Mallory B.E. Baches, AICP LEED-AP CNU-A is the President of the Congress for the New Urbanism.  Celebrated for her previous practice as an urban designer, Mallory brings twenty-five years of international work in urban planning and community development to her role, as well as a wealth of experience in nonprofit leadership, having served as a staff member, a special advisor, and on the governing boards of organizations making an impact through urban change.  

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Mallory is accredited with the American Planning Association (AICP), the U.S. Green Building Council (LEED), and the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU-A).  Her knowledge of urbanism was first developed at the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture, including a year spent at the  Rome Studies Program.  She earned an MSc in Sustainable Urban Development from the University of Oxford, which is delivered in partnership with the Prince's Foundation for Building Community. Her original research dissertation on the intersection of historic preservation and social sustainability received honorable distinction and was included in CNU’s New Urban Research selection in 2019.

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Mallory served as the inaugural CNU-A Fellow at the University of Miami School of Architecture. She was named a member of the 2013 Next Urban Vanguard class by Next City, and is a former board member and President of the Association for Community Design, is the interim Vice Chair of the PLACE Initiative, and is a member the Urban Guild.  She has been profiled on the Design Feast series Designer Quest(ionnaire) and on Next City.  She is a contributing author to Smart Cities Policies and Financing: Approaches and Solutions (Elsevier). Her urban design work has been featured by Next City, and she speaks and writes on architecture, planning, and urban sustainability.