RBJ presents the 2024 Power 100

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We are excited to continue our Power List project with our fourth annual Power 100 list. 

Many people who appeared on this list last year are still significant power players in our region and appear here again. But there are several new faces, and we expect to see those additions continue to make a big impact on our community. 

As with last year, the mix of industries represented is no surprise. 

The health care industry and the nonprofit sector, which are heavily intertwined in Rochester, have faced significant challenges over the past four years and many leaders from these areas appear on this list. 

Banking and finance, education, law, manufacturing, technology, and real estate and construction also have a significant presence here and in our local economy. 

Over the rest of the year, as we did last year, we will delve deeper into several of these industries — banking and finance, accounting and insurance, health care, law, real estate and construction — with smaller Power Lists that will allow us to highlight more people who are working to make an impact in Rochester. 

As with previous Power Lists, rather than tell you about all of these power players’ accomplishments and accolades, we decided to give them a chance to tell you more about themselves through their answers to a few different questions. For anyone who was unable to complete our questionnaire, we put together a small profile. 

The Power 100 is presented in alphabetical order; selecting 100 power players was hard enough without trying to rank them. We are optimistic that the people and organizations listed here will play a large role in helping Rochester continue to move forward and grow into the best community it can be. We also look forward to seeing who steps up even more over the next year to earn a spot on the 2025 Power 100. 

We know that any endeavor such as this is sure to generate lots of opinions, and not everyone will agree with our choices. I welcome any feedback you have at [email protected]. You can also make suggestions for people to appear on next year’s Power 100 or any of our future Power Lists at rbj.net/power-list-recommendation-form/. 

Ben Jacobs
Associate Publisher and Editor

Power 100 2024

Jose Acevedo
UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health

Kim Allen
Dixon Schwabl + Co.

Pamela Baird
Continental Service Group, LLC (ConServe)

Simeon Banister
Rochester Area Community Foundation

Jason Barnecut-Kearns
Trillium Health

Denise Battles
SUNY Geneseo

Adam Bello
Monroe County

Marty Birmingham
Financial Institutions, Inc. and Five Star Bank

Galin Brooks
Rochester Downtown Development Corp.

Rev. Myra Brown
Spiritus Christi Church

Tim Brown
Evans Bank

Dan Burns
M&T Bank

DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna
Monroe Community College

Julie Camardo
Zweigle’s Inc.

Alex Castro
PathStone Corporation

Linda Clark
Anthony L. Jordan Health Corporation

George Conboy
Brighton Securities

James Continenza
Kodak

Justin Copie
Innovative Solutions

Courtney Cotrupe
Partners + Napier

Maria Cristalli
Hillside

Richard “Chip” Davis
Rochester Regional Health

John L. DiMarco II
DiMarco Group

Sandra Doorley
Monroe County District Attorney’s Office

Bob Duffy
Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce

Vincent Esposito
Empire State Development

Malik Evans
City of Rochester

Laura Forthman
Freed Maxick CPAs

Andy Gallina
Gallina Development Corp.

Bret Garwood
Home Leasing

Mark Gearan
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Marisa Geitner
Heritage Christian Services

John Gibson Jr.
Paychex, Inc.

Ken Glazer
Buckingham Properties

Victoria Grady
Phillips Lytle LLP

Tom Golisano
Paychex | Golisano Foundation | Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship

Bill Goodrich
LeChase Construction Services

Frank Hamlin
Canandaigua National Bank

Seanelle Hawkins
Urban League of Rochester

Rupert A. Hayles Jr.
Roberts Wesleyan University

Myra Henry
YWCA Rochester & Monroe County

Ed Hourihan
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

Robert Hurlbut
Hurlbut Care Communities

Matt Hurlbutt
Greater Rochester Enterprise

Marc Iacona
Simcona Electronics Corp & CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival

Chris Jagel
Harris Beach PLLC

Don Jeffries
Visit Rochester

Kimberly Jones
Butler/Till

Rufus Judson
Pike Construction Services

Mark Kovaleski
MMB+CO

Ernest Lamour
YMCA of Greater Rochester

Vince Lecce
KeyBank

Stefani LiDestri
LiDestri Food and Drink

Jared Lusk
Nixon Peabody LLP

Heidi Macpherson
SUNY Brockport

Sarah Mangelsdorf
University of Rochester

Faheem Masood
ESL Federal Credit Union

Colleen Matteson
Bank of America

Marc Mayer
Manning & Napier

Theresa Mazzullo
Excell Partners Inc.

Jay McHarg
AeroSafe Global

Celia McIntosh
McIntosh Advocacy and Consulting

Steven Metzger
LaBella Associates

Joe Morelle
U.S. House of Representatives

David Munson
Rochester Institute of Technology

Mark Murphy
Greenlight Networks

Bill Newlands
Constellation Brands

Wade Norwood
Common Ground Health

Mitchell Nusbaum
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Bryan O’Donovan
Lifetime Assistance, Inc.

Beth Paul
Nazareth University

Philip Pecora
Genesee Regional Bank

Carmine Peluso
Rochester City School District

Angelica Perez-Delgado
Ibero-American Action League

Rick Plympton
Optimax Systems, Inc.

Aqua Porter
RMAPI, Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative

James Reed
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

David Riedman
Riedman Companies

Yversha Roman
Monroe County Legislature

Gerard Rooney
St. John Fisher University

Jaime Saunders
United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes

James Senall
NextCorps, Inc.

Andrew Sewnauth
CDS Life Transitions

Naomi Silver
Rochester Red Wings

Angela Sims Colgate
Rochester Crozer Divinity School

Elaine Spaull
The Center for Youth Services, Inc.

Joseph Stefko
ROC2025

Julia Tedesco
Foodlink

Matthew Tipple
J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Erin Tolefree
Baldwin Richardson Foods Company

Suzanne Turchetti
HCR Home Care

Jerome Underwood
Action for a Better Community, Inc.

Lori Van Dusen
LVW Advisors

Miguel Velazquez
RTS

Jerry Warner
CooperVision

Colleen Wegman
Wegmans Food Markets

Darrell Whitbeck
Ability Partners Foundation and Ability Partners Agencies including CP Rochester, Happiness House, and Rochester Rehabilitation

Tom Wilmot Sr.
Wilmorite Management Group, LLC

Craig Wittlin
Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP

Bruce Zicari
The Bonadio Group