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Key Individuals
William N. Bernstein, PMI, CSI, LEED®AP, AIA :
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Mr. Bernstein is a registered architect and a graduate of Yale
University (Master of Architecture), with over thirty years of
experience in the design and construction of high-profile,
large-scale institutional, commercial and residential work. Mr.
Bernstein is a member of the following organizations: American
Institute of Architects, National Council of Architectural
Registration Boards, American Society of Hospital Engineers,
Hospital Engineering Society, Healthcare Construction Certified
by the American Hospital Association, Construction
Specifications Institute and the Project Management Institute.
Mr. Bernstein is registered to practice architecture in: NY, NJ,
CT, OH, IA, FL and TX. Mr. Bernstein is LEED-certified, and
offers additional experience in the project management of
sustainable and LEED-certified projects.
Jamie Toler, PMP
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Mr. Toler is a graduate of Clemson University (Masters
Certificate in Project Management) and Queens University
(Bachelor’s Degree – Accounting and Business Administration).
Mr. Toler has spent the last twenty years of his career in the
project management industry, successfully project managing
complex, large-scale healthcare and commercial projects. He is a
well-known expert in managing healthcare projects, having
managed over $300 million of hospital and healthcare
construction. In addition, he has managed over $100 million in
commercial construction, where his clients have included
Microsoft. Mr. Toler is a certified Project Management
Professional and a member of the American Society for Healthcare
Engineering.
Doug Dworsky, LEED®AP, AIA :
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Mr. Dworsky is a
registered architect and a graduate of Princeton University
(Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta
Kappa) and Yale University (Master of Architecture, Chi Medal
for Excellence and Leadership), with over twenty-five years of
experience in the design, construction, project management and
development of high-profile, large-scale institutional,
commercial and residential work. Mr. Dworsky’s background
includes real estate development on both an executive and
principal level, project management of a wide range of project
types, and principal-level leadership in a nationally-known
architecture firm. Mr. Dworsky is a member of the American
Institute of Architects, and is registered to practice
architecture in CA. In addition, he is LEED-certified, and
offers additional experience in the project management of
sustainable and LEED-certified projects.
Michael Swick :
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Mr. Swick is a graduate of the Ohio Institute of Technology
(Electronic Engineering) with over twenty five years experience
in the healthcare industry. He has held positions with medical
equipment manufacturers, medical equipment service delivery
companies and has worked for multi-facility hospital groups. His
career has focused on the total equipment life cycle, from
assessment to procurement, delivery, installation and
certification. Working as a capital equipment and technology
manager at a multi-facility hospital system, he was responsible
for assessing equipment procurement for all hospital
departments. He has provided medical equipment planning services
for new hospitals, hospital additions, hospital renovations, and
outpatient facilities.
James Acunto, ASID:
· Mr.
Acunto is a graduate of the New York Insitute of Technology,
where he majored in architecture. A well-known healthcare
interior designer, Mr. Acunto is a member of ASID (American
Society of Interior Designers), and NCIDQ (National Council of
Interior Design Qualifications). Mr. Acunto has over thirty
years experinece in healthcare interior design, for a wide range
of hospital projects as well as private medical practices. He
has specialized planning experience, specializing in organizing
and implementing complex design challenges. An additional skill
is his abaility to depict the final result in accurate
three-dimensional drawings, which is useful to clients in
envisioning how their projects will look and feel.
Mitch Gipson :
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Mitch Gipson is a consultant to the biotech industry as well as a
graduate of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government
(Masters in City and Regional Planning) and Dartmouth College.
Mr. Gipson was the Executive Director of the Audubon Biomedical
Science and Technology Park at Columbia University Medical
Center for 11 years. He was responsible for the overall
commercial development and management of the Park, which is
comprised of two university research buildings and the Audubon
Business and Technology Center, New York City’s first incubator
for start up biotechnology companies. The incubator has been a
home to over 50 start up companies to date. Prior to coming to
Columbia, Mr. Gipson spent 8 years at the New York City Economic
Development Corporation, which is responsible for implementing
New York City’s economic development initiatives. While at EDC,
Mr. Gipson worked on a variety of commercial real estate
development projects including community retail development
efforts, regional retail development projects and large scale
mixed-use and office projects in downtown Brooklyn including the
Morgan Stanley/Pierrepont building and Renaissance Plaza/New
York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, which was Brooklyn’s first
new, full service hotel in over 40 years.
