Gerry Guerrero

Gerry Guerrero, AIA, NCARB, DBIA is the Global Director of Justice for HDR, one of the world’s leading global architecture practices. In its 50-plus years as a recognized justice leader, HDR has built a strong reputation for designing facilities that reflect the gravitas of their missions, while maintaining transparency, security and dignity for those in the justice system. HDR has established itself as a leader in advocating meaningful thinking in justice architecture, reimagining the typology of justice architecture to one that is restorative, not punitive, and essential to a community’s health and well-being. HDR’s work is especially timely in this era of social reckoning when we are reevaluating our assumptions around social equity and justice. Gerry has over 35 years of justice design, planning and project management experience, serving local, state, and federal clients; with deep knowledge in Juvenile Justice reform understanding how the built environment can have change on troub