projects. His other notable projects include the $906M dollar California Health Care Facility, a 1.2M sf prison healthcare facility, and the $392M 1.1mil sf Capitol Area East End Complex in Sacramento.

Mike has participated in over $2.5B worth of Design-Build projects and has been involved with DBIA for several years. He is currently on the Western Pacific Region Board Executive Committee as the Owners Council Director.

Jason Kenney currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Real Estate Services Division for the Department of General Services. As such, he is the State’s Chief Real Estate Officer. Jason started with DGS in 2016, having worked for several other state departments (he began with the state almost directly out of college). In 2016, Jason was the Chief of the Project Management and Development Branch within RESD, which is responsible for state design and construction project management, while concurrently serving as DGS’s Deputy Director for Strategic Planning, Policy, and Research. In 2017, served as acting deputy director and assistant deputy director for RESD, and in 2018 was appointed the Deputy Director position by Governor Jerry Brown. In 2021, Governor Newsom reappointed Jason to the position.

In this role, Jason oversees property leasing, design, construction project management, environmental reviews, and building inspections on behalf of the vast majority of state projects. From a construction perspective, RESD is currently working through the largest building program in DGS history (5.5 million gross square feet of office space) in addition to its normal workload. RESD typically manages between 400-500 public works projects at any given time. At present, there are 509 projects, totaling approximately $6.9 billion, and serving 51 departments. These projects include significant office buildings (ex: swing space), healthcare facilities (ex: Yountville Skilled Nursing Facility), field offices (ex: DMVs, CHPs, etc.), critical infrastructure (ex: emergency communication towers, waste water treatment plants, etc.), environmental projects (ex: hazardous materials remediation), major renovations (ex: Gregory Bateson Building), and repairs (roof projects, HVAC replacements, etc.).

Stacia has been with the Colorado Department of Transportation for nearly 6 years and is dedicated to working with the public to make sure their needs are met and that their voices are heard. While working on the Central 70 Project, she and her team have been able to build strong relationships with the public and have led award-winning campaigns that connect the public to the project and build a positive reputation.

Jason’s career includes large, alternative delivery project experience in Colorado and across the United States, in which he is known for building team cohesion and successful relationships through trust, growth and collaboration. He brings proven alternative delivery systems, strategy and processes gained from managing complex civil infrastructure projects. Jason believes in Construction excellence through outstanding partnerships with clients and project stakeholders.

Shawn Albert has 25 years of civil engineering experience involving program and construction management, engineering design, project controls, and structural inspection and testing. He has worked on a variety of projects throughout the United States, including airports, highways, tunnels, commuter and light rail corridors, and bus rapid transit facilities. He has worked on seven design-build projects in his career, including three P3 projects.

Mike has over 30 years of engineering design and construction experience on complex multi-discipline highway and infrastructure projects throughout the Midwest. He is the Director of Alternative Delivery Design at Burns & McDonnell, overseeing the Transportation related business development and management of the alternative delivery group. Mike previously worked at AECOM. He has lead projects up to $1.0B in construction value and recently served as the Design Manger of the Houbolt Design-Build Project.

Pat is the IL/IA Area Manager for Kraemer North America with 20+ years of construction management experience on large transportation projects focused on infrastructure improvements and roadway extensions. Experience includes alternative delivery, accelerated bridge construction, structural concrete, beam erection, construction phasing, demolition planning and solution based planning to unique challenges.

Bill has 15 years in the heavy civil construction industry and currently serves as a Project Executive for Granite Construction Company’s Midwest Region. He has national experience in delivering major infrastructure projects including several large design-build projects. Bill has worked on numerous projects including interchanges, railroads, moveable bridges, and cable stayed bridges. He has experience in all phases of the project lifecycle on both traditional and alternate procurement models.

Ken has 35 plus years of diversified engineering and construction experience specializing in project and program management overseeing complex public and private sector projects. Ken serves as UBPs VP of Construction and Operations overseeing the completion of projects from permitting, through design and construction. Ken previously worked at Jacobs and AECOM. He also served as the program manager of Colorado Bridge Enterprise - the bridge reconstruction program for the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Michael DeMeo serves as an Architect for RS&H’s Transportation-Infrastructure Practice. He is responsible for leading architectural design efforts, including schematic design, architectural graphics and renderings, construction documentation, project coordination and construction administration. Michael has 17 years of architectural experience, which includes transit, tolling, warehouse/industrial, multimodal, and aviation projects.

Lisa Propps is a CEI Project Administrator for clients for over 22 years. Lisa worked on several design-build projects: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport, Chantilly VA AND I-75 Freeway Management System; SR 54 Widening; and Skyway Rest Areas Replacement for Florida Department of Transportation. She currently works on the Selmon Expressway Slip Ramp project for Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority and FDOT River Road Widening, US 41 to I-75 in Venice FL.

Leigh Lilla is a senior project manager for David Nelson Construction Co. and has been with the company for 13 years. She is currently involved with various projects for FDOT, Hillsborough County and the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA). She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Florida State University. She is a certified general contractor, a professional engineer, and a LEED accredited professional.

