Ben McAdams

Former U.S. Congressman Ben McAdams advises numerous state, county and city governments on public policy matters. McAdams is the founder and CEO of the Common Ground Institute, an organization focused on creating revenue and other public benefits from government-owned real estate through public-private partnerships.

From 2009 through 2020, McAdams served as a Member of the United States Congress, a Utah State Senator, and Mayor of Salt Lake County, where he represented 1.1 million constituents and balanced a budget of $1.2 billion.

In his public service, McAdams brought Republicans and Democrats together to advance major transportation infrastructure investments, find solutions to address homelessness, improve education and health outcomes, and promote evidence-based decision-making at all levels of government using innovations, including the first social impact bonds to achieve measurable outcomes for the public good.

Prior to elected office, McAdams taught Securities Regulation at the University of Utah law school and was an attorney with Davis Polk in New York and Dorsey & Whitney in Salt Lake City, where he specialized in public and private securities transactions for U.S. and international issuers.