Terry J. Wood

Terry Wood
Senior Vice President
National Facilities Design and Construction, Kaiser Permanente

Biography

Terry Wood is senior vice president of National Facilities Design and Construction (FDC) at Kaiser Permanente, a leading US health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, serving more than 12.6 million members with an annual operating revenue of $95.5 billion. The FDC is comprised of approximately 1,900 people, providing products and services to support the complete facilities management life cycle and supports business strategies with facilities planning and design, construction management, major project delivery and strong renewable energy practices. Kaiser Permanente, founded in 1945, pioneered the integrated delivery model which delivers high quality, coordinated care through a partnership between the health plan, hospitals and Permanente Medical Groups and focuses on prevention and affordable health care using evidence-based medicine and industry-leading technology.

Wood oversees Kaiser Permanente’s pathbreaking, renewable energy and decarbonization efforts that focus on reducing energy intensity and pursuing green power opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He has committed to spending millions of dollars each year with construction suppliers owned by minorities, women and veterans to support Kaiser Permanente’s continued commitment to diversity. Wood is also accountable for an $8 billion capital program that plans, designs and builds new hospitals and medical offices and maintains the mission readiness of Kaiser Permanente’s 90 million square foot real estate portfolio of more than 1,100 facilities.

Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente in 2015, Wood was vice president, Global Real Estate, Hewlett Packard, responsible for their global real estate portfolio. He previously served as vice president, Global Real Estate for JDSU Corp. He spent 19 years in the Canadian Military Engineers serving throughout Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

Terry graduated with an engineering degree from The Royal Military College of Canada and maintains his professional engineering status. He is a past president of the Northern California Chapter of CoreNet Global and a past officer on the CoreNet Global Board of Directors. He is a member of the Client Advisory Boards of JLL and Revista and a former board member of the Lake Merritt/Uptown District Association.