Jess Blanch

Jess Blanch is senior program director for Enterprise Community Partners in the Pacific Northwest market, where she provides catalytic funding and technical assistance to accelerate the development of affordable homes co-located with early learning and other community-serving facilities. She also assists community-based organizations build capacity, advises and partners with local jurisdictions on housing and community development issues, and advocates for policy and systems change that will create more resilient, equitable communities.

Over the course of her career Jess has been a designer, developer, researcher, and advocate working for affordable housing, social service and healthcare facilities, and community planning which benefits everyone, but especially our most vulnerable neighbors and our planet. She is particularly passionate about equitable access to healthier building materials as an environmental and social justice issue.

Jess is a licensed architect in the state of Washington and an affiliate instructor in the University of Washington in the Department of Urban Design and Planning. She holds a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College.