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L. Preston Bryant Jr. Preston is a senior vice president at McGuireWoods Consulting, where he works in the firm's infrastructure and economic development group. His experience lies in water, wastewater, and energy generation projects, and he advises clients on project site selection and regulatory affairs. In addition, Preston works with private equity investors and portfolio companies to help them understand the implications of state- level environmental policy decisions and market trends for their investment and business decisions. For the past 15 years, Preston's experience in environmental and energy matters has developed from his work in both the private and public sectors. Preston was a partner for nearly a decade at Hurt & Proffitt, Inc., a Virginia-based civil engineering, surveying, and planning firm that specializes in large-scale residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional developments as well as L. Preston Bryant Jr. transportation facilities. He also represented the City of Lynchburg and Amherst County in the Virginia House of Delegates for 10 years, where he was House patron SR. VP, INFRASTRUCTURE of the state's nationally regarded public-private partnership statute (known as AND ECONOMIC "PPEA"), passed landmark legislation on wetlands conservation, developed the DEVELOPMENT nation's largest market-based nutrient credit exchange program (phosphorus and MCGUIREWOODS nitrogen) to advance upgrades to more than one hundred wastewater treatment CONSULTING LLC plants, and overhauled Virginia's stormwater management programs. T +1 804 775 1923 As Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources in the cabinet of Governor Timothy M. F +1 804 698 2235 Kaine, Preston led the state's six environmental, recreational, wildlife, and historic resources agencies, a staff of 2,200, and a $420 million annual budget. He also Gateway Plaza helped write Virginia's first-ever statewide energy plan. 800 East Canal Street Richmond, VA 23219-3916 In 2009, President Obama appointed Preston to chair the National Capital Planning Commission, the central planning agency for all federal lands and buildings in [email protected] Washington, DC, suburban Maryland, and Northern Virginia. At NCPC, he presides over a staff of some 45 planners, architects, engineers and other professionals PRACTICES Public Affairs EXPERIENCE Water PACE Financing Provided mediation services in August-November 2017 to Virginia Governor’s Office and Department of Environmental Quality on rulemaking Data Centers among energy, environmental, industrial, and local government stakeholders Climate Change for proposed carbon-trading regulations and Virginia possibly joining the Environmental Justice nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Provided government relations, regulatory advising, and negotiation support INDUSTRIES over a two-year period to E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company in a $50 Energy million Natural Resources Damages Act settlement with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the U.S. Department of Interior on legacy mercury Education contamination of more than 100 miles of rivers. This was the largest NRDA Water settlement in Virginia history and the eighth-largest in the nation. Development And Economic Provided government relations consulting services to Duke Energy in Virginia Policy on matters relating to its 2014 coal ash spill in the Dan River. Provide ongoing government relations services to Virginia Commonwealth University before the Governor’s Office and General Assembly. Provided consulting services to HDR Engineering (and to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission) on a year-long feasibility study on wastewater collection system consolidation of some 15 local governments; consulting team identified potential savings of more than $900 million over 30 years. Provide ongoing government relations and regulatory advisory services to James City Service Authority before the General Assembly and state regulatory agencies on groundwater and surface water permitting, including for a potential new $130 million water treatment facility. Provided Virginia and federal government relations and regulatory advising to Hampton Roads (Va.) Sanitation District on a proposed $1.2 billion, 120 McGUIREWOODS LLP | 1 L. Preston Bryant Jr. MGD Potomac Aquifer injection/recharge project that also may reduce wastewater discharge into surface waters by some 90 percent. Represented HRSD before the General Assembly, Governor’s Office, and state regulatory agencies. Provided government relations and regulatory permitting consulting services to Apex Clean Energy for Virginia’s first utility-scale wind power generation project (85 MW, up to 25 turbines). Provided government relations consulting services to a major East Coast cell tower developer; successfully sited on government-owned property more than a dozen towers in Virginia localities; included private-to-public revenue sharing agreements. Provided representation to Virginia Municipal League before the General Assembly and Governor’s Office on environmental legislative and policy matters. Provide ongoing government relations and environmental policy consulting services to a major environmental consulting firm on public-private partnerships to design and construct municipal stormwater infrastructure. Provide ongoing government relations and legislative advisory services to the Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Association, comprised of more than 40 water, wastewater, and stormwater public service authorities. Provide ongoing government relations consulting services to Hampton Roads (Va.) Planning District Commission (comprised of 16 local governments), focusing on stormwater and other environmental matters. Provide government relations and advisory services to a major developer on federal and state historic rehabilitation tax credits on a $175 million residential and commercial development in Fairfax County, Va. Provide ongoing general government relations and strategic advisory services to the Virginia Resources Authority, a state financing entity to local governments for infrastructure projects. Provided government relations and economic development incentives negotiations consulting services to Vireol Bio Energy, establishing the largest ethanol manufacturing facility on the East Coast; secured nearly $5 million in state and local economic development support. Provided government relations and environmental policy consulting services to the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond (Va.) on a potential new minor league baseball stadium in downtown Richmond. Provided strategic advice to a major national bank on federal and state environmental policy (in six states) regarding coal mining operations, focusing on the Clean Water Act. Provided government relations and environmental policy consulting services to Columbia Gas of Maryland (NiSource) on the design and construction of an approximately 25-mile natural gas transmission line in Maryland. Provided government relations consulting services and assisted in economic development incentives negotiations to Lumber Liquidators for a new distribution center in Henrico County, Va. Provided government relations services to Louisa County (Va.) Water Authority in securing a $1.6 million state grant for a wastewater treatment facility expansion. EDUCATION Royal Holloway, University of London, MA, Modern British Literature, 1990 McGUIREWOODS LLP | 2 L. Preston Bryant Jr. University of Richmond, MHum, Humanities, 1988 Randolph-Macon College, BA, English, 1986 AFFILIATIONS Advisory Committee, Division of Earth & Life Studies, National Academy of Sciences, 2012 Board of Trustees, Randolph-Macon College, 2010-present Board of Directors, James River Association, 2010-2012 Chairman and Member, National Capital Planning Commission, 2009-present (appointed by President Obama, October 2009) Board of Directors, American Foundation for Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, Inc. (University of London), 2008-present Board of Directors, Capitol Square Civil Rights Memorial Foundation, Inc., 2005- present Board of Trustees, Inger and Walter Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2003-present Board Member, Vice-Chair, Chair, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 1994- 2000; 2001-2007 Advisory Board Member, Virginia Institute of Government, University of Virginia, 1998-2006 Board Member, Opera on the James, 2005-2006 Member, Randolph-Macon College Board of Associates, 1994-2004 Board Member, Vice-President, President, National Kidney Foundation of Virginia, 1997-2001 Board Member, Central Virginia Community Services, 1994-1995 RECOGNITION Honorary Fellow, Royal Holloway College, University of London, 2011 George C. Marshall Visitors Program, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Austria, 2011 Recipient, Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, U.S. Department of the Army, 2010 Recipient, Honorary LLD, Lynchburg College, 2008 Named a Distinguished Alumnus, Society of Alumni, Randolph-Macon College, 2008 Recipient, Public Officials Award, Virginia Water Environment Association, 2006 Named "Legislator of the Year," Virginia Sheriffs Association, 2004 Recipient, Scales of Justice Award, Virginia Legal Aid Society, 2002 Named "Legislator of the Year," Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2000 Recipient, Outstanding Young Alumnus, Society of Alumni, Randolph-Macon College, 1997 EVENTS Speaker, "Opening Remarks," Southeast Renewable Energy Summit, November 17, 2020 Speaker, Virginia’s New Laws Impacting Solar Development: Legislative