Teresa Vazquez leads The Museum of the Courageous backed by a 20-year career as a nonprofit executive, fundraiser, and economic development leader who raised and deployed over $100M of capital for social good.
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Laura Neil is a Founding Trustee of The Museum of the Courageous. With expertise in communications, public relations, and corporate partnerships, Laura Neil has dedicated her career to strengthening mission delivery at nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.
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David Neil oversees the Durst Organization Commercial Leasing, Marketing, Amenities and Legal Departments. David began his career with The Durst Organization in 2009 in the Property Management Department focusing on tenant relations, life-safety initiatives, and management innovation. In conjunction with these responsibilities, David led the effort to plant an acre of "greenroofs" across various properties, convert unused setbacks into outdoor tenant terraces, install atop buildings beehives that produce jars of Durst honey, and launch a successful composting program for commercial buildings. David is also the former Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of New York Water Taxi / Circle Line Downtown, a former Durst Organization affiliated maritime company that carried 1.5 million passengers per year in the New York Harbor.
Prior to joining The Durst Organization, David worked as U.S. Representative for the European-based real estate company Evohaus, Director of Special Projects at ShoreBank, and Co-Founder and CEO of the publishing company Little Green Dreams LLC. He also worked at the Nathan Cummings Foundation and founded a nonprofit volunteer organization to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in local communities.
David received a Juris Doctor of Law from the University of Chicago Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Vassar College. He is a board member of Breaking Ground and The Friends of Rockland Lake & Hook Mountain.
Molly Findlay is a sculptor, set designer and community activist. For two decades, she has been creating imagery and solving material problems to build products and drive brands. Her commercial clients include Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Google, Estee Lauder, Tiffany, Harry Winston and Samsung, among many others, and her work has been widely published globally. Her sculptural practice gently subverts the day to day experience through form and happenings. She is the founding member of the artist collective Mother of Thousands, a pioneering space for emerging artists and designers.
Findlay is a Founding Trustee of The Museum of the Courageous where she lends her 20+ years of experience to catalyze the courageous movement and design museum user experience.
Everard Findlay blends branding and social innovation to empower CEOs, heads of state, and thought leaders to invest in a future that benefits citizens, the environment, and society as a whole while building profitability and growth.
Findlay has served on the board of GrowNYC, the Council for the Environment of New York City since 2009 and is currently Communications Chair. He is a founding trustee of The Museum of the Courageous, NeueHouse, tenured board member of Soho House, UNDP Turning Tables, Dartmouth College’s Institute for Cross-engagement, The New York Times’ Friends of TimesTalks Committee and The National Center for Children in Poverty.