Jay Gillespie is director of alternative finance at the Georgia Department of Transportation. At GDOT, he leads financial support for public-private partnership (P3) procurements, analysis of project delivery options, financial planning for major projects and support for state and P3 financing to deliver GDOT’s multibillion-dollar capital program. Before joining GDOT, Jay spent 12 years with Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, where he advised public-sector clients on financial, procurement, strategic and P3 issues for large-scale infrastructure projects across multiple sectors. Previously, he was an associate in the Atlanta office of AECOM, working in urban planning and design and supporting major private real estate development and public-sector projects in the U.S. and globally. Jay holds master’s degrees from Columbia University and Harvard University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia.