Stephen A. Carter, AICP

Executive Vice President

Stephen is personally involved in technical studies in the areas of needs assessment, operational and architectural programming, design review, program management, and policy evaluation, among others. He is often engaged by governmental agencies to develop analytically based studies and build consensus for a variety of project types ranging from courthouses to correctional institutions to law enforcement installations. His comprehensive experience in all sectors of the justice system assists clients in realizing the functional linkages between the various components.

Get to know Stephen

What's your favorite CGL project you've worked on?

I remember the first project vividly – Comprehensive Fire Stations Plan for Edgefield County, South Carolina – and, of course, the current project – New Jersey Women’s Correctional Center. But over the course of my 50 years with CGL, the project that has had the greatest influence within the correctional community and impact on me was the decade-long involvement with the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in San Diego.

Which core value do you relate to the most?

Our core values reflect the soul of CGL. If I choose only one, it would be “Do the Right Thing” because that implies and requires the other four core values.

If you could pick one superpower - what would it be and why?

I’ll keep this in the context of my professional life. My one superpower would be to be able to diplomatically destroy the silos that criminal justice agencies feel obligated to build. The answers to injustice and incorrect justice would be some much easier to resolve if the “system” in criminal justice system existed on a common ground.

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