Wall Street once again opened its heart to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, raising nearly $2 million at the annual Wall Street Taste of New York
This year the event honored Cathy Rosen of Zweig DiMenna Associates and Michael Lynch of Bank of America Merrill Lynch with the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Humanitarian Award for outstanding leadership and support of the initiative.
Here they are pictured with MSNBC's Willie Geist.
The St. Jude Wall Street Taste of NY list of co-chairs is a Who's Who from the financial world: Members hail from UBS, ClearBridge Investments, Bank of America ML, Barclays Capital, Morgan Stanley, Lazard Asset Management, JMP Securities and Zweig-DiMenna Associates.
About 700 guests attended the premier New York industry event held November 18 at Guastavinos.
The event committee of more than 60 investment professionals represents nearly every major firm in the industry.
Wall Street Taste of New York featured chefs tastings from 18 of the citys best restaurants. Attendees also were treated to a taste of St. Jude. Chef Miles McMath, St. Judes director of Culinary Operations, served the hospitals famous Cosmic Mac n Cheese to the guests.
The events Buy It Now auction raised $59,000 and included such premium items as a father/son New York Giants game and team travel experience.
The auction also included a private resort stay at the Bakers Bay Ocean Club in the Bahamas, a New York Rangers luxury box, reservations at famed Harlem eatery Raos, and suite tickets to Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden.
The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation served as the events title sponsor, with Gotham Magazine as the media sponsor.
Members of 60 Wall Street firms gathered for the annual St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital "Wall Street Taste of New York" gala to raise nearly $2 million.
In its 25-year history, the event has raised more than $40 million for St. Jude.
