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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