SHOOK Advisors Donate $1.5 Million To Treat Rare Pediatric Cancer
Top Advisors at the Forbes | SHOOK Top Advisor Summit in Las Vegas donated $1.5 million to treat relapsed high-risk Wilms' Tumor, in which kids face a 10-20% chance of survival and, until now, no viable option. The sold-out event occurs every October.
The money raised in Las Vegas will be used to fund a research project at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Plans call for expanding the project to six additional sites nationally. Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston and Washington, D.C. are under consideration.
Contributors who donated are listed below alphabetically:
FS Foundation
Lazard Asset Management
Merrill Wealth Management
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Pretium Partners
SHOOK Research
UBS Financial Services
44 Wealth Management
Areeba Abdullah
Neal Abravanel
John & Lisa Acker
Marc Ackerman
Janette Acton
Wil Adams
Faisal Afzaal
Alex Allen
Katherine Anderson
Elizabeth Angelone
Jason Appe
Eric Armas
Louise Armour
Michael Armour
Jack Ashkinaze
Taal Ashmann
Callie Askins
Associates Wealth
Nadine Azzam
Charles Balducci
Stevi Barker
Bonner C. Barnes
Robin Barry
Eric Bartok
Luke Bartow
Jessica L. Bates
Ivy Batmale
Todd Battaglia
Royce & Ashleigh Bergman
Jodi & Frank Berland & Family
Thomas Berry
Robert M. Bertino Jr.
Jonathan Beukelman
Paul T. Biafore
Matt Biddinger
James Blake
Erika Bludau
Jamie Blum
Patrice Boeckel
Bill Boggs
Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Boggs
Gary Bonnewell
Jonathan Borukhov
Joel E. Boyce
Christina & Dustin Boyd
John Boyd
Mike Boyer
Susanna Kim Bracke
Brian & Gypsy Jo Diessner Charitable Fund
Joe Brienza
Ryan Bristol
Porsche Brooks
Tucker Brown
Kevin Bruegge
Kerrick Bubb
Andrew & Teri Buchta
Perry Buckman
Lonnie Bull
Robert M. Burns
John F. Byren
Josh Cafaro
Scott Calhoun
Patrick Callaghan
Paul Campbell
Erich Canseco
Paul Capodanno
Anthony & Danielle Caravetta
The Caravetta Heaven's Helpers Foundation
Kathleen Carbone
David Carey
Adam E. Carlin
Carlin Wealth Management
S. Wesley Carpenter
John Caruso Jr.
Dominic Casanueva
Jalin Casares
Robert Casey
Kelly Castleberry
Elliot Chang
Mark Cheeley
Robert W. Chen
Gary Chiate
Adrian Chisholm
Brandon Chizer
Doran Chlupsa
Kyle Cholawa
Michael Chudd
Nick & Julia Cirbo
Steve Claar
Robert E. Coe
Rachel R. Cohen
Colby Wayne Enterprises Fund
Steve Comiskey
Kyle Conley
Robert Conzo
Christopher Cook
Terry Cook
Brian & Chris Cooke
Michael Cooke
Magdalen Cooney
The Corbellini Family Foundation
Lea Corrigan
Kevin Shaun Cosby
Kim Cowgill
Tim Crain
Shawn Creger
Joe Cronley
Cynthia Crump
Cesar Cruz
Gleny Cruz
The Cunningham Family
Edward Curley
Don d'Adesky
Gloria D'Urgolo
Yash V. Dalal
Robert Dalie
Stephen Dane
Haley Daniel
Amy Daniels
Ted & Wendy Davis
Edward Dawson
Bob DeBeer
Stephen DeBeer
DeBeer, May, Hanna Wealth Management Group
Kyle Decker
Danny & Veronica DeHoney
Dan DelMoro
John Demers
Jenny DeSeno
Melanie Desma
Lisa Detanna
Ryan Diaz
Joseph Dillon
Jim Dilorenzo
Peter V. Disch
Eric Diton
Matt Dodds
Nhu Dong
Dan Dooley
Alison Dorsman
Sean Dries
Bryan Drowos
Dudek Family Charitable Fund
Walter H. Duke Jr.
