ROTARY PROGRAM - 10/12/01

Suzanne Wilton

 

Suzanne Wilton, Principal Project Manager for the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital Replacement Project, will be presenting the new hospital project designed by the world renowned Architect, Robert A.M. Stern and Executive Architects, Anshen + Allen of Los Angeles.  The design for this Santa Monica community hospital reflects the Italianate architecture of UCLA while integrating the more casual stucco technology and equipment.  Suzanne will be presenting interior and exterior renderings, plans, elevations, photos of completed phases, and construction photos of phases currently underway.  The groundbreaking for the new hospital tower will be taken place at the existing Santa Monica Hospital on Sixteenth Street and Wilshire on Sunday, October 14, from 1 to 4.  Everyone is invited to attend this historic Event!! There will be plenty of free food, giveaways, and fun for all who attend this gathering.  Suzanne will be bringing the invitations with her.

 

 

Biography :

 

Suzanne Wilton has served as the Principal Project Manger for the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital Replacement Project for the past four years at UCLA Capital Programs.  She has been responsible for the management of the planning and design of the new hospital, as well as, the construction of numerous phases of the project, including a new 600 car parking structure, an Outpatient Radiology Center, the Les Kelley Clinic, the new MRI Suite and numerous other remodel projects within the Merle Norman Pavilion. 

Suzanne has over 15 years of Project Management experience in the Medical and Hospital projects.  Before coming to UCLA Suzanne was a Project Manager at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles for 11 years where she managed master planning, design and construction projects.  She worked on the design of the Ontario Medical Center, a $200 million project which included a 245 bed hospital and a 300,000 gsf Medical Office building.  She implemented a $150 million master plan at the Panorama City Facility and she completed construction projects totaling over $135 million. 

Suzanne received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum Laude, from the University of Southern California in 1975 and her Masters in Architecture from UCLA in 1980.  She has been a licensed architect in the State of California since 1986 and is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Committee on Architecture for Health. 

Suzanne is a native Californian who was born in Oceanside and has lived in Los Angeles for over 40 years.  She resides in Windsor Village with her husband, Hugh, and their three children.

Please join  us Friday to help give a warm Rotary welcome to Suzanne!

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