Writer
A Denver native, Jessica Garrett co-founded the award-winning Single Carrot Theatre in Baltimore in 2005. By day, Jessica is the Communications Manager for Allovue, a software company pioneering changing the game in school finance. By night she focuses on writing and comedy, opening for national touring favorites like Michael Ian Black, Rhea Butcher, and Joe Pera and occasionally appearing on internet television with Wham City for Adult Swim. She lives in Baltimore.
Boards need to diversify. What does that mean anyway?
When we talk about diversity we’re supposed to be talking about more than just race, but in our beautiful city that’s 63 percent Black—one of the Blackest metropolitan areas in America—isn’t it, like, kinda mostly about race?
