With the coming of spring, thoughts of baseball and charity fill the air around Wall Street.
And for one trading executive, thoughts of visiting the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, have given way to an actual induction of sorts. Daniel LaVecchia, global head of FX products at BGC Partners, has been inducted into hall of fame at the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation.
LaVecchia was invited to join the hall of fame because of his enduring commitment to the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation over the past decade, according to a release.
“I’m thrilled to continue to support the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation,” LaVecchia said. “I’ve been committed to supporting their mission to safe-guard children against domestic violence for many years and it’s an honor to be included in their hall of fame.”
Prior to BGC, LaVecchia was Director of U.S. Operations for eSpeed, a provider of electronic trading technology for the global capital markets. At eSpeed, LaVecchia was responsible for all of the North American front-office, revenue generating operations. Prior to eSpeed, he was responsible for Cantor Fitzgerald’s derivative and foreign exchange businesses in Europe and Asia and served as the liaison between Cantor Fitzgerald and eSpeed.
Other inductees Joining LaVecchia in the foundation’s hall of fame were: Christina Bloom, founder of Find Your FaceMate; Tom Goodman, Media International President and CEO, Thomas Marino, co-CEO at Cohn-Reznick LLP; Steve Kalafer, chairman, Flemington Car and Truck Country; Frank D’Amelio, chief financial officer at Pfizer; Timothy Baxter, Americas President at Samsung Electronics; Howard Smith, director at The Starr Foundation Director; Ozzie Spenningsby, executive producer at TBWAChiatDay and Torod Neptune, vice president of corporate communications at Verizon.
The Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation was established in May 2002 in response to the impact that domestic violence had on Joe Torre and his family. Its mission is to educate to end the cycle of domestic violence and save lives. The Foundation’s programming initiative, Margaret’s Place, named in honor of Joe’s mother, provides a “safe-room” in schools where students can speak to a master’s level counselor about the traumas occurring in their lives.
Margaret’s Place offers students the opportunity to explore issues of violence in a stable, non-threatening environment, while helping them to understand that they are not alone or to blame. There are currently twelve Margaret’s Place sites in both the New York City metropolitan area and Los Angeles.
