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Peter Lennie, University of Rochester provost and faculty dean, is focused on lowering the barriers to academic collaboration. (Photo by Kimberly McKinzie)   Peter Lennie was thousands of miles from his home in London, making his first visit to America ...

Thrown a curve in his pursuit of a baseball career, John Smith became a "serial entrepreneur" with a family-first focus. (Photo by Kimberly McKinzie) John Smith has started nearly 20 companies in Rochester over the past four decades. He has ...

Ward Ghory became head of the Harley School in September. (Photo by Kimberly McKinzie) When Ward Ghory visited the Harley School during his extended interview process this year, he remembers seeing students rushing about, furiously working on projects despite school ...

Nancy Catarisano's bookkeeping and accounting career began when she was a child collecting payments for her father's lumber mill, logging in the workers there and balancing the company checkbook.

Even when he was working for another company, Ken Lalonde would go to work and perform as if it were his name on the building. The mindset kept him focused on giving his best, he says.   "I was always ...

By The president and CEO of a statewide non-profit organization generally has a fundraising or administrative background. Stephanie Kunes-Mincer started by driving a bus.   Kunes-Mincer got her introduction to the Upstate New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis ...

Born to a single mother 42 years ago in southwest Rochester, Adam McFadden joined a neighborhood gang at 14 and ended up on probation. He was injured by a gunshot at 15 and eventually became the father figure for his ...

He is an idea man.   David Chauncey and his forward thinking have propelled his company, Vnomics Corp., to become one of the fastest-growing companies in Rochester after five years in business-with 400 percent growth this year alone.   His ...

Anahita Williamson knows about making connections.   From her time as one of the first environmental engineers at Xerox Corp. to her current post as head of the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology, Williamson ...

John Humrich did not choose his career in the traditional way. He let the toss of a coin make his decision for him. “When I was 17 years old, I left my house and moved out to Colorado. I was ...

In 2002, John Hart and his founding partners successfully licensed technology from the research labs of Eastman Kodak Co. and formed Lumetrics Inc. Their aim was to develop and commercialize optical measurement products.   The group has never looked back. ...

Each week, they had their routine. Cyndi Weis and her mother, Dovila, would get in the car and drive through rural Pennsylvania. Her mother would drop her off at the edge of her territory and wait for her, knitting, while ...

A woman of faith, Janice Harbin, CEO of the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center, sees the hand of a higher power at work in bringing her to Rochester and putting her at the facility’s helm.   "I believe this is ...

Ask Jodi Gaines what she does away from work, and she’ll tell you she likes to, well, work.   "I go home from work and I work," says the founder and CEO of Claims Recovery Financial Services LLC.   "I ...

Doing well and doing good in the world is a core belief of Susan Kochan, CEO of Brand Cool Marketing Inc. A commitment to social responsibility, a company culture that encourages mindfulness and her firm’s steady revenue growth all link ...