John Buttarazzi is a Certified Public-Private Partnership Professional (CP3P) with more than 25 years of experience. John has managed more than $3 billion in public-private partnership (PPP) projects, including the first commercial airport PPP in the United States (Stewart International Airport). He recently drafted the frameworks for implementing infrastructure public-private partnerships for Botswana and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq.
John served as Senior Vice President of the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), New York State’s economic development arm. There he simultaneously managed the Public-Private Partnership, International, and Business Development divisions. In that capacity he oversaw the operations of more than 20 foreign and domestic offices as well as the ESDC economic development financing section.
Professor Buttarazzi has performed assignments for The World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank. In addition to the United States, John has worked on assignments in Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fiji, France, Ghana, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lesotho, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Switzerland, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.
John Buttarazzi received his Master of Science from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, with a concentration in Development and his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from Washington & Lee University where he majored in Mathematics with significant course work in Economics and History. John is a former David Rockefeller Fellow. In addition to teaching at the McCourt School, John was a Visiting Lecturer at the Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Professor Buttarazzi is an APMG-certified PPP instructor and holds PPP Foundation, Preparation and Execution certificates. He is also a member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Team of Specialists on Public-Private Partnerships and is on the Board of Advisors for Mobilized Construction, which is developing community-based road maintenance programs in Africa.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Adjunct Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy