Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Summit

Stacy Bell is the AVP for Business Development and Real Estate at Inova Health System, a $6 billion dollar 5-hospital system in Northern Virginia. In that capacity she develops and implements ambulatory market strategy throughout the region as Inova increases the breadth of its offerings closer to the patients it serves. Stacy also leads the construction and maintenance for these locations, encompassing over 3 million square feet of owned and leased space across more than 150 locations. Upon graduating with a degree in Commerce from the University of Virginia, Stacy began her career as a CPA at Price Waterhouse. She supported clients in both DC and Philadelphia before leaving public accounting for Finance opportunities spanning a variety of industries including telecommunications, financial services and data analytics. After an exciting project in software development for the satellite industry, Stacy found a home in Healthcare in 2016. Stacy holds an MBA in Healthcare Management and is an adjunct faculty for the George Mason University College of Public Health.

Adam Schindler specializes in business development and portfolio management, including financial planning, modeling and analysis for corporations, law firms and nonprofit organizations. Schindler’s practice focuses on aligning the needs of occupiers of space with strategic real estate solutions. Adam brings a unique perspective to a vast array of clients with his expertise in the market. His insight keeps him connected and he is able to expand his real estate knowledge not only in the DMV area, but nationally/internationally, as businesses he has worked with grow and look to him for assistance in their real estate needs.

Sandy is the first to serve as HDR’s Regional Health Director for both the West and East Regions and started the Richmond architecture office. She is an expert in the planning and design of innovative health environments with a passion for innovation strategies and collaborative solutions. She has nearly 30 years of experience working in 20 states with academic medical centers, community and regional hospitals, ambulatory facilities, and women and children’s hospitals, and is a frequent presenter at healthcare design conferences. Sandy is a graduate of Harvard University and is board certified by the American College of Healthcare Architects in the specialty of healthcare design.

Matt Sullivan joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2009 and has more than 15 years of commercial real estate experience. He leads the firm’s Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Advisory Practice, providing strategic advisory and brokerage services to physician practice groups, hospital systems, investors in healthcare real estate, insurance providers, pharmaceutical and biotech companies both regionally and nationally. He and his team advise clients with expertise surrounding patient experience, service line projections, payer mix analysis, clinical space utilization and regulatory compliance.

Irene joined Children’s National in March, 2017 specifically to lead the redevelopment of nearly 12 acres and 400K square feet of existing, historic buildings Children’s National acquired from the Federal Government on the site of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In this position she is responsible for space programming, building and site design development, environmental remediation, all aspects of regulatory approval (including Certificate of Need), historic and new market tax credits, site zoning and construction execution. Previously, Irene worked for Kaiser Permanente’s Mid-Atlantic Region where she directed Service Delivery Planning; developing market strategic plans with over $400M in new facility acquisition and development, gaining approval for $175M for individual facility projects and managing space utilization for Kaiser’s 32 outpatient medical centers. Irene is a certified Project Management Professional and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Boston College and a Masters in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lakshmi Nalluri is a Senior Vice President with JLL with 20+ years of experience in development of healthcare and life science projects. Lakshmi leads our PDS Healthcare practice in the DC/MD/NoVa markets, leading a team, and ensuring our clients receive best-in-class advisory and service delivery. Lakshmi’s experience includes strategy formulation, feasibility, due diligence, team assembly, design and construction oversight, and the coordination of specialty equipment in the healthcare/life sciences environment. Lakshmi has been and is currently involved with numerous clients in the region. Experience • MedStar Health: Client Relationship Manager, leading a multi-year capital improvement project management account for the health system comprising of 10- hospital campuses and multiple off-campus leased primary / ambulatory care clinics and administrative locations. • Children’s National Health system: Project Lead on a 60,000sf ground-up development of Prince George’s County Regional Outpatient Center, including specialty pediatric clinics, ASC, imaging, infusion suite, lab and pharmacy. Executive oversight over CNMC capital improvements program on campus and off-campus. • Vigene Biosciences, Rockville, MD: Project lead on 51,000sf cGMP manufacturing facility and corporate office/lab support space. • Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, Vienna, VA: Lead PM on a $22,000sf boutique fertility clinic build-out in Vienna, VA. • Parenteral Drug Association, Bethesda, MD: Lead PM on a 30,000sf Corporate Office and Training/Research institute relocation, including cGMP educational facility. • Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA: Project Manager on $1B, 1,200,000s. community hospital project for DOD. This award-winning LEED Gold project integrated EBD & AT/FP. The project includes 2600 space parking garages, 120 in-patient beds, 10 ORs, Radiation Oncology, behavioral health inpatient unit, trauma, and Level II nursery. • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD: Project Director for $300M contract with NIH, for multiphase renovation and infrastructure upgrades projects within 4,000,000sf research building. • MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA: Senior PM on $210M greenfield 300,000sf development for MITRE Corporation, with high-end state-of-the-art finishes; A/V communication and collaboration capabilities; and Robotic Simulation and experimentation capabilities for Centre for National Security and other Federal agencies. Education and affiliations Lakshmi is a Graduate Architect with a Master’s Degree in Building Engineering and Management. In addition, Lakshmi is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM); a LEED Accredited Professional, holds a HCC (Healthcare Construction Certificate) from ASHE, OSHA 30 certification and CQM (Construction Quality Management) from US Army Corps of Engineers. She has been one of the founding board members of Women in Healthcare. She also holds affiliations with ASHE, CHD and ACHE. Lakshmi’s awards include the 2012 NIH Director’s Award for Excellence; 2013 Chairman’s excellence award - Gilbane Building Co.; 2015 Project of the year team award; 2018 Market sector of the year award; 2018 Top Achiever award and 2019 Gold Achiever award - JLL

