Samantha recently joined PAYETTE, bringing over 20 years’ experience in complex projects including academic science labs, research labs, healthcare and aquariums. She excels at building client trust, managing multifaceted projects and ensuring design goals are embedded throughout the process. She has worked as a Project Manager/Architect on design teams and as an Owners Program Manager, bringing perspective from a broad vantage point. Before joining PAYETTE, she worked with major institutions including the University of Mississippi, MITIMCo- MIT’s Investment Management Company, Mass General Brigham, Boston Children’s Hospital and the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
Samantha has been an active member of CREW Boston for years. As a past, long-time, Co-Chair of the Meds and Eds Group, she led the members to be able to connect and understand the people and issues critical to the medical and educational environments in Boston.
She has also given back to the design community through the CREW mentoring program, teaching Professional Perspectives at Wentworth Institute of Technology and speaking on strategies for designing STEM buildings at SCUP.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, 1995, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University