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Hank Adams AIA ACHA, Vice President, Healthcare Principal, HDR
Jon Adams, Director, Wireless Technology and Strategy, Freescale
Dr. Daryoush Allaei, Director of R&D, QRDC, Inc.
Ryan Archer AIA, LEED AP, Design Architect/LEED Coordinator, URS Corporation
James R. Arends, AIA, LEED AP, Vice President and Regional Healthcare Services Manager-Midwest Region, Gilbane Building Company
James J. Atkinson AIA, Programmer/Planner, HDR Architecture, Inc.
Farid Atrash, MHSc., CIH, ROH, Director/Senior Consultant, OHE Consultants
Julie Barkenbush, CEO, Devenney Group Ltd., Architects
Ellen Barrington, MSN, RN, BC, Nurse Manager, Meridian Health - Ocean Medical Center
Sue Ann Barton, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, Principal, ZGF Architects LLP
Mary Beck, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Vice President, Patient Care Services, Boone Hospital Center
Collin L. Beers AIA, Principal, Stantec
Victor J. Berrios, Manager, WCO Business Development, Freescale
Brian Bertrand, Principle, EBHW Architecture Inc.
Dr. Marilyn Black, Founder, GREENGUARD Environmental Insitute
Susan Black, Principal and Director, Perkins Eastman Black Architects Inc
Beth A. Bohnsack BSN, MA, RN, Clinical Director, Brain Injury Services, Bethesda Hospital
Sean Bowker, Senior Project Manager, Mortenson/Power J.V.
Orest Burdiak, Principal Interior Designer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Brenda M. Bush-Moline AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal, VOA Associates Incorporated
John L. Capelli, Principal, EwingCole
Kim Cardosi, President, Cardosi Kiper Design Group
George Carro, PPh, MS, BCOP, Senior Director, Oncology Pharmacy Services, NorthShore University HealthSystem
Patrick M. Casey AIA, Senior Program Controls Manager, Parkland Hospital and Health System
David Chambers, Director of Healthcare Facility Research, Rice University
Alan Channing FACHE, CEO, Sinai Health System
Jennifer Christmann, Assistant Director of Facilities Planning & Development, University of Kentucky Healthcare
Cathie Coleman, Life Enhancement Specialist, The MediLodge Group
Rolando Conesa AIA, Principal, MGE Architects
Patrick J. Conway, Director, Product Development, JBT Corporation – Automated Systems
James A. Cook M.D., Director, Neonatology, Geisinger Health System - Janet Weis Children's Hospital
Randy Cooper, President, CS&G
Michael Crowley P.E., Senior Vice President, Rolf Jensen & Associates
Nate Curell, Brown County Facility Engineer, Brown County Facility and Park Management
Suzanne Currie, Senior Associate, Human Factors and User Experience Specialist, HGA Architects and Engineers
Rudy J. Dahdal MHSc.(HPME), Senior Manager, Princess Margaret Hospital
Fiona de Vos, Owner, De Vos Associates
Christopher Downey RA, Architect, SmithGroup
Leon Drachman AIA, Principal, Payette
Susan A. Duchman MBA, BSN, RN, Vice President of Operations/CNO, The Williamsport Regional Medical Center - Susquehanna Health
Tim Dudte, Project Manager, Health Facilities Group
Fintan Duffy, Architect
Tama Duffy Day, FASID, FIIDA, LEED AP, Principal and National Interior Design Healthcare Practice Leader, Perkins+Will
Eileen M. Dwyer MS, RN., Director, Office of Transformation, Rush University Medical Center
Matt Ebejer, PE, LEED® AP, Vice President, West Regional Manager Healthcare-Health Sciences, Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.
Walter L. Eckenhoff FAIA, ACHA, Principal, Eckenhoff Saunders Architects
Andrew Englehart, President, Construction Process Solutions, Ltd.
Samuel Essak, Vice President and Partner, Hammes Company
Marc Fahringer, District Manager, Aramark Healthcare
Susie Faz-McCann RN, System Clinical Director, Design & Construction, Banner Health
Heather Fennimore, President, North America, Humanscale
Barbara Feske, Vice President, Management & Support, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center
Lanny J. Flynn P.E., S.E, Principal, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Eurico R. Francisco AIA, LEED AP, Vice President, RTKL Associates Inc.
