Jessica has over 20 years of experience in architecture, design, and construction, where she has worked on multiple building program types and scales, including high-rise residential, commercial, biotech, academic, office, and fine arts institutions. She has served as the project lead on teams consisting of architects, associative consultants, owners and contractors through design inception, planning, coordination, construction, and final project completion.
Prior to starting her own practice, Jessica was a Senior Associate at Handel Architects, where she managed the design and construction of some of the firm’s most notable projects including 400 Park Avenue South, a 43-story residential tower in New York City designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Christian de Portzamparc, The Viola in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, and lead the Journal Squared team to a winning competition entry in collaboration with HWKN. Her involvement with several renowned LEED projects, including the first LEED Gold residential building in greater Boston at 75 Station Landing, while at Elkus Manfredi Architects, and the first LEED Platinum mixed-use retail complex in Hangzhou, China designed with the former firm of Wood + Zapata, speaks to her commitment to responsible and sustainable design.
Jessica is a current Master of Science candidate in Sustainability Management at Columbia University, she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan School of Art & Architecture, and Master of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and is a LEED-AP accredited registered architect in the states of New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Bolster US (Design Build), New York, NY, US, Director of Architecture and Design
Meshberg Group, Brooklyn, NY, US, Managing Director of Architecture and Interiors
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Bachelors, Fine Arts - Graphic Design