Derek Bryson Park


Derek Bryson Park is an American banker.

Early life and education

Park attended Bishop's College School, in Lennoxville, Quebec, and Croydon Country Day School, P.S. 99 Kew Gardens School, and Kew-Forest School in Queens, New York. He attended University of Western Ontario and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977. In 1979, he earned an MPA from the New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, a Ph.D. from the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science in 1982, and successfully completed the International Housing Finance Program, at The Wharton Real Estate Center, University of Pennsylvania in 2001.

Career

Park was made Director of Stadium Operations of the US Open Tennis Championships at Flushing Meadows and Operations Manager of the WCT Tournament of Champions at Forest Hills, New York. Additionally, he was Operations Coordinator, World Championship Tennis Forest Hills Invitational ;' Operations Officer, Davis Cup Quarter-finals, USA vs. Czechoslovakia '; and Operations Officer, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Pro-Celebrity Tennis Tournament.
From 1975-1982, he also served as Facilities Manager at Forest Hills Stadium and New York City’s Central Park, supervising in-concert performances.
In 1982, Park joined the California-based Callon Petroleum Company, marketing publicly-traded drilling, income and royalty limited partnership funds and tasked with the management of a nationwide broker-dealer syndicate which included over 120 firms with Merrill Lynch serving as the lead underwriter. In 1983 Park took a leave of absence from Callon to serve as Statewide Campaign Manager for the then Attorney General of Mississippi Bill Allain for whom he fundraised and campaigned in his succession run and election to Governor. In 1984, he returned to Callon Petroleum Company reporting directly to the Chairman and CEO, John S. Callon. After 3 years of service Park returned to New York City in 1985 and worked for the largest advertising conglomerate in the world, the Interpublic Group of Companies/SSC&B: Lintas as a member of a team of executives on the “Account Management” side of the business.

Personal life

Park served as Vice Chairman of Winchendon School, Worcester County, MA and Director, Bishop’s College School, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada.
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