Stephen Carter
Executive Vice President, CGL Companies, United States
Stephen Carter is the Founder and Executive Vice President of CGL. Mr. Carter 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. In the area of international justice, Mr. Carter has advised the Governments of Argentina, Australia, Aruba, Bermuda, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Peru, United Kingdom, Romania, United Arab Emirates, the Republic of South Africa, the Republic of Georgia, Singapore, Trinidad Tobago, and Venezuela.
Mr. Carter was a founding Board Member, and past Treasurer of the International Corrections and Prisons Association. He has served as Chairman of the American Correctional Association Facility Design Committee, as Chairman of the ACA Exemplary Practices Council, and was Chairman of the ICPA Planning and Design Network. Mr. Carter writes a regular column on trends in corrections for the Correctional News periodical and is a frequent contributor to the AIA Knowledge Communities periodicals. He continues to serve as a guest speaker or lecturer in a variety of academic, professional, and international forums.
Mr. Carter received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Clemson University and his master’s degree in urban design and planning from the Architectural Association, London, England. Additional post-graduate studies were completed in Economics at the London School of Economics, in Transportation Planning at Imperial College, and in Sociology at the University of South Carolina.
