Atlanta Healthcare & Life Sciences Real Estate Summit

Katherine Lynch serves as a Senior Vice President within Trammell Crow Company Atlanta Business Unit. She is responsible for sourcing, shaping and executing all aspects of Trammell Crow Company development and investment activity in the Atlanta region. Her focus is directed on office and mixed-use development opportunities, supervising the design, capitalization, marketing and leasing, and overall asset management functions. A 15-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, Lynch previously served as First Vice President for CBRE Atlanta, specializing in the marketing and leasing of office buildings for institutional owners. During her tenure, she completed more than 475 transactions, in excess of 5 million square feet, representing $875 million in total lease volume. Lynch has completed significant lease transactions including: IHG, State Farm, Regions Bank, Alere, GE, WeWork, Swift Currie McGhee & Heirs, Allstate, and Bluelinx. In 2009, Lynch was the recipient of the annual William H. McAdam Memorial Award for being the nation’s highest producing first-year sales person throughout the Company. Prior to CBRE, served as Development Associate at Pope & Land Enterprises.

Tony has over 34 years experience in providing strategic real estate advisory services for corporate users and non-profit institutions. In particular, Tony has worked closely with clients to develop programs with real world, actionable strategies to align their real estate obligations with their ownership, cost, quality and location objectives. Tony has extensive experience in providing portfolio reviews and analysis, highest and best use studies, occupancy cost benchmarking, merger and acquistion services, development advisory, master planning, site slection, tenant representation, transaction management, financial analysis and ownership structures. His experience involves working across a wide range of asset classes including office, retail, data centers, and headquarters facilities and transaction types including acquisitions, dispositions, build-to-suits and sale-leaseback transactions. Some of Tony's distinguished list of clients include SunTrust, McKesson, Ernst and Young, Georgia Tech, Siemens, Microsoft, Sprint, Mellon Bank, Equifax, Wellpoint, Darden Restaurants and Woodruff Arts Center.

Maria Thacker Goethe is the founding CEO of The Center for Global Health Innovation (CGHI), an Atlanta-based organization formed in 2020 from the merger of Georgia’s major global health and life sciences organizations. CGHI was established as an impartial, leading organizer of the global health, life sciences and health technology community which embraces cross-sector collaboration and speaks with a collective voice. Maria is also the president and CEO of Georgia Bio, a role she has held since Feb. 2019, after spending more than 12 years actively building the organization into one of the state’s top bioscience and MedTech associations. Under her leadership, the Georgia Global Health Alliance, BioEd Institute and Global Health Crisis Coordination Center were established and now reside within CGHI. Prior to Georgia Bio, Maria participated in a fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in environmental investigations, working closely with the National Center of Environmental Health in Chemical Demilitarization. Maria serves on the board of the CJD Foundation, Southeast Life Sciences Association, and KSU Research Foundation, and as vice chair for the Council of State Bioscience Associations. Most recently, she was named to Georgia Trend magazine’s 2021 “100 Most Influential Georgians” list. Additionally, Maria has volunteered for 11 years with the Junior League of Atlanta. Maria holds a master’s in public health from Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from Sweet Briar College. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Patrick, and daughter Cecilia.

Don is a Principal and a Regional Director of the Life Science Practice at HKS. He leads business development activities and manages relationships with private, academic and government Life Science clients. Don has dedicated his career to designing facilities that advance research and create life changing scientific breakthroughs for human health.

Christopher Rampton is a Project Director for JE Dunn Construction. After graduating from The Georgia Institute of Technology, he has almost 20 years of experience working in the construction industry. Christopher has spent his career focused on large, complex Healthcare, Mission Critical, and Life Sciences projects, with his most recent focus leading JE Dunn’s construction team for the Emory University Health Sciences Research Building II. He is a member of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories and is equally passionate about minimizing our carbon footprint and environmental impact. Christopher and his wife live in East Atlanta, where he is an avid cyclist and volunteer, giving time through the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition (Propel ATL) and the City of Atlanta Parks & Recreation.

Edward “Eddie” Lai is the Senior Manager of Life Sciences & Digital Health Ecosystem Expansion for the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC). He directs MAC's recruitment and growth strategies for the Life Science (Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices/Instruments, animal/agriculture bioscience), Digital Health (Health IT, mobile health, wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine, and personalized medicine), and Age Tech ecosystems. Prior to joining the Chamber, he came to Atlanta from Boston for a role at metro Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare as an Operations & Strategy Administrative Fellow working on hospital and system-wide initiatives including COVID-19 Supply Chain procurement and outpatient COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Operation. He subsequently joined the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub as its first Administrator, engaging with companies external to Emory as well as with internal stakeholders to operationalize projects within the health system. Eddie earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and a minor in Health Services Administration from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. After graduation, he served in AmeriCorps in a high school in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone. He then earned his Master of Public Health with a concentration in Healthcare Management and a certificate in Pharmaceutical Development, Delivery, and Access from the Boston University School of Public Health. He is also the co-founder of the Association of Asian Healthcare Leaders (AAHL).

