Ms. Niemczyk is vice chairman of the Open Space Institute, serves on the Trust for Public Land's National Board, and is vice chair of The Conservation Campaign, which has secured $35 billion for conservation across the country. Through her work, she helps to establish referenda, municipal committees, and local and county funds, now at about $100 million, for open space purchases. Ms. Niemczyk provides assistance in the establishment of a wider geographic range of activity for the Open Space Institute from the Hudson Highlands now to the Northern Forest across four states, and a new conservation finance arm. She has previously served on the staff of former senior United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, as a program officer for the Smith Richardson Foundation, and on the history faculty of Barnard College.