Darby Duncan
Robert W. Dwyer
Christopher Edgar
Cameron Edwards
Mark Anthony Eidlin
Jason Elfenbein
Shana Elliott
Erick Ellsweig
Mike Emanuele
Dwight Emanuelson Jr.
Kathleen Entwistle
Manuel Escobio
Andy Evans
Joseph Evelo
Cathy & Jim Fair
Kathy Fang
Nadine Faulis
AJ Fechter
Jack Fechter
Mark Fendrick
Olivia Fernandez Pereyra
Dylan Ferrante
Michael Ferris
Richard Fetherolf
Sandra Field
Barbara Finder
Connor Flaharty
Fallon Flaharty
Renee Flaharty
Shannon Flaharty
Shon Flaharty
John & Raquel Flasco
Michael Fleischer
James Forcucci
Lafayette Ford
Ben Fort
Paul Fox
Ted Fox
Nicholas Frangas
James Frank
Douglas Frazier
Kate Freeman
Drew Freides
Daniel A. Fries
David Frisch
Langdon Froomer
Eric & Lori Fujimoto
Camille Gagliardi
Alex Galasso
David Galluccio
Randy Garcia
Crystal Garrett
Kelly S. Garton
John C. Geist
Mark Geist
Jim George
Nate George
Jeffrey S. Gerson
Deanne Jean Gierke
Saundra Gilder
Justin Girard
Tracey Gluck
Shawn Gold
Debra Gomez
William Gomolinski
Cassandra Gonzalez
Mike Gottschalk
David Gray
Tom & Amy Greaser
Brad Green
Meg Green
Thomas Green
Joseph Grund
Christopher Guarino
Tyler V. Gugliuzza
Kevin Guinan
Mazin Habib
Ann Hall
Craig Hall
John Halperin
Bill Hancock
Blake Hanna
Brian Hanseth
Mary Jo Harper
Ed Harrington
Bill Harris
Chris Harris
Diane Hart
Mack Hartwell
Mason Haugland
Joshua Haveles
Seth Haye
Joshua Hayes
Dean & Sandra Hedeker
Ian Heller
Mark H. Heller
J.D. Henderson
Michael Henley
Stephen Hepp
Brian Hetherington
The Hetherington Group
Amanda Hinton
Brad Hinton
Meghan Hisgen
Aviv Hod
Mitchell Hodgkiss
James Hofmann
Robert Hon
Terry Hoppmann
Erica Horak
Lisa Horton
Elvis Hoxha
Randolph Huiting
Michael Hundt
Kristina Hunt
Kimberly Hunter
Tyler Hunter
Hunter & White Private Wealth Management Group
Tom Hurley
Fabiana Ingolotti
Graham Inman
The Investment Counsel Company
Don & Sarah Jackson
Mark Jackson
Brooke Jacobazzi
Brian Jacobs
Michael Jalaty
L. Thorne James
Werner James
Jason Jani
Chris Jay
Gary & Karen Jbara
Jeff & Barbara Erdmann Fund
Mingxin Jin
Forrest A. Johnson III
Rick Jones
Jordan & Leslie Mayer Giving Fund
Robyn & J.D. Joyce
EJ & Beka Kahn
Sameer Kalra
Brittany Kalsky
Raj Kalyandurg
Michael Kanigher
Jessica Kartzinel
Ches Kasow
Joshua Kaye
Heather E. Kelly
Inna L. Kelly
Chris Kemp
Travis Kessock
Peter Kim
Neil Kishter
Ben Klein
Marcus Kline
Gerry Klingman
Thomas Klingman
Nicole Klotz
David Knudsen
Patricia Koogler
Arnie Koonin
Erika Kordas
Stacee Kratovil
Jim Kruzan
Matthew Kurz
Brian Kutsmeda
Kathleen Lach
Alexander Ladage
Brett Laney
LoriAnn LaSalle
Craig Laub
Lisa C. LaVecchia
Laveer Wealth Management
Vincent Law
Stan & Karen Leavitt
Allison Lee
Symone LeFlore Murphy
Jonathan Legg
Kevin Lenci
Yaaresi Leon
Dana M. Locniskar
Erick Lopez
Lauren Luce
Peter Luppino
Lise Ly
Craig Lyman
Carlota Machado
Daniel Madonia
Georgia Malmsten
Max G. Manack
Chris Maniaci
Marc Marotta
James Martin
Kyndal Martin
Richard J. Martin
Braden Martini
Carissa Marz
Robert Mason
Michael Matthews
Peter May
Russell May
Ryan McClellan
Connor McHugh
Marvin McIntyre
Michelle McKinnon
Tracey McLain
Jack McLister
Joey McLister
Matthew McWilliams
Amanda Meraz
Jordan Merrill
Faben Mesfen
Donald Metzger
Mark Miller
Kelly Milligan
Sam Mineo
William & Amy Minor
Richard Miranda
The Mitchell & Debbie Stillman Charitable Fund
Linda Modico
Derek Mohamed
Anthony & Saba Mona
John Moninger
Josh Moore
Mark A. Moore
J. Douglas Moran
Kaili Moran
Barry & Donna Mordis
Jamie Morgan
James Michael Moriarity
Jimmy Morimoto
Heidi Morris-Mosbacher
Rachyl Mosley
The Mountain View Group
Greg & Tracy Murphy
Kevin Murphy
Paul D. Murray Jr.
