Jeffrey Schumaker

Jeffrey Shumaker, AICP, has worked at the intersection of architecture, urban design, and planning for more than 25 years in both the public and private sectors, collaborating with cities across the globe. He served the City of New York as its Chief Urban Designer and has held leadership roles at some of the world’s top architecture, urban planning, and design firms.

Jeffrey is currently the Founder and President of Urbanscape and the Co-Founder of Partners in Public Design. Taking a place-based approach to his work, he helps communities, architecture and planning firms, private and nonprofit institutions, and municipalities create better places to live, work, study, and play. Globally, he serves as an expert advisor to UN-Habitat on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and works with cities worldwide to build internal urban design capacity.

He holds dual master’s degrees in Architecture, Planning, and Urban Design from MIT and a Bachelor of Architecture with honors from Syracuse University. He is the recipient of the Public Architect Award from AIANY and the Michael Weil Award from the NYC Department of City Planning, both recognizing excellence in urban design in the public realm.

Jeffrey frequently teaches and lectures and is currently an adjunct professor of urban design and planning at Columbia University. He also serves on the board of the Institute for Public Architecture.