About Trellis-Strategy
Trellis-Strategy was founded by Jamie Garrett to help organizations develop strategic plans that enhance efficiency and drive meaningful impact. Grounded in each organization’s unique goals, Jamie crafts actionable business development and marketing strategies, establishes Standard Operating Procedures to navigate change and complexity, and fosters community engagement to ensure long-term success. She specializes in growth strategies that prioritize environmental sustainability, the water-energy nexus, and social equity. Organizations turn to Jamie when they need to launch new initiatives, pivot their approach, or reset their strategy—while staying focused on daily operations.
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With over a decade of experience in the water-energy-food nexus, Jamie has developed practical, results-driven strategic plans and organizational tools. Inspired by the way a trellis supports and guides plant growth, Trellis-Strategy helps organizations lift ideas off the ground and build sustainable momentum.
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Trellis-Strategy is a woman-owned, military spouse-owned small business.
Jamie Garrett, Founder and Owner
Jamie brings 13+ years of experience and success across environmental sustainability industries positioning new solutions for market and creating custom strategic plans. She excels at systematically organizing goals into clear, actionable steps. Jamie has worked across the nexus of energy-water-food including in renewable energy space with EVs, with cleantech start ups, on sustainable water infrastructure, and on creating more equitable and accessible food systems. She believes a comprehensive outlook across this nexus will yield the most impactful outcome.
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Jamie has her BS in Business Administration from University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and her MBA from the UC San Diego Rady School of Management. She worked with the Milken Innovation Center developing financial models and catalyzing programs and partnerships for sustainable water infrastructure in Israel and California, and spearheaded business development strategies for ENGIE, focusing on EV infrastructure, energy resiliency, and waste-to-energy growth initiatives. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Association of Women on Water, Energy, Environment (AWWEE) and for Cleantech San Diego, and has experience judging, evaluating, and advising cleantech startups, including for Cleantech Open and LA Cleantech Incubator. Jamie serves on the City of San Diego's Climate Resiliency Advisory Board.
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Jamie has a passion for growing, preparing, and sharing food with her community. Through her life she has spent time volunteering on farms, educating children about food and cooking, and has been engaged with organizations such as Slow Food, Coastal Roots Farm, and many local San Diego farmers markets. Jamie connects her work to this passion through "Balanced-Palate".
