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2026 Financial Leaders Honorees

Banking Director/Manager

Don Cortina, Tompkins Community Bank

Vince Lecce, KeyBank

Lori Lippa, Hillside

Chief Financial Officer/VP of Finance

Thomas Abbott, Harris Beach Murtha

Kyle Ingalls, Buckingham Properties

Jeanette O’Dell, American Rock Salt

Carly Zecher, Jewish Home

Controller/Director of Finance

Engels Luis Pared, Ibero-American Action League, Inc.

Johanna Winter, McConville Considine Cooman & Morin, PC

Rising Star

Anastasia Bazzett, The Arc of Monroe

Christopher Zupcak, Education Success Foundation

Risk Management Director/Manager

Todd Wachob, Paychex, Inc.

Wealth/Financial Advisor

Megan Burke, Tompkins Financial Advisors

Steve Carl, High Probability Advisors, LLC

James Farley, GROW Wealth Partners

Sam Guerrieri, Canandaigua National Bank

Nicole Newman, Stone Creek Advisors, LLC

Joe Prestigiacomo, SixPoint Financial Partners

Nancy Woolver, Eagle Strategies

Click here to view past honorees – RBJ Award Database


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