Founder and partner of Gershman Law, PLLC, Dyan Gershman has, for more than 20 years, worked closely with clients to provide expertise on various corporate legal issues. Her expertise includes joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, intellectual property licensing, and other complex business transactions. On the community front, Dyan Gershman is a member and supporter of the Central Park Conservancy.
The Central Park Conservancy is a non-profit whose mission is to preserve Central Park as a peaceful and welcoming sanctuary that receives over 42 million visitors each year. The conservancy engages in daily care and maintenance of the iconic park, as well as manages multiple programs, including Adopt-A-Bench. Adopt-A-Bench funds are used to maintain more than 10,000 benches in Central Park and their immediate landscapes. So far, more than 7,000 benches have been adopted.
Adopting a bench is a unique way to honor or celebrate a loved one as well as offer as a gift on a birthday, graduation, or anniversary. Once a contribution is received, the Central Park Conservancy prepares and installs a personalized plaque on a park bench that a donor selects. The cost of endowing a bench is $10,000, and plaques take approximately two months to be ready. However, donors receive a personalized certificate immediately after the adoption process has been completed. The plaque inscription can either be written by the conservancy or the donor can select their own message.
