Social Snapshot: Cristian LaCapra
The investment manager and chair of the Strong Girls event speaks to us in his own words.
Cristian LaCapra – who with his wife Gianni will co-chair the Strong Girls event this weekend – is a Wealth Strategist at Northern Trust, managing investments and offering estate planning for individuals and families in South Florida. LaCapra, a graduate of Miami Country Day School, is a Miami native. He’s a committed civic and community leader, and in addition to his work with Strong Girls, currently has positions with the United Way of Miami-Dade Tocqueville Society Cabinet and Best Buddies South Florida Advisory Board. LaCapra has also served on the boards of Leadership Florida/Connect Florida as Class V Class Representative and City Year Miami. LaCapra is a supporter of the UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center through the Dolphins Cancer Challenge, who honored him as a “Lifetime Heavy Hitter” for his fundraising accomplishments. The LaCapras are the proud parents of twins Nico and Celine.
Brett Graff is SocialMiami.com’s managing editor and has been a journalist covering money, people and power for over 20 years. Graff contributes to national media outlets including Reuters, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Maxim, and the PBS show, Nightly Business Report. A former U.S. government economist, her nationally syndicated column The Home Economist is first published in The Miami Herald and then on the Tribune Content Agency, where it’s available to over 400 publications nationwide. She is broadcast weekly on two iHeartRadio news shows and is the author of “Not Buying It: Stop Overspending & Start Raising Happier, Healthier, More Successful Kids,” a parenting guide for people who might be tempted to buy their children the very obstacles they’re trying to avoid.
