Chris Chelette is Senior Vice President, Facilities Services at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Chris is accountable for planning, design, development, and construction at existing and future facilities within the Children’s system, as well as executive oversight to the facilities operations teams including engineering, security, safety, parking, environmental services, food services, healthcare technology management, and emergency management / preparedness. Additionally, Chris oversees the master facility plan for all Children’s locations and all facility-related issues that support the strategic plan, ensuring that space and facility needs of the organization are met, and manages the real estate portfolio. Since 2016, Chris has led the master planning, design, and construction of the more than $2 billion North Druid Hills campus, which includes the Center for Advanced Pediatrics, the new Support Center for non-clinical office and training, and Arthur M. Blank Hospital, which is a 446-bed replacement hospital for Egleston Hospital. For over 27 years, Chris has centered his career on healthcare and life science construction. He has provided direct project management and executive oversight on projects across the country in both the non-profit and for-profit healthcare sectors. Specifically in Georgia, Chris has been involved with several of the large hospital systems in Atlanta, Augusta, and Savannah. Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, Chris earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a Master’s Degree in Construction Engineering and Management from Georgia Institute of Technology.