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You could say it was Tamara Davis’ childhood that prepared her for entrepreneurship. Davis’ parents died when she was young, so she spent some time in the foster care system. Ultimately, though, Davis and her siblings were raised in Florida ...

When his classmates at Aquinas Institute were heading off to football practice or some other after-school activity, Mark Gionta was on his way to work in one of the shops at Rochester Colonial. “The rest of us were doing our ...

John Gilmore is not a lawyer. As the founder of BarkerGilmore, the legal recruiting firm based in Fairport, it makes sense that the first question most people ask him is if he’s a lawyer. Gilmore received his bachelor’s degree and ...

Deborah Stamps’ desire to pursue a career in nursing began to take root when her grandmother, Gwendolyn, underwent open heart surgery. Stamps was around 12 years old at the time and found herself in close communication with the nursing staff ...

It isn’t often that an entrepreneur is as well known for his business acumen as he is for his involvement in the arts. But Marc Iacona epitomizes both. As president and CEO of Simcona Electronics Corp., Iacona spends his days ...

As a commercial lender, it’s critical to understand the intricacies of accounting and finance. You’re not going to be of much use to the bank if you don’t have extensive knowledge of economic principles. Conversely, however, you don’t need to ...

Randi Proukou wants the members of GRAWA (Greater Rochester Association of Women Attorneys) to let their guard down a little. As president of the Greater Rochester Association of Women Attorneys Proukou wants to know about all the stresses and struggles ...

In August of 1976, Ms. magazine made history when it became the first national magazine to focus its content on domestic violence. The symbolic cover photo was of a woman, battered and bruised. It was that cover story that led ...

Considering Greg Constantino’s love for baseball, he surely was sleeping in his crib with a toy baseball bat before he was 6 months old. “I have pictures of me in diapers swinging the most huge red bats, hitting the ball ...

Renu Singh has a passion for wellness and believes preventative care can play a major role in a person’s longevity and quality of life. “We have so much control over our health,” says Singh, noting that some 75 percent of ...

When one company has been in business for 76 years, which is the case for LeChase Construction Service LLC, and when one of its frequent partners on projects, Billitier Electric Inc., has been around for 50 years, the involved parties ...

Imagine working for nearly seven decades on a social cause, never to see it come to fruition. That was suffragist Susan B. Anthony’s fate. Women were not granted the right to vote in the United States until 1920, some 14 ...

Community colleges are filled with problem solvers, says Monroe Community College’s interim president, Katherine P. Douglas. “We are a community of problem solvers and we do that incredibly well,” said Douglas, who prefers to be called Kate. For example, look ...

Just as it would have been difficult decades ago to imagine a pandemic scenario like the one we’re all living through today, most of us also could not have envisioned an electronic information system like the one managed by Jill ...

There was something about the concept of drawing lines on paper to create some sort of structure—a barn, a warehouse, a house, whatever—that Jeff Roloson always found compelling. Then again, while growing up in the Seneca County village of Waterloo, ...