Jean-Pascal Coutelen

Jean-Pascal (JP) Coutelen oversees The Huntington’s physical infrastructure, capital projects, security, environmental health and safety management, and sustainability programs.

Coutelen has more than 25 years of experience leading facilities management, capital construction, sustainability, and safety programs at cultural, scientific, and entertainment institutions in the United States and Europe. 

He served as associate vice president of facilities and sustainability at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), where he oversaw facilities operations across the museum’s 20-acre campus on Wilshire Boulevard, as well as multiple off-site storage locations. He played a key role in capital projects, including the David Geffen Galleries, LACMA’s new building for the permanent collection. He also advanced key initiatives in energy management, environmental health and safety, and climate-action planning.

Before his time at LACMA, Coutelen held leadership roles at JPL/NASA, The Walt Disney Company, and Disneyland Paris, where he oversaw infrastructure planning, capital programs, maintenance, and safety at sites serving both operational and public needs. 

Coutelen, who is fluent in French and English, holds a diplôme d’Ingénieur in maintenance engineering from Polytech Nancy at Nancy University in France. He is also a certified professional maintenance manager and certified safety manager.