James M. Hunt, President of Behavioral Health Facility Consulting, LLC (www.bhfcllc.com) is a behavioral healthcare facility design consultant. His experience includes over 40 years as a practicing architect and facility management professional. He is a registered Architect and began his career practicing architecture for several major healthcare projects. He then served as director of facilities management for the Menninger Clinic for 20 years. He regularly publishes articles and speaks at major conferences on the unique requirements for successful behavioral healthcare design. He is the coauthor of “The Design Guide for the Built Environment of Behavioral Health Facilities” that is published electronically on the website of the Facility Guidelines Institute (www.fgiguidelines.org/resources).