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Houston, TX 77054
United States
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COAA-TX
2026 COAA-TX Owners Forum - Houston
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (CST)
UTHealth Cooley Center
7440 Cambridge StreetHouston, TX 77054
United States
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Event Details
Join us for our first FREE OWNERS-ONLY forum of 2026, hosted at UTHealth in Houston. Hear from your peers about their challenges & successes and share your own. This forum is for Owner Members and Owner Non-Members only. COAA-TX will have other events in 2026 to include Associates.
Joyce Amador
Facilities Project Manager III
Texas Children's Hospital
Hector Avila
Senior Facilities Planner/Designer
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Edgar Banda
Manager Facilities Planning and Design
UTHealth Houston
Maria Batista
Facilities Planner/Designer - Research
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jolanta Bauer
Senior Project Manager
Harris Health System
Sandra Cormier
Facilities Laboratory Planner/Designer
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ali DonCarlos
Manager, Facilities Planning - Research
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Greg Espersen
Planner/Designer
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Glen Hakemack
Project Director
MD Anderson Cancer Center
David Hartt
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Clinton Herman
Principal Facilities Project Manager
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Rick Herrera
Senior Vice Chancellor & Chief Campus Expansion Officer
Texas State Technical College
Lunce Hu
Manager, Facilities Design & Construction
Harris County Office of the County Engineer
J.P. Hudkins
Sergeant of Police
City of Houston, Police Department
Allie Jones
Assistant Director of Facilities Planning and Development
Texas Children's Hospital
Sangeetha Karthik
Principal
Corgan (Dallas, TX)
Aubrey LaFon
Project Manager & Mechanical Engineer
Rice University
Orisa Leiker
Lead Planner/ Designer
MD Anderson Cancer Center
James Loggins
Facilities Senior Project Manager
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Felicitas Loske-Banion
Lead Planner/Designer
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Margaret Lutton
Executive Director of Institutional and Strategic Development
Tarrant County College District
Karen Mooney
AVP, Fac Planning Design & Construction
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ozkan Ozcelik
Facilities Project Manager
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jessica Pace
Panola College
Kalpna Patel
Senior Facilities Planner/Designer
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sunny Patel
Assistant Project Manager
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Noe Ramirez
Assistant Director of Special Projects
Harris County Office of the County Engineer
Abraham Robles
Sr Facilities Project Manager
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Felix Salinas
Director of Information Technology
Alamo Community College District
Thomas Shewan
Director of Engineering Services
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jill Sprowls
Director of College Services
Alamo Community College District
Marcus Swayzer
Deputy Operations Director
Hill International, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Nicolas Tamayo
Senior Facilities Construction Project Manager
UTHealth Houston
Laura Thurmond
Executive Director of Project Management
Rice University
Veronica Vasquez
Lead Facilities Planner/Designer
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Cesar Villagran
Senior Facilities Project Inspector
University of Houston
Marco Villarreal
Capitol project Inspector
University of Houston
Darrin Troy Warr
Project Manager II
Texas Children's Hospital
Agenda
| February 3 | |
| 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM | Registration, Networking and Breakfast |
| 9:20 AM - 9:45 AM | Welcome and Chapter Updates |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM |
The University of Texas Research Park Expansion – Coordinating Simultaneous Complex Campus Projects
This presentation will examine the complexities of executing multiple simultaneous projects on a single campus with multiple owners and contractors working in parallel. Learn how these teams are successfully providing one cohesive campus. Speakers: Kiel Hawkins – UTHealth Houston David Hartt – MD Anderson Glen Hakemack – MD Anderson Jason Sutton – MD Anderson (Moderator) |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Designing for Modern Science Education
This panel discussion will explore the unique challenges of designing technically sophisticated science labs and provide a national perspective on the current trends of modern science education. Speakers: Margaret Lutton - Tarrant County College District Dr. Jessica Pace - Panola College Marcus Swayzer - Hill International, Inc. Sangeetha Karthik - Corgan |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch and Networking |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Owners Roundtable |
| 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM |
Walking Tour
End the day with a dynamic walking tour of multiple projects, including: - MD Anderson Parking Garage - UTHealth Public Health building - Sky bridge and green space connectors - MD Anderson Vivarium project |