National Healthcare East

Richard Park

CEO - CityMD

Barry Rabner

President & CEO - Princeton Healthcare System

Barry S. Rabner is President and CEO of Princeton HealthCare System, a nonprofit organization that includes University Medical Center of Princeton, Princeton House Behavioral Health, Princeton Rehabilitation Services, Princeton Home Care Services and Princeton Surgical Center. Princeton HealthCare System has 429 beds, 2,997 employees, 67 residents from Rutgers School of Medicine, 75 academic affiliations, and an active medical staff of 1080 physicians. The annual operating budget of PHCS is approximately $400 million. Under Mr. Rabner’s leadership, PHCS opened a new $1.2 billion, 171-acre healthcare campus that includes a $522.7 million replacement acute care hospital, a pediatric outpatient pavilion, a cogeneration plant, an education center, a fitness and wellness center, a medical office building, and a skilled nursing and sub-acute care facility. A child day care center, an adult day care center, an assisted living facility, and an independent living community are under development. Mr. Rabner regularly publishes and speaks internationally on healthcare planning, design, project management, and hospital operations. Mr. Rabner serves on several Boards of Directors including The Center for Health Design. Before joining PHCS, Mr. Rabner held positions as Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of Main Line Health in Philadelphia, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning for Jefferson Health System in Philadelphia, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rabner holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. He completed a graduate degree in French language and civilization at L’University de Paris du Sorbonne. He earned Bachelor’s degrees in Zoology and Chemistry from the University of Maryland in College Park.

Kevin Mahoney

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Executive Vice Dean Integrative Services - UPenn Health System

Elizabeth Flury

EVP, Chief Executive Officer - Children's National Health System

Elizabeth Flury, MA, is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. She joined Children’s National in 2012 as the organization’s first Chief Strategy Officer. She leads the formulation and execution of new, innovative strategy at Children’s National designed to ensure the organization’s preparedness for healthcare reform. Elizabeth came to Children’s National from the Johns Hopkins Health System, where she served as the Senior Director, Health Care Transformation and Strategic Planning playing a significant leadership role in the organization’s preparations for healthcare reform. Before joining Johns Hopkins, Elizabeth worked at KPMG, LLP, where she provided national leadership to KPMG's Health Care Strategy and Governance Practice, and ran her own healthcare consulting firm for a time.She earned a Bachelor in Business Administration from Elizabethtown College in PA, and a Master in Organizational Psychology from Immaculata University, also in PA.

David Tawfik

President and CEO - Princeton International Properties Corp.

David A. Tawfik is the President and CEO of Princeton International Properties and has over 30 years of experience in managing, leasing, financing and repositioning commercial real estate. Princeton International Properties is a privately owned, New York City-based property investment firm that was established in 1978. Its operating entities have owned managing interests in all types of income-producing properties, including commercial office buildings, medical centers, residential apartment buildings and retail properties. Princeton’s continued success is driven by the way it approaches investment opportunities: focusing on upside potential but with an emphasis on risk management and the preservation of capital, while consistently achieving attractive returns. As a result of this investment philosophy and track record, Princeton has established an outstanding reputation in the real estate industry, allowing for access to a large pipeline of new opportunities as they come to market.

Alan Roga

President, Provider Division - Teladoc

Robin Kosiek

Director of Healthcare Real Estate - Walgreens

Emil Martone

Director of Project Implementation - Weill Cornell Medical College

Director of Project Implementation at Weill Cornell Medical College Emil Martone leads the design and construction implementation efforts at Weill Cornell, managing the colleges portfolio of 75+ projects in design/construction, as well as the departments technical project management staff. He brings a well-balanced understanding of design and construction experience to Weill Cornell and helps further the institutions initiatives through efficient, innovative and well managed project delivery methods. Prior to joining Weill Cornell, Emil was an Executive Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation where he oversaw the Capital Program Division. He received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Louisiana State University and is a licensed architect in New York and New Jersey.

