National Healthcare Series: Greater Philadelphia Summit

Alexander Gladney

Chief Legal Officer & SVP
Capital Health System

Ben Ochs

CEO
Anchor Health Properties

Ben Ochs is CEO of Anchor Health Properties and is based in the firm’s Charlottesville, VA, offices. Mr. Ochs has spent the majority of this career in the Development, Ownership, Operations, Financing, Asset Management, Leasing, Acquisition and Disposition of Healthcare Real Estate to hospitals, physician practice groups, and private and institutional healthcare real estate investors throughout the Southeast. Previous to that, Mr. Ochs served as a Financial and Underwriting Analyst at a boutique consulting firm.

Saul Jabbawy

Director of Design
Ewing Cole

As the Director of Design at EwingCole, Saul believes that addressing the wellbeing of both patients and caregivers through the design of functional yet elegant and soothing environments is one of the most gratifying roles in the building industry. With over 25 years of experience, Saul has led the design of the firm’s largest, most technically sophisticated projects. He has won AIA Awards for facilities at Cooper University Hospital, Jefferson Health, University of Pennsylvania, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center among others, and was named HCD 10 Architect of the Year by Healthcare Design Magazine in 2016.

Shawn Carlin

VP and Regional Manager for Philadelphia Office
Gilbane

Shawn is Vice President and Regional Manager for Gilbane’s Philadelphia office responsible for executive level oversight for the entire tristate region. Shawn has 24 years of construction experience with a primary focus on the healthcare sector. His experience ranges from fast-paced multi-phased and occupied fit-outs and conversions to vertical expansion overbuilds, medical office buildings, new acute care patient towers, operating rooms, cancer treatment centers, energy service centers with campus-wide distribution to full multi-phased masterplan expansions. Shawn’s healthcare experience totals well over one billion dollars with the largest single master plan valued at $465 million. Previous to Gilbane, Shawn served as Vice President of a large Philadelphia based Healthcare CM.

Rahul Tikekar

Vice President
LORING Consulting Engineers

I have over 15 years of experience in the healthcare MEP industry and have been involved in all aspects of the project from planning and feasibility through project management and construction administration. My specialty is providing and managing top quality engineering consulting services to major healthcare facilities on the east coast. I have led numerous critical healthcare projects including complex infrastructure upgrades. My expertise in healthcare design includes, but is not limited to, ambulatory care and surgical facilities, diagnostic imaging, critical care centers, cancer centers, children’s hospital, nursing homes, research laboratories, clean room pharmacies, dental schools and behavioral health centers.

Anthony Maher

President
University Place Associates

Anthony is well known for his entrepreneurial ecosystem engagement throughout the city of Philadelphia. He is Co-founder and former CEO of Benjamin’s Desk (now 1776), serving as a champion and growth strategist for entrepreneurs. Anthony Maher joins Scott Mazo as Partner and President of UPA in January 2019. He is a strong advocate for public/private partnerships and will strategically curate every UPA building with the Philadelphia innovation ecosystem in mind. Anthony’s experience curating coworking space as Chief Growth Officer of 1776 is expansive. He looks forward to applying the same knowledge, experience, and zeal throughout the square footage of The Platinum Corridor®. Anthony was also Partner of Philadelphia’s First Base Commercial Office Brokerage for several years, a brokerage that was created to help high growth tech startups secure their first traditional office space. Anthony was a First-Team College All-American and 10-year professional soccer player and brings the same focus and discipline that build effective teams to help create long term partnerships and impact. He can usually be found exploring the local playgrounds or community soccer fields with his wife and three young sons.

Anthony Green

Chief Scientific Officer
Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Anthony P. Green, Ph.D., is Chief Scientific Officer for Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA. At Ben Franklin, Dr. Green’s team focuses on Ben Franklin's earliest seed funding program, now representing over $4M in funding to 80 companies and resulting in $50M in follow-on funding; business and pipeline development for investment opportunities and strategic partnershis; managing its mentoring/service/prototyping programs and participation in the region’s research institution’s translational research programs. Dr. Green was instrumental in the creation and management of the Drexel University and Temple University co-investment programs—the first programs of their kind in the country. Dr. Green has helped develop and implement new university/industry partnership/commercialization models for Ben Franklin’s region-wide technology partnerships. Major initiatives in emerging technologies include life sciences/medtech/digital health, advanced textiles, advanced manufacturing, nanotechnology, energy, and IoT. He is a member of the Oversight/Advisory Committees of many of the region’s translational research programs, including the Coulter- Drexel Translational Research Partnership, UPenn’s Singh NanoCenter, Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Medical Device Consortium and their Innovation Council and the Temple University Professional Science Master’s Program in Bioinnovation and Biotechnology. He is a Board Observer of Atrin Pharmaceuticals. He is also President of the Education Foundation of Lower Merion. Dr. Green has over 30 years experience in the biotechnology industry focusing on diagnostics and gene transfer technologies. Dr. Green’s track record includes research, development and commercialization of cutting-edge technologies primarily through small, emerging companies, including Centocor, BD and Puresyn. Dr. Green earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Immunology, with Honors, from Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island and his Ph.D. from Temple University School of Medicine, in Microbiology and Immunology.

