Carmela Castellano-Garcia, Esq., is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the

California Primary Care Association (CPCA), overseeing a membership association

of more than 1,300 nonprofit, community clinics and health centers (CCHCs) which

serve nearly 6.6 million patients a year.  Ms. Castellano-Garcia has been committed

to advancing multi-cultural health policy issues for more than 25 years, focusing on

areas such as cultural and linguistic competency in health care delivery, ensuring the

viability of safety net providers, health care reform, and access to care for vulnerable

populations.

During her tenure at CPCA, community health centers have had significant income growth, more than tripling

their collective income from $795 million in 1997 to over $5 billion in 2016.  Patients served increased more

than 275 percent during this same period from 2.4 to 6.6 million, and total annual encounters grew by more than

12 million. Under her leadership, Federal funding to CCHCs has increased from $105M to $686M annually,

and the number of health center sites has more than doubled to over 1,300 sites in 2016.

In 2015, Carmela oversaw the creation of a new 501(c)4 CPCA affiliate corporation – CaliforniaHealth+

Advocates, a social welfare organization that is dedicated to advancing the mission of community health centers

through state and federal advocacy. CaliforniaHealth+ Advocates is governed by a Board of Directors who have

been designated by the CPCA Board of Directors. Carmela Castellano-Garcia is the President and CEO and

leads a team of government affairs professionals.

In addition, Ms. Castellano-Garcia serves as the President of the Board of Trustees of the Castellano Family

Foundation.  Prior to that she served as the Board’s Vice President since 2012.  Founded by Alcario and

Carmen Castellano in 2001, the Castellano Family Foundation has donated more than $5 million in grants to

Santa Clara County nonprofits supporting Latino education, arts and culture, leadership and diversity. The

Castellano Family Foundation also continually supports these local organizations guided by the values of

community, family, social change, empathy and integrity.

Prior to joining CPCA, Ms. Castellano-Garcia served as the Founder and Executive Director of the Latino

Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC), a health care policy and advocacy organization seeking to improve

access to health and human services for California's Latino population. She was the Executive Director in 1992-

1997 and she served as the Volunteer Executive Director in 2011, wherein she played a leadership role in

ensuring the continued vitality of the organization.

Ms. Castellano-Garcia’s legal background includes six years as a Staff Attorney and Managing Attorney with

Public Advocates, Inc., a public interest law firm in San Francisco.  Ms. Castellano-Garcia has litigated in the

areas of employment discrimination, insurance redlining, and ensuring access to the information superhighway

for California's minority, low-income populations.

Ms. Castellano-Garcia is a founder and continues to serve on the Board of the California Health Information

Partnership and Services Organization (CalHIPSO), the Regional Extension Center for California. She also

sits on the Board of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC), and the National Center for

Family Philanthropy (NCFP). She also serves on a number of Advisory Boards, including: Insure the

Uninsured Project (ITUP), California Program on Access to Care (CPAC), and the Health Initiative of

the Americas (HIA).

In the past, Carmela Castellano-Garcia has served as a member of the Oral Health Access Council (OHAC), the

California Health Workforce Alliance (CHWA), the National Health Service Corp’s National Advisory

Council, and the California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program; and on the Boards of the Public Health

Institute, Mission Neighborhood Health Center, and the Chicana Latina Foundation.

Among her recognitions are: the Hispanic Health Leadership Award granted by the National Hispanic Medical

Association in 2009, the Public Advocate’s Voices of Conscience award in 2005, and the Impact Award by Alta

Med Health Services in 2004. She was also a 2007 Finalist for Hispanic Business Magazine’s Woman of the

Year Award, and was listed in the February 1996 issue of the Medical Herald's Who's Who Top 20 in Latino

Medicine, and the Hispanic Business list of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the U.S.

Ms. Castellano-Garcia is a graduate of Yale Law School and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science

from the University of California at Berkeley.  While a student, she spent a year at La Universidad Central de

Venezuela as a Rotary Foundation International Scholar.

