Join Mortimer L. Downey III at Volpe on Monday, June 16, at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Downey is a former U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary and currently serves as a senior advisor to Parsons Brinckerhoff, providing advisory and management consulting services to the firm and to its client base, including public and private owners, developers, financers, and builders of infrastructure projects worldwide. He also operates his own consulting firm, Mort Downey Consulting, LLC.
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