Jaspreet Pahwa

Jaspreet Pahwa, AIA, LEED AP, has been delivering transformative, award-winning built environment projects in both DC and Virginia for 18 years. In her current role as Assistant Director of Capital Planning and Construction for the DC Public Libraries, she led District of Columbia's first public-private partnership library anchored in a mixed-use development. She is enabling a first-of-its-kind, library-based solar program in DC, furthering sustainability & resiliency goals. In a previous role as Capital Projects Manager for Henrico County, Virginia, she showcased the ROI on well-funded and well managed civic built environment. During her previous role as Consulting Project Manager at Sustainable Design Consulting, she facilitated charrettes in early design and steered construction teams to their goals.

Ms. Pahwa is a licensed Architect in New York, Virginia, & New Delhi and draws on a multitude of typologies in her portfolio including tech-centric workspaces, retail, hospitality, higher-ed, to deliver impactful built environments. She leverages her global vantage point to harmonize the strains of the built environment and the role of civic space. She has been a guest speaker and panelist at Harvard’s future of library design, served as a jury member for DC Association of General Contractors and a board member for the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center in Virginia.