Visit my website at: www.carmelacastellano.com

Michael A. Noto serves as Senior Vice President, Real Estate Services for Welltower. He is responsible for

ensuring that the operations, finance and leasing departments of Welltower’s Outpatient Medical portfolio

provide hospital clients and physician tenants with quality property management services, timely management

information, and a wide array of leasing services. Mr. Noto has been with the company since September 2001.

Mr. Noto spent 13 years as a banking executive with responsibilities including commercial and real estate

lending, credit administration, and the management and workout of tens of millions of dollars of real estate

assets. During his 17 years as a practicing attorney, Mr. Noto was directly involved in the financing,

management, acquisition and disposition of millions of dollars of real estate.

Mr. Noto is a member of BOMA International and has participated on panel discussions at the Medical Office

Buildings and Healthcare Facilities Conferences.

Mr. Noto received a Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA in finance from Rutgers University and a law degree

from Pace University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the States of New York and Florida.

Margaret R. Peterson, PhD, serves as President of Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical, a 318-bed community hospital located at 1401 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Peterson began her career as a registered nurse. She earned a Master of Science in Nursing from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., her Master of Science degree in Cardiovascular Nursing from The Catholic University of America in Washington, and her Doctor of Philosophy in Administration from Miami University in Ohio.

Peterson has served in executive leadership roles over the past several years. Most recently, she was chief executive officer (CEO) at Desert Valley Hospital and Desert Valley Medical Group in Victorville, California, where she lead expansion efforts that included the opening of a comprehensive heart center. Prior to that, Peterson was CEO of Victor Valley Community Hospital and Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services in Simi Valley, California. She has also held executive leadership positions at hospitals in the states of Louisiana and Maryland.

Peterson has been honored by several organizations for her community leadership and named as “2005 Woman of the Year” by the 38th Assembly District of the California State Legislature. More recently, she received the President’s Award for Leadership from the Victorville African American Chamber of Commerce. A results-oriented leader, Peterson understands the important role that a hospital plays in the well-being of the community it serves. She is mission-driven and has hands-on community relations experience. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated her commitment to excellence in patient care through strategic partnerships with the American Heart Association and other notable organizations.

As new residents and professionals move into downtown Los Angeles, Peterson looks forward to introducing them to the outstanding services of Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center. Peterson will work closely with the hospital team and community partners to ensure continued growth as the neighborhood blossoms, while continuing to care for families who have relied on the hospital for generations.

As Vice President of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction for Cedars-Sinai

Medical Center, Zeke is responsible for the oversight of real estate and capital projects

from initial concept through project closeout. He oversees the Facilities department

comprised of over 50 staff members including architects, planners, project managers

and engineers.

His experience in over 30 years of professional practice includes responsibility in all

aspects of project delivery for a variety of public and institutional projects ranging from

healthcare to academic research facilities. Having worked both as an architect and an

owner, he has experience in the programmatic, functional and technical elements of

planning, design and construction.

Zeke currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Fire Department

Foundation. Zeke has served as Chairperson of the L.A. Chapter of the AIA Academy of

Architecture for Health. He is a LEED Accredited Professional having led Cedars-Sinai

in the completion of their first LEED Gold certified building on the campus.

Dr. Michael Nduati, M.D., M.B.A, M.P.H., is chief executive officer of UCR Health and associate clinical professor of health sciences and senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. He is also hospitalist at Riverside Community Hospital. Nduati has a variety of responsibilities within the medical school. As CEO, he is responsible for the strategic development and growth of UCR Health, the medical school's clinical enterprise, and serves as the physician executive leader of the medical school's faculty practice. Prior to his appointment as senior associate dean, he was co-director of the school's Longitudinal Ambulatory Care Experience (LACE) program and director of hospital medicine for UCR Health. He received his bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences from UCR, then went to UCLA to earn his M.D. from the David Geffen School of Medicine and a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Management. After graduating, he did his internship and residency at Kaiser Permanente Fontana before earning a Master in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Nduati, who is board certified in family medicine, is chair of the Academic Practice Forum for the California Medical Association and on the Board of Councilors for the Riverside County Medical Association.  He is also a member of the American Medical Association, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. While an undergraduate, Nduati co-founded the student-run African Americans United in Science at UCR, an organization that he continues to work with today.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nduati's interests include community physician preceptor recruitment retention, CQI of medical school

curriculum and leadership in health care.

