Andrea is the proud daughter of a dedicated 50-year ICU / CCU Cardiac Nurse & a 30-Year Army Colonel and pre-Kaizan “Gilbrethian” trained era process improvement driven Industrial Engineer for the US military complex who both greatly influenced her to devote her entire facility design & planning career on the safety, functional and operational improvement of Healthcare and Science Facilities. Andrea despises waste!
After working within and being well mentored by the top healthcare Mid-Atlantic region A/E/C Firms - She successfully started her own Healthcare design firm (Hyde Incorporated) at the age of 33, which over 16 years she grew to gain national and then international in the Middle East Region recognition.
She was past Chairman of the Maryland Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers – sitting on National Healthcare facility committees and roles for the organization,
She selected to be the first Interior Designer on the FGI Guidelines - Healthcare Guidelines Revision Committee (FGI-HGRC) where she founded the Surfaces & Furnishings Sub-Committee writing standards of performance for Healthcare Surfaces and Furnishings currently found in in all current editions of the FGI.
She led the Maryland State Certified Interior Design Legislative Coalition – regularly presenting on key built environment improvement bills to MD legislative bodies & committees
Her many clients and employers include US and foreign Government Agencies and top ten Healthcare and University Organizations planning and design billions of dollars of SF of award-winning research, outpatient, inpatient & Senior living environments over her long career.
She has spent the last 12 years while working within the planning design and construction departments of three top rated level health provider organizations incepting and facilitating extensive in-depth technical research, testing & development toward the creation of a fully Per-fabricated multi-manufacturer contributed Integrated Modular System Concept for Med/Science Tenant Improvement Fit-out. Her life’s work goal is to use this proven innovation work to change and substantially improve the outcome paradigms for Health and Science interiors tenant interior fit out forever!