EWHC Member Spotlight

Carla Hill

Carla Hill went to Indiana University where she earned her B.S. in Marketing. She then attended St. Mary’s College for her MBA. In 2008 Carla completed her Certification for Evidenced Based Design.

Carla Hill serves as director of business development for SmithGroup’s Detroit and Pittsburgh offices.

As a regional resource, Hill supports the company’s Workplace and Health Practices, expanding the firm’s opportunity pipeline and connecting clients in need of planning, design and strategy expertise with SmithGroup specialists in these markets.

Hill possesses more than 30 years of experience in the design and construction industry. She leads efforts to grow the firm’s already significant national portfolio of corporate, university and healthcare projects, with a focus on broadening SmithGroup’s presence in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.

“Carla understands the complex challenges impacting institutions across the Midwest and is passionate about partnering with clients to create solutions that position them for future success,” says Jeff Hausman, AIA, director of SmithGroup’s Detroit and Pittsburgh offices. “She will build strategic connections that enable organizations to remain resilient in their evolving markets.”

Carla and her husband have been married for 32 years and their son, Wesley, just turned 22 years old. He is currently a junior at IUPUI studying Organizational Leadership. Carla's family loves the outdoors specifically water sports, skiing and hiking. It is not unusual for them to take their jet ski or motorcycles on trips outside the state. Carla is looking forward to a future trip to Italy to visit her brother who recently moved abroad.

"I have really enjoyed being a part of EWHC. As the past President, I am not as involved in the organization as I used to be, but I still help on sub-committees, and I have been involved in the Mentoring Program since 2019. The best part about EWHC is the amazing women I have gotten to know. I am so proud of the strength and growth of the organization over the years. "

- Carla Hill

EWHC Sponsor Spotlight

Apogee Consulting Group

Apogee Consulting Group is an architecture and engineering firm offering extensive experience in architectural planning and design; mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering design; and commissioning to both public and private sector clients. We are a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business with 100+ employees and we provide our services as a small business under the 541330 NAICS code.

Apogee has a culture of knowledge, but what sets us apart is our focus on learning the client’s problems in detail, which allows us to offer an intelligent design in response. We do not just bring a design to the table, but a process that engages our clients in the conversation, and we make a focused effort to gather feedback to inform our decisions.

Our design approach involves the client from the start. At the beginning of each project, we meet with stakeholders to determine their needs and gather analytical information such as workflow and schedules. Our healthcare planners perform research based on healthcare guidelines and codes to fit the budget and project scope. We then prepare several options to present to the client with the pros and cons of each.

The interiors group is an integral part of each of our projects. Their design style consistently provides a modern, durable, and client focused space. Given the nature of the discipline, it can be very easy for current trends to drive the final design. But our team identifies trends that are timeless, providing our clients with design and materials that are meant to last. The interiors team describes what they do as, “creating an experience.” This team of dedicated professionals have a passion for design and focus on end-user experience that drives them to provide the best for all clients.

Apogee cares about our clients and their communities, and we work hard to ensure that they have the best product available. We deliver intelligent design and powerful solutions through the exceptional problem solving and detail-oriented designs that we consistently produce. We look deeply at the problem the client needs to solve, then apply our experience of the industry to create a design with a solution that works—and we don’t quit until we have that solution. Ultimately, intelligent design leads to a powerful solution—a solution that maximizes positive outcomes.