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Jodie L. Ryan’s plans as the new president of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys include revamping the judicial candidate evaluation process, planning for the group’s 35th anniversary, and possibly creating a foundation arm of the organization. Ryan, of ...

When Al Gauvin’s older sister needed in-home care after being diagnosed with cancer, he and his wife welcomed her into their home. They rearranged work schedules and stopped in at lunchtime to provide her with as much support as possible. ...

Whether taking a stand against the state Education Department or devoting time to helping impoverished children in Kenya, William Cala is driven by a simple idea. “I cannot stomach knowing there is an injustice,” says Cala, 68, retired superintendent of ...

It is one thing for a person’s passion to be all-consuming and another thing for that passion to be part of nearly everything in the modern world. For Scott Carney, both ideas were true as he became a student of ...

Deb Rosen grew up surrounded by altruism. “My mother, my brother and my sister-in-law are all social workers,” says the 48-year-old executive director of Bivona Child Advocacy Center. “And my father is an architect, but he has worked in the ...

Each morning, John Caruso heads to his home office, where he prepares for the workday. For Caruso, president of Rochester-based Passero Associates DPC, getting organized early in the day before heading to the office is vital to his success. “I ...

To be an architect requires an individual to see the whole picture, not just the details of a structure. The design of the building is more than just the sum of its parts. That holistic view has not only been ...

Although she has been involved with Genesee Country Village & Museum for decades, Elizabeth Wehle still is learning about the full scope of her new job as its president and chief executive. “I wasn’t coming in completely blind, in the ...

Jennifer Ahrens is so passionate about her work as an architect that she recently bought half-ownership in the company for which she works, Bero Architecture PLLC, and now shares the title of co-partner. Bero Architecture has a strong reputation throughout ...

Jared Lusk would be the first to tell you his path to being named the newest managing partner at Nixon Peabody LLP’s Rochester office was out of the ordinary. Most partners at the firm start at the bottom and work ...

Danny Hoskins adds fresh take to city’s Blackfriars Theatre Although it was more than 25 years ago, Danny Hoskins still remembers walking slowly across the gymnasium floor to inform his basketball coach he was leaving the team. “I was in full makeup ...

As president and CEO of Rochester Area Community Foundation, Jennifer Leonard shies away from discussing her personal accomplishments, instead preferring to discuss the success of the organization she oversees. Fortunately, those who know her are happy to speak on her ...

Coe Bockmeier was raised to see things through, no matter how difficult the task might be. Growing up in Oregon, Bockmeier’s first job as a preteen was picking strawberries. He jokes it taught him he did not want to pick ...

From an early age, Sameer Penakalapati knew he had to rely on one thing to design his future: his own willpower. Growing up humbly in Anantapur, India, his parents—both teachers—taught him the way to better himself was to hold himself ...

Many years ago, Tina Baughman would travel throughout Monroe County, sitting in the passenger seat with pen in hand, while her husband, Steve, took the wheel. As he nimbly navigated street after street, she estimated the cost to seal each ...