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Joseph Cacchione

Joseph Cacchione

CEO

Jefferson

Kevin Mahoney

Kevin Mahoney

CEO

University Of Pennsylvania Health System

Michael Stern

Michael Stern

President & CEO

Tower Health

Joseph Mitchell

Joseph Mitchell

President

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Karen Hanlon

Karen Hanlon

President and COO

Highmark Health

Terry Gilliland

Terry Gilliland

President & CEO

Geisinger

Anthony Mazzarelli

Anthony Mazzarelli

Co-President/CEO

Cooper University Health Care

Nancy Kramek Connolly

Nancy Kramek Connolly

President

Hammes Healthcare

Ben Ochs

Ben Ochs

CEO

Anchor Health Properties

Mitchell Shnall

Mitchell Shnall

SVP, Data and Technology Solutions

Penn Medicine

Natalie Hagerty

Natalie Hagerty

AVP, Facilities

CHOP

Nicole Stalings

Nicole Stalings

President & CEO

Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania

Ed Jimenez

Ed Jimenez

CEO

Main Line Health

Jeffrey Goldstein

Jeffrey Goldstein

Partner

Mediplex Property Group

John Morrissey

John Morrissey

Partner

Jackson Cross Partners

Grant Geiger

Grant Geiger

Founder & CEO

EIR Healthcare

Beth Muller

Beth Muller

Director

JB&B

Bill Graves

Bill Graves

Vice President of Healthcare & Higher Education

Clemens Construction Company

Grant Geiger

Grant Geiger

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

EIR Healthcare

Taylor Mason
Moderator

Taylor Mason

Principal

David Mason & Associates

Mike Dikon
Moderator

Mike Dikon

Senior Vice President

LF Driscoll

Joseph Cacchione

CEO

Jefferson

Dr. Cacchione is CEO of Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University, appointed by the board of trustees, effective September 6, 2022.

Joe joined Jefferson from Ascension Health, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the U.S., where he was serving as Executive Vice President, Clinical and Network Services (CNS), helping to lead a $28B organization with 165,000 employees across 145 hospitals and 2,600+ care sites in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Before that, he also served as CEO of Ascension Michigan with 15 hospitals and 22,000 employees.

Before his time at Ascension Health, Dr. Cacchione spent eight years at the Cleveland Clinic, a leading academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. While there, he played a major enterprise role in business development and served as Chairman of Operations and Strategy for its Heart and Vascular Institute. Before that, he served as executive vice president and chief of quality & operations at Saint Vincent’s Health System in Erie, PA, where he oversaw the development of several service lines, including orthopedics, oncology, neuroscience and cardiovascular. Previously, he spent the first 20 years of his professional career as a private practice cardiologist and large private physician practice executive.

Joe earned his MD from Hahnemann University (now Drexel University’s medical college) and his BS degree from Gannon University. Dr. Cacchione completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He also completed his residency in cardiology at the University of Rochester and served as a Cardiac Research and Interventional Fellow at Case Western Reserve University. He is Board Certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology and has been recognized many times for his contributions to his field and the prestigious institutions he has served.

Over the course of his 30+ year career, Dr. Cacchione has held numerous leadership roles on a national level and in Pennsylvania for the American College of Cardiology and has served on a number of national and community-based administrative health committees. He has authored and co-authored scholarly papers, and presented at national conferences and meetings on healthcare systems, new paradigms in healthcare, cardiology and cardiovascular disease and healthcare administration. He holds active medical licenses in Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania.

Kevin Mahoney

CEO

University Of Pennsylvania Health System

Kevin B. Mahoney is Chief Executive Officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS). He assumed this role on July 1, 2019.

Beginning in 1996, Kevin's leadership posts at Penn Medicine have included serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of UPHS, Executive Vice Dean of the Perelman School Medicine, and Senior Vice President of UPHS. He also served as Executive Director of Phoenixville Hospital, as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer for Clinical Care Associates, and as Director of Network Development.

Kevin's operational portfolio at Penn Medicine has included information technology, strategic planning, the primary care network, human resources and capital planning. He has led several transformative construction projects which have expanded and enhanced Penn Medicine's clinical care, teaching and research missions, including the Smilow Center for Translational Research and the Henry A. Jordan M'62 Medical Education Center. He oversaw the implementation of a common electronic health record platform across five hospitals, numerous outpatient clinics, and home care – the only comprehensive system of its kind in the Philadelphia region.