Josh specializes in office tenant representation and is a member of the Colliers Atlanta Office Experts. For nearly a decade, Josh has provided real estate counsel to hundreds of businesses in a myriad of industries. He has in-depth knowledge of the Atlanta office market and is a trusted advisor to Atlanta’s premier office occupiers. Josh has extensive knowledge of in-town and urban redevelopment markets having sold properties throughout the urban core of Atlanta. Josh is a LEED Accredited Professional and is highly regarded for his commitment to sustainability. He is a member of both the US Green Building council and the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors. Prior to joining Colliers International in 2012, Josh worked for Ackerman & Co. for nine years where he began his office based brokerage practice. He also worked for Atlanta-based development group Miller Gallman Developers, LLC, where he assisted in the sale of Glen Iris Lofts, a 150-unit loft project. He also oversaw the conversion and sale of Whitehall Mill Lofts from an apartment complex to condominiums, and was responsible for creating and implementing marketing campaigns, negotiating construction contracts and bidding, including property management.

I'm passionate about exploring the "big ideas" in healthcare today and the role design plays in helping our clients be successful in a rapidly changing industry. Economics, operational efficiency, flexibility, and technology integration are some of the pressing issues clients face – along with increased consumer expectations. Harnessing our creative talents to design smarter buildings that enrich patients' and staff's experiences while helping build healthier communities - what could be more satisfying than that? For over 25 years, collaborating with physicians and nurses at institutions across the nation, I've come to understand the complex functional and technical imperatives of healthcare facilities, but also the human need for beauty in the healthcare workplace. How can we use design to craft the most welcoming, life-affirming places where people come for care? From complex medical centers and children's hospitals to ambulatory care and public health, my career focuses on working with clients to understand their vision. Let's explore design concepts that support your business and facility goals and bring those ideas to fruition on your healthcare campuses and in your communities.

With more than 15 years of experience, Ms. Keishia Niblack joined Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. as the Director of Corporate Leasing in October 2018. Ms. Niblack is responsible for the managing and directing Piedmont’s 3.8M SF lease portfolio working with both internal and external end users to achieve a myriad of real estate goals for Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. Ms. Niblack serves as an advisor to the Piedmont Healthcare Corporate senior management on real estate matters and works with executives to develop and implement real estate strategies consistent with business requirements and operational needs. Prior to this role Ms. Niblack worked with Children's Health of Atlanta for 6.5 Years where she was quickly promoted to Real Estate Manager. Ms. Niblack's additional experiences include working with land acquisitions, residential developments, residential sales, and developing the operations and organizational structure for real estate sales. Ms. Niblack is a 2018 graduate of the Real Estate Associate Program (REAP) and a 2020 graduate of Urban Land Institute's Center for Leadership Class. She is active in her community and volunteers with Gateway Center, Open Hand Atlanta & is a board member for an Genesis Innovation Academy in Atlanta. Keishia holds a BS in Public Relations from Georgia Southern University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Phoenix. Ms. Niblack is a native Georgian and currently resides in Doraville, GA with her three children, Jonathan E. (19), Jaida (15) and Gabrielle (11).

Angela Hsu is a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. She represents a range of public and private companies both domestic and international as a trusted advisor. In addition to acting as outside general counsel, she handles a broad range of transactional matters, including commercial real estate, joint ventures and acquisitions and divestitures. Prior to joining Bryan Cave, she was Vice President of the legal department at Duke Realty Corporation, a publicly traded REIT for 16 years where she managed the legal group that supported all of the capital transactions, investment sales and was responsible for the team that handles corporate governance and general contracts matters for Duke Realty. She holds a juris doctor degree from Emory University School of Law, and has an undergraduate degree in Architecture and Environmental Design from University of California at Berkeley with honors. While at Emory University, Angela founded the Asian Law Students Association. Over the course of her professional career, she has been deeply invested in the Atlanta Region and the Asian American community, serving on the board of the Regional Leadership Foundation and as President of the Georgia Chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans from 1997 to 1999. She was the Chairman of the Board of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, an agency of the State of Georgia from 2015 to 2021 and was President of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association from 2020 to 2021. Angela is also on the Board of Trustees for Westminster Schools, Atlanta and the Advisory Board of the Emory University School of Law. She is also a member of the Atlanta Chapter of the International Women’s Forum. In early 2023, Angela joined the Georgia Bar’s Commission on Continuing Legal Competency. Since the Atlanta mass shooting of six Asian women in 2021, Angela has been a leading advocate and voice in the fight against violence directed at the Asian American community, co-founding the AAPI Crime Victims & Education Fund. She is featured for her AAPI crime victim work in the Portrait Project 2.0, a study of Asian Americans in the legal profession.--