Rick Franz, AIA, ACHA, LEED GA, Vice President, HKS Architects, P.C.
Tony Freitas, Criterion Systems
Richard Funnell, Senior Director, Oncology Program, Spectrum Health Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion
Richard Galling, President and Chief Operating Officer, Hammes Company
John R. Gavan, Managing Principal – Los Angeles, KPFF Consulting Engineers
Jeff Gertgen, Electrical Trades Supervisor, UW Hospital & Clinics
Evan Giovanello MPH, Senior Operations Engineer, Performance Improvement, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Debra Gitter RN CRRN, Nurse Manager for Rehabilitation Services, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Clay Goser, President, Symphony LLC
Bhargav Goswami, Principal, WHR Architects
Catherine L. Gow AIA, Principal - Health Facilities Planning, Francis Cauffman
Keith Gray, Director, Technical Marketing, The Mohawk Group
Patricia J. Grazzini, Deputy Director, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Deborah Groner D'Agostino FACHE, President, P4H, Inc
Christine Guzzo Vickery CID, Associate Vice President/Senior Interior Designer, HGA Architects and Engineers
Rolf Haarstad AIA, LEED AP, Principal and Vice President, Hord Coplan Macht
Linda Haggerty, AAHID, LEEP AP, Principal, Steffian Bradley Architects
Tanya K. Hahn CPA, MBA, Senior Vice President, Lancaster Pollard & Co
Neil A. Halpern, Chief Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Rick Hansen, C.C., O.B.C., President and CEO, Rick Hansen Foundation
Matthew E. Hanson Ph.D., Vice President, Integrated Medical Systems, Inc.
Debra Harris Ph.D., RAD Consultants
Rebecca G. Hathaway RN, MSN, Senior VP Healthcare, HMC Architects
Kathy Hathorn, CEO & Creative Director, American Art Resources
Simon Henderson, Head of Cancer Environments, Macmillan Cancer Support
Ardis C. Hutchins, AIA, IIDA, AAHID, Interior Architect, UW Hospitals and Clinics
Steven G. Jacobson AIA, LEED AP, Principal, HKS Architects, P.C.
Tom Jennings FACHE, Principal, NXT
Jerry Johnson, Design Principal, Perkins+Will
Mic Johnson AIA, NCARB, Design Principal, Ellerbe Becket, an AECOM Company
Carol Johnson Kartje, AIA IIDA, LEED AP, Vice President, Director of Interior Design, HKS Architects, P.C.
Cormac Johnston, General Manager, Waterford Health Park
Dr. David W. Jordan DABR, PhD, Senior Medical Physicist, West Physics Consulting, LLC
Robert P. Junk,AIA,AHRA, Principal, RAD-Planning
Nelson Keeler, CAD/IT/Project & Business Development Manager(s), JW Design Architectural Studio
James Kent Muirhead AIA, Associate Principal, Cannon Design
LTC Colleen Kesselring, Chief of Nutrition Care Division, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
Dave Kievet, Group President, California Operations, The Boldt Company
Mikyoung Kim, President, Mikyoung Kim Design
Robert Klasek, Vice President, Facilities Management, Northwest Community Hospital
Steven L. Klein, LC, IALD, IESNA, President, Klein Lighting, LLC
Eric Kohls, CPC, LEED AP, Director of Project Specific Support Services, Construction Process Solutions, Ltd.
