SmithGroupJJR Hires Michelle Acosta as Health Studio Project Manager in Phoenix

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Michelle Acosta, AIA, EDAC, has recently joined SmithGroup JJR’s Health Studio in Phoenix, Arizona.

Acosta returns to Phoenix after three years at HDR, Los Angeles, California, where she was a project architect/manager working on a variety of healthcare facility types in tandem with leading medical planning efforts and user group workshops.

Acosta has worked with clients such as Banner Health and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Among her most significant projects are the $457-million, 682,000-square-foot Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, the largest outpatient ambulatory care center the Department of Defense has ever built; and the $254-million Intermountain Healthcare Utah Valley Hospital replacement project, Provo, Utah.

Acosta is a registered architect in Arizona and California. An active member of the American Institute of Architects, she is serving as the 2016 president of the AIA Pasadena + Foothill Chapter. Acosta also sits on the AIA California Council board of directors and is a member of its Healthcare Facilities Forum and Procedures & Documents committees. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in design, architectural studies.