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Reston, Virginia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Meridiam is a global investment, development, and asset management firm focused on sustainable infrastructure. At Meridiam, Peter is responsible for the origination and execution of project development and investment opportunities across the Americas, including the formation of strategic partnerships with public authorities and technical partners to ensure successful delivery of infrastructure projects. Peter is also a key contributor to global strategy and product development for Meridiam, developing thematic investments and new fund concepts based on global macro trends in sustainability and emerging technologies. Peter also has a leadership role in Meridiam North America's stakeholder engagement and policy strategy, and participates frequently in market development and thought leadership activities with the World Economic Forum, Global Infrastructure Hub, and Urban Land Institute promoting best practices in urban innovation and capital project delivery.

Reston, Virginia

Bechtel Enterprises is the development, investment, and financing arm of Bechtel. As Development Manager, Peter contributed to the financing & development of various global infrastructure projects in transportation, water, energy, and natural resources. Contributed to PPP bids, deal origination and partnering, negotiation and structuring of MOU's and Term Sheets, and led balance sheet investments for development projects.

Greater New York City Area

Performed financial analysis and created presentation materials to support client interactions in transportation, infrastructure, and industrial sectors

Chicago, Il

Prepared policy memos and research to inform Commissioner during county board meetings. Supported County Commissioner in stakeholder engagement and constituent advocacy duties in his role as chair of the economic development task force. In 2019, Mr. Garcia was elected to U.S. Congress (D-Illinois 4th District)

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Opportunistic real estate investment firm founded by William M. Daugherty with a focus on Mortgage Backed Securities, Whole Loan Trading, REO Investment, REIT equity portfolios, and Commercial Real Estate Development. Managed firm-wide treasury forecasting across all strategies, funds, and GP. Maintained cash balances and reserve covenants. Recommended distribution and holdback activity after incorporating remittances, dividends, asset sales proceeds, and worked closely with portfolio managers to incorporate funding requirements for deal closing pipeline, as well as invoices payable at GP, fund, and asset-level. Performed investor relations capital calls and made monthly presentations to IC on fund deployment and liquidity forecasts. Participated in fundraising and capital formation activities during new fund launches.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Global Macro hedge fund founded by Geoff Grant, former Global Head of Proprietary Trading at Goldman Sachs. The fund managed $1.2B and employed a fixed-risk discretionary global macro trading strategy using diverse product mix of options and derivatives across rates, foreign exchange, commodities, and equity indices. Managed trade book and P&L calculations for firm founder and senior portfolio managers. Contributed to thesis development for new investment themes and monitored market activity for suitable execution concepts, instrument selection, and trade entry/exit. Presented monthly to IC on risk allocation, trade approval requests, and P&L progress. Performed investor relations activities: relationship management, reporting, performing live demonstrations of trade process to comply with Dodd-Frank requirements, and responded to prospective investor DDQ’s. Primary point of contact for OTC trading counterparties and fund administrator, resolving trade input, margin calls, and valuation issues.

Chicago, Il

Managed OTC Collateral, Liquidity Management, and Treasury Functions for Citadel and 3rd party clients of Citadel's fund administration business. Monitored ISDA counterparty default risk and managed firm liquidity and margin calls during peak financial crisis. Contributed to product design & development for proprietary trading & portfolio monitoring software. Served as relationship manager and product lead for treasury & cash management modules for 3rd party clients.

Supported Citadel's syndicated bank loan trading desk.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Activities and Societies: • Recipient of the 2019 Booth Community Award (peer-nominated award for community leadership) • Co-Chair.

Master’S Degree, Public Policy Analysis

Concentrations in Urban Policy and Economic Development • Research Assistant at Becker Friedman Institute (field experiment design.

Bachelors, Finance

Activities and Societies: Co-Director of Major Event Programming & Student Activities (Student Union Board)Semester Abroad in Rome, Italy.

High School