Team Members

Frances Riddlehoover
Frances Ridlehoover
President
Frances Ridlehoover
President

Frances brings experience, leadership, and personal investment to every project. She ensures that project teams are customized to provide the strategic, operational, and physical planning expertise required, and that Jensen Partners’ clients have the resources essential for outstanding outcomes. Her breadth of knowledge allows her to expertly define project goals, allowing for innovative solutions to complex challenges. Frances contributes an owner’s perspective and thrives on engaging with clients.

Damir Vukovljak
Damir Vukovljak AIA
Vice President
Damir Vukovljak AIA
Vice President

As Vice President, a licensed architect, and licensed construction manager, Damir leads strategic facilities planning, space programming, and master plan implementation. Trusted advisor to executive leadership, physician groups and governing officials, he focuses on the integration of physical and operational planning through problem definition, needs assessment, and scenario testing. He has worked extensively to generate and implement strategic master plans for safety-net hospitals, academic medical centers, and innovative health systems across the country.

Kenneth Bellian
Kenneth Bellian MD MBA
Vice President
Kenneth Bellian MD MBA
Vice President

Ken is a medical doctor with an MBA, and he brings the experience of being a practicing surgeon, chief clinical officer, entrepreneur, and consultant. Ken provides Jensen Partners’ clients with a deep understanding of the complex challenges that exist in healthcare, and the expertise to identify and deliver innovative solutions. He excels at bringing together operational efficiency and effectiveness, patient-focused healthcare, and evolution of care delivery as driving forces for master facility planning

Thomas Yang
Thomas Yang AIA
Principal Architect
Thomas Yang AIA
Principal Architect

As a licensed architect, Tom leads Jensen Partners’ design and technical assessment services. In California, he leads project regulatory discussions with OSHPD and other agencies. Tom works closely with owners to understand their physical campus in land use, patient experience, safety, branding and infrastructure terms. He works as a bridge between Jensen Partners’ operations planners and project management to solve space utilization challenges in terms of cost, phasing, and constructability.

Billy Lambon
Billy Lambon MBA
Chief Strategy Officer
Billy Lambon MBA
Chief Strategy Officer

Billy is a senior strategy professional with extensive experience in strategic planning, master planning, and business development. His work with ambulatory and acute care facilities has contributed to his expertise in strategic market opportunities, volume projections, capacity modeling, and project feasibility analysis. Billy’s contributions position health system clients to compete successfully in new and existing markets, and achieve a solid foundation for delivering sustainable, profitable revenue growth for ongoing success.

Ann McLennan MPM
Senior Project Manager
Ann McLennan MPM
Senior Project Manager

Ann has a comprehensive background as a project and construction manager leading major private and public institutional projects with extensive experience developing and maintaining project budgets and schedules, quality control of design and construction, and compliance throughout the contract process. She has broad construction phase experience and has led and managed Public Works’ projects through all phases from feasibility studies, design, regulation adherence, contract administration, change management, construction, owner occupancy, to close-out.

Nina Hamamura
Nina Hamamura LEED AP, CCM, MBA
Senior Project Manager
Nina Hamamura LEED AP, CCM, MBA
Senior Project Manager

Nina is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM) with a diverse background in planning, design, and construction. She has successfully worked with the private and public sectors on major infrastructure projects as well as commercial projects. Nina is a LEED AP with a passion for sustainability. Her combined creative and technical background allows her to effectively work with multiple teams and make innovative problem-solving routine.

Daniel Frum AIA
Senior Project Manager
Daniel Frum AIA
Senior Project Manager

Daniel leads medical planning, space programming, and master plan projects working closely with stakeholders, clinical users, and design teams. His focus is on the integration of physical and operational planning through situation assessment and options development. Daniel has worked on projects across the country; from academic research institutions, to multi-state systems with extensive ambulatory networks, to critical access facilities serving outlying communities.

Ian Myles Newborn
Ian Myles Newborn
Senior Architectural Project Manager
Ian Myles Newborn
Senior Architectural Project Manager

With experience in medical planning, project and program management, and architecture, Ian brings a holistic perspective to Jensen Partners’ projects. He has inpatient and outpatient medical programming experience and understands the operational considerations of schematic design. His construction experience includes coordinating complex building infrastructure upgrades in a dense urban context. Ian skillfully coordinates the resources of Jensen Partners’ multidisciplinary team to integrate strategic operations and physical planning.

Lillian Ridlehoover
Managing Director; Senior Healthcare Project Manager
Lillian Ridlehoover
Managing Director; Senior Healthcare Project Manager

Lillian excels at data analysis, research, and reporting, drawing on her extensive experience in systems planning and implementation. Her robust background in project management and effective client engagement allows her to skillfully manage intricate projects with a keen eye for detail. At Jensen Partners, Lillian successfully manages multiple initiatives simultaneously while working with multi-disciplinary teams, adding a thoughtful and analytical approach.

