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| L. to r.: Roger Harris, DRF board member; Liz Saldana, DRF chief development offi cer; Steven Starker, co-founder of BTIG; Andrea Boidman, DRF chief operating officer. Photo courtesy of BTIG |
DRF BENEFITS FROM COMMISSIONS FOR CHARITY DAY
Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) is grateful to BTIG LLC, which specializes in global trading and fund services for hedge funds, mutual funds, separate accounts and family offi ces, for including our organization in its 7th Commissions for Charity Day, held on May 19, 2009. More than $3 million earned that day was donated to a number of charities and nonprofit organizations, including DRF.
Michael J. Fox, Eli Manning, Joe Girardi, Reggie Jackson and Johnny Damon, among others, attended the Charity Day in support of their charitable foundations. BTIG’s Commissions for Charity Days have raised over $10 million for children’s charities in the past five years.
“Our 7th Commissions for Charity Day has been our most successful yet, raising $1 million more than our last event for these organizations,” said Steven Starker, co-founder of BTIG. “The importance of charitable giving is heightened during these uncertain economic times and we are pleased to have been able to make such a significant contribution to these important children’s causes.”
“We are thrilled to have achieved a record donation as a result of this year’s Charity Day,” added Scott Kovalik, cofounder of BTIG. “We would like to thank our clients, employees and charities for their continued support and generosity this year.”
DR. MARION DOWNS JOINS DRF’S HONORARY BOARD
Deafness Research Foundation is extremely proud that Dr. Marion P. Downs has joined its Honorary Board of Directors. Downs is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Colorado School of
Medicine where she spent more than 35 years providing clinical services to benefit patients with hearing loss, devoting her professional life to the promotion of early identification of hearing loss in newborns, infants and young children. During her outstanding career at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Downs initiated, developed and evaluated techniques for testing hearing in children and fitting them – some as young as a few weeks of age – with hearing aids. She was among the first to recognize the need for detecting and treating hearing loss as early as possible to help nurture speech and language skills during the critical development years.
