Leopardo Promotes Dave Rutledge to Senior VP of Healthcare & Senior Living

Dave Rutledge, LEED AP BD+C, has been promoted to senior vice president of Leopardo’s healthcare and senior living business unit. He joined the company in 2009 as a project engineer before rising to project executive in 2018 and, subsequently, vice president in 2021. During his nearly 15 years with the company, he has completed millions of square feet of construction and has played a key role in expanding the company’s client relationships within the healthcare and senior living markets.

Over the course of his career, Rutledge has meticulously managed some of the most complex healthcare and hospital construction projects in the area. Some of the most notable projects on his resume include the 130,000-square-foot Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, the 55,000-square-foot and 50,000-square-foot new medical office buildings for Duly Health and Care in Bloomingdale and Westmont, Illinois, as well as the 70,772-square-foot and 50,000-square-foot new outpatient care centers for Northwest Community Healthcare in Buffalo Grove and Kildeer, Illinois.

Most recently he oversaw the construction of Upshot Medical Center at Mills Park, a 72,000-square-foot, five-story north tower and a 90,000-square-foot, six-story south tower – one of the only Class A, LEED-designed medical office projects of this size in the country.