Robert D. Counter has joined Omaha, Neb.-based LEO A DALY as director of health care in the firm’s Los Angeles office. In this role, he will serve as chief strategist and decision-maker for the Los Angeles division of our the firm’s growing health care practice. Counter has more than 30 years of experience as a health care-design practice leader, and specializes in the design and planning of complex medical, and science and technology projects.
International architecture firm Francis Cauffman of New York announced that Jennifer Kenson, IIDA, EDAC, was appointed principal, health care interior design. For the past 23 years, Kenson has been creating health care environments for prominent clients, delivering designs that bring a sense of humanity back to patients during the healing process.
FKP Architects of Houston announced that Jon Franklin has rejoined the firm as senior vice president and senior architect. He will manage FKP’s team that is producing construction documents for the shell and core of the new $506 million Texas Children’s Hospital Pediatric Tower E expansion, a 19-story critical care addition that will house the relocated Texas Children’s Heart Center.
The Health Care Institute (HCI) appointed Walt Vernon, CEO of Mazzetti, to its board of directors. Vernon brings to this new role more than 30 years of experience working with health care clients of all sizes around the world to plan, design and operate their facilities. In addition to his work with Mazzetti, a national consulting and engineering firm headquartered in San Francisco, Vernon has served with a number of other industry organizations.
HDR of Omaha, Neb., announced that Jill Bergman, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP, has joined the company as a health care principal and vice president in the San Francisco office. In her new role, she will be working with the Northern California team on project leadership with business development responsibilities. Bergman has an added focus on facility information management.
The Opus Group of Minnetonka, Minn., announced the addition of Bob Steffel as director of project management. In his new role, Steffel manages the construction business for Opus Healthcare as well as supports the growth of Opus’ portfolio of work in other sectors. He is a 30-year industry veteran with construction management expertise in areas including health care, industrial, office and renewable energy. Steffel was most recently a construction executive at M.A.
The Opus Group appointed Tom Shaver as president, Opus Healthcare, a division of Opus Development Company, L.L.C., and an expansion of services into the health care sector. In his new role at Opus, Shaver will lead Opus’ health care work, developing the strategic direction of the division with the goal of helping health care systems find customized real estate solutions that benefit their organizations, staff and patients.
Legacy ER & Urgent Care (LER) of Frisco, Texas, announced that Keith Miller has been named president of the company, which provides both emergency and urgent care services. Miller will provide day-to-day leadership for LER and spearhead its expansion across Texas. Prior to joining LER, Miller championed start-ups and engineered organizational turnarounds.
Gresham, Smith and Partners of Nashville, Tenn., announced Mark Henderson has been named executive vice president (EVP) of the firm’s health care market. As EVP, Henderson provides guidance and direction for the firm-wide practice while enhancing market knowledge, fostering client relationships and furthering the market’s growth strategies.
SmithGroupJJR, based in Detroit, named Christopher Arnold, AIA, LEED green associate, to lead the firm’s health care studio in Los Angeles. Arnold joins the Los Angeles office from the firm’s Washington, D.C., location, where he served as senior project manager and project architect for many of the firm’s award-winning health projects. Arnold will focus on continuing SmithGroupJJR’s Los Angeles office growth throughout Southern California.
