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People News Cotter Consulting names new VP of healthcare group ROBERT J. KLASEK has been named vice president of Cotter Consulting, Inc.'s healthcare group, which provides program and project management services for capital healthcare projects throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. Klasek has more than 30 years of experience in hospital facilities Robert J. Klasek management and project, construction and operational management. He is a member of the American Society of Hospital Engineers and the International Facility Management Association, where he also served as the co-founding chairman of the IFMA Health Care Council. Dewberry promotes seasoned healthcare architect ROBERT WOLFF, P .E., HFDP , CHFM, LEED AP BD+C, has been promoted to senior associate in Dewberry's Chapel Hill, N.C. office. Wolff has more than 25 years of healthcare experience. He serves as the senior project manager for large-scale healthcare projects. Wolff received dual bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, the North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association, Inc. Robert Wolff and the National Fire Protection Association. Wolff is a voting member of the Technical Committee on Electrical Systems for NFPA 99 and was a contributing editor on the 2012 Health Care Facilities Code. www.mcdmag.com Miller to lead West Coast healthcare practice of Perkins Eastman HDR names new interior design leader in New York JOHN L. MILLER AIA, NCARB, has joined HDR Architecture's New York City design studio as interior design principal. With a significant body of experience and expertise in healthcare, she will Amy Mays lead interior design with a focus on healthcare projects in HDR's offices across the Northeast. Mays has worked with leading healthcare organizations including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. has joined Perkins Eastman as an associate principal in the firm's San Francisco, Calif. office. His chief focus will be on enhancing the scope and versatility of the West Coast office's regional healthcare practice. Miller has supported Perkins Eastman in a consultancy role since November John L. Miller 2012, when he was brought on board as architect of record and medical planner for a variety of pending local and international healthcare projects. Prior to joining Perkins Eastman, Miller led healthcare studios for the Sacramento, Calif. offices of Stantec Architecture and HMC Architects. Shepley Bulfinch names new Southwest healthcare practice leader Shepley Bulfinch has welcomed healthcare planning and design leader DAVID H. DERR, AIA, as a principal in the firm's Phoenix, Ariz. office. He will lead the healthcare practice in the Southwest. David H. Derr Derr has led healthcare planning and design projects that span the U.S. and the Middle East, with experience in expanding firms' healthcare practices. His notable project work includes a replacement medical center for Kaiser Permanente; a flagship ambulatory care center for Group Health Cooperative and a proposed cardiac center in Bahrain. He is a member of the AIA and the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Ohio University. AMY MAYS, IIDA, LEED AP EDAC, , In brief FKP Architects' Vice President and Market Sector Leader Prajakti (PJ) Glasco, AIA, LEED AP has received American , College of Healthcare Architects board certification. She achieved the credential through an examination and a portfolio review demonstrating her contributions to healthcare architecture. Glasco focused her career over the past nine years on serving healthcare organizations and cancer treatment specialists. In addition, she is serving as the chair of AIA Committee on Architecture for Health, Houston Chapter. Erik Nelson has been named structured cabling systems and healthcare technology team lead at Environmental Systems Design, Inc. In his new position, Nelson will coordinate advanced healthcare technology service offerings. Prior to joining ESD, he was a lead communications engineer with Jacobs Engineering Group. He has also served as project manager and lead designer with RTKL Associates, systems engineer with Electronic Evolution and development engineer with Smith & Nephew. Sean M. Goings, CHSP SASHE, of , Schneider Electric in Houston, has earned senior status with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering. Senior status is granted to ASHE members who support the healthcare facilities management profession through leadership and education. November/December 2013 | Medical Construction & Design 41