AWARDS

 Accepted into Association of Departments of Family Medicine Fellowship program, 2016.

 UCR Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, 2015.

 UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative graduate, 2015.

 New Faculty Scholar Award, (one of seven national award recipients), STFM Foundation, 2014.

Selected Publications

 LANGE Family Medicine: Ambulatory Care and Prevention, 6th Edition, Scrotal Complaints, Chapter, 9/28/13.

James Corbett, M.Div., J.D, is a seasoned healthcare executive bringing over a decade of c-level leadership experience from both the for-profit and the non-profit sectors of the industry. James has served as a fellow at Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Social Medicine as well as Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics and currently is serving as a fellow of the Nashville Healthcare Council. In addition he is currently serving a 4-year term on the National Institute of Health’s National Advisory Council for Nursing Research; having been honored to receive the appointment from former Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebellius. His for-profit and non-profit experience comes from serving in four health systems, in this capacity his focus has been providing strategic and operational leadership for behavioral health, consumer segmentation, population health, hospital re-design, hospital-housing development, research, innovation, global health, advocacy and ethics. James’s work around health system network composition has encompassed efforts in multiple states partnering with organizations to analyze appropriate asset utilization, diversification and analysis of bed need, and repurposing of an organizations bricks and mortar assets. Corbett has also lectured at Harvard Medical School, Harvard’s School of Public Health and numerous other universities across the country. James has been published in multiple books and journals. Mr. Corbett earned his B.S. in International Relations from Syracuse University, followed by his Juris Doctorate from St. Johns University and a Master of Divinity from Duke University.

Stacey Hooper has more than 20 years of design experience in health, science, higher education, corporate and transportation projects. Her love and expertise of building enclosures and sustainability, and their translation to an enriched human experience, have formed the cornerstone of her career. Stacey regularly lectures on the relationship between façade design, performance and the principles of well building design at the University of Southern California (USC), Art Center College of Design. Most recently she co-chaired The Architect’s Newspaper’s Facades+ conference in Los Angeles. Her clients include the University of Southern California, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Alipay.

Mrs. Will co- founded Belmont Village Senior Living in 1997 as a fully

integrated owner, developer and operator of first-rate senior housing and

care communities. The company is known for built-to- purpose

developments, best in class hospitality, and proprietary resident

programming. The Company’s $3.0 Billion real estate portfolio has capacity

of over 5,000 apartment and employs over 3,800 people across eight states

and Mexico. For the third year in a row, Belmont’s team members voted

the Company a Great Place to Work on FORTUNE®’s list of Best Workplaces

in Aging Services.

Belmont Village has been a leader in senior living in Los Angeles for two

decades. In addition to seven purpose built operating communities, plans

are underway for a second project in Westwood and a ground-up

development in Pasadena. The Company has a rich history of partnering

with major academic institutions, including UCLA and USC. Mrs. Will serves

on the Boards of The Center for Longevity at UCLA Medical School and the

Davis School of Gerontology at USC.

Nancy Moses serves as Principal with Trammell Crow Company, where she leads project

execution within the Los Angeles business unit. Specializing in client management, Nancy helps

occupiers identify and implement real estate solutions, and is sought after by clients for her ability

to drive decision-making consensus and then convert that shared vision into a turnkey delivery.

In her tenure at TCC, Nancy has successfully delivered over 1.7 million square feet of office and

healthcare developments within the greater Los Angeles area, with more than 750,000 square feet

anticipated to commence construction in 2023. Nancy was recognized as Commercial Property

Executive’s Stars to Watch in 2020, and one of Real Estate Forum’s 2022 Women of Influence.