Douglas Carney

SVP - Facilities, Real Estate & Capital Program - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHoP)

Patrick Burke

AVP of Capital Project Management - Columbia University Medical Center

An experienced and dedicated leader in the design and construction industry, Patrick Burke has spent decades overseeing the planning, design, and construction of large-scale, technically complex biomedical research facilities and healthcare buildings. Mr. Burke's celebrated career reflects a passion for using architecture to advance clinical care, research, education and strategic institutional initiatives. As assistant vice president for Capital Project Management at Columbia University Medical Center, Mr. Burke has led his team in elevating the medical center through campus-wide renovations and new construction for the past 15 years. Mr. Burke is currently leading the medical center's Campus Revitalization Plan, which includes the recently completed 14-story, 100,000 square foot medical and graduate education building, the design and construction of a 7-story, 70,000 square foot School of Nursing building, and the planning and design of a vibrant and verdant pedestrian plaza located at the center of the Medical Center campus. Prior to joining Columbia University, Mr. Burke practiced architecture for several firms and completed building and planning projects for pharmaceutical companies, colleges and universities, and for-profit companies. Mr. Burke is a member of the American Institute of Architects and a registered Architect in New York. He holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University. Mr. Burke regularly participates as an expert panelist regarding healthcare and construction industry trends and research facility design. In addition to his speaking engagements, Mr. Burke has received numerous honors, including Individual of the Year from the Greater New York Construction User Council and Real Estate Honoree of the Year from the New York Special Olympics. Mr. Burke currently serves as an ex-officio member of the Columbia University Medical Center Board of Advisors. He has previously served as a trustee at the Morristown-Beard School as well as president of the school's Alumni Association, as a member of the Goveming Board of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, and as a committee member of the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health. In 2017, he was elevated to the American Institute of Architecture's prestigious College of Fellows. Fellows are recognized for both their individual achievements as well as their contributions to architecture and to society.

Robert Glazer

CEO - ENT Allergy & Associates

Mr. Glazer is responsible for the overall operation for ENT and Allergy Assoc., LLP and focuses his attention on physician recruitment, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning of the organization. Mr. Glazer is an ad-hoc member of all Board Committees and reports directly to the President of the group. ENTA consists of 180+ MDs with 40 +locations in the NY/NJ metro region. Mr. Glazer joined ENT and Allergy Associates (ENTA) in December, 1997 and has over Forty (40) years of healthcare administrative experience in finance and operations, information technology, managed care contracting, mergers and acquisitions, physician recruitment and healthcare marketing. OASIS – Otolaryngology/Allergy Specialty Insurance Services , a self funded self insured Medical Malpractice Captive was formed by the partners at ENTA in 2008, Mr. Glazer serves as the Vice President/ Secretary of this Vermont domiciled insurance company. He has served on the leadership Council as President - Association of Otolaryngology Administrators (AOA) and has participated on ad-hoc committees of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). He is a Board Member of the Westchester County Association – a fortune 500 business think tank. Mr. Glazer is an Adjunct Professor at Pace University Graduate Program for Public Administration - Health Policy; in 2016 he was re- appointed to the NYS Ninth Judicial District BAR Grievance Committee for a four year term. Fordham University has appointed Mr. Glazer as Program Coordinator of their Healthcare Career Workshop Program. Prior to joining ENTA, Mr. Glazer worked as a hospital administrator at New York University Medical Center (1976-1985) where he was a Departmental Controller, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (1985-1993) where he served as the Treasurer, New York United Medical Center (1993-1996) where he was the Senior Director of Finance and Business Development. Mr. Glazer transitioned to physician practice management in 1996 where he was the Vice President of Administration for ProHealth Associates, a multi-specialty sports medicine practice in Long Island. Mr. Glazer has a BS in Business Administration from the State University of New York and a Masters in Public Administration – Health Care-New York University.

