Mr. Chris Tokas S.E., is Deputy Director of the Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development within the Department of Health Care Access and Information. He is a Fellow of the Structural Engineers Association of California. and has over 40 years of experience in structural engineering and design, with special emphasis in the areas of seismic evaluation, analysis, and retrofit. He has designed and managed seismic upgrade projects for a wide variety of public, private, and institutional clients, on structures ranging from unreinforced masonry buildings to highway bridges to reinforced concrete high-rise structures. Mr. Tokas has been involved in all phases of seismic risk reduction programs, including development of criteria, evaluation of existing structural capacity, schematic design, and preparation of construction documents. He is experienced with the latest earthquake protection technology for buildings, including seismic isolation and energy dissipation. He is the author and co-author of several papers related to earthquake resistant design of structures. He has been teaching seminars for professional organizations, and courses related to earthquake resistant design of structures for University of California, Davis and California State University in Sacramento. He has been the Supervisor for the Seismic Retrofit Program for Hospital Facilities of California, the Principal Structural Engineer for OSHPD, Deputy Division Chief for OSHPD-FDD Northern California and currently holds the position of Deputy Director, HCAI-OSHPD.