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Meaningful Rewards from Presidential
Candidate Infrastructure Forum

t was a thrill to hear in person the leading Democratic presidential
candidates tout their plans to solve the nation's infrastructure funding
dilemma as part of the recent Moving America Forward Infrastructure
Forum in Las Vegas.
While all proposed plans contained differing dynamics from the candidates-
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; former Vice President Joe Biden; former
Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and hedge fund financier Tom Steyer-they all had one
commonality, the promise to finally produce robust infrastructure investment
(see infrastructure forum, page 26).
At the forum, our name was announced nationally as part of the host
committee and the ACEC logo was in prominent view on the stage backdrop
behind the candidates along with the other host committee members. The
forum was nationally broadcast and livestreamed by C-SPAN and moderated
by the Wall Street Journal's Jerry Seib and Jeanne Cummings.
Whenever and wherever a major political discussion occurs concerning one
of our industry's major markets-our name, our presence, and our influence
should be there. We will continue to work on that.
This issue of Engineering Inc. provides a special focus on private sector
markets, including why so many member firms use these markets as primary
business targets, and examples of which markets demonstrate the best growth
(see page 12).
An outstanding lineup of national business and political experts-including
veteran journalist Chris Wallace; renewable energy expert Jessica O. Matthews,
founder and CEO of Uncharted Power; and Scott Harrison, founder and CEO
of charity: water-await attendees at the upcoming 2020 Annual Convention
(April 26-29) in Washington, D.C.
Convention highlights also include: Capitol Hill visits where hundreds of
Council members meet with their Congressional delegations to advocate for key
industry objectives; more than 20 leading-edge business education sessions;
and the 53rd Annual Engineering Excellence Awards Gala, hosted by Emmy
award-winner Ross Shafer.
We look forward to seeing all of you there.

Mitchel W. Simpler
ACEC Chairman

Linda Bauer Darr
ACEC President & CEO

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES
CHAIRMAN

Mitchel W. Simpler

PRESIDENT & CEO

Linda Bauer Darr

CHIEF OPERATING
OFFICER

Laura O'Neill Kaumo

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ADVOCACY

Steven Hall

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
BUSINESS RESOURCES
AND EDUCATION

Marie Ternieden

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
MEMBERSHIP AND
MO SERVICES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
ACEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
MEETINGS, EXHIBITS
AND AWARDS
VICE PRESIDENT,
COMMUNICATIONS AND
MARKETING

Daphne Bryant

Michael Pramstaller
Jeff Urbanchuk

DIRECTOR, MEMBER
COMMUNICATIONS

Alan D. Crockett

STAFF EDITOR

Andrea Keeney
akeeney@acec.org
202-682-4347

SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS
WRITER
ADVERTISING SALES

Gerry Donohue
Rachael Ng
202-682-4337
rng@acec.org

IMAGINATION

Tim Gregorski
Nancy Roy
PROJECT DIRECTOR Connie Otto
MANAGING EDITOR

ART DIRECTOR

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