A founding Principal of TATE+BURNS Architects, LLC, Ms. Tate received an AB cum laude from Harvard University with a concentration in Visual and Environmental Studies in 1981. She received an MArch I degree from the Yale University School of Architecture in 1987. While at Yale, Ms. Tate was a teaching assistant in the Senior Design Studio at Yale College and in the Statics and Strength of Materials course. She was a Lecturer in Materials at the Yale University School of Architecture from 1989 to 1991. Ms. Tate has also served as a visiting critic at Harvard. Ms. Tate is a licensed architect in Connecticut, and maintains an NCARB Certificate, which allows for reciprocal application of architectural licensure in other jurisdictions. Prior to founding TATE + BURNS Architects LLC and Jennifer Tate Architect, Ms. Tate worked with the architectural firms Hammond Beeby and Babka of Chicago, Illinois; Orr & Taylor of New Haven, Connecticut; and Centerbrook Architects (Moore Grover Harper) of Centerbrook, Connecticut.