He directs the development and construction of a new $1.5 billion hospital, The Pavilion, on Penn Medicine's West Philadelphia campus, which will house inpatient care for the Abramson Cancer Center, heart and vascular medicine and surgery, neurology and neurosurgery and a new emergency department. The Pavilion, which will be the largest capital project in Penn's history, is expected to be completed in 2021.

Prior to joining UPHS, Kevin served as Vice President for Johnson & Higgins, where he provided leadership to the Health Group, including risk transfer and alternative risk management strategies. He also served as Vice President for Administration for nine years at Bryn Mawr Hospital, and as Director of Administrative Services for Episcopal Hospital for three years.

He is a graduate of Millersville State College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Economics, and he holds an MBA and a doctorate from the Fox School of Business at Temple University.

Joseph Mitchell

President

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Dr. Joseph Mitchell has more than 20 years’ experience in healthcare leadership and pediatrics. He joined CHOP in April 2025 and is working closely with CEO Madeline Bell and other CHOP executives to gain a deep understanding of CHOP’s culture, community and operations and to implement an enterprise strategy that will ensure a strong future for CHOP.

Prior to coming to CHOP, Dr. Mitchell served as Executive Vice President at Boston Children’s Hospital. At the same time, he held the role of President of Franciscan Children’s, a specialty hospital, after successfully negotiating the affiliation of Boston Children’s and Franciscan Children’s.

As Executive Vice President, Dr. Mitchell helped secure Boston city approval for Franciscan’s 10-year institutional master plan, including a new state-of-the-art hospital facility that will open in 2030-31. In addition, he launched a $150 million capital campaign to support campus modernization.

Dr. Mitchell joined Franciscan Children’s as CEO in 2021, after three years as a member of its Board of Directors. As CEO, Dr. Mitchell delivered a three-year clinical, operational and financial turnaround program that improved staffing levels, significantly strengthened the hospital’s quality infrastructure, reduced attrition and invested in workforce, significantly grew philanthropic contributions, improved quality and safety outcomes, and expanded state, local and federal advocacy efforts.

Before joining Franciscan Children’s, Dr. Mitchell was a partner with McKinsey & Company in Boston, MA, for 14 years. During that time, he worked with large pediatric and adult hospital systems to improve quality, outcomes and affordability and to drive growth and financial performance. He also served as one of the leaders of McKinsey’s North American healthcare provider practice.

Dr. Mitchell earned his MD from Washington University in St. Louis after graduating from Stanford University with a degree in history. He trained in Harvard Medical School’s urology residency program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and completed a National Institutes of Health-sponsored research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.

He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston and previously served on the Board of the March of Dimes in Massachusetts.

Ben Ochs

CEO

Anchor Health Properties

Ben Ochs is CEO of Anchor Health Properties and is based in the firm’s Charlottesville, VA, offices. Mr. Ochs has spent the majority of this career in the Development, Ownership, Operations, Financing, Asset Management, Leasing, Acquisition and Disposition of Healthcare Real Estate to hospitals, physician practice groups, and private and institutional healthcare real estate investors throughout the Southeast. Previous to that, Mr. Ochs served as a Financial and Underwriting Analyst at a boutique consulting firm.

Natalie Hagerty

AVP, Facilities

CHOP

Natalie Miovski Hagerty is a healthcare executive at one of the top-ranked and fast-growing children’s hospitals in the United States. As a strategic and innovative leader, she navigates change with vision and integrity, leading complex real estate and development plans from strategy to implementation. Ms Hagerty is a registered architect and member of the American Institute of Architects. She holds certificates in Real Estate from the Urban Land Institute, is Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC), is an Evidenced Based Design Accredited Professional (EDAC) and a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP).

She is currently the Assistant Vice President of Facilities Planning, Design and Integration of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s 10-year, +2 million square feet, $3 billion capital program to create state-of-the-art hospital, outpatient, academic, and research facilities.

Ms. Hagerty serves on the board of Philadelphia Women in Construction and serves on the Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Board Committee and is the board liaison to the Connecting Committee which is dedicated to connecting women in construction with high schools, universities and other non-profit organizations. She is also one of the founding members of the national Nursing Institute of Healthcare Design.

She is mission-driven, collaborative and uses design thinking to inspire breakthrough ideas that promotes the patients, family, and staff experience. As the co-founder of the Pediatric Environments Network (PEN), she is an international trailblazer for the development of pediatric-specific spaces geared to improve outcomes, efficiencies, and experiences.

