Kurt Summers is the President of Blackstone Infrastructure Strategies (BXINFRA). Mr. Summers also serves as a Senior Managing Director and is Head of Public-Private Partnerships in Blackstone’s Infrastructure group. In this capacity, Mr. Summers is responsible for investment strategies in partnership with governments, public entities, civic and labor organizations, and broader stakeholders to help advance local infrastructure priorities while also focusing on advancing Blackstone Infrastructure’s sustainability efforts.

Previously, Mr. Summers served as Senior Advisor to Blackstone. Mr. Summers was elected and served as Chicago’s 70th City Treasurer until 2019. Mr. Summers also served as both Chairman of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust, where he led the largest lighting retrofit project in North America, and Founding Chairman of the Chicago Community Catalyst Fund, a first-of-its-kind $100 million local investment fund focused on private investments in Chicago neighborhoods. Prior to becoming Treasurer, Mr. Summers served as a Senior Vice President and member of the Office of the Chairman for GCM Grosvenor. Mr. Summers began his career at McKinsey & Company and later worked as an investment banker in both the leveraged finance and industrials groups at Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Summers serves as a board member of Applegreen and a board observer for Signature Aviation. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis where he received a BSBA with Management Distinction High Honors in Finance and International Business with a minor in East Asian Studies. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.