Robert S. Goodman, MBA, CHE :
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Mr. Goodman is a 30-plus year veteran of the healthcare industry,
having held positions in hospital administration, investment
banking, financing and consulting. His career in hospital
administration began in 1973 and culminated with being CEO of a
240-bed community hospital in New York City that he turned
around in the late 1980’s. He spent 6 years associated with a
Merrill Lynch wholly owned subsidiary where he was involved with
the turnaround and disposition of 16 diagnostic imaging centers
located throughout the United States. He then started a new
subsidiary for a diversified financial services company focused
on financing de novo outpatient centers, notably surgery
centers, diagnostic imaging centers and radiation therapy
centers. He started The Mansfield Group, LLC, a healthcare
management and consulting firm, in 2000 and has worked on many
outpatient projects, mostly managing the arrangement of debt
financing, negotiating with landlords, performing feasibility
studies, advising on ownership structures and providing other
advisory and development services. Philosophically, Mr. Goodman
has a deep sense of the delicacies associated with balancing the
provision of healthcare with the business of healthcare. He
believes that hospitals and physicians must act together to be
able to offer the best and most affordable healthcare to the
communities they serve. He also realizes that it is not always
possible.
Patricia D’Auria, Allied Member - ASID:
· Ms.
D’Auria is a graduate of the Suffolk County Community College,
where she majored in Interior Design. Ms. D’Auria is a
well-known expert in the interior design of medical facilities.
She has over twenty years of experinece in healthcare interior
design, for a wide range of hospital projects as well as private
medical practices. Ms. D’Auri is a specialist in the selection
of furniture, colors and materials for walls, floors and
ceilings, as well as custom millwork surfaces. Additionally, she
is skilled in coordinating the project’s accessories including
art programs, plant programs and signage. Ms. D’Auria has
worked extensively with administrators, physicians and
department heads to address the needs of specific areas within
each project.
James M. Hunt, AIA:
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Mr. Hunt is a registered Architect and graduate of Kansas State
University (Bachelor of Architecture) with over thirty-five
years of experience in all phases of the construction industry.
He was employed by architectural firms for ten years working
primarily with health care projects, was Director of Facilities
Management for the Menninger Clinic (a world renown private
mental health facility) for twenty years and is presently
president of a facility management company and a licensed
general contractor. Mr. Hunt is a member of the American
Institute of Architects, International Facility Management
Association, founding member of IFMA’s Health Care Council and
former Planning Commissioner in Topeka. Mr. Hunt is registered
to practice architecture in Kansas and because of his NCARB
certification can be registered to practice architecture in all
50 states and Canada within 30 days of application. His
experience with the Menninger Clinic allowed him to gain
intimate knowledge of the very specialized requirements for
designing safe environments for behavioral health care units.
He has consulted with facilities in eight states on design and
remodeling of this type of facility. He co-authored a white
paper titled “Guidelines for the Built Environment of Behavioral
Health Facilities” which was published on the website of the
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems. Mr. Hunt
has also been published in Psychiatric Hospital magazine and
featured on the cover of Facility Design and Management and has
been a guest lecturer at the College of Architecture and Design
at Kansas State University.
Douglas Cheung, AIA :
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Mr. Cheung is a registered architect and a graduate of the
University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of
Architecture ), with over seventeen years of experience in the
design and construction of high-profile, large-scale
institutional and commercial work, in the US, Canada, and Hong
Kong. Mr. Cheung is a member of the American Institute of
Architects and a registered architect in the USA and Canada. He
founded and ran a successful architectural practice in Canada,
and practices architecture in New York as a Senior Associate in
a well-known architecture firm. Mr. Cheung is extraordinarily
organized, intelligent, and technically knowledgeable in all
areas of design and construction. Mr. Cheung is well regarded
as a diligent and successful Project Manager in the New York
design and construction industries.
Bernice Leader :
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Dr. Leader holds a doctoral degree in art history from Columbia
University, and has sixteen years experience as founder and
manager of an art consulting firm, which she continues to run.
She has worked with many health care facilities and corporations
in the tri-state area, and has gained particular renown as an
experienced art consultant to hospitals. Dr. Leader manages
every phase of art acquisition projects from the creation of art
budgets to the installation of site specific art. She is a
member of the International Association of Professional Art
Advisors, and is a past president and current board member of
the New Jersey Business Network. Dr. Leader also served on the
Board of the Bergen Museum of Art and Science. Before starting
her own business, she worked in print production management for
several companies, and in her academic career, taught art
history at SUNY Stony Brook, Cooper Union, Ramapo College, and
Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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