Carter McClure

Managing Director, Pennovation Center
1776

arter believes that with determination and dedication, we can nurture innovation and foster measurable impact for all involved. He oversees the management, membership, and strategic partnerships at our Pennovation campus while encouraging cluster-driven collaboration and creating an atmosphere of inclusion. He’s passionate about finding solutions to economic inequality and understanding the choices people make with limited resources.

Tim O'Connell

Senior Principal and Director, Science + Technology
HOK

Tim O’Connell is a senior principal and director of HOK’s global Science + Technology practice. As a key member of HOK’s office in Washington, D.C., he has more than 25 years of architectural experience with extensive knowledge in lab planning and programming for highly complex projects. Tim has served as lab planner, lab architect, project manager and project architect on numerous research facility projects, including the DC Consolidated Forensic Laboratory Facility, a LEED Platinum building that won the R&D Magazine Lab of the Year Special Mention Award for Collaborative Science. His experience programming and planning lab spaces for corporate and commercial life science clients gives him a unique perspective of the needs of industry and how to shape innovation developments to meet those needs. Tim’s experience working with commercial life sciences developers allows him to help those clients and design teams to program and plan the right innovation facilities and at the right size - developing projects from the inside-out. Tim frequently speaks on the topics of research facilities and scientific workplaces and has been published on the subjects of sustainable design and lab design. His focus on responding to the needs of each unique client and innate understanding of scientific environments has enabled Tim to repeatedly produce innovative design solutions and establish himself as a multifaceted Science + Technology thought leader.

Dr. Katherine Behan

Enterprise VP, Population Health
Jefferson Health

Katherine Behan, MD is Senior Vice President of Population Health for Jefferson Health. In this role, Dr. Behan collaborates with Jefferson Health’s leadership to define the accountable care strategic direction and roadmap development to improve the health of populations. Dr. Behan works with her Enterprise team and Division leaders in developing, deploying, and championing care models and care management programs to improve population health outcomes, quality and cost of care for the populations served by Jefferson Health and Jefferson’s CIN. Prior roles include CMO for Jefferson Health Northeast’s Physician group as well as Senior Medical Director with clinical oversight of the Clinics Division for a Medicare Advantage Company. Dr. Behan received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Providence College and her Medical Degree from MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Behan is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. She serves as a Physician delegate on the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board 2.

Melissa Van Slett

Director of Healthcare Design
Wulff Architects

Melissa serves as Wulff’s Director of Healthcare Design. Creatively analytical by nature; her family often jokes she should have become a lawyer. Instead she employs that skill to bring a sharp focus and thoughtful approach to optimize design solutions for her clients. Over 12 years of experience at every level of the design and construction process gives her a sixth sense for anticipating challenges before they impact a project’s budget or schedule. Staying on top of trends in the healthcare industry enables her and her team to foresee the very different needs of coming generations and their impact on future facility design. Melissa fundamentally believes that design has the potential to not only improve the lives of individuals but also enhance entire communities. This philosophy is evident in the recently completed Edison 64 Veterans Community. Melissa led the multi-year, $10 million adaptive reuse of this historic school into a certified Green Community for veterans. This unique project integrates healthcare and housing services in an innovative way to ensure our nation’s heroes are set up for success upon their return to civilian life. Melissa's favorite things include birthdays, distance running, iced coffee, and her home state of Wisconsin. She is also is a LEED ID+C accredited professional and volunteers regularly with the Community Design Collaborative.

Brandon Bardowsky

VP Facilities, Design & Construction
Inspira Health Network

JoAnn Magnatta

SVP, Real Estate Design and Construction
Main Line Health

JoAnn Magnatta, Senior Vice President of Facilities Design and Construction/Real Estate at Main Line Health, has served in Senior Healthcare positions for more than 25 years. She joined Main Line Health in 2001, and in her role she oversees the design, construction and maintenance of over 7 million square feet of real estate. She is also responsible for the acquisition, disposition, development and management of all real estate operations, maintenance and engineering services, system security operations and emergency preparedness.   Prior to joining Main Line Health, JoAnn served as Corporate Vice President of Real Estate Services and Facilities at Continuum Health System, a five hospital, Manhattan based Health System, Vice President, Facilities and Real Estate for Tenet Healthcare and Vice President of Operations for Allegheny Health. JoAnn is a member of several local, regional and national organizations, including Commercial Real Estate for Women (CREW), the Executive Forum of Women, the Board of Trustees of LaSalle University, the Dean’s Advisory Council for Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Board of Trustees of the American Heart Association from 2012 to 2018.