Recent projects include the Vermont Corridor County Administration building, MLK Medical Office

Building, Engemann Student Health Center on the USC Campus, and the USC Keck School of

Medicine Soto Health Science Building.

Jake brings a passion for addressing healthcare real estate holistically as part of the entire healthcare delivery continuum. His dedication to understanding the new world of healthcare consumerism makes PMB an integral part of our clients’ healthcare strategies and solutions.

Jake has been with the firm since 2005 and focuses on the overall vision and strategy of the company including financial, operational, growth, team and delivery partnerships. Jake is responsible for sourcing, structuring and leading development opportunities including deal structuring, entitling, financing, and managing ground-up development projects from inception to occupancy.

Jake is a LEED® Accredited Professional and has a California real estate broker’s license. He is on the ULI Health Care and Life Sciences Council, an advisory board member of Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Environmental Design and holds active memberships in the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Cornell Real Estate Council and the U.S. Green Building Council.

Jake received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 2003, a Certificate in Real Estate Finance, Investments and Development and a Certificate in Healthcare Transformation from the University of California Irvine. Jake lives in Encinitas, CA with his wife and three kids

Mr. Brennan has over 38 years of professional experience, 30 of those years have been

focused in healthcare, encompassing all aspects of project delivery, from strategic planning

and programming through design and construction. As a Principal and Healthcare leader at

Cuningham Group, he s to develop creative and innovative responses to meet the challenges

facing the healthcare industry.

A consistent leader in planning, design, and project management, Mr. Brennan works with a

wide range of clients, including public and private real estate developers, investor owned

companies, publicly held corporations, nonprofit organizations, universities, city and county

governments, and federal agencies.

His work and writings have been published in Architectural Record, Design Journal, Form

Magazine, Inland Architect, Medical Design and Construction, Progressive Architecture, and

Texas Architect, and he has played instrumental roles in projects that have received design

awards from Progressive Architecture and the American Institute of Architects.

He is a past board member for Cuningham Group and leader of the Heal Market Group.

Andie Martinez Patterson is the Director of Government Affairs at the California Primary Care

Association and California Health+ Advocates (Advocates), the advocacy affiliate with CPCA. She

has been with the organization since January 2008. CPCA represents over 1300 community

clinics and health centers that serve 6.5 million predominantly low-income Californians. She is

responsible for overseeing the policy, advocacy and legislative agenda for CPCA and Advocates.

Andie has a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Minnesota Hubert Humphrey School

of Public Affairs, and a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from the University of Illinois at

Chicago.

Dan Trigub is a Regional Vice President at Lyft leading Healthcare, Education, Transit & Government partnerships on the West Coast for Lyft with a focus on Elder Mobility and finding new and innovative solutions to leverage the Lyft platform for our aging population. Before Lyft, Dan spent time working in Business Development at eBay and previously to that founded several companies including OpenPlacement which is a care coordination platform allowing hospital professionals to connect with post-acute care providers such as senior communities for their patients at the moment of discharge.

Before being an entrepreneur, Dan worked in consulting and was also an Associate at GCA Savvian Advisors, an M&A and Capital Advisory Investment Bank in San Francisco where he represented emerging technology, digital health, and healthcare facility companies. Dan holds a degree in economics from Vassar College.

Ronald Hickey, B.A. in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco;

Studied Business Finance at Stanford University, as well as Facilities Management at

California State University, Sacramento; and Nuclear Propulsion Engineering Naval

Nuclear Power School – United States Department of Defense/Naval Reactors

Ronald owns and operates a full-service Business

Consulting firm, Hickey Associates & Hickey, that

focuses on Leadership Training and Organizational

Performance Management. He is a highly sought after

speaker and lecturer. He is a sub-contractor for the

state of California as a Leadership Development

Consultant. His experiences include Director of Facilities

in California Public School Districts. He is the Founder

and CEO of a California Nonprofit Organization. His

nonprofit, The CHELSEA Corporation, focuses on

Leadership Development of youth. His vast experiences

and knowledge is as follows:

 CEO – Hickey Associates & Hickey, LLC

 President & CEO: The CHELSEA Corporation

 Director of Facilities, Maintenance & Operations

 Founder – Publisher & Chief Executive Officer:

Hickey House Book Publishing

 Author, 12 INSIGHTS: An Uncompromising Examination of Life

 Author, The Hoola Hoop Paradigm: Are You Up for the Challenge?

