Derek Bryson Park is a Managing Director at Mahler & Emmerson Inc., an asset management firm and affiliate of Brean Murray Carret & Co. As former Managing Director of Cohane Rafferty/Lehman Brothers Inc, he was responsible for and a part of their Investment Banking and Fixed Income Divisions. He was appointed by President Clinton to serve as Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank. He also serves as: Vice-Chair of the NYC Industrial Development Agency; Vice-Chair of the NYC Capital Resource Corporation; and is an Arbitrator for the NY Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Prior to that, he served as a Director of the NY Economic Development Corporation and Vice-Chair of United Mississippi Bank. He received his MPA and Ph.D. from New York University and graduated from The General Theological Seminary.