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AGENDA

Jim Kent - ASHE Region 6 Chair & Facility Service Operations Manager, Avera McKennan Hospital

Danielle Gathje - Regional Director of Facility Operations, HealthEast/Fairview Health Services

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

ASHE Pre-Conference Session (additional registration & fee required)

ASHE CHFM Review Course has been Cancelled.  Questions, please contact asheregion6@cmpmanagement.com

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Facility Tour Discovery Square (Pre-Registration Required - Tour Sold Out)

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Women's Networking Reception

Location: Hilton Rochester - Mayo Doctors Hall 1

Sponsored by: Knutson Construction

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Welcome Reception

Location: Hilton Rochester - Mayo Doctors Hall 1

Sponsored by: MSP Commercial

ASHE, The American Society for Health Care Engineering of the American Hospital Association, has approved 11.5 contact hours (11.5 CEC) for this educational event.

Thursday, March 30, 2023

7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Registration

Location: Ballroom Lobby West

Sponsored by: Wold Architects and Engineers

7:00 - 8:00 am

Breakfast

Location: Ballroom 1

Sponsored by: CMTA, Inc.

8:00 - 8:15 am

Welcome and Introductions

Jim Kent, CHFM - Facility Service Operations Manager, Avera McKennan Health & University Health Center

Mark Thuringer, SASHE, BS, CHFM, CHC - Director, Facility Management/Safety Officer, St. Croix Health

Location: Ballroom 1

8:15 - 9:15 am

Opening Session

Lindsey Brackett, CHC, CHFM, SASHE - Chief Empowerment Officer, Legacy FM

Location: Ballroom 1

Sponsored by: Gardner Builders

9:15 - 10:30 am

General Session

Mike Becchetti - Construction Executive - Healthcare, Kraus-Anderson

Jake Boerboon, Sr. - Project Manager, Kraus-Anderson

Bob Chamberland - Project Manager, Associated Mechanical

Lisa David - Senior Estimator, Kraus-Anderson

Charlie Zarembinski, PE - Healthcare Construction Executive, Parsons Electric

10:30 - 10:45 am

Morning Break

Location: Ballroom Lobby West

Sponsored by: Dunham Associates, Inc.

12:15 - 1:15 pm

Breakout Sessions

Facility Operations Track

Jake Humphreys - Quality Project Manager, The University of Iowa

Molly Meyer - Senior Mechanical Engineer / Healthcare Commissioning Specialist - Questions & Solutions Engineering

Miles Ryan - Senior Commissioning Engineer, Questions & Solutions Engineering

Sustainability Track

Shannon Kaplan, PE - Partner, AKF Group

PDC Track

Brenda Beckwith, MBA, BSN, RN - Senior Director of Surgical Services, Children's Minnesota

Kirk Gridley, M.Arch, IMRIS - Principal Project Designer, IMRIS

Adam McLane, AIA, NCARB, CHC - Associate Director of Healthcare Architecture, Ryan A+E, Inc.

Location: Suite 101

Sponsored by: Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors

Location: Suite 102

Sponsored by: Phigenics

Location: Suite 103

Sponsored by: Mavo Systems

1:15 - 2:15 pm

Breakout Sessions

Facility Operations Track

Mark Keller, PE, CHFM, MS - Section Head - Facilities Management, Mayo Clinic

Troy McCabe - Unit Head - Facilities Operations, Mayo Clinic

Sustainability Track

Adam Kaufman, EIT - Senior Energy Engineer, Wendel

David Kimball, RA, AIA CCS CDT - Director of Healthcare Services, Principal, Wendel

Robert Myrick, PE - Energy Engineer, Wendel

PDC Track

Justin Thiner - Senior Associate, Electrical Engineer, Dunham Associates

2:15 - 2:30 pm

Afternoon Break

2:30 - 3:30 pm

Breakout Sessions

Facility Operations Track

Eric Espe - NDT Manager,  Predictive Technologies, Inc.

Gregg Schwartz - Senior Reliability Manager, Predictive Technologies, Inc.

10:45 - 11:30 am

Danielle Gathje, MBA, CHFM - Vice President Hospital Operations, MHealth Fairview - St. John's Hospital

Location: Ballroom 1

11:30 am - 12:15 pm

Lunch

Location: Ballroom 1

Sponsored by: Mortenson

Location: Suite 101

Sponsored by: Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors

Location: Suite 102

Sponsored by: Phigenics

Location: Suite 103

Sponsored by: Mavo Systems

Sustainability Track

Lindsey Evenson - Senior Project Manager, Perkins&Will

Kenneth Potts, AIA- Project Manager, Mayo Clinic

PDC Track

Jeff Eckstein, AIA - Healthcare Business Development, Findorff 

Sara Kania, AIA - Project Manager, Associate Vice President, HGA Architects and Engineers

Maggie Pipek - Certifications Managers and Sr. Sustainability Specialist, HGA Architects and Engineers

William Schlie - Senior Preconstruction Manager, Findorff

3:30 - 4:30 pm

Breakout Sessions

Location: Ballroom Lobby West

Sponsored by: NEI Electric

Location: Suite 101

Sponsored by: Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors

Location: Suite 102

Sponsored by: Phigenics

Location: Suite 103

Sponsored by: Mavo Systems

Facility Operations Track

Ryan Hunwardsen - Sr Mechanical Engineer, HGA Architects and Engineers

Jill Imig - Mechanical Department Leader, HGA Architects and Engineers

Ray Schwalbe - Mechanical Engineer, HGA Architects and Engineers

Sustainability Track

Jake Connor - Director, MODUS Engineering

Steve Cusher, CHFM - Regional Director Facility Operations, UnityPoint Health - Waterloo

Kristina Mehmen, AIA, ACHA - Principal, INVISION Architecture

PDC Track

Andrew Jordan - Healthcare Design Principal, Wold Architects and Engineers

Andrew Peterson - Manager, Allina Health

Dave Warning - Project Manager, M.A. Mortenson Company

4:30 - 7:30 pm

Vendor Exhibit Show and Networking Reception

Location: Suite 101

Sponsored by: Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors

Location: Suite 102

Sponsored by: Phigenics

Location: Suite 103

Sponsored by: Mavo Systems

Location: Ballroom 2 & 3

Friday, March 31, 2023

7:00  - 11:00 am

Registration

Location: Ballroom Lobby West

Sponsored by: Wold Architects and Engineers

8:00 - 9:00 am

Keynote Presentation

9:00 - 9:15 am

Morning Break

10:45 - 11:00 am

Wrap-Up/ Closing Remarks

John Kriesel - Director of Veteran Services for a County in Suburban, Minneapolis, MN; Motivational Speaker, Co-Author and more!

7:00 - 8:00 am

Breakfast

Location: Ballroom 1

Sponsored by: Michaud Cooley Erickson

Location: Ballroom 1

Sponsored by: Benike Corporation

Location: Ballroom Lobby West

Sponsored by: Harris

9:15 - 10:45 am

General Session

James Kendig, MS, CHSP, CHCM, HEM, LHRM - Field Director, Surveyor Management and Development Accreditation and Certification Operations, The Joint Commission

Location: Ballroom 1

Sponsored by: RJM Construction

Location: Ballroom 1

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