Patty Melvin, Clairanne Pesce, Jennifer Tinsley and Leah Wilkins, interior designers with Array Architects, recently passed the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers examination and earned the Certified Healthcare Interior Designer certificate. The accomplishment brings the total number of CHID certificate holders at the firm to eight. Only 140 CHID certificates have been issued nationwide to date.
The CHID examination requires examinees to demonstrate competence in a variety of aspects that affect the healthcare interior environment. The examination covers acute care, ambulatory care and residential healthcare facilities.
Patty Melvin, CHID, LEED AP, NCIDQ, is a senior interior designer in Philadelphia focused on advancing the firm’s behavioral health portfolio on multiple projects.
Clairanne Pesce, CHID, NCIDQ, WLL AP, LEED AP ID+C, is a senior interior designer in Array’s Washington, D.C. office working on multiple pediatric projects at Children’s National Medical Center.
Jennifer Tinsley, CHID, NCIDQ, is a senior interior designer in the firm’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office who recently worked on award-winning projects at Indian River Medical Center and Tower Health.
Leah Wilkins, CHID, NCIDQ, EDAC, LEED AP, is a senior interior designer in Philadelphia who contributed to the recently completed Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill and is helping lead interiors for the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters’ in-construction behavioral health in- and outpatient tower.
