Bideawee is a vital part of New York City's rich history, for more than 100 years the organization has been a haven for pets and the people that love them. The leadership of the organization is dedicated to ensuring a bright and prosperous future for the organization by identifying new opportunities, employing technology to improve efficiency and finding creative ways to engage with people that love pets. As needs change the entire organization has a commitment to remain current by evolving to meet the needs of today's pets and pet lovers. This commitment promises a very bright future for the organization and is evident when visiting any one of Bideawee's three locations.
Ms. Taylor joined Bideawee in 2008 and has an extensive background in both corporate and non-profit organizational leadership.
Prior to accepting the position at Bideawee, Nancy was Chief Executive Officer for the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Before TS Alliance, Ms. Taylor served as Vice President of Global Alliances and Market Development at Transgenomic, Inc., a global biotechnology company headquartered in Omaha, NA where she developed the company’s first corporate giving program and created a consistent worldwide corporate identity throughout the advertising, sales collateral, seminars and trade show programs.
Ms. Taylor also has served as CEO for the Interstitial Cystitis Association and the Montgomery Hospice Society and Foundation. She is a licensed physical therapist and an avid animal lover, sharing a special affinity with all creatures great and small having grown up in rural New York State. Ms. Taylor, her husband, Ron, and Buster, the Taylors’ current head-of-house cat, moved to the New York area from their residency in Maryland.
Mary has been a member of the Bideawee Board since 2002.
She has served on the Manhattan Shelter Committee, the Nominating Committee and, most recently, the Executive Committee.
A lawyer who graduated from Radcliffe College and Yale Law School, she and her firm, Davis & Gilbert LLP, provide pro bono legal services and support to Bideawee.
Her own practice focuses on intellectual property protection and licensing, publishing and other media.
Mary grew up with dogs and cats and now has seven cats, all of which are adoptions from shelters or from the outdoors of her house, ranging in age from six months to ten years.
Her other extracurricular activities are gardening and photography.
Prior to joining the Bideawee Board, she served on the Board of the Mercantile Library and the Publications Committee of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Mary M. Luria, Esq., Chair
Joseph L. Sorbera, Jr., Vice Chair
Guy B. Lawrence, Treasurer
Pamela Laudenslager, Secretary
Nancy Taylor, President & CEO
Directors
Pallavi Atluri, Esq.
David Best, MD, MBA
Leslie C. G. Campbell
Andrew S. Frey
Pat Haegele
Keith Manning, DVM
Doug Ray
Sally Wood
Emeritus
Lewis H. Berman, DVM
Elizabeth R. Cooke
William A. Dueker Jr.
Warren Eckstein
Joseph M. Garrison
Ellen C. Grimes
Vivian Huebner
Laurie Bodor
Kate Donner
Joan Fisher
Elizabeth Healy
Pamela Laudenslager
Guy Lawrence
Daryn Mayer
Robin Reardon Nelson
Michele Shenfeld
Rose Smith
Nancy Taylor - President & CEO
Raymond Cushmore - COO
Robin Brennen, DVM - Chief of Veterinary Services
& VP Program Operations
Leslie Granger - Vice President, Development
Steven Tedder - Vice President, Marketing & Communications
