The State of Health Care in Southern California

How has the pandemic impacted construction progress in Los Angeles? Are hospitals moving to accommodate the population shifting to the suburbs?

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  Patricia Will

  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.

  Belmont Village Senior Living

  Co-Founder & CEO

  Patricia Will

  Co-Founder & CEO

  Belmont Village Senior Living

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  Gregg Zoll

  Gregg Zoll is the Vice President of Facilities Management and Development at Sharp HealthCare. Prior to joining Sharp HealthCare, Gregg was at Stanford Medical Center where he served as the Director of Renewal Projects. Prior to Stanford, Gregg had extensive construction management experience with Hoag Hospital in Orange County. He has more than 28 years of diverse construction industry experience encompassing project estimating, program management, project controls, project management, contract administration and project engineering. Gregg is a design professional and an advocate of Design-Build. A strong team leader with a demonstrated history of building partnerships and high performance teams.

  Sharp HealthCare

  VP Facilities Management & Development

  Gregg Zoll

  VP Facilities Management & Development

  Sharp HealthCare

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  Patrick Peterson

  Patrick Peterson is executive Vice President for the Southern California region of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. In his current role Peterson oversees design and construction services on all healthcare projects in Southern California. In addition, Peterson provides leadership to the company’s project executives and implements strategic approaches to new opportunities for McCarthy clients. A 26-year veteran of the construction industry, Peterson has made significant contributions to some of McCarthy’s most successful projects in Southern California. Peterson has participated in the design and construction of over $2 billion in healthcare projects throughout his career. His extensive resume includes notable projects such as Loma Linda University Medical Center Campus Transformation Project, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Mission Hospital Acute Care Tower, Kaiser Permanente Lancaster Medical Office Building, St.Jude Northwest Tower & Central Plant, St. Joseph Hospital Orange Patient Care Center, Torrance Memorial Medical Center-Hunt Cancer Center, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and St. Joseph Hos-pital Orange Cancer Center. Peterson is a LEED® Green Associate who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction and Construction Engineering Management from Arizona State University.

  McCarthy Building Companies

  Executive Vice President

  Patrick Peterson

  Executive Vice President

  McCarthy Building Companies

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  Darci Hernandez

  Darci leads Boulder Associates’ Orange County office, with clients such as Hoag, UCLA, Providence, City of Hope, and CommonSpirit (formerly Dignity Health). She emphasizes innovation in design and delivery, and has embraced lean approaches to both to bring value to clients and projects. She maintains a deep knowledge of the business of healthcare and an eye towards the future of healthcare delivery to fulfill her role of being a trusted advisor to her clients.

  Boulder Associates

  Principal

  Darci Hernandez

  Principal

  Boulder Associates

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  Becky Clift

  Becky Clift is an expert at electrical engineering design, assessment, and evaluation for healthcare projects. As tk1sc’s Healthcare Sector Leader, Becky is responsible for setting the vision, direction, and strategy for collaborating with clients, trade partners and other stakeholders to improve patient outcomes throughout the Western United States. Becky’s passion for healthcare design started when she began working at the same Long Beach Memorial hospital where she was born. Today, twenty-eight years later, with experience in OSHPD 1, OSHPD 2, OSHPD 3, and now OSHPD 5 projects, her extensive healthcare knowledge base allows her to bring exceptional value to solving today’s engineering-related healthcare challenges, mentor staff and consult with clients on a variety of projects including new construction, remodel work, seismic upgrades, utility infrastructure design, and master planning. Additionally, she is actively involved with OSHPD to improve processes and update healthcare building code to embrace the latest in technology.

  WSP

  VP

  Moderator

  Becky Clift

  VP

  WSP

The Evolution of Development, Design and Construction

How is the development and design of heath care facilities changing due to COVID? What factors, whether it be a growing and aging community, new legislation, a rise in demand, etc., are driving hospital expansions and new developments?

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  Jake Rohe

  Jake brings a passion for addressing healthcare real estate holistically as part of the entire continuum of care. 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 specializes in all phases of project development and has been instrumental in the successful completion of more than 2.5 million square feet of space across the continuum of care, 7,000 structured parking stalls, and over $1.5 billion of equity and debt financing. Specifically, 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.

  PMB

  Partner

  Jake Rohe

  Partner

  PMB

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  Shane Seitz

  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.

  Ventas REIT

  Senior Investment Officer

  Shane Seitz

  Senior Investment Officer

  Ventas REIT

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  Mike Nelson

  As a Preconstruction Director for Skanska focused on Healthcare projects in California, Mike works with clients in a collaborative environment to provide cost estimating expertise and guidance during the design phase. He has over 23 years of experience in project delivery. Mike's interest in healthcare construction began at an early age. When he was a child his grandfather, who was a healthcare architect, would give gifts wrapped in architectural blueprints – back when they were still blue! He has been learning about construction and design ever since. Mike has an OSHPD Class "A" hospital inspector license, which helps him understand and mitigate challenges inherent in building California's healthcare facilities. He especially enjoys the creativity and collaboration required to deliver a construction project on a hospital campus while maintaining the existing facility's on-going operations. Mike has served his community as a lead mentor in the ACE Mentor Program, which introduces high school students to architecture, construction, and engineering careers. He has a B.S. in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University and a M.B.A. from the University of Florida.

