2017 Honorees
Don Alhart
News Anchor and Associate News Director
WHAM-TV
Kate Bennett
CEO
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Thomas F. Bonadio
Managing Partner and CEO
The Bonadio Group
A. Vincent Buzard
Appellate Counsel
Harris Beach PLLC
Lauren Dixon
CEO
Dixon Schwabl
Richard Dorschel
President
Dorschel Automotive Group
Hilda Rosario Escher
President and CEO
Ibero-American Action League
Garth Fagan
Founder and Artistic Director
Garth Fagan Dance
B. Thomas Golisano
Founder
Paychex Inc.
George W. Hamlin IV
Chairman
Canandaigua National Bank & Trust
Nelson Leenhouts
Chairman & CEO
Home Leasing LLC
Giovanni LiDestri
CEO
LiDestri Foods
Sandy Parker
Former CEO
Rochester Business Alliance
Joel Seligman
President
University of Rochester
I. C. Shah
Founder
ICS Telecom Inc.
Albert Simone
President Emeritus
Rochester Institute of Technology
Louise Slaughter
Congresswoman
New York’s 25 Congressional District
Justin L. Vigdor
Of Counsel
Bond Schoeneck & King Attorneys
Danny Wegman
Chairman
Wegmans Food Markets
Fran Weisberg
President and CEO
United Way of Greater Rochester