Kent Doss

Principal
Array Architects

Kent’s healthcare work has varied from small, focused interventions within existing facilities to large-scale, freestanding buildings. Kent approaches every project with the understanding that each one is an opportunity to realize improved processes, efficiencies and outcomes. He has earned national awards for design excellence, and his dedication to every client’s success via best practice strategies has afforded him robust, long-term client relationships. Beyond design quality, Kent is also a champion for alternative, collaborative delivery methods on complex projects, such as Design-Build, Design-Assist and Integrated Project Delivery. His pursuit of these areas of expertise led to Kent completing Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) program.

Rebecca Pizzi

Vice President
Skanska

Rebecca Pizzi, Vice President, Operations Manager, is responsible for advancing Skanska’s Philadelphia-based operations (PA/NJ/DE) and ensuring projects are delivered successfully to our client’s. With over two decades of industry experience, Pizzi specializes in the construction management of healthcare, higher education and Life Science facilities. A LEED® accredited professional, Pizzi also holds OSHA 10 and 30-Hour certifications, is a Six Sigma Global Institute (SSGI) Lean Six Sigma, Green Belt and has attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania – Executive Education leading & managing People. She received her B.S. in mechanical engineering from Trenton State College .

Julie Herb

VP, Facilities Development
Virtua Health

As Vice President of Facilities Development, Julie Herb oversees all design and development, construction, and real estate for Virtua Health. Virtua is South Jersey’s largest health system with five hospitals and approximately 300 additional locations throughout the region. Having worked on a multitude of projects and negotiations over her career, including the region’s first Proton Therapy Center, Julie’s current responsibilities include executive oversight for care transformation initiatives at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Virtua Mount Holly Hospital. Over the past twenty-five years, Julie has proven to be an industry leader in the health care real estate and development space. Among the many accomplishments throughout her leadership journey, Julie has led the facilities efforts for the Epic transformation across the multi-hospital system, the integration of numerous properties from acquisition activities, the disposition of facilities from a variety of initiatives, as well as billions of dollars of capital construction, renovation, and infrastructure projects. As a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College and the Business Management Program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Julie holds a professional designation with the Counselors of Real Estate, serving as Chapter Treasurer, and is also a Member of the Board of Trustees with Oaks Integrated Care.

Michael Young

President & CEO
Temple University Hospital

Sandra Gomberg

Teaching Faculty
M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University

Scott Martin

Principal
Avison Young

Scott Martin is an office tenant representation real estate advisor and leading specialist in the niche sector of healthcare real estate in the Greater Philadelphia and New Jersey markets. With over 15 years of experience, Mr. Martin most recently was Senior Vice President with Markeim-Chalmers, Inc. (MCI) and successfully executed real estate transactions in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. During his time with MCI he led the firm’s office and investment group while focusing on tenant representation, landlord representation, and investment sales. Prior to joining Markeim-Chalmers in 2007, Mr. Martin served a distinguished career at Grubb & Ellis (now Newmark Knight Frank) and prior to that, he was a financial planner for Morgan Stanley and Wachovia Securities. Mr. Martin’s skills include tenant representation and relocation, lease negotiations, project leasing, financial analysis, investment analysis and landlord representation for the sale and leasing of properties. Throughout his career, Mr. Martin has represented distinguished companies as UMDNJ, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, The Rothman Institute, CNNH, PREIT, Tenet Health System, Cooper Health System, Kennedy Health System, Senior Care Centers of America, EIRC, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Laboratory Corporation of America, Health Care Realty Trust, Lourdes Health System, Make a Wish Foundation, MetLife, Shell Oil, Rutgers University, Siemens, Liberty Mutual, Bancroft Neurohealth, University of Pennsylvania, Surgery Center Management Services, Inc., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Verizon as well as many others.

Guy Leibler

President
Simone Healthcare Development

Mr. Leibler has 40 years of experience in the real estate industry. He began his career at Schulman Realty Group in 1978 and became President and Chief Executive Officer in 1987, a position he held until 1992. Mr. Leibler joined Sony Corporation in 1993, where he led the development of new business platforms for Sony operating groups. In 1997, Mr. Leibler was elected Chairman of White Plains Hospital, where he had served as a director since 1988. He led a repositioning of the $350 million annual revenue hospital by developing a cancer treatment center, expanding the maternity program to include a neo-natal intensive care unit, creating an orthopedic institute, and laying the groundwork for a cardiac center. He served as Chairman of the Board for five years and continues as a Chairman Emeritus. In 2001, Mr. Leibler was named president and Chief Operating Officer of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 2001 making design excellence and project management the firm’s priority. He joined L&L Holding Company as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer in 2004. The Manhattan based real estate investment company focused on purchasing and repositioning office properties. Mr. Leibler graduated from American University with a degree in political science and international affairs and received a Master’s in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University.