2026 Elevating Women honorees announced

The Rochester Business Journal announced that 24 organizations have been selected as 2026 Elevating Women honorees.

The Elevating Women awards honor companies and organizations that have demonstrated tangible efforts and documented results in supporting and empowering women in New York. Honorees were judged on documented hiring and promoting of women; leadership positions held by women; advocacy for the cause of women internally and externally; and efforts to cultivate the next generation of women professionals. The winners were selected by the Rochester Business Journal leadership team.

Go to https://rbj.net/event/elevating-women/ to see the full list of honorees.

“The 2026 Elevating Women winners know that companies that support women support the community which makes good business sense. These businesses provide a pathway for women to learn and grow in their careers and in their personal lives,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/Rochester Business Journal. “We at the Rochester Business Journal congratulate these forward-thinking businesses for making a difference in Rochester and beyond.”

The Elevating Women winners will be honored at the Rochester Business Journal’s Women’s Leadership Summit Sept. 24 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, 123 East Main Street. Elevating Women Award recipients are invited to attend a VIP reception at 11 a.m. The summit, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., features a networking reception and the Elevating Women awards ceremony at noon followed by a fireside chat about leading with purpose in a fast-changing world, an applied AI workshop with the Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship and breakout sessions on topics such as reclaiming 10 hours a week of your life, how to make yourself irreplaceable in the Age of AI and can AI handle my financial future. The summit concludes with a networking reception. The event hashtag is #RBJevents.

Attendance is limited. Honorees and sponsors get the first chance to secure tables. Sponsorship includes a table for guests, multimedia marketing, logo usage and more. To secure a sponsorship to ensure you and your guests can celebrate together, contact Suzanne Fischer-Huettner at [email protected].

Winners will be profiled in a special section that will be inserted into the Sept. 18 issue of the Rochester Business Journal and will be available online.

To learn more and for updated sponsorship information about the Rochester Business Journal’s 2026 Elevating Women, visit rbj.net/event/elevating-women. For more information about the Women’s Leadership Summit, visit rbj.net/event/womens-leadership-summit.