She holds a bachelor’s in architecture from State University of New York at Buffalo, master’s graduate studies in Architecture from Mc Gill University in Montreal, Canada and a master of science in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ed Jimenez

CEO

Main Line Health

Edward Jimenez serves as the President and CEO of Main Line Health. Ed, a veteran healthcare executive with nearly 30 years of progressive leadership experience, joined the System in 2025. Ed has an exceptional track record of leadership, innovation and a deep commitment to fostering a culture of collaboration, excellence and continuous improvement.

Before joining Main Line Health, Ed served as President and CEO of University Hospital, a 500-bed academic medical center in Newark, New Jersey. Under his leadership, University Hospital embarked on a $1.8 billion campus renovation and expansion project, achieved #1 survival in the United States for liver transplantation and enhanced employee engagement with the hospital landing on Forbes’ America’s Best Employers list. Ed was instrumental in spearheading an ambulatory strategy focused on network and service line expansion.

Prior to University Hospital, Ed worked at UF Health for 12 years, first serving as the COO and then becoming the CEO, a role he held for nearly a decade. At UF Health, Ed grew the system from a $1 billion and 8,000 employee organization to a $2.7 billion organization comprising seven hospitals, 16 ambulatory care facilities and 14,000 employees. Under his leadership, UF Health saw remarkable growth with a focus on an ambulatory strategy designed to increase access to care. He also fostered robust affiliate and partner relationships with health systems and providers around the state. Throughout Ed’s tenure, UF Health was consistently recognized in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings for its clinical quality in pediatric and adult medical specialties.

Over his career, Ed has held progressive senior leadership roles at St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and University Hospital (under its previous name as the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey).

Ed earned a Master of Business Administration from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in New York and a bachelor’s degree in politics from Brandeis University in Massachusetts.

Ed is the Chair-Elect of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Council of Academic Health System Executives Administrative Board and currently holds several national board appointments. He also has faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins University, University of Florida and Rutgers University.

Jeffrey Goldstein

Partner

Mediplex Property Group

During his career in commercial real estate, Jeffrey has managed strategic planning and transactional

financing for clients consisting of high- net-worth individuals and corporations throughout the United

States, Europe and the Middle East. For the past 18 years he has primarily focused on projects involving

single-tenant commercial office; special purpose medical; and age-targeted developments, facilitating

and directing several hundred million dollars’ worth of successful projects.

In his role as a Partner at Mediplex Property Group, Jeffrey focuses on developing strategic relationships

with health systems, independent physician network practices, institutions, and municipalities that

comprise the company’s core competencies, and are the backbone of the Company’s successful growth

and expansion plans.

Jeffrey holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a Master’s Degree from

The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Grant Geiger

Founder & CEO

EIR Healthcare

Grant is the Founder of EIR Healthcare, a leader in industrialized healthcare facility delivery through prefabrication, modular design, and integrated project execution. With deep expertise in translating complex clinical and regulatory requirements into manufacturable and constructible solutions, Grant has helped advance the application

of modular systems to improve quality, cost predictability, and speed of delivery in markets including behavioral health, outpatient, and crisis stabilization facilities.

At EIR Healthcare, Grant bridges clinical operations, regulatory strategy, and

manufacturing-driven construction to unlock the strategic advantages of prefabrication in healthcare — from early concept through permitting, production, and field installation.

Grant’s work focuses on aligning multidisciplinary teams around a shared delivery platform that harnesses the efficiencies of modular methods while meeting rigorous safety, code, and licensing requirements.

A frequent speaker on the future of industrialized construction in healthcare

environments, Grant brings a unique perspective that spans design-to-manufacturing workflows, regulatory compliance (including DHCS/HCAI), and modular delivery strategies that reduce project risk and accelerate outcomes.

Beth Muller

Director

JB&B

Beth Muller serves as Director of Information Technology at the firm, working in technology design and project management with JB&B Technologies. With over 30 years of experience, she specializes in healthcare and life sciences, with a strong focus on integrating wireless systems into coordinated IT infrastructure. She has been helping healthcare institutions bridge emerging technologies using AI—such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Ambient Clinical Intelligence, AI-powered imaging, telemedicine, RTLS, and wearables—by integrating data across platforms, enabling real-time insights, improving clinical decision-making, and streamlining workflows to reduce administrative burden. This approach supports more personalized, efficient, and proactive care delivery, ultimately enhancing outcomes and continuity across the entire patient care continuum.