The Murray Hanseth Group
Robert Mustafa
Lindsey Nacht
Jon Nance
Virginia Nasworthy
Darryl H. Ng
Quyen Nguyen
Morgan Nichols
Griffin Nienberg
Nihaal Rao & Dr. Deepa K. Shah Charitable Trust
Matt & Jessica Nikodym
Kristina Noth
James O'Brien
Justin O'Connell
Robert S. O'Neill
Michael J. O'Toole III
Joyce Oaks
Obermeyer Wood Investment Counsel
Paul Oblon
Lee Craig Oleinick
David A. & Kelly Olson
John Olson
Kyle Olson
Ryan Onishi
Fane & Corie Opperman
Roger Oprandi
Bob & Mary Outtrim
Gianluca Palermo
Michael Paley
George Papadoyannis
Caki Papas
Neil Parmar
Adam Pasco
Kevin Pasha
Nelrae Pasha Ali
Blake Pastore
Crystal Paushter
The Peckler Family
Dryden Pence
Laila Pence
Kevin Penner
Darrell Pennington
Kathleen Pennington
Kendall Pennington
Madison Pennington
Greg & Lindsay Perelman
Hal Perkins
Brandon Perry
Jonathan Peters
Lisa Petrie
Michael Pettit
Darren Pfefferman
Hien Pham
Adam Piper
Bruce Pipin
Jason Plank
Dionna Poluch
Margaret Poppo
Michael Poppo
Paul R. Previte
Jonathan Price
Thomas Pursel
Adam Quarello
Meghan Quinn
Steve Rabin
Otto Radtke
Joseph Radzwill
Christopher Rezek
Brett Rhode
Erick Richardson
Todd Richman
James W. Rimmel
Madison Rizzo
Tim Roberson
Robert N Kaplan Foundation
John Rochow
Peter Rohr
Steve Roitman
Michael Romanchuk
David Rosenberg
Lance P. Ross
Michael Rothfarb
Steve Rothman
Lawrence & Camille Rubinstein
Daniel Ruediger
Mike Ruzek
John Ryan
Lori & Michael Sackler
McGuire 'Macko' Saffin
Yale Saltzman
Beth Scanlan
Kevin Schafer
Paul Schluckebier
Mark Schulten
Andrew Schultz
Andrew & Lauren Schweibold
Chris Sebastian
Lynne Sebastian
Christian Serena
Logan Shalmi
Gregory Shanaphy
Shapiro Partners of Raymond James
Sami Sharif
Brian W. Sharp
Jessica Sheaffer
Colleen Shemer
David Sheppard
Michael Shimberg
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Jamie-Brooke Shook
Jeremy Shook
R.J. & Liz Shook
Jennifer Shydler
Scott & Deborah Siegel
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Joseph Small
Dianna L. Smith
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Tara Smith
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Eric & Dianna Snyder
Ryan Sprowls
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Andrew & Lorena Stevenson Family
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Timothy J. Sullivan
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