Sarah Mangelsdorf President, University of Rochester Years in current role: 3.5 What are your priorities for 2023? Developing the university’s new strategic plan. We’ve spent the past year engaging with university constituencies to make sure we composed a plan that ...
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Heidi Macpherson President, SUNY Brockport Years in current role: 8 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? During 2022 we were still finding our way out of COVID restrictions. It took time to build back our campus events for faculty, ...
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Andrew Gallina President, Gallina Development Corp. Years in current role: 40+ What was your biggest challenge in 2022? Re-focusing on our growth path coming out of two years of a very challenging economy. Our re-development of the Xerox Tower into ...
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Matt Hurlbutt President & CEO, Greater Rochester Enterprise Years in current role: 5 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? Having the time to connect with more business executives here and throughout the United States to make sure they have ...
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Frank H. Hamlin III President & CEO, Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Years in current role: 10 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? Among the greatest challenges of 2022 has been and continues to be a level of economic ...
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Robert Duffy President/CEO, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce Years in current role: 7 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? Our biggest challenge for 2022 was attracting and retaining talent in the Rochester region in our post-COVID world: The priorities, ...
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Colleen Wegman President and CEO, Wegmans Food Markets Years in current role: 6 What are your priorities for 2023? Our mission is to help people live healthier and better lives through food. To deliver on this commitment, we’re focused on ...
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William H. Goodrich CEO & Managing Partner, LeChase Years in current role: 16 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? As in many industries, resource constraints — with supply chain issues and limited access to some materials — continued to ...
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Dr. Shaun Nelms Superintendent, University of Rochester/ East Upper and Lower Schools Years in current role: 8 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? 2022 was challenging for educators. We re-entered school with many unknowns, and anxiety was evident from ...
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Mitchell S. Nusbaum Managing Partner, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Years in current role: 5 What are your priorities for 2023? My top priority for 2023 is to continue bringing people — our employees, clients and community partners — back together, ...
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Beth Paul President, Nazareth College Years in current role: 2 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? Leading stability and change at the same time. We are all living in a time of revolutionary change. This is at once daunting ...
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Ernest ‘Ernie’ Lamour President and CEO, YMCA of Greater Rochester Years in current role: Less than 1 What are your priorities for 2023? My top priorities are to increase our services to youth and commit to being a partner for ...
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Dr. Deana L. Porterfield President, Roberts Wesleyan University Years in current role: 8 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? We are continuing to gain our footing as we continue to move out of the pandemic. Overall, our community has ...
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Lori Van Dusen CEO and Founder, LVW Advisors Years in current role: 12 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? Most in the industry would agree 2022 was challenging for the financial markets, with inflation remaining elevated and the Fed ...
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Kimberly Jones CEO & President, Butler/Till Years in current role: 3 What was your biggest challenge in 2022? From a professional standpoint, the biggest challenge was keeping up with the rapid pace of change in the industry, which involves every ...
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