Our President

Arthur Smith joined MAI in 1977, shortly after the company’s formation.  In 1995, after 18 years of service, he became President of the firm.  Mr. Smith is an expert in OMB Circular A-76 competitions and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).
 
Mr. Smith has served as Project Manager of over 100 A-76 studies, totaling more than 20,000 FTE, and is a frequent speaker, writer, and trainer on A-76 and FAIR Act related issues.  He has served as an expert witness in A-76 related litigation, and supported OMB in the development of the current Circular.

Mr. Smith has also been actively involved in the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) since 1999.  He is currently serving a two-year term as Chairman of  NCPPP’s Board of Directors, and has served as President, Vice President, and Director. 

Mr. Smith has been active in United Nations PPP programs since 2001, and was named by the State Department as a U.S. representative to the United National Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) Team of Specialists, where in February 2008, the member countries elected him Vice-Chair.

Mr. Smith was a primary author of the UNECE’s publication, “Governance in Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure", and recently led an international team of consultants on a UNECE-funded “Comparative Review of Public-Private Partnerships in Market and Transition Economies.”

Earlier, Mr. Smith provided analysis in support of the Czech government’s voucher privatization program, and managed a USAID-funded project to identify the costs of potable water production in Albania.  He has PPP experience on five continents and is the author of more than 30 PPP articles published in six languages.  He is a frequent lecturer on PPPs for organizations such as the United Nations, Asian Development Bank Institute, and International Law Institute.

Mr. Smith holds an M.S. in Technology Management from the University of Maryland.