Eileen Malone, RN, MSN, MS, EDAC is the Senior Partner for Mercury Healthcare Consulting, LLC located in Alexandria, Virginia, who supports clients embracing evidence-based design in health facility projects as a means to improve healthcare outcomes. With forty years in healthcare, Ms. Malone retired from the United States Army having held a variety of key leadership positions including hospital commander (CEO), Army Medical Department CIO, Congressional affairs officer, and many nurse practitioner assignments. She holds graduate degrees from Duke University and the National Defense University and is Evidence-based Design Accredited and Certified. In addition to numerous military awards, Ms. Malone received The Center for Health Design’s Changemaker Award in 2009 and the Leadership Award from the Health Information and Management Systems Society in 2004. She currently serves on the Secretary of Defense Independent Review Panel for Military Medical Construction Standards. Ms. Malone recently served as the Co-Chair for CHD's Research Coalition, and as a member of the Facility Guideline Institute’s Board and 2014 Healthcare Guidelines Revision Committee.