Bill Hercules empowers healthcare leadership teams to shape their future places of care. Having planned and/or executed architecture totaling more than 35msf and $13Bpv, Bill’s bold cross-disciplinary ideation accelerates mission alignment and attracts the future. Almost 12 years ago, Bill founded WJH Health, a global consultancy that resolves the place of care at the nexus of mission, performance, and experience.
 

His passion for applied learning has elevated him to be the only practicing global triple-Fellow in the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA), and the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He is a global expert in healthcare design with more than 150 printed and spoken publications, having been quoted in industry and popular press, and supported more than 50 professionals in pursuit of advanced fellowships and certifications.
 

He was recently elected to AIA’s College of Fellows Executive Committee to serve as bursar and will eventually serve as its chancellor in 2028. He is a past president of the ACHA, and recently led the Well-being study for the national AIA Strategic Council which led to the passage of the national AIA Health and Wellbeing Policy resolution. He was invited to serve on two international COVID Rapid Response Taskforces, and he is the current co-chair of the AIA/AGC Joint Committee to deepen the links between design and construction. Additionally, he leads an award-winning research team pioneering the intersection of healthcare design and bioethics, serves as a Senator of the World Business Angels Forum affiliate of the G20, and is a founder of several business startups.