Don Steigman serves as COO of Jackson Health System in Miami which includes 5 hospitals ( Jackson Memorial Hospital, Holtz Women’s and Children’s Hospital (academic teaching hospitals for the University of Miami), Jackson North Medical Center, Jackson South Community Hospital and Jackson Behavior Health Hospital), two nursing home facilities, health plan, managed care, physician development, ambulatory care centers including five community centers, physician private practices, correctional medicine and other affiliated programs. His career career includes , CEO and board member at Auditz, LLC. Prior to his role with Auditz, in his capacity with Parkland Healthcare Group, LLC, Don Steigman provided market analysis and oversight of operations and acted as interim Chief Executive Officer during a company’s acquisition of four hospitals. In addition, Steigman served a senior Vice President of operations overseeing 16 hospitals in Florida and Alabama for a national health care organization for over 10 years . He was also responsible for overseeing a joint venture hospital with the Cleveland Clinic in Florida. Previously, Don Steigman served in a number of positions that helped to develop his knowledge and expertise regarding health care management. After graduating from The George Washington University with an MBA in Healthcare Administration, Don Steigman went on to serve as an Assistant Administrator with Southwest General Hospital in San Antonio, Texas Don Steigman is the former chair of the Florida Hospital Association and has held membership with the Federation of American Health Systems and the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund Task Force.

Todd Sloan is Senior Vice President – East Region for Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (“HTA”). Mr. Sloan is responsible for overseeing the leasing for 6.3 million square feet of medical office buildings located primarily in the Southeast and Florida. Mr. Sloan has been with HTA in various leasing roles since 2013 and is Broker in charge for Healthcare Management of America in multiple states including Georgia, South Carolina, New York, Massachusetts, & Pennsylvania. Prior to joining HTA Mr. Sloan was VP of Leasing & Sales for HealthAmerica Realty Group and has over 15 years’ experience specializing in medically related commercial real estate. Mr. Sloan holds a BS degree in history from the University of Georgia. Mr. Sloan lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and three children.

Kirat Kharode is the Founder & CEO of HealCo, the Airbnb of medical office space. HealCo helps property managers boost occupancy of available medical space, while also finding compliant, flexible space for health and wellness providers to sublease part-time. A serial entrepreneur and a lawyer by training, Kirat spent most of his career in senior health system strategy and operations roles creating ambulatory networks for some of the most financially distressed hospitals in the country. He’s received numerous national and local recognitions including the American College of Healthcare Executive’s Regent Award, NJ Biz Healthcare Power 50, and Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Rising Stars Under 40”. For more information on Kirat, HealCo, and medical office sharing, visit www.healco.us.

Kenneth Weston has over the course of the last 35 years distinguished himself as the leading voice of medical real estate in South Florida. He has earned his reputation as one of the foremost authorities on the development, investment, consulting and brokerage of medical office buildings and condominiums. Mr. Weston has a unique specialty in the complex and continually evolving healthcare industry in the South Florida. He was involved in one of the first successful medical office condominiums on the East Coast of the United States. His firm has since participated in many of the most successful medical projects in South Florida. Mr. Weston is a frequent lecturer on the subject and is also a major contributor to healthcare periodicals, medical real estate publications and newspapers. “Many developers and brokers are expanding into commercial condominiums each day, but few have been engaged as long as Kenneth Weston who began offering commercial condos in 1978. He made his niche to serve, dedicated his company Kenneth Weston Healthcare Real estate to them, and endured full cycles of fluctuations in interest rates, supply and demand. With perhaps the most experience having been intimately involved in their evolution in South Florida, we bring you his review of where the segment is and where it will likely take us.” (Excerpt from Black’s Guide-Fall 2004). Continually selected by a wide range of prestigious clients, Mr. Weston and his team provide in depth local market analysis, development assistance and marketing expertise to hospitals, building owners, physician practices and other developers and healthcare providers. Summary of Experience: Kenneth Weston Healthcare Real Estate, a division of Kenneth Weston & Assonates, Inc., is a privately owned company and was founded in 1978. The company’s primary objective is to stay on the leading edge of usage of medical space. Mr. Weston carefully developed a strategic insider’s perspective by investing many years researching the specific needs of each type of medical specialty. The goal was to thoroughly understand each physician’s practice, the space and functional requirements of those practices and the potential for synergistic benefits of certain practices housed in the same building. In view of today’s constantly changing healthcare delivery models, the firm is continually updating the needs and requirements for medical real estate in South Florida. Some of the past portfolio of properties handled by Kenneth Weston Healthcare Real Estate includes the 165,000 square foot Plaza San Remo in Coral Gables, the 133,000 square foot One Seventeen Professional Arts Center in Kendall, the 76,000 square foot Pavilion at Doral in Doral, the 60,000 square foot Portofino Professional Center in Homestead, the 34,000 square foot Flamingo Pavilion in Miramar, the 62,000 square foot Sunset International Center in Miami, the 60,000 square foot Offices at London Square in West Kendall and the 140,000 square foot Millennium Plaza in Hallandale Beach. Kenneth Weston’s accomplishments in the business have long been recognized and include being named as a heavy hitter in healthcare by the South Florida Business Journal. Education/Licenses/Memberships: Mr. Weston holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia. He is licensed real estate broker in the state of Florida. He is a former member of the Board of Advisors of the Commercial Real Estate Tenant Guides for Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Tampa.

