Katie Fricke, AIA, ACHA, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Principal, Health Planning
Katie is responsible for project team leadership related to the pursuit and delivery of healthcare projects. Her primary focus is on facility and departmental planning of healthcare and research facilities, as well as aesthetic solutions and the overall design of large, complex projects. She regularly meets directly with clients, analyzes their needs and conceives and develops solutions commensurate with those needs.
With over 25 years of experience, Katie has worked on a wide range of healthcare planning projects to include strategic facility master plans, ambulatory planning, women’s and children’s facilities, emergency departments, operating rooms and oncology projects. She uses her expertise to evaluate and integrate conceptual, analytical and spatial criteria to develop thoughtful patient- and family-centered spaces. Katie is passionate about creating sensible, customized solutions for healthcare environments that respond to today’s issues and include flexibility for future unknowns.
Katie is a 2024 American College of Healthcare Architects Board of Regents member.