Garrett Jacobs

About Garrett Jacobs

As the son of a chef/party planner duo Garrett grew up around food and understands the importance of gathering people around the table. Receiving his education in post-Katrina New Orleans solidified his commitment to addressing inequality and oppression in the built environment. Garrett works collaboratively and authentically to identify and break down barriers within our systems and ourselves which keep us from seeing all people as equal. Garrett has a proven track record of large scale network design and management, organizational operations, project management and developing business by defining projects with social justice leaders for social and racial justice outcomes. Garrett is a published researcher at the intersectional fields of justice transformation and architecture, and continues to investigate the impacts of our environments on our collective ability to heal as a society and community.

Experience

1. Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development

   Designing Justice + Designing Spaces

   Jul 2025 — Present

Education

• California State University - East Bay

  Certificate, Construction Management

• Tulane University

  M. Arch, Architecture

  2005 — 2011

• Tulane University

  B. Architecture

  2005 — 2011

Skills

• Architectural Design
• Sustainable Design
• Space-Planning
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Sketching
• Model Making
• Illustrator
• Rhino
• Non-Profit Volunteer
• Sketchup
• Non-Profit Administration
• Autocad
• Program Coordination
• Fundraising
• Vectorworks