David Johnston, Esq. – Community Resilience, Finance and Water Expert. David is a prominent lawyer , advisor, and businessman, with over 35 years of experience working with a broad range of private sector, non-profit ,and government organizations. He is the Founder and CEO of Hamilton Advisors, LLC, a South Carolina based company that works with organizations and their leadership on domestic and international challenges and solutions involving community resilience, collaboration and finance, with a specific focus on water related issues. David is an experienced business lawyer, with proven expertise in complex corporate , securities, finance, governance , and environmental matters.
In addition to his role as Senior Advisor with P3, David serves as Senior Advisor with the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition International in Boulder, Colorado; is Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Charleston Resilience Network in Charleston , SC; serves on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Citadel Center for Climate Studies in Charleston. David is a frequent speaker and moderator at conferences and meetings involving climate change, community resilience, risk mitigation, and financial solutions, including: The Challenge of Financing Resiliency. William & Mary Law School and College of Charleston / The Riley Center for Livable Communities (September 16, 2020); and The Three Ps: Planning, Partnerships, and Paying for it All. William & Mary Law School / Virginia Coastal Policy Center (November 15, 2019).
Robert Rizzieri, P.E. – Facilities Acquisition Strategies, Design-Build Expert. Bob completed his career with USACE, as the Deputy Chief Engineering & Construction, Headquarters USACE: where he shared responsibility with the Chief of E&C for planning, programing, policy and execution of USACE’s worldwide E&C missions (over 17,000 professionals). His E&C activities covered Civil Works, Military Programs, Environmental for Army, Air Force, DOD agencies, Federal Agencies and Foreign Governments that exceed $25B. Led civil works policy revisions that allowed the St. Paul District to be a partner with Fargo, ND’s private-public-partnership infrastructure solution to annual flooding. As Co-chair of USACE’s enterprise Sustainability Committee, he led the establishment of significant policies for enterprise operations of over $35 billion/year to incorporate the needed level of sustainability practices into daily operations and planning.
Robert’s advisory services include: Infrastructure (including Water) & Facilities Acquisition Strategies, Design-Build and DBIA training; Project Delivery Strategies, P3 & Mega Programs planning & oversight framework; Partnering & Dispute Resolution Strategies; Sustainability and Climate Resilience of Cities, Facilities & Infrastructure to mitigate effects of Climate Change. Through-out his USACE career, Robert was a leading proponent of Design-Build and significantly contributed to DBIA’s “D-B Done Wright for Federal Marketplace”. Robert guided the issuance of the USACE’s enterprise resilience roadmap, which laid out how USACE’s actions, projects and or systems support community resilience of climate change while increasing resilience of water and military projects and operations within authorized authorities.
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