Jason Richie
Senior Construction Manager
Jason Richie
Senior Construction Manager

Jason brings over 20 years of experience in healthcare capital project administration, spanning planning, design, and construction for both new and renovation projects. He provides comprehensive technical management and leadership throughout the facility development process, from planning to operations. His expertise includes program development, schematic design, budgeting, scheduling, phasing strategies, operational programming, and process improvement.

Roslyn Francois
Senior Medical Equipment Planner
Roslyn Francois
Senior Medical Equipment Planner

Roslyn is a results-oriented Senior Medical Equipment Planner with expertise in guiding healthcare organizations through the activation of new facilities. Specializing in medical equipment planning, transition planning, and building fit-out, Roslyn ensures seamless building readiness, people readiness, and licensing readiness. She excels in managing complex, cross-functional projects, collaborating with diverse teams to meet strategic objectives.

Kelsey Hazegh PhD
Healthcare Project Manager; Applied Data Scientist
Kelsey Hazegh PhD
Healthcare Project Manager; Applied Data Scientist

Kelsey is a seasoned healthcare data analyst at Jensen Partners, bringing over 10 years’ experience as an analyst and researcher. Kelsey specializes in extracting meaning from large data sets and organizing information and has contributed to over a dozen published papers. At Jensen Partners, Kelsey provides critical support to complex projects through analytics, critical thinking, and directed queries to find innovative solutions engaging the many specialties across the project.

Niloo Hosseini
Architectural/Medical Project Manager
Niloo Hosseini
Architectural/Medical Project Manager

Niloo is an experienced project manager and medical planner with a passion for patient-centric design. Skilled in space programming and data-informed master planning, she focuses on transforming ambitious visions into tangible solutions that enhance efficiency and user experience. Niloo thrives on implementing phased strategies, from large-scale medical centers to intimate outpatient facilities.

Theodore Greenwood
Strategic Healthcare Analyst
Theodore Greenwood
Strategic Healthcare Analyst

Ted is a seasoned healthcare strategy consultant with extensive experience in business valuations, strategic planning, and market opportunity analysis. His expertise in market trends, forecasting, and physician alignment enables health systems to navigate the evolving landscape of healthcare delivery. Ted excels in leveraging data to create actionable, data-driven recommendations, positioning clients for sustained success and growth.

Anthony Velasquez
Associate Architectural Medical Planner
Anthony Velasquez
Associate Architectural Medical Planner

Anthony leverages his diverse background in architecture and healthcare, bringing an informed and insightful approach to developing options for clinical and non-clinical spaces. As a healthcare planner at Jensen Partners, he works efficiently across project teams to achieve project goals providing space and site planning, 3D modeling for visual representation, and coordinating the delivery of healthcare planning projects.

Chineme Maduno
Associate Architectural Planner
Chineme Maduno
Associate Architectural Planner

Chineme brings a diverse background in multidisciplinary architectural design, graphic design, and urban design to her role as a healthcare planner at Jensen Partners. She excels at analyzing and managing spatial data and supports master planning teams with space planning, 3D modeling, and visualization. Chineme’s keen eye for detail and commitment to sustainable practices enhance the development of innovative facility solutions.

Nancy Fenstermaker
Nancy Fenstermaker
Business Manager
Nancy Fenstermaker
Business Manager

As Business Manager, Nancy facilitates efficiency across all aspects of Jensen Partners’ operations. She provides essential support to the team with positivity and extraordinary attention to detail. Nancy has an extensive background as a business and administrative professional with expertise in employee relations, recruiting, accounting, and data management. Her work includes all matters pertaining to business finances, human resources, budgeting to inform and guide financial decision making, and vendor qualifications.

Genevieve Beccaria
Marketing Manager
Genevieve Beccaria
Marketing Manager

With an extensive background in marketing and sales, Genevieve supports the Jensen Partners team as the Marketing Manager. She has a decade of experience in identifying client markets, as well as showcasing and tailoring company strengths in accordance with client needs. Her work at Jensen Partners allows her to bring together healthcare providers looking for support and the firm’s specialized teams.

Sarah Meeker Jensen FAIA, LEED AP
Founder
Sarah Meeker Jensen FAIA, LEED AP
Founder

Sarah is a licensed architect and contractor as well as a LEED-certified professional. She founded Jensen Partners to offer the equivalent of an in-house strategy, planning, design, and construction staff. This model has evolved to include healthcare strategy, land use planning, and funding strategy. Sarah believes that to address the specific needs of each client it is critical to individualize the services offered, forming the firm’s identity: Empowering Project Owners.