Michael Burke vs John Wasson

Michael Burke

CEO of AECOM

BIO: Mr. Michael S. Burke has been the Chief Executive Officer at AECOM since March 6, 2014 and has been its Chairman since March 4, 2015. Mr. Burke served as the President of AECOM from October 1, 2011 to October 17, 2014. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of AECOM from December 2006 to September 2011. He joined AECOM as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy in October 2005 and served as its Chief Corporate Officer from May 2006 to January 2009. His responsibilities include finance and accounting, legal, human resources, information technology, communications, corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions. From 1990 to 2005, he was with the accounting firm, KPMG LLP. He served at Arthur Andersen & Company from 1986 to 1990. He served in various senior leadership positions as a Western Area Managing Partner from 2002 to 2005. He has been a Director at AECOM since March 6, 2014. He served as an Independent Director of Rentech, Inc. from March 22, 2007 to June 9, 2017. He served as a Director of Rentech Nitrogen GP LLC, General Partner of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P from July 2011 to April 1, 2016. He served as a Member of Kpmg's Board of Directors from 2000 to 2005. He also serves on various Charitable and Community boards. Mr. Burke holds a B.S. Degree in Accounting from the University of Scranton and a J.D. degree from Southwestern University.

John Wasson

CEO of ICF

BIO: John Wasson serves as president and chief executive officer of ICF. During his twenty plus years as a senior leader within the firm, ICF has rapidly become one of the most dynamic and successful consultancies in the industry. Starting with one office in Washington D.C., ICF now has over 7,000 employees across more than 70 offices worldwide. The company has doubled in size every five years over the past two decades and in the process has also greatly expanded its array of capabilities and services offered. John joined ICF in 1987 as an associate and has led client work in the areas of energy, environment, transportation, public health and disaster recovery, among others. He was appointed CEO on October 1, 2019 and previously served as chief operating officer. John is a Board member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. He was awarded the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Medal for Business Achievement by the University of California Davis College of Engineering where he also serves as Chair of the Dean’s Executive Committee. He received his Master of Science degree from the Technology and Policy Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.