Walter Breuggeman has over 22 years experience working in the Civil Engineering field. He worked for 14 years managing and designing land development projects. Walter came to FDOT D1 in 2014, and worked primarily in the Project Management department, managing a wide array of projects. He recently became the D1 Traffic Services Program Engineer, overseeing the Traffic Studies, Access Management, and Signing and Pavement Marking Teams.

Katherine Brittian, P.E., serves as the Tampa Highway Group Leader for RS&H’s Transportation-Infrastructure Practice. During her 23-year career working for RS&H, she has designed and managed projects ranging from rest area and weigh-in-motion stations to major interstate capacity improvement projects involving complex multi-disciplined teams of professional engineers. Katherine received her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida.

Geoff is the Chief Development Officer for the San Francisco International Airport Planning, Design & Construction Division. He is responsible for the planning, design and construction of all the airport’s maintenance & capital projects. Geoff has over 30 years in design and construction and has been responsible for the Project Management of some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most prestigious projects including the San Francisco International Airport BART Station and the newly completed Terminal 2 project. He is a vocal advocate of the team concept for the design and construction of public infrastructure projects, and is a proponent of the use of Progressive Design Build as implementation approach for integrated project delivery. Geoff is a huge advocate for Structured Collaborative Partnering as the foundation for high-performing collaborative teams. He has a reputation within the industry as a leader in the collaborative delivery philosophy of delivering projects with exceptional outcomes.

Brendan Dillon is the Program Manager for the Digital Facilities & Infrastructure Program for Denver International Airport. DEN is the third busiest airport in the United States and has developed a comprehensive leading edge aviation BIM program which is involved in over 200 projects at a time with a net value in excess of $2 billion. Brendan is also the founder of the annual Airport Information Integration and Innovation (AI3) forum.

Art is a Senior VDC Engineer, BIM Manager and Project Manager based in WSP’s Boston, MA, Office.  He has over 35 years combined experience with BIM, GIS, CADD and civil design of complex highway interchanges and transportation infrastructure using a broad spectrum of software tools supplied by several vendors, including Autodesk, Bentley, Oracle and ESRI. Art’s current focus is advancing BIM and Digital Delivery with WSP, primarily in the Northeast Region, to bring additional value to WSP’s public and private clients. At the project level, Art has been actively managing BIM implementation and use for large Design/Build and CM At Risk projects at Logan International Airport, LaGuardia International Airport and JFK International Airport.

With experience spanning architectural design, project management, model coordination and BIM strategy, Lewis has developed a strong working knowledge of industry standards, guidance documentation and practical application, with a wealth of experience defining and implementing digital strategy, workflows, processes, standards, supporting documentation and templates within large infrastructure business' and/or projects.

Nachiket Phansalkar is a DBIA Certified Deputy Structures Section Manager for HDR's New York City Office. He is a professionally licensed Senior Bridge Engineer in the states of New York, Ohio, and a sustainability professional with 15 years of experience doing conventional as well as complex Design-Build Bridge projects in in the NY/NJ region and Canada. Nachiket also has executive education in leadership from MIT Sloan School of Management

Sean Burke has over 30 years’ experience on highway, bridge and transit projects which included major Concrete and Steel Structures in the Hudson Valley and NYC Metropolitan area. In the past 20 years has had the role of General Superintendent, Project Manager and/or Area Manager on all Halmar’s Major Bridge & Highway Projects. The far majority of these Projects were Design-Build Bridge & Highway Interchanges ranging in size from $30 m to $425m.

Ed is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington with both a bachelors and masters degree in civil engineering. He has practiced engineering for over 43 years taking on roles from construction engineer, design engineer, project manager to executive leadership. Ed spent most of his career in the consulting engineering business and only recently joined the Upper Trinity Regional Water District as the Program Manager for the Lake Ralph Hall Project.

Josh Pfingst is a project manager at Flatiron Constructors, Inc., with 15 years of experience ranging from bid-build to progressive design-build. He has served in management roles in transportation, transit and industrial projects totaling more than $1 billion in value. He thrives in collaborative, efficient team environments with Owners, designers and contractors while maintaining open lines of communication and a “Project First” attitude.

Haven Hardage utilizes his past experience in Architecture, Construction Management and Consulting to integrate prefabricated components on a wide range of projects. Some responsibilities include assisting in the design, project management and install logistics of prefab components ranging from elevators and group restrooms, to housing and custom architectural wall panels. In his free time, rain or shine, he can be found enjoying the great outdoors.

Jon Mindrup is a architect and Principal at the Beck Group, an integrated Design-Build firm with 8 offices in the US and Mexico. Jon leads Beck's Aviation market sector and is an experienced design-build delivery innovator, having led over 23 design-build projects in a variety of different market types in his career at Beck.

Smitha Radhakrishnan (RA-DHA-KRISH-NAN) is the Vice President of Planning at Dallas Forth Worth International Airport. With over 20 years of development and construction experience in the private and public sectors, she now leads the team responsible for the planning and creation of DFW Airport’s Infrastructure Capital Program.