Francis J. Banisch III, PP/AICP, President of BAI, has been a community planning consultant serving New Jersey municipalities since 1972 in the preparation of conservation-oriented master plans, development ordinances, and planning analyses which focus on specific sites, areas, or issues. He has been extensively involved in the design and review of plans for residential and non-residential developments. Mr. Banisch brings to the planning profession an architecture and design orientation, and has focused his career in the areas of urban design and environmentally sound land management. Serving clients across the State, he has professional experience dealing with the unique aspects of land management in various settings. This experience has involved the preparation of resource management tools to protect the State's diverse natural and cultural resources, and the shaping of development proposals to promote land use compatibility and to enhance the quality of life. Mr. Banisch has testified on behalf of municipal clients in Superior Court in Burlington, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Middlesex, Morris and Somerset Counties. He is also a Court-appointed master in Mount Laurel litigation. Mr. Banisch served in an advisory capacity as a representative of the Municipal Council in the development of the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan, and was a member of the Pinelands Cultural Resource Management Plan Advisory Committee. He served as a member of the Rural Policy Technical Advisory Committee to the Office of State Planning in the review of the Draft State Development and Redevelopment Plan. He is currently a member of the Board of Counselors of the New Jersey Planning Officials (NJPO) and serves on the Municipal Land Use Law Technical Review Committee. Mr. Banisch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University. He is a licensed professional planner in New Jersey and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and has served as past Vice President of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association. Mr. Banisch is co-author of a Special Report of the New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials entitled “Fair Share Methodologies: Improved Approaches to Need Calculation and Distribution, and is the author of “The Conservation Plan Element”, Chapter 20 of the New Jersey Municipal Master Plan Manual prepared for NJPO. Mr. Banisch has also been featured on the PBS television series "INNOVATIONS", highlighting his work with geographic information systems in conjunction with Rutgers University. Mr. Banisch serves as an adjunct professor at Rutgers University. Past activities include serving as a Trustee of the Upper Raritan Watershed Association and President of the Whitesbog Preservation Trust.

John Riggs is the director of planning and environmental protection and chairman of the Environmental Commission in Monroe Township. Considered one of the most knowledgeable people about the township, he advises the planning and zoning boards and watches for potential environmental problems as well as opportunities. Protecting the natural resources and open space for Monroe Township residents has been key in his work. Members of the Environmental Commission inform elected officials and the public, serve on committees, research issues, develop educational programs and advocate for sound environmental policies. They are active on many levels, including open-space preservation, wetlands and water resource protection, green infrastructure, clean-ups, use of public transportation, education programs for children and information on new technologies and programs for adults. Prior to his current role Mr. Riggs spent 17 years as an at-large member of the Monroe Township Council. He began his public service in Monroe as a PTA executive board member, and later served for eight years as chairman of the township's Zoning Board of Adjustment. He is also a past member of Monroe's Affordable Housing Board, and a representative on the Planning Board. Mr. Riggs is also the municipal housing liaison for the township.

Jim Dowd has been a resident of Delaware Township since 1999 and a member of the township planning board since 2008. He played an integral role in writing the township’s alternate power ordinances, its non-contiguous cluster ordinance and its hamlet ordinance. He is also currently the chairman of the township’s Open Space Advisory Committee, a role he has had since 2009. Prior to moving to Delaware Township he was an advisory member of the Tewksbury Township Planning Board. Mr. Dowd is a graduate of Rutgers University with a B.S. in management, and has spent his career as a systems and software engineer.