Nadia Jarrett

Currently Project Director for the New York City Department of Design and Construction, Nadia Jarrett is in charge of numerous staff, consultants and contractors deployed around the City of New York. Ms. Jarrett supervises adherence to drawings and specifications, quality control, change order determinations, as well as building code compliance during all phases of construction for Universal Pre-K sites in NYC. Her role in DDC began with construction management of large-scale consultant companies that were responsible for rehabilitating coastal residences in Brooklyn damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

As Senior Construction Project Manager for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation for 17 years, Nadia completed construction management and field supervision on multimillion-dollar renovations.  Her oversight encompassed new parks, recreation centers, new computer facilities, historic landmark buildings, and structures.  Her highest profile projects include Foley Square redesign which had extensive work with the DOT and the MTA, the Little Red Lighthouse, Gracie Mansion, and the renovation of  Astoria Pool into a new amphitheater and performance space, to name a few. Nadia has been a New Yorker since emigrating as a young child from Sierra Leone, West Africa.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree of Architecture from The Cooper Union. 

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Work/Life Balance and a Path to a Second Act

January 21, 2020

Balancing career and family can be difficult. Life can throw obstacles in your path and test your resolve. Despite it all, Nadia never lost focus of her long term goals, which provided a structure to support her along her path.

Nadia will show how she curated a career in design and construction.  She will share how after investing over two decades working for the City of New York, she is a handful of years from retiring with a full pension, with plans laid for a second career.