Senior Director
Fitch Ratings
Scott Monroe is a San Francisco-based Senior Director in Fitch Ratings’ Global Infrastructure and Project Finance group. He heads the North American Infrastructure Team, consisting of approximately 20 analysts, which covers airports, seaports, toll roads, social infrastructure and sports facilities using demand-based and availability pay financing structures. Scott joined Fitch in 2007 as a member of Fitch’s tax-supported and later its water/sewer groups.
Scott earned a BS in business administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and is a CFA Charterholder. In addition, he is a member of the California Society of Municipal Analysts and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts. Scott was named as a Rising Star by the Bond Buyer in 2018.
As Congress will this year be faced with the renewal of the surface transportation bill and finding ways to fill the highway trust fund, how is the industry preparing for another potentially challenging outlook for transportation projects going forward? What types of federal programs are at the industry’s disposal? Are there any risks of a funding pullback? How is the landscape for transit faring?