Yousef Salama, an experienced public-private partnerships (P3) executive, has joined the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) as a deputy executive director, research, analysis and programming.
CMAP is a planning organization for the seven counties and 284 communities of northeastern Illinois. The agency and its partners are implementing a new comprehensive regional plan to help these counties and communities implement strategies that address transportation, housing, economic development, open space, the environment and other quality-of-life issues.
Salama previously served as the associate director of planning and P3, advisory business at Turner & Townsend. Prior to that, he was a senior manager, P3s, at Los Angeles Metro, according to his LinkedIn profile. There he was responsible for leading the development of LA Metro’s P3 program to support identification, evaluation, development and execution of P3 delivery opportunities for Metro capital plan pr