Key Personnel

GEORGEANN B. BURNS

Experience Overview

Ms. Burns has devoted her career to working on healthcare projects, beginning with one of the nation’s leading firms, SMP, in San Francisco. Her projects there ranged from research studies for the VA to master plans for leading academic medical centers. In addition she has worked with other national and international firms such as HKS, RTKL, The SLAM Collaborative and Anderson DeBartolo and Pan. She also led GPR Health, Inc. and later The Austin Group, Inc. – both consulting firms focused on healthcare planning and programming.

Continuing to work on projects throughout the United States and overseas, Ms. Burns developed expertise in community hospitals, specialty institutions (pediatric and behavioral health), and ambulatory care centers. With a growing interest in Lean principles and their application to healthcare delivery and the process of healthcare project delivery, she has formed Health Facilities Planning Partners, LLC.

Experience details are available on the Clients / Experience page.

Education

M. Arch., University of California, Berkeley, 1973

International Institute of Design, London, 1971

B. Sc., Psychology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1968

Graduate Minority Program Tutor, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-3

Guest Lecturer, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, 1979

Organizations

American Institute of Architects, associate member

AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, 1994 president; 1991-5 board member; leadership council member 1996 to date

Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation, trustee 2000 to date, secretary-treasurer 2000 – 2005, president 2006 – 2008

American Hospital Association/ASHE, member 1984 to date

Society for Healthcare Strategic Market Development, 2004 to date

Center for Healthcare Design, 2009 to date

Publications and Presentations

• Co-editor, Capital Projects and Healthcare Reform: Navigating Design and Delivery in an Era of Disruption (Health Administration Press, 2015)
• Co-presenter, Healthcare Facilities Symposium (2006, 2007, 2008)
• Con-current session co-presenter, ASHE Annual Conference (2006)
• Co-presenter, Outpatient Care Institute (2006)
• Contributing author, Turner Healthcare Construction Monitor (2006)
• Contributing author, SHSMD Spectrum (2006)
• Co-presenter, Healthcare Design 06 (2006)
• Co-presenter, Planetree Annual Conference (2005)
• Con-current session presenter, ASHE/AIA International Planning, Design and Construction Conference (2000, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1993)
• Con-current session presenter, HealthFocus Conference (1994)
• Plenary paper presenter/panel member, CDC-NIOSH Workshop on Engineering
• Controls for Preventing Airborne Infections in Workers in Health Care and Related Facilities (1993)
• Con-current session presenter, ASHE Conference on Planning and Design of Outpatient Facilities (1992)
• Symposium coordinator for AIA/CAH and AAHA two-day program on design and planning issues for lifecare and retirement centers (1990)
• Co-investigator with Ruhnau McGavin and Ruhnau Associates, Charles H. Coogan and Gary L. Sprague on Earthquake Hazard Reduction for Life Support
  Equipment in Hospitals – a research report conducted under a National Science Foundation grant (1986)
• Co-presenter, Tradelines Seminars (1984)
• Contributor, US Department of Health, Education and Welfare Comprehensive Planning Guidelines (1979)
• Presenter, Western Gerontological Society Annual Convention (1979)
• Contributor, California Hospital Association syllabus materials for ADA compliance (1978)
• Contributor, US Army Engineering Research Laboratory Study to Provide Seismic Protection Criteria for Upgrading Existing and Planning New Medical/Dental Facilities (1975 – 6)
• Contributor, Veterans Administration Study to Establish Seismic Protection for Furniture, Equipment and Supplies for VA Hospitals (1974 – 5)

ROBERT LEVINE (died November 5, 2018)

Experience Overview
As Senior Vice President of Turner Construction Co.’s Healthcare Group, Mr. Levine was responsible for the effective management and development of healthcare projects throughout the United States. In that position, Mr. Levine provided extensive and focused understanding of the industry and healthcare trends, frequently speaking before national audiences on healthcare construction. He was involved in completing nearly $3 billion worth of healthcare projects. With almost 50 years’ experience in the construction industry, Mr. Levine brought an incredible perspective and level of expertise to HFPP’s advisory services and he will be sorely missed.

MERLIN LICKHALTER, FAIA, FACHA

Experience Overview
With 30 years of experience in providing programming, planning and design services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States and abroad, Mr. Lickhalter’s experience includes vital roles on a wide range of health sciences facilities projects, ranging from major new construction to complex renovation. He has served as principal in charge of assignments with a total value of nearly one billion dollars.

Prior to establishing his own consulting firm, he provided leadership and direction in the growth of three prominent, multi-office, national architectural practices. In the mid 1970s, he created, and served as the president of, the architectural subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest advanced technology consultants, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), with offices in the midwest and both coasts. He then became the founding principal and managing director of the midwest office of Stone Marracini Patterson (SMP), and helped grow the office to one of the largest architectural practices in Missouri. In 1993, he joined Cannon Design where he served as senior vice president/principal, director, and co-leader of their international health sciences practice.

Experience details are available on the Clients / Experience page.

Education

B. Arch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Owner/President Management Program, Harvard University Graduate School of Business

Advanced Engineer Officer Training, Ft. Belvoir Army Engineer School

Washington University School of Medicine’s Graduate Program in Healthcare Administration, adjunct faculty member

Clemson University, guest lecturer

St. Louis University, guest lecturer

Organizations and Recognition

AIA’s Academy of Architecture for Health, Past President

American College of Healthcare Architects, Founding Fellow

Modern Healthcare Design Awards juror (twice)

Listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World

Publications and Presentations

• Comparing Alternative Delivery Models, American Society for Healthcare Engineering International Conference, 2000
• Innovations in Ambulatory Care Design, American Society for Healthcare Engineering International Conference, 1999
• Department of Veterans Affairs Costs & Standards, National Institute of Building Sciences, 1993
• Programming: How to be a Good Consumer of Programming Services, The Journal of Health Administration Education, 1989
• Comparative Health Facility Acquisition Methodology Study for the U.S. Department of