Caroline Niemczyk

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.