More News More than 1,000 hedge-fund managers and financial-services executives will pay $3,000 tomorrow to attend the 14th annual conference to hear predictions about
financial-market trends at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Unusual Speakers “This has spawned a type of conference that didn’t exist before,†said Hirsch, 47, who with Nir covers the event’s expenses. “Because of the event’s format, we’ve attracted people who would never speak publicly.†In the beginning, the conference’s proceeds went to the at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey where Sohn was treated. In recent years, the foundation started giving money to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and in Englewood, New Jersey, which offers art-therapy programs for children fighting life-threatening illnesses. “The money we’ve received from them has helped us reach new heights,†Daniela Mendelsohn, the executive director of ArtWorks, said in a phone interview about a new program that brings art to ill children in local hospitals. “The impact is now much greater.â€
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