Glenn Garrison
Since 1993, Glenn Garrison was president of Glenn Garrison Incorporated, providing executive project management services for architects and designers in New York and Santa Monica.
He worked with over 60 firms committed to excellence in design and consulted in strategic planning, administration, financial systems, project management, and marketing planning. He also presented management planning programs in office practice and project management to improve operations for design firms.
Glenn gained his in-depth knowledge of the architectural and construction industry through 40+ years as principal and project manager at leading firms, including Philip Johnson/John Burgee, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Deborah Berke, Starr Whitehouse Landscape-Planning, and Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects. With broad experience in the design and production of projects, ranging from corporate headquarters to institutional works to historic restorations, he developed, tested and applied the quality management methods that were the basis of his practice.
Glenn was featured in the book Management for the Small Design Firm by Jim Morgan and helped lead the McDevitt Street Bovis model Job Site Quality Planning on the NASA Headquarters project.
He maintained an active membership the AIA National Committee on Design, of which he was past chairman. He was a member of the Storefront for Art and Architecture, Design Trust for Public Space, the Association for Project Managers, the AIA NY Chapter, and an affiliate of the AIA LA Chapter. Glenn was a member of the AIA NY Chapter Committee on the Environment. He served on the Board of Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility/New York, founding its Environmental Committee. He was a member of New York New Visions, helping plan Lower Manhattan after 9/11, and the American Society for Quality for 20 years. He was a juror and an active lecturer at leading universities and major professional events.
Glenn received an executive management certificate from the NYU Stern School of Business and a master of architecture in urban design from Cornell University, a master of architecture from Yale, and a bachelor of architecture from the University of Texas. He died in October 2026.
Adapted from Glenn Garrison Inc.