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Gabrielle Bullock: Inclusive ideal Director of Global Diversity at Perkins + Will, a 2,500-person architecture firm with offices across the world.
By RICHARD MASSEY Managing Editor
T he Bronx, New York native Gabrielle Bullock has been the Director of Global Diversity at Perkins + Will since 2013. A member of the firm for nearly 30 years, Bullock, a principal, now spends half her time working as an archi- tect on cultural and commercial projects, and the other half leading the firm’s efforts to enhance diversity. Based in Los Angeles, Bullock, a fellow of the AIA and a member of the National Organization of Minority Architects, has an estab- lished background in healthcare projects. Bullock says be- ing an active architect has helped her remain relevant as she works on the social and cultural aspects of the design in- dustry. Five years into the endeavor, she says, inroads have been made. “I’m hearing more conversations and seeing more interest. I’d say [Perkins + Will] is leading the charge.” A 1984 architecture graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, she began her career designing public housing in New York, and was later with Russo & Sonder when the firm was acquired by Perkins + Will in 1990. She served as managing director of the firm’s Los Angeles office for eight years and during that time managed one of the
largest building projects in the University of California System to date, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. “Many of the strategies and programs we have implemented can be scaled. For instance, outreach to elementary and middle schools to broaden the awareness of the profession is something we all can do.” Bullock is married to Rocky Carroll, an actor, and has a 17-year-old daughter, Elissa. Bullock loves music and travel, and her dog, Dini. Of her long tenure with Perkins + Will, she has this to say: “I’ll tell you why this firm is still my home – it has a soul.”
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THE ZWEIG LETTER January 14, 2019, ISSUE 1279
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