HeartShare president rings opening bell at Stock Exchange
Wall Street had a Brooklyn attitude on Thursday morning when Bill Guarinello, president and CEO of HeartShare Human Services of New York, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exhange.
Guarinello did the honors precisely at 9:30 a.m. The opening bell signals the start of trading for the day.
The Stock Exchange invited Guarinello to ring the opening bell as part of a salute to HeartShare on its 100th anniversary year. The Brooklyn-based non-profit social services agency was established in 1914.
HeartShare provides services for people with developmental disabilities and their families, including day care, adult day programs, education and residential programs, Medicaid service coordination, foster care and adoption services, HIV/AIDS services and energy assistance. The agency’s headquarters is located at Metrotech.