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Sarah Louise Meeker Jensen, FAIA, is an American architect, licensed general contractor, LEED-certified professional, healthcare planner, and founder of the firm Jensen Partners.[1][2][3]
Sarah Louise Meeker was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia, Milton Academy, and Amherst College.[4] Her parents were Leonard C. Meeker and Christine Halliday Meeker.[4] Her father was an American lawyer and diplomat, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Romania.[5][6] Her brother Charles Meeker was the 34th Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina.[5][6]
She received her Masters of Architecture degree at the University of California, Los Angeles.[4][7] She married Jay Jensen, a surgeon.[4]
Jensen began her career in the San Francisco office of MLTV/Turnbull Associates.[4] She was recruited by the Office of the UCLA Campus Architect as Director of Campus Planning[8] and served as Assistant Vice Chancellor at the University.[9][10] She led the transformation of the UCLA Campus[11][12][13] following the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, the redesign and reconstruction of the 3.1 million square foot Center for Health Sciences.[9] She oversaw the hiring of I.M. Pei, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Robert A. M. Stern, Cesar Pelli and Ralph Johnson of Perkins and Will.[9][12]
She founded the architectural firm Jensen and Partners in 2002.[14][15] Jensen Partners operates today as a national healthcare planning and program management firm with five regional offices and projects in 28 states.[16]
Jensen was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 2020.[17] As expressed by various chapters of the American Institute of Architects' for her FAIA recognition, "Sarah Meeker Jensen's focus on healthcare economics has forged a new, nationally recognized model for facility planning/design while envisioning the health system of the future."[18]
Since 2017, Jensen serves as the chair of the board of directors of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.[19] She was the President of the Public/Private Board from 2012 to 2017.[20][21]
Previously having served at its board of directors,[22] she currently is in the President's Council at the Lundquist Institute, previously known as LA BioMed.[23] Her civic involvement includes work with the UCLA School of the Arts & Architecture, The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts,[24] Los Angeles Community College District,[25] American Friends of the Louvre,[26] Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce,[27] and Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital.[28]
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