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Mike Palmer has joined the Minneapolis office of Knutson Construction as a project manager. Palmer has nearly 30 years of experience in the construction industry and has worked on dozens of health care projects. Most recently, Palmer worked at a Minnesota-based construction company as a project manager. He has earned professional certification from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and from the American Hospital Association as a certified health care constructor.

Troy Evans has been named the new CEO and president of DC2 Healthcare. Evans launched his career in health care shortly after leaving his 10-year career with the NFL. Before joining DC2 Healthcare, he served on leadership teams at OrthoKinect, a medical device manufacturer, and Healthcare Contracting Solutions, a firm that negotiates better payer care contracts for providers. The former linebacker officially started in his new position Feb. 1.

Trish Jones has joined Shen Milson & Wilke as senior associate for medical planning. With 30 years of health care procurement and equipment planning experience, Jones has been responsible for managing teams in all phases of the equipment planning process for various hospitals. Previously, Jones served as vice president of equipment planning services for Medequip International.

Array Architects welcomed Anthony Caputo, LEED AP, as principal and practice leader for the health care design firm’s Northeast region. With 15 years of experience in health care design, Caputo’s commitment to excellence in developing and implementing design concepts is seen through his multitude of successful projects across the country, touching every service line, according to the company.

Knutson Construction has named Tom Wood project executive. In his 11 years with Knutson’s project management team, Wood has contributed to dozens of hospitals and health care projects of various sizes and specialties, according to the firm. His most recent project was as senior project manager on the Mother Baby Center in Minneapolis.

Greg Hamilton, an architect and health care specialist, has joined the Philadelphia practice of Stantec as a senior associate. With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, Hamilton primarily assists in building projects for hospitals and health care networks. In his new position, Hamilton will help the firm develop new business within the health care market.

Paul Rollins, PE, LEED AP, has joined Boston-based Bond as project executive. Rollins brings with him 30 years of experience in academic, health care and biotech industries. Rollins’ past health care clients include Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, Baystate Medical Center, Heywood Hospital and North Shore Medical Center.

FKP Architects hired Sandy McElligott as its new senior consultant. As a former executive of the Texas Children’s Hospital, McElligott brings 26 years of health care delivery experience. She most recently was responsible for successfully administrating the opening of the new 15-story, $575 million Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, which was designed by FKP Architects.

Fearon Melton has joined MB Real Estate Inc. as senior associate in the firm’s health care division in Chicago. In her new role, Melton is responsible for performing financial analysis, market analysis, valuation modeling and due diligence for potential acquisitions. She will also be involved in the underwriting and risk analysis for the early stages of development opportunities.

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. hired Jennifer Bradshaw as director of business development for health care. In her new position, Bradshaw will be responsible for identifying new health care projects for the Central Division of McCarthy and forming strong relationships with new industry and community partners.