Heather Fenyk, PhD, AICP/PP holds a doctorate in Planning and Public Policy and a Masters in City and Regional Planning, both from Rutgers University. She combines research and advocacy in her community organizing and academic work. With her husband Alex Zakrewsky, she manages Middlesex Apartments, LLC and founded Global Metrics, LLC, an urban planning research and consulting firm based in New Brunswick, NJ. Global Metrics has developed “Map Our Borders,” an interactive mapping tool developed to meet a need for subjective reporting and interpretation of geographic data at local scales. Heather believes that the most enduring solutions to difficult societal problems are best addressed through community engagement and collaboration of diverse partners.

Jeff Key has an extensive background in law and leadership. A former Americorps Teaching Fellow, Assistant Professor at Seton Hall Law, and now Founder/Principal Consultant with NFinityEnterprises, Jeff’s focus in on supporting New Jersey based nonprofits in their aims to provide equitable access to services and programming. Jeff currently serves on the board of the Center for NonProfits and the National Board of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network. Read more about Jeff and his work with the LRWP.

Jon Dugan hails from Bound Brook, New Jersey; born and raised on the banks of the Raritan River. Jon has worked with the National Park Service as a Park Ranger, Americorps as a Watershed Ambassador, and many environmental associations within New Jersey. He has led community-based projects, presented to diverse groups, and is most proud of his Roving Naturalist spontaneous education series of programs, In his free time Jon can be found fishing, gardening, lifting, kayaking, hiking, or tying flies.