Raquel Ibarra, PE, DBIA is the president of IBARRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. For the past 24 years, she has provided and facilitated the mission, vision and strategic goals for IBARRA. Raquel has over 30 years experience in Horizontal infrastructure. Raquel has made IBARRA one of the leading Highway, Heavy Civil, Mass Transit, Rail, Aviation, Transportation, Highways, Municipal, and Public Works companies, specializing in Concession, Design-Build, P3, CDA, CMAR, and Program Management projects. Her company specializes in major Horizontal Infrastructure, in both public and private sectors, ranging from $1 million to $2.5+ billion. Ms. Ibarra was instrumental in securing IBARRA's $25 million TxDOT contract for the state's transportation procurements services for Alternative Delivery contracts (Concessions, DBMO, Design Built and P3) for state projects over $250 million. 

She has a strong civic sense and makes it her mission to stay involved in the community. She has a leadership role on a variety of Boards of Commissions related to public, private, transportation and entrepreneurship. Some of the Board of Directors she is a member of include DBIA SW Region and Transit Coalition of North Texas (TCNT). As part of her Board duties in TCNT she attends the state capital legislative sessions and hold reception for the congress and senators to promote DBIA public projects in Texas. She would like to continue to provide her expertise to DBIA in Horizontal Infrastructure and the major advancements that continue to develop in Horizontal spectrum of DBIA. Her knowledge of Horizontal infrastructure extends the gamete of planes, trains, automobiles and water/wastewater facilities. Ms. Ibarra holds a Bachelor's degree of Science in Architectural Engineering, specialized in Structural Engineering and Construction Management from the University of Texas as Austin. She is licensed as a Professional Engineer, certified DBIA professional and DBIA instructor by the Design-Build Institute of America. 

Stephen M. Reams is a Partner in the Atlanta office of Smith Currie. Steve concentrates his practice on construction law and commercial litigation. He represents owners, developers, general contractors, and subcontractors in state and federal court and in alternative dispute resolution processes throughout the United States. His practice also includes drafting and negotiating construction and design contracts and advising parties during projects. He has counseled clients on numerous projects involving retail malls, professional sports stadiums, public housing, hotels, condominiums, medical facilities, government contracts, schools and Native American tribal lands. Steve also has extensive knowledge of alternative project delivery methods such as design-build, P-3, and multi-party agreements.

In 2019, Steve successfully completed the Design-Build Institute of America’s comprehensive education, training and certification testing program to achieve the design-build industry’s designation as a nationally certified Associate Design-Build Professional.™ Steve serves as a national instructor for the DBIA and teaches the Design-Build Contract and Risk Management course, which is a required component for DBIA certification. The course highlights the advantages of design-build project delivery and equips construction industry professionals to manage the unique contractual, insurance and bonding risks associated with design-build. Steve has taught this course at locations throughout the United States and internationally to design and construction professionals from the private, public and military sectors.

Steve received his law degree from the University of Notre Dame where he participated in the year-long Concannon Programme of International Law in London, England. He earned his undergraduate degree from Centre College in Kentucky. Steve played four years of NCAA football while studying at Centre College.