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Ed Tinsley is a Principal for TME, Inc with more than 25 years of experience in facilities engineering as a consultant and as an owner representative for hospital, university, commercial and industrial clients. Ed was presented with the 2010 Crystal Eagle Award.

R. Clay Seckman, PE, is Executive Vice President of Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., which specializes in healthcare projects. He has over 30 years experience in mechanical engineering, including heating, ventilating and air conditioning design for major healthcare and institutional facilities. His expertise includes facility assessments and systems evaluations, facility masterplans, replacement and expansion projects. Clay is a registered professional engineer in the states of Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas. Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR), headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., is an employee-owned engineering design and facility consulting firm with 510 employees in 16 offices across the United States. The firm provides a wide spectrum of consulting services related to facility and infrastructure design, operation and management. SSR delivers services for facilities nationwide, including healthcare, education, science and technology, research, sports and entertainment, government, corrections, infrastructure, commercial and industrial clients. For more information about SSR, visit www.ssr-inc.com.

Leo M. Gehring, CHFM, CHC, FASHE Leo Gehring has invested over 40 years in teaching, consulting and operating in the healthcare facilities and construction. He formed Gehring Health Facility Resources (GHFR) in 2009. GHFR specializes in helping healthcare facilities and construction departments reach their highest service potential and operational productivity. The advances are achieved thru an in-depth evaluation of the current operations, recommending necessary improvements and then managing the change process. He currently serves as a member of the ASHE Faculty teaching in the Certified Healthcare Facility Manager, Healthcare Construction Certificate and the Healthcare Construction Project Management programs. He also serves as a Senior Staff Consultant for Safety Management Services (SMS) and as a Senior Advisor for Advanced Technologies Group Inc. (ATG). He was a Consultant for Joint Commission Resources specializing in helping healthcare teams reach successful performance levels in the Environment of Care, Life Safety and Emergency Management standards. He retired in September 2008 as the Vice Chancellor for Campus Operations at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where he was a member of the Executive Management team serving on the Chancellors Cabinet. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is an Academic Medical Center containing over four million square feet. Prior to joining the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences he formed Gehring Healthcare Enterprises. The firm provided management system development; compliance assessment and environment of care management consulting to healthcare delivery organizations and to healthcare service support companies. He authored a monthly JCAHO survey strategies column for Facility Care magazine. Prior to Gehring Healthcare Enterprises, Leo was the Director of Facilities Management for the University of Chicago Hospitals. The University of Chicago is an Academic Medical Center containing 3.5 million square feet. He was elected President of the Arkansas Association for Hospital Engineering in 1992 and in 2000 he was elected to serve as the Region Seven Board of Directors member for ASHE. He was elected as the 2007 President of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering. He became a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) in 2001, a Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) in 2010 and a Fellow (FASHE) in the American Society of Healthcare Engineering in 2007.

Steven R. Rusty Ross is the Director of Commissioning Services for SSRCx. Rusty has been with SSR since 1980, and for the first 20 years of his career executed and directed construction administration services for most of SSRs projects designed from the Nashville office. Approximately 90% of this work was healthcare. During this time he worked in 40 different states. Rusty started SSRs commissioning group in around 1998 and has been involved in commissioning full time since 2000. Since this time, Rusty has had a hand in almost every project performed by SSRCx, and now oversees all Commissioning Production personnel for SSRCx. Rusty is a 1974 ME graduate from Vanderbilt University. Rusty is a registered Mechanical PE in 12 states, a Certified Commissioning provider and a LEED Accredited Professional. He is a member of ASHRAE, USGBC, BCA, and ACG.