Name: Kimberly N. Montague
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2010
Then: Director of design consultation services, Planetree (Derby, Conn.)
Now: Knowledge and insight lead, healthcare, Herman Miller Healthcare (Zeeland, Mich.)
Name: Kimberly N. Montague
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2010
Then: Director of design consultation services, Planetree (Derby, Conn.)
Now: Knowledge and insight lead, healthcare, Herman Miller Healthcare (Zeeland, Mich.)
Name: Natalie Miovski Hagerty
Award: The HCD10: Rising Star, 2013
Then: Principal, national director, healthcare practice, EwingCole (Philadelphia)
Now: Director, facilities planning, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP; Philadelphia)
What she’s been up to: Completed design projects for Penn Medicine, Geisinger Health System, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children at EwingCole and became director of facilities planning at CHOP in 2015.
Name: Robin Guenther
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2009 and 2010
Then and now: Principal and global sustainable healthcare leader, Perkins+Will (New York)
Name: Lyn Geboy
Award: 20 Making a Difference, 2007
Then: Director of research and education, Kahler Slater (Milwaukee)
Now: Principal, Cygnet Innovations Group (Milwaukee)
Healthcare’s tectonic shift from volume to value based and intensified focus on preventative care and new economic models and incentives is bringing new challenges to the industry, which in turn demands new problem-solving strategies.
Name: Kristi Ennis
Award: 20 Making A Difference, 2007
Then: Sustainable design director, Boulder Associates Architects (Boulder, Colo.)
Now: Principal and sustainable design director, Boulder Associates Architects
What she’s been up to: Became a principal in 2008 and has since served on the Boulder Associates’ board of directors and the executive committee, and leads the firm’s efforts to give back to local communities where its offices are located.
Name: Tama Duffy Day
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2012
Then: Principal, global market sector leader for healthcare interior design, Perkins + Will (Washington, D.C.)
Now: Principal, firm-wide health and wellness practice area leader, Gensler (Chicago)
Name: David F. Chambers
Award: 20 Making A Difference, 2006
Then: Director, Planning Architecture & Design, Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.)
Now: President, David F. Chambers Consulting Inc. (Renton, Wash.)
Name: Rosalyn Cama
Award: Most Influential People in Healthcare Design, 2009 and 2010
Then and now: President, Cama Inc. (New Haven, Conn.)
Over the years, Healthcare Design has evolved its professional awards programs to celebrate individuals who are making meaningful contributions to the industry, with honorees ranging from organization presidents and design firm principals to researchers and construction managers, representing companies both large and small.
The Institute for Patient-Centered Design Inc. focused its fourth annual design competition on patient room design for mental health facilities, with the winner announced at the recent Healthcare Design Expo & Conference.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s one of the lessons gleaned from projects that healthcare organizations launched over the past decade to achieve some major sustainable design goals.