Brian Craig

Brian Craig serves as the Development Services Director for the City of Buckeye, guiding a Department inclusive of Planning, Building Safety, Civil Engineering, and Permitting staff. Before relocating to Arizona, Brian received bachelor’s degrees in Geology and Environmental Geography from the University of Northern Iowa and an Urban Planning Master’s degree from the University of Iowa. Since taking on his current role in Buckeye in 2021, Brian has focused the Development Services Department into one which prioritizes speed to market and responsive communication, improving service delivery to development partners in a community consistently ranked amongst the fastest growing mid-sized cities in the country. Brian has more than 17 years of public sector planning and development experience and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).