Suffolk Strengthens Southern California Healthcare Leadership With Hiring of Bobby Eagar as Senior Vice President, Division Manager, Supporting Orange County Growth

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 13, 2026--

Suffolk, one of the nation’s most innovative and successful builders, has announced the hiring of 30-year healthcare construction veteran Bobby Eagar as Senior Vice President, Orange County Division Manager and Healthcare Operations Leader for Southern California, reinforcing the company's continued investment in leadership to support the growth of its business throughout region while strengthening its Orange County leadership team and advancing the company’s long-term strategic priorities.

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Based in Suffolk's Newport Beach office, Mr. Eagar will lead the office across multiple sectors and healthcare operations throughout Southern California, overseeing business development, project execution and operational performance. He will partner with regional leadership to help drive strategic growth throughout Orange County by expanding client relationships, pursuing new opportunities and strengthening the company's regional presence. Reporting to Zach Hammond, Executive Vice President of Southern California and Mountain West at Suffolk, Mr. Eagar will help execute the company's growth strategy in Orange County and across one of the nation's most active healthcare construction markets.

Throughout his career, Mr. Eagar has led complex healthcare construction projects for major health systems throughout California, building high-performing teams and delivering hospitals, medical office buildings, specialty care facilities and campus expansions. His appointment reflects Suffolk's focus on strengthening regional leadership with deep healthcare expertise while investing in experienced leaders who can help drive growth in key Southern California markets, including Orange County.

“Healthcare continues to be one of the most significant growth sectors in our region, with providers investing in facilities that will serve their communities for decades to come,” said Mr. Hammond. “Adding Bobby to our leadership team strengthens our healthcare capabilities across Southern California while expanding our leadership capacity in Orange County. His deep operational experience and client-first approach will help us build stronger client relationships and deliver the certainty, quality and innovation our clients expect.”

As healthcare projects grow in complexity, Mr. Eagar will help clients navigate increasingly sophisticated projects through a combination of operational excellence and Suffolk's AI-, technology- and data-driven approach to delivery. This combination improves predictability, reduces risk and accelerates project schedules, helping healthcare providers bring critical facilities online sooner so they can better serve their communities.

“I'm excited to join Suffolk at such an important time for the company's growth in California,” said Mr. Eagar. “Suffolk has built a reputation for combining exceptional people with technology, data and innovation to deliver greater certainty for clients. I look forward to building on that momentum, partnering with Southern California healthcare clients and collaborating with our Orange County team to support the region's continued growth. Together, we'll continue delivering facilities that improve patient care and strengthen the communities we serve.”

Suffolk ranks among the nation's top 25 healthcare builders and has delivered projects for Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The Lavine Bekenstein Cancer Hospital at Dana-Farber and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston; Tampa General Hospital in Florida; Children's Health Specialty Center RedBird in Dallas; and Northwell Health and White Plains Hospital in New York, among others.

Across California, Suffolk continues to deliver transformative projects spanning life sciences, higher education, healthcare, hospitality, residential and commercial development, including with Gilead in Foster City; California Polytechnic State University student housing in San Luis Obispo; UCSF Parnassus Central Campus Site Improvements (PCCSI) and 1629 Market Street in San Francisco; One Beverly Hills, Evermont and Regent Hotel Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles; and Union Tower and Park Summit in San Diego.

About Suffolk
Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates and invests. Suffolk is an end-to-end business that delivers value across the entire project lifecycle by leveraging its core construction management services with vertical service lines that include design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies), supply chain management, and innovation research and development focused on advancing AI and data-driven solutions that will redefine the way America builds.

Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $10 billion in annual revenue, 3,500 employees, and offices in Boston (headquarters); New York City and Westchester County, New York; Estero, Miami, Tampa and West Palm Beach, Florida; Dallas; Los Angeles, Milpitas, San Francisco and San Diego, California; Las Vegas; Portland, Maine; New Haven, Connecticut; Herndon, Virginia; and Salt Lake City.

Suffolk manages some of the most complex, sophisticated projects in the country, serving clients in every major industry sector, including healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, transportation/aviation, government and public work, mission critical, advanced technology and commercial. Suffolk is privately held and is led by Founder, Chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Largest Domestic Builders” and #10 on its list of “Top CM-at-Risk Contractors.” For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

Suffolk has announced the hiring of 30-year healthcare construction veteran Bobby Eagar as Senior Vice President, Orange County Division Manager and Healthcare Operations Leader for Southern California. Mr. Eagar will lead the office across multiple sectors and healthcare operations, overseeing business development, project execution and operational performance.

RWAMPARA, Congo (AP) — Dozens of people working at an Ebola virus treatment center in northeast Congo went on strike Monday over unpaid salaries and bonuses.

Congo has been battling since May a new wave of the virus, named by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention last week as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded on the continent.

The striking staff at Rwampara General Hospital in Ituri province includes epidemiologists, case investigators, drivers and gravediggers who say they have not been paid by the Congolese authorities. The hospital was shuttered by protesting staff, who blocked the road leading to the medical facility.

Some of the center's health workers and those working on the ground began striking last week, accusing authorities of failing to pay their wages since the outbreak began.

“We don’t know how it is possible to not have been paid for two months,” Bahati Claude, a health worker at the center, which is the largest in the Rwampara health zone, told The Associated Press. “We don’t want to give up the job.”

The Congolese authorities declared a new Ebola outbreak on May 15, after the disease had been transmitting for weeks without official detection, according to the World Health Organization. The latest outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved vaccine or treatment.

During a visit to Ituri last week, the Congolese health minister, Roger Kamba, said the government is verifying a list of those working to control the outbreak, as some unrelated names have been added to the payroll.

“We must ensure that these payments reach the right people,” Kamba said. “We have faced a few challenges, notably changes to the lists, which have led to complaints from people saying they are not being paid even though they are working. We have the means to sort this out.”

There are 1,926 confirmed cases so far in the country, including 702 deaths, according to Congolese authorities.

Meanwhile, the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted Monday on X that a second U.S. citizen, a humanitarian worker in eastern Congo who had contracted Ebola, was transferred to Germany. The first American to test positive for the virus was a doctor working in Congo during the early weeks of the outbreak.

Workers at an Ebola treatment center go on strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses at Rwampara General Hospital, in Ituri, northeastern Congo, Monday, July 13, 2026, (AP Photo/Prosper Heri Ngorora)

Workers at an Ebola treatment center go on strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses at Rwampara General Hospital, in Ituri, northeastern Congo, Monday, July 13, 2026, (AP Photo/Prosper Heri Ngorora)

FILE - A health worker prepares a patient's blood sample for testing at Bunia General Hospital in Bunia, Congo, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)