Tracy M. Baynard
Senior Vice President, Greater Washington Infrastructure,
Economic Development and Government Relations Services
Tracy Baynard joined McGuireWoods Consulting, a multi-state public affairs company, in 1998. She successfully represents private sector clients in the areas of transportation planning, funding and policy; public-private partnership and innovative procurement; education policy; technology policy; and, land use and economic development before state and local governments.
She has been an integral part of the McGuireWoods Consulting team that has established industry coalitions that worked along side members of the Virginia General Assembly and the Executive Branch to create the current legal structure for public-private partnerships and innovative financing in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has worked on a number of Public-Private Transportation Act and Public-Private Edcuations Facilities and Infrastructure Act projects and proposals throughout Virginia, and continues to advise clients on proposal preparation and project identification. Projects of interest include parking decks; public education facilities; higher education facilities; regional jails; public safety centers; an agreement to re-engineer enterprise IT applications for state government; and several transportation projects throughout the Commonwealth.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting,Tracy most recently served at the Greater Washington Board of Trade where she directed the Board's lobbying efforts at the Virginia General Assembly. Over her 12-year tenure at the Board of Trade she managed policy development and implementation strategies on tranportation tax, technology, land use, workforce development and economic development matters. Her work included advocacy before state and local elected officials and agencies and management of the Board of Trade's Virginia Political Action Committee.
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Education
- College of William and Mary, B.A. in Political Science, 1983
Appointments/Memberships
- Governor's Commission on Development of the Virginia Travel and Tourism Industry, 1994
- Government Affairs Committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, 1995-2001
- Co-Chair, Legislative Committee of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, 1999-2000
- Lt. Governor's Technology Law Working Group (Maryland), 1999-2001
- Co-Chair, State and Local Policies Committee of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, 2000-02
- Corporate Development Committee, United Negro College Fund, National Capital Area, 2000-02
- Greater Washington Board of Trade, Virginia Political Action Committee, 2007-09
- Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, Public Policy Committee, 2008-present
- Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2010-present
- Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, Public Policy Committee, 2010-present
Speaking Engagements
- International Association of Executives and Attorneys in Real Estate, "Innovations in Infrastructure Procurement - The Virginia Experience," 2007
- Leadership Arlington, "VA Transportation Funding & Policy," 2011
- Campaign Finance
- Coalition Development
- Crisis Communications
- Digital Media
- Contracts & State/Local Procurement
- Public Private Partnerships
- Infrastructure and Economic Development
- Economic Development
- Education
- Information Technology & Telecom
- Land Use & Environmental
- Local Government
- Transportation
