Advance Strategies NCR Expansion Includes Chicago
Supporting the North Central Region with Expertise in Goal Setting and
Visioning, Facilities Planning, Workplace Solutions
, Change Management

REGIONAL CAPABILITIES

Architectural Programming

Alternate Workplace Environments

Benchmarking and Facilities Research

Change Management and Transition Planning

Goal Setting and Visioning

Master Planning/ Facilities Planning

Move and Migration Planning

Needs Assessment

Occupancy Planning

Space Utilization & Allocation Methodologies

Strategic Planning

Virtual Work Strategies

Workplace Solutions

Workplace Performance Analysis

Work Process Analysis

Workplace Functional Profiling

Workplace Diagnostics & Anthropology

Workplace Design Standards and Guidelines

Workplace Implementation & Rollout Strategies

 

HOK Advance Strategies is pleased to announce the expansion of our practice in the North Central Region. Our Advance Strategies NCR team has grown from a core team in HOK's St. Louis office to a presence in the Chicago HOK location. The expansion will enable us to provide support for HOK's design and market-focus groups with traditional facilities planning and programming services as well as comprehensive workplace planning and implementation services — including change management — for the development of high-performance work environments that are aligned with an organization's strategic business vision. The NCR team has significant expertise in the corporate, education, S+T, government and health care markets.

Our NCR team is led by Angie Earlywine, Senior Associate, NCR Practice Leader, with support from Susan Mitchell-Ketzes, Senior Vice President and Director, and Shauna Shepston, Associate, Advance Strategies' key contact in Chicago.

Advance Strategies NCR Team
St. Louis, Chicago

Susan Mitchell-Ketzes, LEED® AP
Senior Vice President, Director

Representative Projects:
Abbott Labs Office of the Future; Centene Corporation Visioning; Cisco Systems Change Management Services; General Dynamics Workplace Strategy; General Motors Powertrain Integrated Work Environments; GSA Workplace 20.20 Program Process & Tools Development; Stowers Institute Expansion Program & Master Plan; Whirlpool Corporation Strategic Planning & Visioning; WPP Group Change Management & Collocation Space Program

Angie Earlywine
Senior Associate

Practice Leader NCR

Representative Projects:
AG Edwards Strategic Occupancy Planning; Centene Corporation Workplace Visioning, Standards, and Facility Programming; Cisco Systems Programming Concept Development and Change Management Services; Corporate Benchmark Resource Coordinator; Oracle Workplace Strategy; Eli Lilly Site Master Plan, Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Strategic Occupancy Study; University of Southern Indiana Facility Planning


 

Shauna Shepston, LEED® AP
Associate

Representative projects:
Major Federal Department, Facility Master Plan; United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center; Architect of the Capitol, Capital Complex Master Plan; Genentec Strategic Adjacency Analysis; T-Mobile Workplace Strategy; Nortel Headquarters Relocation; GSA Central Office Relocation Strategic Plan; William Rainey Harper College New Science & Technology Building; Virginia Tech Facility Program for Northern Virginia Research Facility

Teresa Bridges
Consultant

Representative Projects:
American Century Observation Study; Centene Corporate Offices Facility Planning; Cisco Systems Programming & Workplace Solutions; HOK Corporate Benchmarking Initiative; Senniger Powers Visioning and Macro Programming; Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Programming; University of Toledo Facility Programming; University of Southern Indiana Facility Programming; T-Mobile Workplace Strategy

 

Makiea Williams
Consultant

Representative Projects:
Cisco Systems Facility Planning; Cisco Systems Change Management; Senniger Powers Visioning & Macro Programming

Crystal Dippre
Analyst

Representative Projects:
American Century Observation Study; Centene Corporate HQ Facility Planning; Cisco Systems Field Sales Offices; Symantec Workplace Benchmarking; Oracle Workplace Strategy