  Skanska USA

  Preconstruction Director

  Mike Nelson

  Preconstruction Director

  Skanska USA

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  Mike Conn

  Mike Conn is the CEO at Meridian, a full-service owner, operator, and investor of real estate focused primarily on healthcare properties in the western U.S. With more than 20 years of experience in construction, real estate, and development, Mr. Conn is responsible for all aspects of development, including site acquisition, joint ventures, deal structuring, and execution. He oversees construction and overall performance of the assets. Prior to joining Meridian, Mr. Conn worked in commercial brokerage at CB Richard Ellis, where he specialized in the sales and leasing of industrial and flex/office product. He has also worked as a developer with Catellus Development Corporation and ProLogis, and as a general contractor with Turner Construction Company. Over the course of his career, Mr. Conn has completed several million square feet of projects with a value of $1 Billion. The projects range from major value-add repositionings to sub-acute adaptive re-use facilities, to dense ground-up urban infill development. Some of the notable healthcare facilities include dialysis centers, biopharmaceutical labs, primary and specialty care medical and dental clinics, and several OSHPD out-patient ambulatory facilities. His clients include major healthcare providers such as Kaiser, Sutter, Stanford, John Muir, UCSF Health, HCA, DaVita, Satellite Healthcare, McKesson, AltaMed, Amgen, Baxter, and many Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Mr. Conn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker, a General Contractor, and LEED Accredited Professional.

  Meridian

  CEO

  Mike Conn

  CEO

  Meridian

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  Fernando Villa

  Partner

  Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Medical Office Building Design Considerations and Retrofitting Existing Facilities to Accommodate for Pandemic Needs

How have hospitals and health care facilities retrofitted their buildings to combat the spread of the pandemic? Will developers adopt the same facility changes for future developments?

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  Alicia Wachtel

  During this time of system transformation and geographical growth for Cedars Sinai, Alicia is responsible for the management and leadership of capital projects related to the health system’s expansion, the Medical Delivery Network growth, and the built platforms supporting care delivery transformation. Her responsibilities include hands on work with Real-Estate strategies that support the robust portfolio of new clinical space. Since 1995, Wachtel has dedicated her career to Healthcare Design. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai in 2017, Alicia Wachtel was a Principal in the Los Angeles office of HOK. Wachtel’s professional career has been focused on the delivery of complex replacement projects and the multiple delivery methodologies associated with them, including hospital P3s. Alicia holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, where she transferred from the School of Architecture, Universidad del Estado, Montevideo - Uruguay.

  Cedars Sinai Health System (CSHS)

  ED, Facilities Planning, Design and Construction

  Alicia Wachtel

  ED, Facilities Planning, Design and Construction

  Cedars Sinai Health System (CSHS)

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  Alex Bolanos

  Senior level healthcare sales management and corporate development leader with over 20 years experience. Track record of delivering results in an evolving healthcare landscape by empowering talented teams and driving a performance oriented culture with unwavering integrity. Develop meaningful strategies for health systems, physician specialist groups, and payers to effectively align with the rapid transformation and shift of ambulatory surgical care to lower cost settings. Established executive level health system relationships throughout the western region that have been maintained through trust, transparent interactions, and successful joint ventures. Led tenured sales teams, managers, and complex development efforts for exceptional healthcare organizations. Deep clinical understanding in Orthopedics, Radiology, Cardiology, General Surgery, Vascular, and Dialysis specialties.

  United Surgical Partners International

  VP, Acquisitions & Development

  Alex Bolanos

  VP, Acquisitions & Development

  United Surgical Partners International

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  Jeff West

  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

  Fred Hutch

  Vice President, Facilities & Campus Operations

  Jeff West

  Vice President, Facilities & Campus Operations

  Fred Hutch

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  Tre Arnold

  Tre has spent a nearly 30-year architecture career in the planning, design, and execution of a variety of complex healthcare projects. With effective communication and robust management skills, he has successfully supported clients within multi-layered healthcare environments, delivering projects from multiphase emergency room renovations to multi-level freestanding hospitals. As Regional Director of Healthcare, Tre uses his understanding of the industry’s unique demands to provide clients with efficient layouts of clinical and diagnostic spaces and patient-centered design elements. His collaborative approach, use of lean management tools, and experience with multiple project delivery methods have been of sustaining value in developing options and design solutions on complex projects. Tre’s ability to work comfortably with multiple stakeholders and his dedication to client advocacy has led to extensive work with established healthcare leaders, including Kaiser Permanente, Scripps Health, Universal Health Services, and VA Medical Center.

  Ewing Cole

  Regional Director of Healthcare

  Tre Arnold

  Regional Director of Healthcare

  Ewing Cole

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  Lori Fillman

  Throughout her career as a senior sales leader, consultant, and entrepreneur, Lori set out to energize teams around a central idea—providing clients with the services they need in the most efficient and forthright way possible. She can see products and services from the client perspective and builds an account strategy, integrated solution, and team approach around fulfilling her customers’ needs. Lori is currently the Regional Sales Manager, Southern California for Climatec doing what she loves…leading and developing sales teams. At Honeywell, Siemens Building Technologies & Schneider Electric, her roles included Sales Engineer, Account Manager, District Sales Manager and Branch Manager. At Climatec, Lori leads the effort to provide innovative, future forward technology solutions to growing healthcare networks. Clients include Loma Linda University Medical Center, Torrance Memorial, CHOC Children’s Hospital, City of Hope, Kaiser Permanente, Providence Tarzana Medical Center and Scripps Health. Lori is passionate about growth, not only for the sales teams she leads, but also for the companies she and Climatec represent, and the customers with whom they partner.

  Climatec

  Regional Sales Manager

  Moderator

  Lori Fillman

  Regional Sales Manager

  Climatec