Louis Goetting, principal of NJ Advisors, will consult with Cushman & Wakefield's Healthcare Real Estate Group. Goetting is a former deputy chief of staff to NJ Gov. Chris Christie. Louis Goetting, principal of NJ Advisors, will consult with Cushman & Wakefield’s Healthcare Real Estate Group. Goetting is a former deputy chief of staff to NJ Gov. Chris Christie.

MORRISTOWN, NJ—The former deputy chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be helping Cushman & Wakefield diagnose budgeting, site selection, and regulatory issues in its healthcare real estate group.

Louis Goetting, principal of management consulting firm NJ Advisors, will work with Cushman & Wakefield’s executive vice chairman Robert Donnelly and his Morristown-based brokerage team to provide strategic consulting and guidance for its growing healthcare real estate services practice in New Jersey.

“It is very clear to me that the re-shaping of the healthcare delivery system in New Jersey and in the nation will have a major real estate component moving forward, and I believe I can bring value on both sides of the equation,” Goetting says. “After leaving government, I wanted to bring my skill sets to commercial real estate and found that Cushman & Wakefield presented the best platform. I look forward to working with Bob and his team in developing creative solutions at this transformative time for one of our state’s most important industries.”

During his seven-year tenure in Christie’s administration—serving as the point person on state budget and department performance issues—Goetting was named one of the 50 most politically influential persons in New Jersey by PolitickerNJ.

Goetting led the state’s efforts in the largest university and healthcare restructuring in the nation, the Rutgers/University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey reorganization.

“Lou’s knowledge and understanding of state government processes is unquestionable, especially regarding healthcare,” says Donnelly, whose team provides major corporate advisory, and tenant and landlord representation assignments. “The shift in the healthcare industry toward consumer satisfaction and patient experience places an increased importance on the real estate aspects of this vital industry. In fact, healthcare has become one of the most active sectors for office space usage in New Jersey. As we work to serve both tenants and landlords in this new, complex and rapidly changing business model, Lou will be an incredible asset for our team and our clients.”

A significant part of Goetting’s work for Christie involved hospital, healthcare and Medicaid-related issues. His history and current advisory work with healthcare organizations and hospital systems provide him with a distinctive perspective when it comes to budgeting, site selection and facility management.

Previously, Goetting was executive vice president of administration at Brookdale Community College and vice president of administration at UMDNJ. Under the Whitman administration, he acted as assistant state treasurer and deputy state treasurer. For two decades, he served in municipal government as an administrator in three different New Jersey communities. He created NJ Advisors after leaving public service.

He holds an MPA degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a BA from Lafayette College.