Tracy Baynard

Tracy joined McGuireWoods Consulting 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, data center development and infrastructure before state and local governments. She is an integral part of the McGuireWoods Consulting team that has established industry coalitions that worked alongside 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 Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act projects and proposals throughout Virginia, and continues to advise clients on proposal preparation and project identification. Her clients have successfully competed to provide 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. Tracy also works with clients and stakeholders to explore strategies for public and private investment that supports electrification of the transportation sector and increasing the supply of attainable housing. In addition, Tracy works with private equity investors and portfolio companies to help them understand the implications of state-level economic development policy decisions and market trends for their investment and business decisions. This has provided opportunities to advocate on behalf of and advise data center developers and owners on how to secure approval of projects in targeted regions of Virginia. Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Tracy 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 transportation, 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.

Co-chair, Abigail Spanberger Transportation Committee Board of Directors, Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance Co-chair, Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Committee, 2011-present Board Member, Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, 2010-present Member, Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Committee 2008�present Member, LEAD Virginia Class of 2008 Co-chair, State and Local Policies Committee of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, 2000-2002 Member, Corporate Development Committee, United Negro College Fund, National Capital Area, 2000-2002 Member, Lt. Governor's Technology Law Working Group (Maryland), 1999-2001 Co-chair, Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee, 1999-2000 Member, Northern Virginia Technology Council Government Affairs Committee, 1995-1999 Member, Governor's Commission on Development of the Virginia Travel and Tourism Industry, 1994

Zoning and Segregation in Virginia: Part 2 - Expanding Housing Choices for the Future of Virginia, McGuireWoods Study Paper