Stuart Fraser is Vice Chairman of Cantor
Fitzgerald, a prominent Wall Street firm he has helped steward for the last 25
years. After losing 658 employees in the World Trade Center Terrorist Attack
and fighting arduously for company survival while honoring commitments to
family members of those who lost their lives, the company has emerged strong
and healthy.
With the crisis passed and his own financial future secure, it
would not be unreasonable to assume that Stu would want a break from the
business's burdens. That may be true, but Stu is very much about another kind
of business these days - the business of investing time, talent and treasure
for a better future through his growing philanthropic commitments.
Stu serves on the boards of many worthy causes, including
two youth development organizations that are currently capital campaign clients
of Demont Associates:
Keewaydin Foundation, a not-for-profit camp in Vermont headed by
Executive Director Pete Hare ($15+ million) and
Harlem RBI, a program that
provides learning opportunities to inner-city youth ($25+ million) under the
leadership of Executive Director Richard Berlin. Stu chairs the
Keewaydin Forever Campaign and is involved in the planning of the Harlem RBI
campaign. Bob Demont met with him to explore his philanthropy, motivations, and
insights into giving so that others might learn from his success and
experience.