Beth has contributed to several major healthcare projects, including NYU Langone Health’s Kimmel Pavilion, Science Building, Smilow Research Center, and Center for Women’s Health; the Kenneth C. Griffin Pavilion at Memorial Sloan Kettering; Columbia University’s Jerome L. Greene Science Center; and Jefferson Health’s Honickman Center.

In addition to professional work, Beth currently serves as Executive Advisor to the President for the Women in Healthcare Greater Philadelphia Chapter. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Facilities Planning and Design and Management from the University at Buffalo’s School of Architecture as well as a Master of Science in Project Management from George Washington University.

Bill Graves

Vice President of Healthcare & Higher Education

Clemens Construction Company

Bill Graves is leading Clemens’ Healthcare and Higher Education efforts, with an extensive

track record in overseeing successful projects and teams in these sectors. In the higher

education realm, Bill has managed large-scale campus expansions and student housing

developments, including building additions, overbuilds, fit-outs, and major infrastructure

upgrades at leading universities. His experience spans both new construction and

renovation, ensuring the creation of functional and sustainable spaces for students and

faculty. Bill’s meticulous planning and execution of logistically complex projects have

made him an invaluable asset to the C3 team.

Grant Geiger

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

EIR Healthcare

Grant is the Founder of EIR Healthcare, a leader in industrialized healthcare facility delivery through prefabrication, modular design, and integrated project execution. With deep expertise in translating complex clinical and regulatory requirements into manufacturable and constructible solutions, Grant has helped advance the application of modular systems to improve quality, cost predictability, and speed of delivery in markets including behavioral health, outpatient, and crisis stabilization facilities.

At EIR Healthcare, Grant bridges clinical operations, regulatory strategy, and manufacturing-driven construction to unlock the strategic advantages of prefabrication in healthcare — from early concept through permitting, production, and field installation. Grant’s work focuses on aligning multidisciplinary teams around a shared delivery platform that harnesses the efficiencies of modular methods while meeting rigorous safety, code, and licensing requirements.

A frequent speaker on the future of industrialized construction in healthcare environments, Grant brings a unique perspective that spans design-to-manufacturing workflows, regulatory compliance (including DHCS/HCAI), and modular delivery strategies that reduce project risk and accelerate outcomes.

Taylor Mason

Moderator

David Mason & Associates

Taylor Mason leads the overall business strategy while managing and executing the business development and marketing efforts for David Mason + Associates. His primary focus is managing personnel and market growth strategies that focus on DMA’s added value. Taylor positions DMA to build relationships and identify growth opportunities while strengthening DMA’s existing client and partner base. Taylor’s knowledge of DMA’s diverse market sectors allows him to speak on behalf of each division within the company. He also supports day-to-day operations, administration and works with division managers, project managers, and technical staff to ensure successful consulting is delivered to each client. His intense focus on added value has enabled Taylor to help expand DMA’s professional service offerings in several new directions as part of the organization’s strategic plan.

Mike Dikon

Senior Vice President

LF Driscoll


Mike Dikon, LEED AP BD+C - Senior Vice President, LF Driscoll

As Senior Vice President at LF Driscoll, Mike Dikon provides strategic leadership for preconstruction services, guiding clients from the earliest stages of project planning through cost validation, procurement, and execution. With extensive experience delivering complex healthcare, research, and institutional facilities, he is known for aligning project goals with innovative solutions that maximize value, manage risk, and create cost and schedule certainty.

Throughout his career, Mike has led the preconstruction efforts for many of the region's most significant projects, including Penn Medicine's two Proton Therapy Centers, the 1.5 million-square-foot Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Pavilion, the 217,000-square-foot laboratory overbuild at 3600 Civic Center Boulevard, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's 1.5 million-square-foot New Patient Tower, and WellSpan York Hospital's 300,000-square-foot Critical Care Tower expansion and renovations.

His expertise in preconstruction planning, estimating, constructability, and procurement has helped establish LF Driscoll as a trusted partner for some of the most complex projects in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Why You Should Attend The Pennsylvania Healthcare Summit

Why This Matters:

Pennsylvania healthcare real estate is no longer a one-market story. Across the state, systems are investing in major campus modernization, expanding outpatient and neighborhood-hospital networks, adding specialty capacity in areas like behavioral health and women’s health, and navigating growing financial pressure on rural and community hospitals. From Penn Medicine’s new Montgomeryville outpatient center to UPMC’s Kamin Tower, WellSpan’s neighborhood hospitals, Temple’s women-and-families investment, and the broader closure risk flagged by HAP, the commonwealth is actively redefining where care happens, how capital gets allocated, and which facilities will matter most over the next cycle.

