Froedtert ThedaCare Health

Annette Roehl

Annette, a Healthcare Facilities Design Strategist at Froedtert ThedaCare Health, combines clinical experience with design insights. With degrees in Nursing, Architecture, and Urban Planning, she creates opportunities for people to participate in creating environments that prioritize quality, operational sustainability, and wellness for all.

President, Smith Hager Bajo, Inc. (retired)

Judy Smith, MHA

​Past President/Principal of women-owned consulting firm specializing in women and children's hospital management. Appointed to the FGI Health Guidelines Revision Committee for past and 2022 editions of standards used or referenced as design regulation in 43 US states. Recipient of international award for supporting the improvement of high risk infant environments (2013). Named one of the 2011 "Top Twenty Innovators" in business in NOVA EXEC, a Northern Virginia business publication.

​Director, Regional Newborn Program, Beacon Children's Hospital, South Bend, IN

Robert White, MD

​Dr. White has a long-standing interest in the effect of the NICU environment on babies, families, and caregivers.  He is chairman of the Consensus Committee that develops Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design and co-chair of the annual Gravens Conference on the Physical and Developmental Environment of the High-Risk Newborn

Mazzetti

Troy Savage

​Troy is an Associate Principal and Director of Strategic Projects and Innovation at Mazzetti, where he leads multidisciplinary initiatives focused on healthcare decarbonization, energy strategy, and organizational transformation.

​HKS

Senior Medical Planner, Women’s and Infants SME

Caitlin Potter, AIA, ACHA, LSSYB

​Caitlin Potter is a Vice President, Senior Medical Planner, and Women’s & Infants Subject Matter Expert at HKS. She brings a research-driven, human-centered approach to healthcare planning, with a focus on pediatric, women’s, infants, and NICU environments. Her work bridges operational strategy, evidence-based design, and family-centered care to help clients plan spaces that support patients, families, and care teams. Caitlin leads national research and knowledge-sharing efforts around emerging Women’s & Infants care models, including NICU couplet care, and helps translate lessons learned from current-state operations, benchmarking, and user engagement into thoughtful, future-ready healthcare environments.

Healthcare Design Researcher

EwingCole, NYC

LarriJo S. Boone, RN, BSN, MHTM

LarriJo is a healthcare design researcher with over a decade of clinical nursing expertise that

she utilizes to inform best practice standards for evidence-based design. Her practice focuses on creating

environments that improve healthcare outcomes and creating equitable healthcare experiences,

through thoughtful, inclusive, community-led design.

The Goodroe Group, LLC

Mindy Goodroe, AIA

Mindy Goodroe, AIA, is a nationally recognized healthcare architect, strategist, and thought leader with more than 25 years of experience designing innovative environments for women, infants, children, and families. As HKS’s National Women’s and Infants Practice Leader, she guided projects focused on advancing maternal and neonatal care. Throughout her career, she has led planning and design efforts for NICUs across the United States, including Wellstar, Duke Health, ChristianaCare, Orlando Health, Atrium, Ascension, the University of Missouri, and SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. A frequent speaker at national healthcare conferences, Mindy is a passionate advocate for family-centered, evidence-based design and brings deep expertise in creating healing environments that support newborns, families, and caregivers.

Mazzetti

Charlie Ruschke

​Charlie Ruschke is a Sustainability Analyst at Mazzetti, where he supports health systems in developing data-driven strategies to decarbonize their operations and infrastructure. Beyond his technical expertise, Charlie contributes to thought leadership through white papers and reimagining workshops that bring together clinicians, engineers, and designers to envision sustainable care spaces.

Cornell University

Mardelle McCuskey Shepley

Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, B.A., M.Arch., M.A, D.Arch., is an architect and emerita professor at Cornell University in the Department of Human Centered Design. Her professional certifications include: FAIA (emerita), FACHA (emerita), WELL AP, LEED AP, and EDAC. Dr. Shepley has authored/co-authored nine books, including Design for Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care (2014), Design for Mental & Behavioral Health (2017) and Peace by Design (2025). Mardelle received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Healthcare Architects and a Changemaker Award from the Center for Health Design. 

​Cunningham

Scott Bales, CA, ACHA, EDAC, AIA, DBIA

Scott is a results-oriented architect who is passionate about creating safe, meaningful, and functional behavioral health spaces. As a health care design specialist he focuses on the accessibility and universal design to remove barriers for all.

With experience since 2010, he has cultivated an enthusiasm for creating spaces that allow providers to deliver the highest level of care and afford users the maximum chances for successful outcomes.