Kim Allen

CEO, DS+CO

Years in current role: 1

What was your biggest success in 2021?

Witnessing our incredible team as they persevered through another year of change and adaptation all while driving continued growth for the agency.

What are your expectations for 2022?

We’ve lived through two years of managing the unexpected. This has helped us develop muscles for adaptation and perseverance. We can take this experience and these tools into the next 12 months and use them to welcome change and use it to our advantage.

What is your biggest takeaway from dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic?

That we must be aligned in order to be effective.

What is your favorite thing about the Rochester community?

My favorite thing about the Greater Rochester community is the intense pride that it breeds in those who live here, and who appreciate all that we are and believe in we can become.

If time were no issue, what would you do to help the community that you aren’t already doing?

I would do more grassroots volunteering for more organizations and become more involved in advocacy initiatives. I love to get into the work hands-on.

This profile is part of Rochester Business Journal's Power 100 list for 2022. Information used in this profile was sourced from the honoree. View the full list at rbj.net.