OFFICERS
president and chief executive officer
William B. Rogers
senior vice president and director of city park development Adrian Benepe
senior vice president and chief philanthropy officer
Margie Kim Bermeo
senior vice president and division director Raymond Christman
senior vice president and chief marketing officer
Sean Connolly
senior vice president and director of conservation strategies
Ernest Cook
senior vice president and division director Jeff Danter
senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary
M. Holly Haugh
senior vice president and division director Roger Hoesterey
senior vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer
Cynthia Scherer
vice president and director of federal affairs Kathy DeCoster
vice president and director of conservation transactions
Brenda Schick
vice president and director of human resources Barbara Smith
I JOINED THE BOARD BECAUSE … The Trust for Public Land has stunning success conserving the land people love. By being here, I’m part of a national team that strengthens community bonds.
MY PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT AS A BOARD MEMBER WAS ... when I heard from an eager 11-year-old in Newark who’d joined his school’s Trust for Public Land–led park design team. He told me, grinning, “I know what it takes to make a park. It takes commitment!”
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Page Knudsen Cowles (Chair), Stephen W. Baird, Brian M. Beitner, George Bell, William J. Cronon, Douglas Durst, Whitney Hatch, Caroline P. Niemczyk, Michael E. Patterson, Thomas S. Reeve, Roy Richards Jr., William B. Rogers, Lex Sant, Sheryl Tishman, F. Jerome Tone, Susan D. Whiting
THE WORK OF THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE … we deliver what people ask for, whether it’s a trail, a playground, a historic site, a community garden, or a family farm.
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IS UNIQUE BECAUSE ... when a community calls for help, we respond and we get the job done. For instance, in Florida, we led a coalition to put the Water and Land Conserva-
tion Amendment on the November 2014 ballot. If it passes, this state constitutional amendment will finance conservation of the Florida Everglades, rivers, beaches, and forests for 20 years to come.
THE KEY CHALLENGE FACING THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND IS ... picking up the pace, especially in cities, where people depend on nearby parks to get outdoors. I’m an urban person, raised in Philadelphia among William Penn’s park squares. Now I’m a New Yorker and I love the Olmsted parks and the new waterfront trails. I believe our generation, too, can use open space to keep our cities healthy.
I FIRST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE NATURAL WORLD … camping as a child. My family was traveling cross-country. I remember scampering over the rocks of a stream bed in the Great Smoky Mountains, light sparkling off the water as sun fell through the forest leaves. I felt happy, energized, independent, and peaceful.
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Get to know Caroline Niemczyk
A member of The Trust for Public Land board since 2010, philanthropist Caroline Niemczyk also serves as chair of The Conservation Campaign and the Open Space Institute, as well as on the advisory board of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, and the Land Trust Alliance. A former staffer for the late senator Daniel P. Moynihan, Caroline also taught as an adjunct profes- sor of history at Barnard College. She has three children and resides in Bedford, New York.
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