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Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, Specialty Sub-Group for Residential Health Care Facilities, Member
Development of Volume 2 for the FGI Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities focused on Long-Term Care design criteria and processes.

The Senior Living Sustainability Guide, Contributor
A sustainable approach to senior living care models, development and design. The guide focuses on pre-development analysis, social culture context, key dimensions (resident, organization, operations, and physical setting), and benchmarking outcomes to establish a process for continual improvement.

American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers (AAHID), Founding Member, Advisory Council past member, Past Director of Academic Research, Past Director of Credentials Committee
Development and vetting of accreditation exam.

Center for Health Systems & Design (CHSD), Faculty Fellow
Texas A&M University’s Center for Health Systems & Design is home to the world’s largest collection of interdisciplinary faculty, students, and affiliated professionals committed to research and education about environments for healthcare. The Center for Health Systems & Design is a creation of the Colleges of Architecture and Medicine at Texas A&M University intended to promote research, innovation and communication in an interdisciplinary program that focuses on health facility planning and design. The research interests range from the effects of stress on patients’ health and well-being, to the design of healing environments for neonatal patients, children, the elderly, people who live in the Texas Colonias and AIDS patients. The primary activities of the Center include a professional associates program, curriculum development, health lecture series and support of health-related research and design projects.

Center for Health Design (CHD) Research Coalition, Member
The CHD Research Coalition nurtures, supports and produces evidence-based design research that contribute to therapeutic, safe, efficient and effective healthcare settings. Comprised of research professionals, design practitioners and healthcare administrators, the Research Coalition steers funding for healthcare design research, helps guide these projects to success and develops information and tools for implementing evidence-based design in existing and new facilities.

GreenGuard Environmental Institute (GEI) Advisory Board, Member
GEI is an independent group of experts with a common interest in indoor air quality and public health. Members are volunteers. The GEI Advisory Board members represent the diverse stakeholders that plan, design, construct and occupy buildings, and that address the environmental and health impact of those buildings.

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Member
Reviewer of original LEED Reference Guide; founding member of Colorado chapter of the USGBC.

The Coalition for Health Environments Research (CHER) Research Council, Member
The Coalition for Health Environments Research (CHER) is an organization dedicated to “promote, fund, and disseminate research into humane, effective and efficient environments through multidisciplinary collaboration dedicated to quality healthcare for all.”