Project Architect  |  Savely Healthcare Architects

Zack Chung graduated from Clemson University with a Master of Architecture + Health degree. During his time at Clemson, he joined the AIA AAH committee to support their case study efforts and has remained an active member ever since. Now a Medical Planner at ZGF with two years of experience, Zack has worked on a diverse range of projects spanning from clinics to hospitals. He also plays a significant role in healthcare benchmarking and is deeply passionate about utilizing data and research to evaluate how healthcare design can improve patient safety, staff wellbeing, and the overall user experience. 

Luke Chung earned a Master of Architecture + Health degree from Clemson University, where he became involved with the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) committee, contributing to healthcare case study initiatives and continuing his active engagement with the organization today. Currently a Medical Planner at ZGF with two years of professional experience, Luke has contributed to a wide range of healthcare projects, from outpatient clinics to large-scale hospitals. His work also focuses heavily on healthcare benchmarking, driven by a strong interest in leveraging data and research to understand how healthcare design can enhance patient safety, support staff wellbeing, and improve the overall user experience.  

Mary Beth Welty has been an AIA/AAH Research Committee member since 2020 and helped to originate the clinic benchmarking subcommittee in 2021.  A healthcare planner with 10+ years of experience in over 80 different inpatient and outpatient departments ranging from behavioral health to ambulatory care and multiprocedural specialty clinics, she has been critical to the AIA/AAH clinic benchmarking effort.  For 9 years she has led benchmarking processes and Evidenced Based Design research efforts both within the AIA and in her role as a healthcare planner.  Mary Beth is an expert at leveraging efficiencies and software to streamline workflows and solve problems.  She is passionate about benchmarking healthcare projects because she knows that it allows our industry to better understand the data we already have by analyzing current and past spaces and using that information to help inform our future projects and is excited about the potential knowledge and ideas that benchmarking projects can provide.