David E. Wright, PE has over thirty-five years of experience in the engineering design and construction of electrical systems for healthcare, commercial, hotel, academic, and government projects. In his role, he manages multi-disciplinary teams on projects, provides technical leadership and drives business development. Past projects that David has designed and project managed have encompassed hospitals, medical office buildings, laboratories, hotels, retail stores and government facilities, with budgets ranging from $250,000 to over $400 million. David started out in the electrical industry working nights, weekends and summers for his family’s electrical contracting business in high school and received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a licensed engineer in 11 states and is on the board of the Virginia Society of Healthcare Engineers and Association of Medical Facilities Professionals of Virginia.

Carmel Anerino, LEED AP, serves as a project executive with Wohlsen Construction and is based in the firm’s Wilmington, DE office. During her 25-year tenure in the industry, she has served as a preconstruction and business development manager, project manager, and senior project manager. She is an experienced construction professional with a consistent track record of successfully leading diverse project teams in the on-time, on-budget execution of capital projects. Carmel has provided oversight, management, and leadership on healthcare projects for the University of Maryland Medical System, Nemours duPont Pediatrics, Nemours / Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, and Nemours Mansion and Gardens.

Mr. Fischer is a Principal and Managing Director with Trammell Crow Company and an integral part of the company’s comprehensive healthcare, life sciences and senior living development and investment initiatives. He serves as a national healthcare product specialist for the firm, keeping healthcare development teams across the country stay abreast of national trends and best practices. Additionally, he directly oversees TCC’s MidAtlantic health and life science developments, which currently include the notable 1.0 million square foot McMillan Redevelopment, the Adventist White Oak Medical and Oncology Pavilion, the National Harbor I and II medical office buildings, the John Carlyle Center for Wellness and Healthcare, the Falls Church Center for Wellness, the Balfour at Palisades, and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s 970,000 square-foot Medical and Surgical Pavilion. Mr. Fischer has held various leadership positions in investment management within the healthcare industry since 1986. Prior to joining Trammell Crow Company in 2005, Mr. Fischer led his consulting practice, Fischer Advisory Partners, through the development of a national healthcare energy platform for US Power and also worked on services syndication for the private funding initiatives of hospitals in the United Kingdom and Germany. Currently, Mr. Fischer serves as Chairman Emeritus for the Urban Land Institute’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Council, as well as numerous Board and civic groups.

Ben Stutz is the Director of Hospital and Health System Development for the District of Columbia. He also serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF), the District’s Medicaid Agency. In these roles, he leads the implementation of the first, ground-up, hospital to be built in the District of Columbia in 25 years. The new, 184-bed*, $434.4 million, Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health, the District's largest capital project, is a public private partnership between the District of Columbia and Universal Health Services. Named after Frederick Douglass’s historic residence in Anacostia, Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center will be full-service hospital, providing in and outpatient services, trauma, maternal and behavioral health care. The hospital will be fully integrated with two new community based facilities, existing providers, and the George Washington University Hospital to establish a system of care for all District residents and in particular, communities east of the Anacostia River. As COO, Ben oversees DC Medicaid's HR, IT, Procurement, and Risk/Performance teams. Previously, Ben served five years as the Chief of Staff to the City Administrator of Washington D.C.. As the Senior Advisor to the City Administrator, he worked to oversee the day-to-day operations of city government, including: COVID-19 reopening, the District's annual $20 billion operating and $8 billion capital budgets; performance management, and labor relations. Ben has served in City, County, and State government in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Region since 2002. He has a BA in Government and Politics and MBA from the University of Maryland and an MA in Peace of Justice Studies from the University of San Diego. He and his son live in Washington, D.C.

Rob Rumer is an Investment Manager with Anchor Health Properties and is based in the firm’s Washington, DC office. As a key member of the investments team, Rob is intimately involved in deals through the investment lifecycle with responsibilities focused on sourcing, underwriting, financing, valuing, and closing healthcare real estate acquisitions. With a robust understanding of the healthcare real estate sector, Rob has worked on more than $500 million and one million square feet of medical office and healthcare real estate transactions nationwide. Additionally, he has extensive experience developing complex cash flow models for divestment, development, financing, capital improvements, leasing opportunities and syndication of institutional funds to optimize a health system’s financial exposure. Rob graduated from Franklin and Marshall College and worked at SEI Investments before earning his MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Notre Dame where he found an interest in real estate. He began working on the development team at Holladay Properties in business school and transitioned to the investments team at Anchor thereafter.

Based in HOK’s Washington D.C. studio, Mitch oversees healthcare projects throughout the eastern and southeastern U.S. His collaborative design approach considers functional, aesthetic, contextual, cultural and environmental influences to produce performance-driven solutions focused on providing exceptional patient care. Mitch has designed and managed health facility projects of all scales for public, private and academic organizations. In recent years he has led multidisciplinary teams in the design of major 1,000+ bed medical facilities.