Healthcare Design magazine has named the winners of the 2025 HCD 10 awards.
The annual program celebrates outstanding professionals across 10 categories and the influence they have on healthcare design. Each year, the Healthcare Design magazine’s editors review dozens of nominations, which highlight accomplishments over the 12 months prior to the nomination period, with a focus on how individuals/organizations contributed to projects and initiatives for the better.
The 2025 HCD 10:
Architect: Stephen Parker, architect and mental and behavioral health planner, Stantec Architecture
Building professional: Michael Underwood, project executive, Skanska
Clinician: Darlene Guynes, senior director of clinic operations, Austin Regional Clinic
Educator: Shabboo Valipoor, associate professor and graduate coordinator, College of Design, Construction, and Planning, University of Florida
Facility manager: Lauren Cole, system director of design strategy, Providence Health
Interior designer: Sarah Harvey, associate, senior interior designer, FCA Architects
Owner/provider: Jill Tomczyk, executive director of strategic programs, UC Davis Health System
Researcher: Sara Bayramzadeh, associate professor and coordinator of the Elliot program in healthcare design, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State University
Team MVP: Meghan Hartwell, principal, ESa
Outstanding organization: Connections Health Solutions (Phoenix)
HCD 10 recognition
Coverage of the winners and their contributions to the industry will be featured in the June/July issue of Healthcare Design magazine and online.
The 2025 HCD 10 will also be celebrated in person during an awards gala at the upcoming HCD Forum to take place June 24-26 at Hotel Polaris in Colorado Springs, Colo., as well as during the magazine’s Awards Luncheon at the 2025 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo, scheduled for Oct. 25-28 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Mo.
