Jonathan Herz

Jonathan Herz, FAIA, LEED® AP, is Acting Chief of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Real Property Policy and Strategy Branch; which oversees planning and execution of real property programs across the Department. He has over 35 years of public and private sector design and construction, and policy experience. Prior to joining HHS, he headed the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Governmentwide Policy’s award-winning sustainable development education initiative, authoring and editing numerous sustainability and workplace-related publications. Other GSA work included management of major federal design and construction projects and programs. Mr. Herz received a BS in Architecture from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.