 Coming Book: The 10 Principles of Exceptional Leadership

 Coming Book: Quantum Leaders and The Leadership Paradox

 Created the Hoola Hoop Paradigm – Consult organizations and individuals in leadership

development, performance, operations management, and team building.

 Nuclear Engineer – United States Department of Defense – Naval Reactors

 Public Speaker – Seminar Facilitator – Workshop Developer – Trainer

 Peak Performance/Management/Leadership Development Consultant

 University of Tennessee: Electrical Engineering

 University of San Francisco: Public Administration/Business Management

 California State University, Sacramento: Certificate in Facilities Management

 Two-term member of the Board of Appeals for the City of Roseville, California

 Chairman, Board of Directors – Mental Health California

 Chairman, Board of Directors – The Keith Powers Foundation

 Board Member, Board of Directors – Dress for Success Sacramento.

Jason leads the pursuit and management of all healthcare related projects for Bernards including hospitals, medical office buildings, skilled nursing facilities, and VA healthcare. With a thorough understanding of HCAI procedures and three decades of experience, including over 70 OSHPD/HCAI projects, he excels in building strong collaborative teams that deliver successful outcomes in this specialized market sector.

Originally from Santa Ynez, California, Jason holds a BS degree in Biochemistry from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and is a certified OSHPD Class A Hospital Inspector. He is also a member of the American Society of Healthcare Engineers.

As a Principal at Lionakis, Scott Mackey has over 30 years of experience in the architectural industry and has been providing high quality design and project management to a variety of clients in the healthcare, commercial, education and civic markets. His inspired creativity and forward-thinking design sense fosters team collaboration and innovative design solutions. Scott has a strong reputation for delivering quality projects that are not only aesthetically creative, but designed with functionality and efficiency. His robust experience makes him acutely aware of the lasting impacts of the architectural building industry, typically integrating sustainable design elements into the built environment.

Dr. Matteo Dinolfo is the Vice Chair and Medical Director of UCLA Health, Department of Medicine Community Offices. He is responsible for the expansion of UCLA Health in Los Angeles and Ventura counties and the South Bay. The northwest campus includes practices in Porter Ranch, Santa Clarita, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village. In the South Bay, UCLA Health includes practices in Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Redondo Beach and Rancho Palos Verdes. Dr. Dinolfo is a professor of internal medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He earned his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit and completed his internship at USC Los Angeles County School of Medicine. He completed fellowships in internal medicine and infectious diseases at UCLA San Fernando Valley Program at the VA Medical Center.

Jeff Land serves as System Senior Vice President of National Real Estate Services at CommonSpirit Health. Mr. Land is responsible for providing leadership in all areas of real estate strategy and transactions, joint ventures, energy and infrastructure, master planning, advisory services, and capital construction for CommonSpirit Health’s diverse healthcare portfolio.

Over the past 35 years, Mr. Land has led real estate, facility operations, portfolio oversite, and advisory practices for major firms such as EY Kenneth Leventhal, Bechtel Investments, and Dignity Health throughout the United States, Mexico, and, most recently, China. Mr. Land has been responsible for the successful operation of real estate portfolios including Bramalea Pacific, Transamerica, First Winthrop Corporation and Southern Pacific Development Company.

Mr. Land has served as a Board of Governor for the Academy for Healthcare Infrastructure, President of the Building Owners and Managers Association/Oakland, and on the School of Business Advisory Council, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California. He is a Life Trustee, Board of Trustees for the Building Owner’s and Manager’s Institute.