Bernardo Rieber is the CEO of Rieber Developments, an Aventura-based development firm, with a distinguished roster of commercial and mixed-use projects throughout South Florida. With more than 20 years of experience, Rieber enjoys a track-record of high-quality, innovation and value in the related industries of multifamily, office and commercial retail. Throughout his career he has been involved in a wide array of real estate developments in all phases including procurement, design, construction, and marketing on projects totaling more than $150 million. Today, Rieber’s diverse project roster includes the recently unveiled 12|12 Aventura, a premier mixed-use project with health, wellness and connectivity at the cornerstone of its design. Set to be among the first of its kind in South Florida, the visionary project, along with its adjacent sister project, Ivory 214 – a medical and professional office building complemented by a Tapestry Collection by Hilton™ hotel – will establish and introduce the “Aventura Medical District.” Rieber is a civil engineer, a licensed general contractor and real estate broker, and has an extensive background in construction, allowing him a unique understanding of design and development capabilities as well as insight of the real estate market. Previous to his time in real estate development, Rieber earned a master’s degree in finance from Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) in Caracas, Venezuela and served as an auditor of ISO 9000 Norms of Total Quality Management.

James Kraft has been responsible for the real estate brokerage and development of over 10,000 senior housing units from Florida to New Jersey, New York, Texas, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Clients include Allegro Senior Living, Sunrise Senior Living, Erickson Senior Living, Methodist Homes of New Jersey, Pulte’s Del Webb Division, Senior Lifestyles, and development for his own account, Del Boca Vista, which is developing the future of senior housing in Florida and elsewhere. With 38 years of experience, Mr. Kraft has not seen senior living development to his liking, hence the push for hotel/resort style atrium living for the senior housing business with the Del Boca Vista brand, with projects here in Florida and New Jersey. His business hero is the founder of Embassy Suites Hotels. Mr. Kraft holds a BA in Political Science from George Washington University, a law degree from Western New England College School of Law, is a member of the New Jersey Bar, and is a licensed real estate broker in New Jersey and New York and a licensed salesperson in Florida. He lives in Boca Raton with his wife and two children.

David Gerrits has over 40 years of healthcare construction experience. He is a part of the fabric of the community that surrounds Jackson Health and has been involved in Miami Healthcare Construction since 1972. Gerrits Construction is a third generation family - owned construction manager operating under the guidance of David Gerrits.  Founded in 1945 in Miami, Gerrits has built healthcare facilitates in 8 countries, 18 different states and over half of the counties in the State of Florida. Over the years Gerrits has built in every hospital in Miami-Dade County, Broward County and in all except one hospital in Palm Beach County. Some of the prestigious, local projects Gerrits has constructed are Jackson Memorial Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial Diagnostic Center, Jackson Memorial Central Energy Plant, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Boca Community Hospital, North Broward Hospital District in Weston and Jupiter Medical Center South Tower. Mr. Gerrits takes pride in his firm being  a local healthcare specialist and has participated with numerous firms on large projects to assure that AHCA is passed on the first attempt, along with being the point person with local jurisdictions during permitting and inspection periods.  Mr. Gerrits’ leadership and his commitment to healthcare construction has created a broad base of experience in both in-patient and outpatient healthcare. Part of the company’s success is due to the continued integrated project delivery system (LEAN Construction Methods) that is instilled throughout the company and continued with the partnership of their clients. Mr. Gerrits prides himself in continuing the tradition of being a hands on President. Every client can expect to see him on their projects on a regular basis. The strong core family values of this 3rd generation President is the foundation on which they build all their projects as well as the individual relationships David and his team forge with each client. Mr. Gerrits holds a B.A. from St. Thomas University.