Jeff Risom
Partner, Chief Innovation Officer, Gehl - Making Cities for People
Jeff Risom is listed as Partner, Chief Innovation Officer, Gehl - Making Cities for People. B2DB records 2 sessions at 2 conferences in 2026, most recently HOWS Barcelona – Housing World Summit 2026 (November 2026).
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About
Jeff Risom is an urban strategist working at the intersection of place, investment and large-scale urban transformation. He is Senior Advisor to Urban Partners, leading work on Place Value and Jernbanebyen in Copenhagen, and a Senior Fellow at the Lisbon Council. Previously, he spent 20+ years as Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at Gehl, helping grow the firm into a global consultancy and co-founding its US practice and Gehl Institute. He holds an MSc with Distinction in City Design and Social Science from LSE and a degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado.
Sessions at 2 conferences
HOWS Barcelona – Housing World Summit 2026 3 November 2026 – 5 November 2026
- How can we Finance Affordable Housing When Public Budgets are Never Enough? Speaker · 5 November 2026
Smart City Expo World Congress 2026 3 November 2026 – 5 November 2026
- How can we Finance Affordable Housing When Public Budgets are Never Enough? Speaker · 5 November 2026