Carrie Johnson is establishing a nonprofit in Baltimore dedicated to executing systemic, equitable, and tactile design solutions for low-income and underrepresented residents. She has worked for a number of firms including Atlassian Corp., the Estée Lauder Cos., Handel Architects, and Apple Inc. With Apple, she designed retail stores around the globe and served as design and development director for the Apple Park Visitor Center. As senior designer and project architect for Handel Architects, she helped transform a 1932 incinerator building in Washington, D.C. into the award-winning Ritz-Carlton Georgetown.
Ms. Johnson has been an active member of the Sam Fox School National Council since 2019 and has served as a co-chair of WashU’s Make Way initiative since 2022. Beyond WashU, she is a member of the Dean’s Leadership Council for Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, the steering committee for the Brookings Institution’s Playful Learning Landscapes initiative, and the steering committee for the Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network’s “Playful Learning By Design” course.
Ms. Johnson received her Bachelor of Arts from Washington University and her Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University.