Our Board
ROBERT J. GIUFFRA, JR. is a Director and President of the Conservancy. He is a partner in the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. He served as Commissioner of the New York State Ethics Commission from 1998 to 2007, on the New York State Commission on Public Integrity from 2007 to 2009, and as President of the Federal Bar Council from 2008 to 2010. He is the Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, Chairman of the American Swiss Foundation, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities of New York. Meghan Nadosy Magyar is a Director and President of the Conservancy. She has served on The Brearley School Alumnae Board and the Reading Team Inc. Board in Harlem, and she has co-chaired various committees at her children’s three schools. Scott Lindsay is a Director and Treasurer of the Conservancy. He is Chairman of Global Mergers & Acquisitions at UBS. He has served on the Board of Visitors of the Economics Department at UCLA, the Board of Trustees of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, and was a founding Board member of the Gordon A. Rich Memorial Foundation. David C. Bohnett is a Director of the Conservancy. He is the founder of GeoCities.com and has been an active partner in various ventures in the technology and information services industry. He serves as the Chairman of the David Bohnett Foundation, the Chairman of the Executive Committee on the Board of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Vice Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and as a Trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the University of Southern California (USC). Ken is the founder and a Partner of Stripes. He serves on the boards of Stripes public companies including Monday.com and ON-Running as well as private companies such as SNYK, A24 Films and Erewhon. He is also involved with several non-profits and serves on the Board of the TEAK Fellowship. is the Scientific Advisor to the Conservancy. He is the Director of the Center for Clean Water Technology at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. He is also the Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation and a Professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on the study and remediation of harmful algal blooms, with a particular focus on Long Island. Fernanda Niven is a Director of the Conservancy. Her background is at the intersection of fashion, business and wellness, holding executive roles at Vera Wang, Parasol and Organic Avenue. Fernanda is the Brand Director and a Master Skin Consultant at Knockout Beauty, a boutique retail space specializing in bespoke skincare consultancies. She is a member of the Edible Schoolyard NYC Board of Directors and is the Wellness Editor for Purist Magazine. John A. Paulson is a Director and Chairman of the Conservancy. He is President and Portfolio Manager of the investment management firm Paulson & Co. Mr. Paulson is Chairman of the Paulson Family Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, New York University, the Partnership for New York City, and the Dean’s Advisory Board of Harvard Business School. Lauren Santo Domingo is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Moda Operandi, the luxury women’s fashion ecommerce platform. A former American Vogue editor, Lauren set out to create a place where women from all corners of the globe could shop designers’ complete runway collections – a benefit only offered to editors or stylists at the time. Launched in February 2010, Moda’s runway preorder is complemented with a distinct curation of current season styles, focusing on pieces from emerging and discovery designers in addition to those from fashion’s most established names. In March 2023, Lauren was appointed by Tiffany & Co. as Artistic Director of the Tiffany Home collection. With a history steeped in creative partnerships, Tiffany continues the tradition by ushering in a new era with the onboarding of Ms. Santo Domingo. Lauren sits on the Board of Directors for Moda Operandi, and Save Venice Inc.. Regarded as one of the most influential women in fashion, Lauren was inducted into Vanity Fair’s‘ International Best Dressed List’ in 2012. Lauren lives in New York City with her husband and their two children. Chuck Scarborough is a Director of the Conservancy. He is a news broadcaster for WNBC. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Southampton Arts Center and the Honorary Board of The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center. He is also the voice for the New York Cares Coat Drive PSA- the Shivering Liberty Statue. A leader in Finance and Government, Diana Taylor served ads superintendent of Banks for the State of New York under former Governor George Pataki, and has held several positions in State Government, including Chief Financial Officer of the Long Island Power Authority, and Deputy Secretary to the Governor of New York State. She started her career in finance at Smith Barney, followed by Lehman Brothers and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. Ms. Taylor currently serves on the Board of Directors of Citigroup and of Brookfield Asset Management. She also Chairs several not-for-profit organizations, including Accion, the New York CIty Ballet, HotBread Kitchen and the Friends of Hudson River Park. She is a past chair of the YMCA of Greater New York and the New York Women’s Foundation, and sits on the board of the Cold Spring Harbor Labs. She is a Trustee Emeritus of Dartmouth College, and of the Mayo Clinic. Ms. Taylor earned her AB from Dartmouth College, her MBA from Columbia Business School, and her MPH from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia.
