Phil Washington - Founders Day 2025 Honoree
- BuildOUT California
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Phillip (Phil) Washington has been one of our nation’s most remarkable ‘economic engines’ for decades. His indefatigable spirit and commitment to the utilization of all Historically Utilized Businesses (HUBs) has made him an icon within the design/construction industry. He has overseen the development of some of the largest infrastructure projects in the United States.
“Phil Washington is a true visionary and champion of small and minority businesses. He created and enforced the requirement for written utilization and mentorship plans at Los Angeles Metro and established large goals which were achieved because of his commitment. The success of that approach was demonstrated by many firms as a result including my own company, many times over. Phil created change at Metro which then rippled across to other transit agencies in the United States.”
Marcy Szarama
President, Destination Enterprises
LGBT owned/certified firm and Founder of BuildIT
Since the opening days of BuildIT, Phil has been an advocate for the inclusion of our LGBT businesses in Design/Construction/Material Supply firms and a champion of our workforce development efforts.
Phil is also the Co-Founder of the Equity in Infrastructure Project (EIP) which is a national non-profit organization which exists to improve public contracting practices by creating more opportunities for HUBs to build generational wealth and reduce the racial wealth gap by creating more prime, joint venture and equity contracting opportunities for these firms.
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