John Sierra FACHE, ACHA, AIA

John Sierra, Principal & Director of Eckroth Planning Group, has more than 30 years of experience in the planning, programming, and design of healthcare facilities. John’s expertise is culled from having worked on more than $2 billion in healthcare facility projects.

His areas of expertise include future visioning, strategic facilities master planning, functional and space programming, “order of magnitude” cost estimating, and cost/benefits analysis. For the past decade, John’s expertise and design philosophy has enabled him to respond to EPG’s clients’ needs while meeting the functional, aesthetic and financial priorities of their institutions.

John has served as chair/co-chair of the American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter Health Committee for three years. He has participated in organizing more than a dozen local chapter and national chapter conferences for the AIA and CHEF.