Mr. Land holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo as well as various designations from multiple industry associations.

CommonSpirit Health is a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. With its National Office in Chicago and a team of approximately 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit Health operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites across 21 states. In FY 2018, Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health had combined revenues of $29.2 billion and provided $4.2 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed government programs.

Smitha Ravipudi, MPH serves as chief operating officer of USC Care and Ambulatory Care Services. She is responsible for Keck Medicine of USC ambulatory operations, including hospital-based clinics, Keck School of Medicine of USC department clinics, and outpatient joint venture partnerships and community practices.

She focuses heavily on operations, access and care across the network through increased integration, improved care coordination and optimization of workforce and delivery models. She partners with clinical leadership to drive quality programming in the ambulatory space, setting benchmarks and establishing measurement and related actions.

Prior to joining Keck Medicine of USC, she was vice president of access and ambulatory operations at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) where she oversaw the outpatient clinics, community ambulatory care centers, pre-service and access operations (inpatient and outpatient), patient relations and service excellence.

Under her leadership, CHLA developed and launched the ambulatory electronic medical record, the patient and physician portals and its meaningful use program, while opening five regional outpatient centers and the hospital’s first appointment center.

Smitha holds a master’s degree in public health from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in human communication sciences from Northwestern University.

David Chung is Executive Vice President, Western U.S and is based in the firm’s West Coast locations in San Diego, California as well as in Seattle, Washington.

David’s extensive career spans more than 20 years of experience within the healthcare real estate industry, from design and construction to project management and real estate portfolio development. His previous unique roles, leading the development process, with large healthcare systems allows him to apply his acute understanding and experience to deliver successful real estate development solutions.

Prior to joining Anchor, David was the Vice President of Development at Duke Realty in the healthcare division and before that, the Regional Director of Real Estate/Construction for Providence St. Joseph Health Systems. During his career, he has held other related roles such as Principal, Design Studio Leader, Project Manager and Healthcare Market Segment Leader.

He serves as a board member of Focus International Development, a not for profit organization in California and various leadership roles within other non-profit organizations within his community.

David earned his Bachelor of Architecture from California State Polytechnic University and his Master of Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the USC Graduate Real Estate Association and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.

Ireland’s loss was Southern California’s gain. The co-founder of our company is the garrulous Irishman John Parker. On the surface, he is an easy-going gentleman. On the job, he is all business.

John Parker co-founded Parker Brown, Inc. in 1994 with Scott Brown. The two set the “get the job done” tone for the company’s construction operations and corporate management.

Leaving Ireland for the U.S. in 1989, John owned and operated John Parker Building Ltd., a residential remodeling firm. After relocating his family to Los Angeles, John was the construction manager at a Los Angeles area commercial construction company until the inception of Parker Brown, Inc. in 1994.

John and Scott are personally involved in every project that Parker Brown, Inc. is awarded. They provide oversight from the job site or from the corporate office, and, in a lot of cases, from both.

John is deeply involved in the communities he serves. He is the past president of the Canoga Park/West Hills Chamber of Commerce, former president of the Canoga Park Improvement Association, a past member of the Oversight Committee on the Bond Program of Pierce College, and executive vice president of the Women’s Odyssey, a residential drug and alcohol recovery program. Currently, he is a commissioner serving on the Los Angeles County Building Rehabilitation & Appeals Board, and is presently the president of the United Chamber of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley.

Shane Seitz has spent eight years with Ventas as a Senior Investment Officer. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, he is responsible for driving growth and diversification of the Company’s leading national Medical Office/Outpatient (MOB) real estate portfolio. Shane has more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate and is a member of the HREI Board of Directors.

