RTKL strengthens healthcare team in Chicago

RTKL, the global architecture and urban design practice, announced that the Healthcare Practice Group has strategically enhanced its core team of experts in the Chicago office. With expertise ranging from award-winning hospital architecture and interiors, oncology centers and ambulatory care centers to healthcare facility planning, LEAN methodologies and sustainable design, the collaborative team positions RTKL Chicago as a leader in the marketplace primed for continuous growth and innovative healthcare strategies. The team will be dedicated to helping clients solve complex challenges and deliver creative solutions for better performing, cost effective healthcare facilities that create healing environments and improve patient outcomes.

“At RTKL, we strive to develop regional teams that provide the right mix of expertise that cater to our clients’ objectives and support our Performance-Driven DesignSM initiative,” said Executive Vice President and RTKL Global Health Practice Leader Brad Barker. “The highly acclaimed team in Chicago will serve to bring healthcare design principles mastered abroad to advance the healthcare community locally.”

The multidisciplinary team includes: • Sandy Faurot AIA, ACHA (vice president) – Project delivery design expert; specialties include complex interior remodeling, campuses and replacement facility design and programming • Dan White AIA, LEEP AP (vice president) – Oncology center design expert; specialties include facility planning and implementation in addition to developing and maintaining key client relationships • Margi Kaminski ASID, NCIDQ (senior associate vice president) – Award-winning planning and interior design expert for sustainable healthcare facilities • Steve Stokes LEED ® GA (senior associate vice president) – Comprehensive healthcare design expert and Design Leader for the Chicago studio; specialties include conceptual design, building design and master planning • Brent Hussong AIA (associate vice president) – Healthcare facility planning and programming expert; specialties include interventional platforms, ED departments, and campus renovations (Not pictured in team photo) • Andy Lane LEED AP, LEAN, NCARB (associate vice president) – Six Sigma Yellow Belt healthcare design expert with a certification in LEAN methodologies and best practices and Midwest Regional Business Development Leader for the Chicago studio

• Yong Yun LEED ® GA (associate vice president) – Experienced project manager for healthcare facilities; specialties include master planning, programming and managing ambulatory care centers, healthcare campuses and replacement facilities • Lauren Mead (business development) – Business strategy expert; specializes in marketing and client development services