Chang Xu, AICP

Chang is an urban planner at HDR’s San Francisco/Berkeley office, where he contributes to community design, campus planning, transit planning, and regional planning efforts both locally and internationally, supported by geospatial analysis and visualization tools. Having benefited from strong mentorship from professors and industry professionals early in his career, Chang is passionate about giving back by supporting the next generation of planning professionals through Northern’s YEP Group. As an alumnus, he remains actively involved with UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design, participating in studio reviews and advising student thesis. He also volunteers with ULI San Francisco’s UrbanPlan program. Chang holds a Master of Urban Design from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His graduate thesis, From Gray to Public: Gateway 2.0, received the CNU Student Charter Award in 2019.