When we think of finance, we may think of cold, hard cash and unfeeling numbers. But the people you’ll meet here in WAG’s first finance issue can truly be said to put the “personal” in personal finance — a subject that may be more important than ever in this challenging economy.
For Hiral Shah, the idea of family extends to the people he sees as a private client adviser at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management in Mount Kisco.
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent investment management company owned by its employees, is all about investing – not only in stocks and bonds but in art, its clients and its staff.
Larry M. Elkin left journalism for the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, then left Andersen to create his own financial planning business. He says he was lucky. Others would say he was lucky and smart.
Named one of banking’s 15 powerful women this year by American Banker, Becky Lansen of Synchrony in Stamford is part of a trend to move beyond the work-life balance to seeing work and life as part of a whole, even as she spearheaded the creation of Venmo’s first credit card.
Franzoso Contracting offers services in roofing, siding, windows and doors.
The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester offers at-risk youths supplementary programming, empathy and the opportunity for a better life.
Plan A Advisors is a company that combines planning and fundraising strategies for nonprofits, whose challenges by the very name are different than those of for-profit organizations.
A fixture in White Plains for 42 years, Mary Jane Denzer – the luxury clothing and accessories boutique nestled in one of the city’s twin Ritz Carlton Residences – has emerged from the past two years stronger than ever, thanks to its faithfulness and that of its clientele.
The Clive Davis Arts Center is reviving the fortunes of the Bedford Playhouse, 75 years old this year.
As Asia Society’s vice president for Global Artistic Programs at the society’s 14 centers, director of the society’s museum and co-founding artistic director of its triennial, Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe has bridged East and West for more than a decade. Now she looks to continue that international outreach at the Katonah Museum of Art as its new executive director, beginning Aug. 15.
David Gordon, M.D., regional chair of neurosurgery for Northwell facilities in Westchester County, and Marisha Pessl, The New York Times best-selling author of “Night Film,” “Special Topics in Calamity Physics” and “Neverworld Wake,” find common ground in the life of the mind and life with their three young daughters in Bedford Hills.
This 5,132-square-foot home on Hycliff Road by mid-century modern master Paul Rudolph lets its dramatic, mature landscape in.
Six times a year, Casafina, a long-established Brewster wholesaler of upscale Portuguese kitchen and tableware, opens its doors to the public.
“As a shopper myself, I like to be able to touch the object I am purchasing to see if it looks and feels like something I want to wear or put into my home,” writes interior design columnist Cami Weinstein, who has opened her first brick-and-mortar store in East Hampton.
Skinner is proud to be able to offer at auction another vintage Tornek-Rayville Dive Watch, the ultimate tool watch collector’s prize.
A beloved, generations-old family resort in the Northern Catskills has been reborn as Wylder Windham.
When the Spanish Tourism Board reached out and asked WAG wine columnist Doug Paulding to participate in a media trip to the Basque country and La Rioja wine region of Spain, he replied with an unequivocal, enthusiastic “yes.”
Beloved Bedford restaurant La Crémaillère, a longtime home of classic French cooking in Westchester County, reopens to plaudits.
Francesca Ferreira is a strong woman who wants to empower others. And that’s why she founded Bloom Holistic Wellness to inspire others to eat right and Selva Brazil (formerly Selva Beauty), a natural skincare line.