IFMA Health Care Institute Selects President

The Health Care Institute, an IFMA Alliance Partner, has announced the selection of Leo Gehring, CHFM, CHC, FASHE, as president.  Gehring holds 30 years of experience in healthcare-related positions.

He is president of Gehring Health Facility Resources. Prior to that he was vice chancellor for campus operations, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Ark. He was responsible for management of over 4 million building square feet, and approximately 450 employees with an annual budget in excess of $27 million excluding construction funds.

Gehring is a lead faculty member in the ASHE Healthcare Construction Certificate, Healthcare Project Management and Certified Healthcare Faculty Manager training programs. He served as president of ASHE in 2007.

HCI serves a constituency that interacts directly with the business office and/or C-suite, and supervises multiple aspects of healthcare facilities management including healthcare facility design, construction and operations.  HCI, along with ASHE, are considered to be the two most prominent healthcare facilities-related organizations in the U.S.

Major activities of HCI include the landmark “Benchmarking 2.0 for Health Care Facility Management Report,” which was produced jointly with ASHE and CHES.