Alfred E. Smith IV

Alfred Emanuel Smith IV (born May 24, 1951) is a former Wall Street executive who is a Senior Advisor for the Marwood Group, and sits on many volunteer and charitable boards, including the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, and Mutual of America. and served as Chairman of the Board of Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center.

Smith was born on May 24, 1951 and is the great-grandson of Al Smith (1873–1944), Governor of New York. He attended Iona Preparatory School. Smith is married to Nan Moore Smith. They have two children, Alfred Emanuel Smith V and Catherine Smith Totero, and three grandchildren.

Smith began his Wall Street career as an independent floor broker of the New York Stock Exchange. In 1975, he relocated to Chicago to join Mitchell Hutchins, where he served as Vice President until 1979 when he returned to New York and was named Partner of CMJ Partners. In 1997, he joined Bear Wagner as Managing Director.

Smith serves as the Director, Secretary, and Dinner Chairman for the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, as well as Master of Ceremonies at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.

In December 2006, after 35 years on Wall Street, he retired from his position as Managing Director of Bear Wagner Specialists LLC, a specialist and member firm of the .

Smith's work on behalf of charities in New York and Connecticut is extensive. In addition to his work with the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation, he is a founding member and serves as Chairman of the Ireland Chamber of Commerce of the USA, Director of the Center for Hope, former Trustee of Calvary Hospital and has served on the board of Saint Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan since 1986. Smith and other members of the Saint Vincent's board were criticized by community leaders in 2010 in connection with the closure and bankruptcy of Saint Vincent's. A lawsuit is pending in connection with the alleged mismanagement of the hospital. Smith is the Chairman of Hackers for Hope, an organization he co-founded in 1988 to raise money for cancer research and treatment. Since its first "tournament" in 1988, Hackers for Hope has donated a total of more than $8,000,000 to Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers Comprehensive Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other organizations committed to finding a cure for and treating cancer.

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