Bruce Komiske, Chief - New Hospital Project, Childrens Memorial Hospital
Kenneth M. Krakaur, Senior Vice President and President – Peninsula Region, Sentara Healthcare
Thom Kurmel DDES, RA, President, TDK Consulting LLC, Colonel, US Army(Retired), Frmr Sr Adv to the Asst Sec of Def for Health Affairs
Nathan T. Larmore, Principal & IT Architecture Practice Leader, Sparling
Eric Lautzenheiser AIA, ACHA, Director, Health Facilities Planning, Francis Cauffman
Don Lemonds, Vice President and Senior Medical Planner, HOK
Tom Leonidas. Jr., PE, Vice President, Healthcare Practice Leader, Sparling
Jay Leopold, Regional Manager, DPR Construction
Randy Leopold LEED, Principal Architect, University of California San Diego
James Lesslie, President, BOLYU Contract
Steve Lewallen, President & CEO, Health Facilities Group
Elizabeth Lewis M.Ed., Director Family Service and Resources, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Philip LiBassi AIA, ACHA, Principal, Westlake Reed Leskosky
Yuri Ma, Planning Advisor, Redevelopment, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Michelle Malone Keith, MPA, Executive Director, Hospital Construction & Plant Operations, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
Tim Marcum, Director of Planning, Baptist Hospital East
Marilyn K. Mariani RN, MM, Chief Nursing Officer, Lakeview Hospital
Susan E. Mazer, President/CEO, Healing HealthCare Systems, Inc.
Jonas McBride, Vice President, Smith Seckman Reid
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, D. Arch., Professor of Architecture and Director, Texas A & M University - Center for Health Systems & Design
Ann M. McGauran, NCARB, MMHC, Senior Operations Engineer, Performance Improvement, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wilson Mertens MD, Medical Director, Cancer Services, Baystate Health Systems
Ingrid Meszoely MD, Asst. Professor Surgical Oncology,Clinical Director for Vanderbilt Breast Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mick Metzger, Project Executive, Pepper Construction
Eric Meub AIA, LEED AP, Vice President, SmithGroup
Andrew Meyers, Sr. Associate, Electrical Engineer, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
Harold Michels, Senior VP, Copper Development Association
Craig L. Miller CCM, Senior Project Manager, Jacobs
Terry Miller B.S., E.E., EVP and COO, Gene Burton & Associates
John S. Milne MD, MBA, FACEP, Medical Director for Strategic Development, Swedish Medical Center
Jeffery E. Morris, AIA, NCARB, EDAC, LEED AP, Division Vice President of Healthcare Design, Gresham, Smith and Partners
Upali Nanda PhD, VP Director of Research, American Art Resources
Aubie Nanning PhD, Senior Systems Analyst, CH2MHILL/CRITIGEN
Mark A. Nichols, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP, Principal, Loebl Schlossman & Hackl
Michael F. O'Keefe, Director, Navigant Consulting
Tony Ollman, Director, Baker Tilly
Roger Oxendale, Past CEO, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Steven R. Pack, President, Armadale Capital, Inc.
Todd Paider, Boldt
Aristides Pallin, Chief Operating Officer, Leon Medical Centers
Laurie Pawli, Director/Founder, Feng Shui School of Chicago
Theresa Pesch, Executive Director, Children’s Foundation, Vice President, Development Children’s of MN
Jane H. Peters, AIA, ACHA, LEED® AP, NCARB, Vice President, Senior Architectural Designer, Karlsberger
Robert Piatek AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal and Senior Vice President, HKS Architects, P.C.
Francis Murdock Pitts FACHA, AIA, OAA, President, architecture+
Shanti Pless, Building Energy Efficiency Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Harry Pliskin, President, TransVac Systems, LLC
Tim Powers, Senior Vice President, Healthcare, Astorino
George Pressler, ACHA,FHFI,AIA, President, Planning Decision Resources, Inc
Grant Ramsay, Principal, Director of Technology Design, X-nth
Jeffrey Remsik, President, Bottom Line Marketing & Public Relations
Kimberly S. Repac, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Western Maryland Health System
Annette Ridenour, President & CEO, Aesthetics Inc
Terry J. Ritchey RN, BSN, MBA, Vice President, Manager of Clinical Solutions and Research, HKS Architect
Diane Rodriguez, Executive Director for Transition Planning, Northwest Community Hospital
Timothy M. Rommel, AIA, RAIC, ACHA, Principal, Cannon Design
Joe Ross, Vice President, X-nth
Dr Mark Rowe, Rowe Creavin Medical Practice
Wayne Ruga, PhD, AIA, FIIDA, Hon. FASID, Founder and President, The CARITAS Project
Rosalyn Ryan, Principal in Charge, DQI Healthcare, Inc.
