Considered one of the founding fathers of Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) in the United States, Dan Mathews has spent the last 20 years solving for our country's most critical infrastructure needs. Decades before President Biden's $1 trillion Build Back Better infrastructure bill was conceived, Dan was forging multi-billion dollar projects across the nation, utilizing a unique partnership structure between public owners and investors designed to bridge funding gaps and harness the innovative power of the private sector. Dan's intellect, uncanny business acumen and creative drive are legendary among clients and counterparties alike.

There are now many attorneys claiming to be infrastructure experts. But Dan stands, and will always stand, in a category all his own. Dan laid the legal foundation for P3s in the United States, having designed and shaped many of their principles in the inaugural projects of the early 2000s that now form the building blocks of all P3 projects. Among many instances in which he rose to the occasion over his 45-year career, in 2002, Dan created a first-of-a-kind framework that allowed a federal lending program called TIFIA to provide funding into the first major U.S. P3 toll road project in the United States. That framework has allowed the financing of dozens of projects over the years, and without which roads, bridges and mass transit vital to this nation's well-being would not have been built. Dan's contribution to P3s is especially timely, given the success of the Biden plan heavily relies on P3s. His groundbreaking work in this space will serve as the blueprint and the nation's best chance to achieve the greatest revitalization of U.S. infrastructure since the FDR administration. Dan is not one to seek the limelight in any of his accomplishments, but it is indisputable that his influence in this space extends well beyond advancing the country's infrastructure. In many ways, his work has supported the creation of countless jobs, fostered community development, and improved the lives of so many who rely on the nation's infrastructure network to travel, work and provide for their families.