Loren Higgins is a San Francisco finance and real estate attorney who focuses her practice on commercial real estate finance, commercial lending and general real estate matters, with specific industry experience in the financing of senior housing and medical office projects. Ms. Higgins’ recent medical office finance transactions include: representing the lender in connection with a $33 million term loan secured by a portfolio of medical office projects located in Minnesota; representing the lender in connection with a $175 million term loan secured by a portfolio of medical office projects located in North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee; representing the lender in connection with a $57 million term loan secured by a portfolio of medical office projects located in Tennessee and California; representing the lender in connection with a $200 million term loan secured by a portfolio of senior housing and skilled nursing facilities located in various states; and representing the lender in connection with a $80 million term loan secured by a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities located in Arizona, California and Oregon. She has also handled hospital finance transactions, including the recent representation of a lender in connection with acquisition financing provided to a regional hospital system located in the Pacific Northwest. Ms. Higgins is a graduate of the Harvard Law School.

Paul Coleman was the Deputy Division Chief, Southern California, for more than

thirteen years prior to his appointment in February, 2009 as the Deputy Director of the

Facilities Development Division (FDD) of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and

Development (OSHPD). Paul was an Area Compliance Officer for more than five years

and was promoted to Regional Compliance Officer before becoming the FDD-LA office

manager. Before joining FDD, he was the Vice President of an architectural and urban

planning firm and had also been the staff architect for a southern California hospital.

Paul is a licensed Architect and a licensed General Contractor.

Jeff West (he, him, his) is Fred Hutch’s vice president of Facilities & Campus

Operations. West manages and provides overall leadership for Fred Hutch

operations in Facilities Planning& Administration, Facilities Engineering,

Environmental Health & Safety and General Operational Services.

West is responsible for developing, executing and monitoring strategic plans and

programs in operational areas reporting into him. He also advises the chief

administrative officer on matters relating to all areas of the organization in

support of the business goals and mission of Fred Hutch.

Before coming to Fred Hutch in 2022, West was the vice president of Real Estate

Strategy and Operations at Providence St. Joseph Health and oversaw the Real

Estate, Facilities, Construction and Environmental Services departments in

California. His work in real estate development and management has sent him up

and down the West Coast, from Portland, where he brought the country’s first

LEED Urban District online, to Southern California, where he integrated regional

real estate and construction teams for Providence into the broader health

system

Kip Edwards is a Healthcare Executive with a wide range of experience leading operations support, business, and clinical services in multi-facility, integrated healthcare systems. Specific areas of expertise and experience include: facilities development, facilities maintenance and operations, biomedical engineering, infection control, transplant network, pharmacy operations, medical services contracting, medical/non-medical product and services contracting, real estate, supply chain management, and alliance planning and negotiation.

Kip has over 30 years of experience in the planning, design, construction, management, and operation/maintenance of healthcare facilities. During his career he has had direct responsibility for over 22million SF of new construction and renovations for medical facilities totaling in excess of $12 billion in project expenditures.

He held the most senior leadership positions for facilities management and/or development for Banner Health, the California Pacific Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, and the University of Michigan Hospitals. This involved over 50 million square feet of facilities in 21 states. Additionally, with Kaiser Permanente he was responsible for a large group of operations support services nationally and throughout California.

As Healthcare Director for DPR Construction’s Southern California region, Ron is responsible for

new healthcare project acquisition, client relations, and oversight and support for healthcare

operations. Ron is a Construction Engineering graduate from Florida International University, and

holds a master’s degree in Construction Management from Arizona State University. With over 32

years of experience, he is an active steering committee member for the: AIA Los Angeles

Healthcare Chapter, California Health Facilities Forum, and California Polytechnic University’s

Architectural Program with a concentration in Healthcare. Ron is accredited by the USGBC and

Design Build Institute of America.

Eric Meub, AIA, LEED AP, design principal in HDR’s Los Angeles architecture studio, is an award-winning practice leader with 37 years of experience. The past 25 of those years have been dedicated to master planning, medical planning and the design of large, complex healthcare and academic projects. He has led the design and/or master planning for such world-renowned academic medical centers as Stanford University, the University of California and MD Anderson Cancer Center, as well as healthcare systems including Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente. Eric also excels at planning and designing for local and federal government agencies including the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.