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Rochester is one of the poorest cities in the country with the worst school district in the state, said Dennis Richardson, president and CEO of Hillside Family of Agencies. Like other cities, it has struggled to end a dropout problem ...

Small For-Profit Steve Mowers Claims Recovery Financial Services LLC Witnessing the downfall of the first company he worked for was an eye-opening experience for Steve Mowers. “They had over 500 employees, and things were phenomenal,” Mowers said. “Within two years, ...

Jerry Hiller Keuka College The most important quality for a financial executive is integrity, according to Jerry Hiller. Hiller has been vice president for finance and administration at Keuka College since 2004. Prior to that, he was city manager of ...

Fifteen financial executives from the business and nonprofit sectors have been selected as finalists for the 2017 Financial Executive of the Year Award, which recognizes contributions to their organizations and the community during the past year. A Lifetime Achievement award ...

When Dr. Eric Bieber joined Rochester Regional Health as president and CEO in November 2014, the organization had only existed for less than four months. The second-largest employer in the Rochester region—with nearly 16,000 employees—was created in July 2014 when ...

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The workplace culture of any business is crucial to its success, but large firms are tasked with a steep expectation: accommodating the needs of hundreds of vastly different employees. ESL Federal Credit Union has a total of 740 employees—all local ...

The Rochester area is home to an array of optics and photonics firms. Some are large and some tiny, but each contributes to the region’s expertise in the industry. Below are a trio of such firms. Ariel Optics Inc. Serving ...

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics is gaining steam in 2017 and laying the groundwork for creating a sustainable model, its leaders say. “We’re in a very good place right now,” said Robert Duffy, chairman of AIM Photonics Leadership ...

A listing of businesses and organizations involved in photonics and optics Industry Associations and Societies American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) Federally funded consortium uniting government, industry and the academic community that seeks to advance manufacturing technology for ...

A one-of-a-kind, $10 million multiyear challenge could boost Rochester’s visibility in innovative manufacturing. Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January announced the establishment of the Photonics Venture Challenge in Rochester. The business competition aims to support startup companies that commercialize optics, photonics ...

For decades, universities across Rochester have provided students with curricula that support the optics and photonics fields. The publicity surrounding the national American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics in Rochester last year, however, has helped area schools expand their reach ...

Realpolitik over health care: The American Health Care Act—U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan’s “repeal & replace” law—proves the truth of the maxim: “Laws are like sausages — it is best not to see them being made” (misattributed to Otto von ...

Newly reimagined as a mixed-use blend of luxury apartments, high-end offices and retail space, the Metropolitan has been for most of its life home to banks, law firms and corporations.

Andrew Gallina does not expect the Metropolitan to fade into the background.