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It’s been three years since Kevin Ryan took over as executive director of the Monroe County Bar Association, but he didn’t need nearly that much time to feel at home. “It’s really a welcoming community,” said Ryan, who was hired ...

The world of academia sometimes pits professors against administrators. “Academics tend not to like their administrators because administrators tell us what we can’t do,” said Richard Grossman, professor and chair of economics at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. But when Joyce ...

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Chances are if you’ve ever nuked a frozen meal or eaten a chocolate from a Ghirardelli bag you’ve had contact with a Terphane LLC product. The Bloomfield, Ontario County, manufacturer makes biaxial polyester film, a thin film made from stretched polyethylene ...

At the dawn of the 41st year of The Bonadio Group, founder, managing partner and CEO Tom Bonadio was finally ready to pass the torch and step down from his leadership role. For those familiar with the CPA firm, it ...

Charles “Chip” Murphy is quite sure he is working the dream job. When you always enjoy your day in the office as regional vice president in Rochester for Hunt Real Estate ERA, how can it not be the perfect vocation. ...

Career pivots can happen at any age. For Pamela Fennell Baker, the new president and CEO of Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women, it was at 62.

On the second floor of Sydor Optics Inc.’s Jetview Drive office is an American flag. The flag stands out because it does not stand alone; it is surrounded by an army of other flags, each one signifying the more than ...

Anand R. Marri has been shaped by education as few people have. One semester into his new job as dean of the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester, Marri is in a position to shape education in ...

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The story of Eastman Kodak Co.’s heyday and subsequent decline is well-known to Rochesterians. It can even be considered a benchmark of Rochester’s cultural identity, a city whose golden age was powered by a small set of massive corporations and ...

Abby Reinhard admits it’s at first a little difficult to draw a parallel between her educational background and the business she chose to own and operate.

The history of AP Intego is convoluted. The company started out as AgencyPort in 2000 and was both an insurance agency and software company. In 2004, the company spun off the insurance agency, AP Insurance, to focus on the software ...

Suzanne Hunt’s day jobs include advising the family wine business, Hunt Country Vineyards, on sustainable technology, while maintaining a global profile as a sustainable energy consultant.

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Michael Olson began his career in packaging at the age of 15, pushing a broom around his father’s company during summers off from school. It was the beginning of a love affair with the industry. “I just fell in love ...

Aaron Newman is freshly back in Rochester via Nepal, where he hit 20,000 feet on his first attempt at ascending Mt. Everest. He didn’t quite make the summit, which stands a hair over 29,000 feet, but his attempt at his ...

The knowledge gained inside the walls of a university classroom will often influence what lies ahead in life. Bret Garwood, however, might tell you that the conversations in the hallways of an academic building can be just as important, if ...