Sarah Hawkins

Managing Director - Hines

Tom Grape

Chairman & CEO - Benchmark Senior Living

Thomas H. Grape is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Benchmark Senior Living, a leading provider of senior housing in the Northeast. Established in 1997 and celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2017, Benchmark operates more than 55 senior living communities offering independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Tom has led Benchmark and its 6,000 associates to achieve $2.0 billion in company value and $425 million in annual revenue. The organization has been consistently recognized by The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal, Hartford Courant and Hartford Journal as one of the “Best Places to Work”, and by the Boston Business Journal and Providence Business News as one of the Healthiest Employers. Active in a number of industry and professional organizations, Tom is a founder and past chairman of the national assisted living association, Argentum, as well as the founder and past chairman of its state affiliate, Massachusetts Assisted Living Association. Since April 2017, he has served on the first Governor’s Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts. In addition to his role as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Ithaca College, his alma mater, Tom also is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He recently completed his service as President of the Board of Trustees of The Meadowbrook School of Weston. For a number of years, Tom served on the vestry and as Chair of the Building Committee for Boston’s renowned Trinity Church. Tom has been honored in the past as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Real Estate/Hospitality in New England, and with the First Annual International Corporate Social Responsibility Award from the Young Presidents Organization.

H. Guy Leibler

President - Simone Healthcare Development

Jonathan Winer

Senior Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer - Seavest Healthcare Properties

Nick Doering-Dorival

Vice President - Starwood Capital Group

Ben Ochs

CEO - Anchor Health Properties

Kelly Myers

SVP of Sales - Sunrise Senior Living

Kelly is a senior sales leader with over 28 years’ of extensive experience. Her passion for educating people on choice in health care has been recognized in long-term care, home health, comprehensive rehabilitation and senior living. She has shared her passion for quality senior care with the team at Sunrise Senior Living for over 17 years. Kelly has served as the Head of Sales for the organization for the past seven years. In her role, she is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Sales Management and Sales Training for North America and the United Kingdom. Kelly joined the organization in 1999 as a director of Sales in Willoughby, Ohio. Later she held roles as a cluster director of Sales with a focus on B2B selling, area Sales Manager for Ohio and Michigan and regional vice president of Sales for the Central Region. Kelly credits her time working in communities for her keen understanding of customer needs during the sales process and the thoughtfulness, hard work, and diligence it takes to help a customer through making such a tough decision. Ensuring that every customer has an experience that allows them to make the best decision for their loved one is a key priority to Kelly. She understands that this can only be accomplished through a strong commitment and focus on developing talent within the senior living industry which creates engaged, mission driven, authentic and skilled sales professionals.

Steve Bolen

Managing Director & Medical Office Group Leader - LaSalle Investment Management

Steve Bolen is a 30+ year commercial real estate professional who has focused on healthcare and medical office real estate for the last 25 years. Steve is a Managing Director in the North America Private Equity Group of LaSalle Investment Management, a global commercial real estate investment advisor with $59 billion of assets under management. Steve joined LaSalle in 2000 to start the firm’s medical office investment practice and has been responsible for approximately $2 billion of medical office transactions. Steve oversees all aspects of the firm’s medical office investment activities including acquisitions, development transactions, financings and dispositions. Prior to joining LaSalle, Mr. Bolen was the Chief Investment Officer of a private healthcare REIT in the Washington DC area which invested in the medical office and senior housing sectors. His career also included senior positions with a commercial bank in Washington DC and a leading commercial real estate consulting firm. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Maryland, has completed extensive real estate valuation and analysis coursework through the Appraisal Institute, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Daniel Benedict

Founder & President - Benedict Realty Group

Jeffrey LeBenger

Chairman of the Board & CEO - Summit Medical Group

Joseph Rigazio

CEO - Talisen Construction Corporation

Joseph Rigazio is the CEO of Talisen Construction Corporation. Talisen is a commercial construction firm founded in the New York Metro marketplace in 2009. Expanding to the Healthcare market over the last five years has brought Talisen success in the ambulatory centers, medical office buildings, and special projects areas. Trained in both Electrical Engineering, Business Economics, and Construction Management, Joseph entered the professional world with a strong vision. After a 23-year- long career in technology, in which he managed Fortune 100 company relationships in sales and sales management, ran marketing organizations, and ultimately, lead a major business unit at Texas Instruments, Joseph chose to utilize his expertise and leadership skills to start Talisen. Concentrating on growing a leadership team bonded by a common vision, Talisen has become a trailblazer in the New York construction field. Focused investments on employees, processes, and the NY Metro subcontractor ecosystem, along with an innovative approach to project management, differentiates Talisen from the competition. Founded on the key tenants of safety and collaboration, Talisen has grown into a premier New York construction firm that truly partners with their clients to provide a new precedent for client advocacy in today’s market.

