National Healthcare
Construction Forum
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM : Registration & Networking Breakfast
08:35 AM – 08:50 AM: Keynote
Walt Vernon
CEO & Founder
Sextant Foundation
MODERATOR
Mitch Green
Senior Vice President
AECOM Tishman
08:50 AM – 09:20 AM | Securing Lasting Capital for Healthcare Development: Strategies for Longevity
Speakers
Daniel Ahn
VP of Planning & Design
Catholic Health
Mark Csontos
Strategic Project Engineer
GBHLS
Chris Korsh
Senior Healthcare Design Leader
Gensler
David Kontra
Senior Director of Real Estate
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
MODERATOR
ANDREW J. WEINBERG
Director of Business Development
LF Driscoll Healthcare
9:20AM – 9:50AM | Project Close-up: CUIMC Research Building
Speakers
Patrick Burke
Vice President, Facilities Management, Operations & Planning
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Joseph C. Chin
Senior Vice President – Healthcare
LF Driscoll Healthcare
Georgina Lalli
Senior Associate Principal
KPF
Richard Meilan, P.E., LEED AP
Senior Executive Director
MG Engineering, D.P.C.
MODERATOR
Mitch Green
Senior Vice President
AECOM Tishman
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM : Networking Break
10:05 AM – 11:05 AM | Project Close-up: Kennesth C. Griffin Pavillion at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Speakers
Terron BrownE
Project Manager | Design + Construction
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Thomas Drumm
Project Executive
Consigli Construction Co., Inc
Jovana Kandic-Carlot
Principal
CannonDesign
Ryan Kiefer
Associate Director
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Daquan Sisco
Senior Project Manager, Design + Construction
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jason Tavarez
Project Executive
Turner Construction Company
MODERATOR
Christopher Prochner
Senior Vice President
Cumming Group
11:05 AM – 11:40 AM | AI in Design and Construction and Impact on Healthcare Facilities
Speakers
Edward Borman
V.P. of Healthcare Division
Allan Briteway Electrical Contractors
Gabriel Van Houten
Senior Director – Construction Planning, Design and Construction
Mount Sinai Health System
MELISSA KIEFER
Vice President, Facilities Development and Regulatory Affairs
Hospital for Special Surgery
Kasia Mickowska
Project Executive
Shawmut Design and Construction
Dareen Salama
Co-founder & CEO
Gryps
MODERATOR
BRANDON REINER
Partner
Tannenbaum Helpern
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM | Designing Dignity: Integrating Healthcare in Therapeutic Housing Units
Speakers
Larissa Trinder
Assistant Vice President | Arts in Medicine
NYC Health + Hospitals
Deborah Morris
Senior Director, Land Use Planning and Real Estate
NYC Health and Hospitals
MODERATOR
IRA ROVITZ
Executive Managing Director
Newmark
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