Blackstone Inc. announced the appointment of Kurt Summers, Jr., former City Treasurer of Chicago, as Head of Public-Private Partnerships within the company's Infrastructure business. Kurt Summers has a more than twenty-year career spanning world-class institutions in both the private and public sectors, leveraging expertise in finance, institutional investing, complex problem-solving and market-leading innovation. In this role, Kurt will focus on investment strategies in partnership with local governments, civic and labor organizations, and broader stakeholders to help advance local infrastructure priorities, with a keen focus on advancing Blackstone Infrastructure's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts.