Testimony before
House Committee on Government Reform
Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources
And Regulatory Affairs
September 30, 2004
Shirley J. Ybarra
President
The Ybarra Group
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
My name is Shirley J. Ybarra. I am President of The Ybarra Group, Ltd., a transportation consulting firm specializing in innovative financing and public private partnerships. I am the former Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia (1998-2002) for Governor Jim Gilmore and former Deputy Secretary of Transportation (1994-1998) for Governor George Allen. I have been in the private sector as president of a division of a British company and Executive Vice President of two other consulting firms. I also served as Special Assistant to Secretary of Transportation, Elizabeth Dole. My responsibilities included the legislative initiative and implementation of the transfer of National and Dulles Airports to a Regional Authority.
My testimony will provide information on the history of public private partnerships in the US, information on the Virginia initiative and specific information on the Virginia projects including the HOT lane proposal for the Beltway currently under consideration by Virginia.