What You’ll Learn: 

  • How health systems are deciding where to invest across flagship campuses, suburban outpatient hubs, neighborhood hospitals and specialty facilities.

  • What campus reinvestment looks like in Pennsylvania today, from inpatient towers and modernization projects to operational redesign and technology-enabled facilities.

  • Why distributed care networks are becoming a bigger part of growth strategy and how providers are evaluating ambulatory access, patient convenience and regional expansion.

  • Where specialty demand is driving new healthcare real estate, including behavioral health, women’s health and other high-need service lines.

  • How leaders are thinking about community-hospital viability, regional partnerships and access in markets facing reimbursement and operating pressure.

  • How payer-provider alignment, capital constraints, philanthropy and risk management are shaping which projects move forward and which get delayed.

How You’ll Do More Business:

Meet the health system leaders, operators, investors, developers, designers, builders and advisors shaping Pennsylvania’s next wave of healthcare projects. You’ll hear directly from the groups making decisions on campus reinvestment, ambulatory expansion, specialty facilities, capital deployment and regional growth strategy, giving you a clearer view into what providers need now, where opportunities are opening up, and how to position your business for the next round of healthcare development across the state. The agenda is designed around the same themes already driving Bisnow’s Philadelphia healthcare coverage — capital, distributed care, specialty access, technology and delivery strategy — but expanded into a statewide conversation.

Who Attends:

Healthcare owners, health system executives, hospital operators, ambulatory and strategy leaders, developers, investors, architects, engineers, general contractors, project managers, lenders, brokers, advisors, healthcare real estate firms, policy leaders and technology partners.

Why You Should Attend: 

If you want to understand where Pennsylvania healthcare is headed, this is the room to be in. The conference is built to give attendees a statewide view of the trends reshaping healthcare real estate: major urban reinvestment, suburban access expansion, specialty-care growth, community-hospital pressure and the capital strategies behind it all. You’ll leave with sharper market intelligence, stronger relationships and a better sense of where your business fits into Pennsylvania’s evolving healthcare ecosystem.

For questions regarding content and speaking, please email our Event Producer, Dane Sinks, at Dane.Sinks@bisnow.com. Want to get involved? Contact Max.Kleinberg@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event.

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Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM
9:05 AM
Welcome to PA Healthcare!
9:05 AM
9:50 AM
The New Front Door of Care: Outpatient, Specialty & Community-Based Expansion

How health systems, developers, owners and capital partners are expanding access through outpatient hubs, neighborhood hospitals, ambulatory centers and specialty facilities focused on behavioral health, women’s health, pediatrics and other high-need service lines

9:55 AM
10:40 AM
The Hospital Reinvented: Campus Modernization, Capacity & the Next Generation of Acute Care

How Pennsylvania health systems are replacing aging infrastructure, expanding inpatient and specialty capacity, phasing complex construction on active campuses and designing hospitals for higher-acuity, technology-enabled care

10:40 AM
10:55 AM
Networking Break
10:55 AM
11:40 AM
Technology, AI & the Digitally Enabled Health System

How healthcare leaders, technology partners, operators and real estate stakeholders are using AI, automation and digital infrastructure to improve operations, enhance the care environment, reduce administrative burden and influence the next generation of healthcare facilities

11:40 AM
1:10 PM
Lunch & Networking
1:10 PM
1:55 PM
Capital, Payers & the Economics of Expansion: How Pennsylvania Healthcare Projects Actually Get Financed

How health systems, payers, developers, investors and financial partners are underwriting projects, managing risk, prioritizing capital and deciding what gets built in an increasingly competitive and cost-sensitive environment

2:00 PM
2:45 PM
State of Pennsylvania Healthcare CRE: Where Systems Are Expanding, Consolidating & Repositioning Care

A statewide conversation on how health systems, owners, developers and advisors are allocating capital, reshaping delivery networks and identifying the markets, asset types and partnerships that will define healthcare real estate across Pennsylvania

2:45 PM
3:00 PM
Networking Break
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Inside the C-Suite: Leadership Priorities Shaping Pennsylvania Healthcare

An executive roundtable on market strategy, workforce, outpatient growth, investment and the long-term future of healthcare delivery.

4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Closing Networking

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