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Jerry Warner has had a lot to celebrate of late, including his promotion to president of CooperVision in February.

“The hope during my tenure is to return attorneys to that mission of being leaders, and not just leaders of their careers, or leaders of their law firms,” said McFadden, a partner at Pullano & Farrow PLLC.

When Elizabeth Thorley moved to the Rochester area in the late 1980s and was looking to start a career as a financial advisor, people told her

When Peggy Hill was in high school and contemplating her future, she thought nursing would be perfect for her. The idea of helping others was very appealing.

If he hadn’t become a lawyer, Peter J. Pullano says he could just as easily have wound up as a college professor. Now 60, and with 36 years of experience under his belt, Pullano has no regrets about choosing the ...

When Suzanne Turchetti was offered a job as the senior executive assistant to the CEO at HCR Home Care more than two decades ago, she didn’t have to think twice. “I jumped in with two feet and didn’t look back,” ...

Thomas F. Knab is the new managing partner at Underberg & Kessler LLP, replacing Anna E. Lynch, who held the post since 2004.

Going from a career as a professional golfer to a career in banking may be an unusual transition for some, but Phil Muscato believes there are many similarities between the two professions. Both, for example, require the ability to perform ...

Regardless of the procedure, a hospital setting can always create a little apprehension, which is why, when Kathy Betlem was admitted for hip replacement surgery last February, the medical team wanted to make her as comfortable as possible. So they ...

It’s hard to imagine a Rochester without Justin L. Vigdor.  Like the iconic character of George Bailey, played by James Stewart in the classic holiday movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Vigdor has enriched virtually every aspect of life in the ...

When changing jobs, it is not unusual for some people to take time in between to regroup and prepare for the next challenge. That thinking does not apply to Jennie Schaff.  Schaff will join the Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation on Jan. 1 as the organization’s CEO, almost immediately after her final ...

Stacey Trien’s plan for her term as president of the Greater Rochester Association of Women Attorneys was to focus on the theme of empowerment. 

Shaun Nelms said no to the East High School Educational Partnership Organization (EPO) superintendent job several times before finally accepting the offer in 2016. That’s what past experiences will do to you. “Frankly, my experience as a school chief was ...

When designing a building or a bridge, every detail must be exact, every measurement precise. There can be no surprises, no ad-libbing. Life, however, doesn’t work that way, as Nagappa Ravindra will attest. When he completed his bachelor’s degree in ...

As a youngster, Manning & Napier CEO Marc Mayer was focused science. “I thought I might want to be an anthropologist or archeologist possibly,” he said. But after a summer of digging up Indian ruins as a teen, Mayer decided ...