Peggy Ryden NCIDQ, Project Manager, Real Estate Services, HealthEast Care System
Nancy Sanger Pallesen, Executive Director, Arlington Free Clinic
Richard M. Satava MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center
Marc Sauvé MBA, Senior Healthcare Strategist, Gresham Smith & Partners
Timothy Schap AIA, COO, Construction Process Solutions, Ltd.
Michael H. Scherbel AIA, NCARB, Partner of Healthcare Design, Plunkett Raysich Architects, LLP
Karla Schnell RN, National Healthcare Provider Lead, North Highland Company
Jon C. Scholz, President, RAVINE MANAGEMENT LLC.
William Scrantom PE, Senior Vice President, National Director Healthcare-Health Sciences, Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.
Sheryl Searle RD, LD, Foodservice Director, Independence Regional Health Center (HCA)
Marc Shaw AIA, LEED AP, Principal, EYP Architecture & Engineering
Shelly Sipes PMP, Easter Regional Manager - Enterprise Collaboration Solutions, CH2MHILL/CRITIGEN
Brian Smith, Director, Strategic Project Development, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Janice M. Smith, RN, M.Ed., Chief Administrative Officer of Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
H. Alan Sneed AIA, NCARB, CSI, Principal, RTKL Associates Inc.
Tom Spremo, Executive Director, Med Gas Solutions
Pat Stack, Vice President Transition Planning, Northwest Community Hospital
Terrie P. Sterling, Chief Operating Officer, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Monica Stockmann, Upper Midwest Regional Engineer, American Institute of Steel Construction
Karen Stockton MHSc., CIC, Director, Infection Prevention & Control, University Health Network
Dave Stout, Director of Facilities & Engineering, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Stephen Straka, Principal, CSC
George Strand PE, MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Horty Elving
Michael W. Street, RA, LEED AP, EDAC, Design Principal, HDR Architecture, Inc.
Douglas Strout AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Director of Healthcare, Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz
Kevin B. Sullivan AIA, Principal, Payette
Mary Sweet, Administrator, Kiowa County Memorial Hospital
David M. Sykes, Co-chairman, ANSI S12 WG44 - healthcare acoustics
Lt Col Jonathan R. Sylvie, Central Texas Program Manager, U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency
Marisa Tacconelli-Termine, Director, Risk Management, Quality & Patient Safety, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
David Tarnowski, VP of Operations, QRDC, Inc.,
Gordon Turow ASLA, Director of Campus Planning and Design, The Pennsylvania State University
Annette L. Valenta DrPH, Professor and Associate Dean for Health Informatics and Technology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Christine Van De Wege MA, FACHE, Senior Director, Kellogg Cancer Center, NorthShore University HealthSystem
Tim Vander Molen, President, Integrated Facilities Solutions, Inc.
Walter N. Vernon, IV, PE, LEED AP, Principal, Mazzetti & Associates
Dennis Viellieu, CEO, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush
Dennis Vonasek, Vice President/Principal, HGA Architects and Engineers
Marty Waldron AIA, ACHA, Principal, GPL Principal in Charge, Anshen + Allen
Natale Ward Assoc. AIA,, Designer/Planner, The Design Partnership, LLP
Wendy M. Weitzner FACHE, The Innova Group
Russ Wenzel, Vice President, Healthcare, McCarthy Building Company
Steve Wiser, Director of Healthcare Design, JRA Architects
Martin F. Wolf FAIA, Principal-in-Charge of Design, Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Maria Worley, Director, Business Development, Inman Foodservice Group
Jeffery N. Yarmel, Senior Executive Vice President and COO, Cooper University Health System
Roberta Young, LtCol (Ret), BS, MA, Principal, Sterling Planning Alliance
Nancy C. Zahradnik, MSN, RN, CEN, NE-BC, Clinical Director, Emergency Department, Cincinnati Children’s Liberty Campus
Corey Zarecki, Efficiency Improvement Leader, Gundersen Lutheran Health System
Jeri Zuber AIA, LEED-AP, Chief Executive Officer, Horty Elving