Robert Garcia

Vice President - Transwestern

Robert is responsible for providing investment services (acquisition, disposition and recapitalization) and real-estate investment banking services (debt financing and equity investments) to institutional and private real estate investors. Robert specializes primarily in the medical office and clinical healthcare real estate sectors. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Robert has over 25 years of experience as a finance and real estate professional with a focus in acquisition, valuation and analysis of real estate assets. Prior to joining Transwestern, Robert began his career in banking in 1989, the majority of which was at Guaranty Bank of Dallas. He was in charge of loan production for Colorado and Kansas from 1996 to 1999 originating over $500 million in commercial real estate loans over that time period. After banking, he founded Core Companies, Inc. (formally Capital Development) a real estate brokerage, development and advisory group which specialized in commercial property brokerage, and raising capital for large scale development projects. At its peak, Core was a 29 person company that brokered over $1.0 Billion in real estate transactions and was actively involved in the development and management of approximately 650,000 square feet of commercial property. In 2010, Robert joined Victory Healthcare and became a Senior Executive and Board Member, helping navigate the company’s rapid growth from one to eight medical campus’s over a five year period. These facilities were anchored by micro-hospitals with the majority having adjoining medical office space. Robert’s key responsibilities included oversight of real estate leasing, acquisitions and development including private capital raises and bank financing. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/RECOGNITION: Licensed real estate broker in Colorado and Texas. EDUCATION: Robert received a bachelor’s degree in Finance from The University of Texas at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.

Ben Appel

Senior Director - HFF

​Peter Mulcahey​

​Area Manager, VP​ - ​Gilbane Building Co.

With more than 18 years of experience in the construction industry, Peter is a well-rounded construction professional with extensive experience in the New York healthcare market. As a Vice President at Gilbane Building Company, Peter has managed over $2.5B of healthcare and life science projects for clients, including White Plains Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Mount Sinai, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Northwell Health. He also manages Gilbane’s portfolio of life science work within the medical research and pharmaceuticals market. As Gilbane’s healthcare construction specialist, Peter focuses on high standards of quality, innovative thinking, and a willingness to partner with clients to understand their unique project challenges and find progressive solutions to deliver each project with care and excellence.

David Pfeffer

Partner - Tarter Krinsky & Drogin

Richard Lanzarone

Healthcare Project Executive - Turner Construction

Richard J. Lanzarone, Healthcare Project Executive for Turner Construction Co., has 25+ years of experience in healthcare construction program management including critical access, rural, tertiary, quaternary, long term care, academic medical center, ambulatory care and medical office development projects. Having spent half of his career as a hospital facilities administrator, Rich brings a deep understanding of hospital operations to his clients. Prior to joining Turner Construction, Rich was the Assistant Vice President of Planning Design & Construction for Beth Israel Medical Centers, Roosevelt Hospital, St Luke’s’ Medical Center & Long Island College Hospitals in NYC. Rich was previously the Director of Facilities with full responsibility for capital projects with Benedictine Hospital & the Kingston Regional Medical System in upstate New York. Rich Lanzarone’s wide experience in smoothly guiding hospital construction projects to a successful conclusion has given him the ability to foster collaboration with the diverse group of stakeholders that exist in any large healthcare construction project. Rich has successfully completed several hundred projects involving $100’s of millions of dollars in healthcare capital improvements. Rich is knowledgeable in the most advanced project management and scheduling systems, in including IPD, LEAN, Pull Planning and sustainable building methods.. Rich authored "Managing the Facility Development Process" which was published in the journal "Matrix" of the Medical Group Practice Association (MGMA) and his pioneering work in healthcare facilities operations was featured in "Work & Role Redesign in Healthcare Facilities Management" published by the American Hospital Association and is a frequent speaker on healthcare design & construction topics.

