Lisa Fisher leads the Sustainable City Team at the San Francisco Planning Department – fostering a vibrant, regenerative, and adaptive urban environment through bold efforts at the building, neighborhood, and citywide scale. Although focused on “environmental” sustainability (climate, ecology, resources, et al), the initiative also seeks to embed a more comprehensive sustainability lens into Department-wide efforts (e.g., neighborhood plans, land use, housing, and transportation policies; public space and urban design; community engagement, et al). Currently, Lisa is developing sustainability policies and implementation measures for several of the City’s Sustainability Districts, including Central SoMa and three major waterfront developments. This work is also informing a next-generation neighborhood-scale sustainability framework, targeted for roll out later this year. She also co-leads the City’s biodiversity work and district-scale utility explorations, and helped author the City’s Sea Level Rise Action Plan.
Previously, as an Associate Principal with AECOM (EDAW) for ten years, she managed complex urban regeneration projects in Latin and North America. Favorites include the 45-block Nova Luz neighborhood in central São Paulo, 35-acre Pier 70 in San Francisco, and a 350-acre mixed-use waterfront vision for North Vancouver. Lisa holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University and serves on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, the City’s largest advocacy organization.
