Personal Life

Derek Bryson Park was born and raised in New York City. His father was a Doctor of Internal Medicine, psychotherapist and a senior Madison Avenue advertising executive, his mother was a health care professional, and his brother is a double board certified physician.

His hobbies include tennis, squash, baseball, extreme travel, bank note collecting (“notaphilist”), history (political, financial and military) and a love for comedy genres in virtually all its forms.

From 2004 to 2005, Park was appointed (and reported directly to) the Apostolic Nuncio (Senior Ambassador) of the Holy See (“The Vatican”), H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, joining the ranks of the five-member delegation allotted to each nation-state within the United Nations. In this role, he focused primarily on the adoption and implementation of a worldwide resolution specific to “Preventing, Combating, and Eradicating the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.”

Derek Bryson Park and Angelo Cardinal Sadano
Derek Bryson Park; and His Eminence Angelo Cardinal Sadano, Secretary of State of the Holy See (“The Vatican”) and Dean of the College of Cardinals under both Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, Vatican Embassy to the United Nation, New York, NY
Derek Bryson Park
Derek Bryson Park and the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury; leader of the Church of England and head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Williams
 
Actress Anne Hathaway and Derek Bryson Park
Matriarch of the Sheraton Hotels and Perdue Chicken Families, Mitzi Perdue and Derek Bryson Park
Matriarch of the Sheraton Hotels and Perdue Chicken Families, Mitzi Perdue and Derek Bryson Park
U.S. Astronaut, Captain Scott Kelly, who set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space; his wife, Amiko Kauderer; and Derek Bryson Park
Debra Lynch Altman, Kip Altman, Mrs. Altman, Derek Bryson Park, Roger Altman, and wife Jurate Kazickas Altman
[Left to right] Senior Health Care Professional Debra Lynch Altman; Esteemed Author and Financier, Kip Altman; The Grande Dame Altman Family Matriarch, Mrs. Altman; Derek Bryson Park; US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Founder and Senior Chairman of Evercore Inc.; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Carter Administration and Vice Chairman of the Blackstone Group, Roger Altman; and wife Jurate Kazickas Altman
Derek Bryson Park and Governor of New York Hugh L. Carey, celebrating a shared birthday, The 21 Club, NY, NY
[Left to Right] Rudy Giuliani; Catherine Giuliani; Derek Bryson Park and friend
[Left to Right] Rudy Giuliani (cousin of the former NYC Mayor); Catherine Giuliani; Derek Bryson Park and friend, Yankee Stadium, NYC
 
 
 
Animator, Director and Producer Ron Campbell (best known for his work on The Beatles television series, the animated feature film Yellow Submarine and the Flintstones) with Derek Bryson Park
 

 

Dwight David Eisenhower II and Derek Bryson Park
Left to Right] His Eminence Angelo Cardinal Sodano, Secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals under both Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI (Holy See/ The Vatican]; The Apostolic Nuncio (Ambassador) to the United Nations; Archbishop Celestino Migliore; and Derek Bryson Park
[Left to Right] Former New York Governor Hugh L. Carey; President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Michael G. Carey; Commissioner of the Office of Emergency Management, John T. Odermatt; Dr. Angelo J. Acquista; and Derek Bryson Park at the promotion ceremony of Commissioner Odermatt to Assistant Chief of the New York Police Department (NYPD)
 
[Left to Right] TV Host, Geraldo Rivera; Derek Bryson Park; and Senior Managing Director, Fannie Mae and former First Vice President and CFO, M&T Bank, Thomas P. Kowick, New York City
 
Derek Bryson Park and friend celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the Down Town Association, New York City
Jane Treays and Derek Bryson Park
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Senior Producer and Director, Jane Treays and Derek Bryson Park, London, England
Derek Bryson Park and the Editor of Berlin’s leading newspaper, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
Warren Woodcock and Derek Bryson Park
Australian Tennis Star and personal tennis coach, Warren Woodcock and Derek Bryson Park; Sydney, Australia
Derek Bryson Park and traveling companion “Ibil”, The Great Pyramid of Giza, Cairo, Egypt
Derek Bryson Park with a distinguished member of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Derek Bryson Park being received by the owner of multiple live poultry markets, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Derek Bryson Park and friend, Auckland, New Zealand
Derek Bryson Park and Friend, Vienna, Austria
Derek Bryson Park and friend, Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Susan Callon and Derek Bryson Park, Vatican City (Rome, Italy)
Derek Bryson Park and Freind, Budapest, Hungary
Derek Bryson Park and brother Dr. A. L. Park, MD in Bangkok, Thailand