Bryan Langlands

Principal - NBBJ

Bryan Langlands is an accomplished healthcare programmer, planner and designer of academic medical centers, specialty centers and community hospitals. His list of clinical and research clients include NYU Langone Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Rochester Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His experience ranges from master planning and programming to design and construction administration for complex projects often requiring relocations, multiple phases of work, difficult site issues and mediation between constituents. Bryan — who interfaces directly with users on projects — is recognized by clients for his architectural skills and his ability to manage the multitude of needs that arise on major healthcare projects. In addition to his leadership in the firm, he is a contributor to the recently published 2014 Facility Guidelines Institute's Healthcare Guidelines, and holds positions on two committees of the American College of Healthcare Architects.

Nisan Gertz

Senior Partner - Macro Consultants

Nisan has earned a reputation as one of the most creative and strategic minds in the industry. A licensed architect with more than 20 years of experience, his knowledge includes strategic planning, master planning, project design and development, construction/contract administration, budgeting and project financial management. Nisan’s expertise is scalable from large complex capital project management to small developments. His success in leading and mentoring others is clearly evident in the teams he has grown. Nisan has specialized in the real estate market for most of his career. As an officer with the architecture firm of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum (HOK Architects), his responsibilities included the planning, design, documentation, and construction administration of healthcare and research facilities. At HOK, Nisan designed state-of-the-art facilities for projects ranging from expansive 4.1 million square foot academic medical and research campuses to small-scale clinics and laboratories. Next, as a Vice President with Skanska USA Building, Inc., Nisan formed, managed and grew a new division of the company, Skanska’s Northeast healthcare practice. Under Nisan’s leadership, the region managed over $1.1 billion in capital projects in 2006 alone. Building on his experiences with Skanska and HOK, Nisan established the Northeast regional healthcare practice for Jones Lang LaSalle, where he served as its National Director before joining Macro in 2011. As one of three members of Macro’s Senior Leadership Team, Nisan is responsible for overseeing the company’s portfolio of projects, fiscal health and strategic direction.

Mike Gillespie

Director, National Healthcare Practice - AKF Group

Chris Happ

Co-founder and CEO - Goby

Mr. Happ has more than 20 years in enterprise software and management consulting experience including supply chain software implementation and process optimization for Fortune 50 companies including ExxonMobil, Disney, Southwest Airlines, Pfizer, and JPMorgan. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers management consulting and went on to Ariba where he led the technical strategy and architecture group. After Ariba, he co-founded blueSolutions, a supply chain optimization and software implementation consultancy which was acquired by SAP reseller, Hubwoo. Since 2009, Happ has been focused on turning big data into big opportunities at Goby, an analytics platform for commercial real estate, optimizing value and performance of corporate portfolios. In December 2015 Goby received $5 million in funding led by Toronto’s Greensoil Building Innovation Fund (GBIF) and joined by Second Century Ventures. He is an avid reader — currently reading The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis — loves behavioral economics, enjoys the statistics of baseball and played in the Little League World Series. Happ still personally codes much of the Goby platform as a way to relax.

Ross Yustein

Partner - Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen

George Hurley

Healthcare Core Market Leader - DPR Construction

George Hurley, DPR’s national healthcare core market leader, has 33 years of experience in the engineering and construction of healthcare, education, commercial, microelectronics, and mission critical projects. His extensive background and technical expertise in project evaluation, financial management, scheduling, and strategic planning has led to the successful execution of many large scale projects. George is passionate about executing projects utilizing integrated project delivery (IPD), incorporating building information modeling (BIM) and Lean construction principles. He’s a proven healthcare and mission critical leader and executed several large scale projects in California and Arizona. Most recently, George served as project executive on the $700M, 521,000 sq.-ft. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Expansion Phase II at Stanford University. George is a graduate of Montana State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. Since joining DPR Construction in 1997, he has helped change the way large projects are set up and executed. He also achieved LEED® Accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council. George is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Golden Gate Chapter, in San Francisco; the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP).

Jonathan Marks

Principal - Director Cresa Medical Practice Group