Our Laureates
Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York Hall of Fame Laureates
Susan R. Holliday
- 2023
Former President, Publisher & Owner
Rochester Business Journal
Richard R. LeFrois
- 2023
CEO, LeFrois Builders and Developers Inc.
President, LeFrois Builders South, Inc.
Martin Mucci
- 2023
Chairman of the Board
Paychex, Inc.
Arthur Wolcott
- 2023
Founder and Chairman
Seneca Foods Corporation
Zweigle Family
- 2022
Zweigle's Inc.
Andrew R. Gallina
- 2022
President
Gallina Development Corporation
Dwight S. Palmer
- 2021
President (Retired)
Palmer Food Services
Dwight M. Palmer
- 2021
President, Palmer Food Services
CEO, The Palmer Family of Companies
Eva P. Sauer MD
- 2021
Secretary & Treasurer
LSI Solutions
Jude S. Sauer MD
- 2021
President & CEO
LSI Solutions, Inc.
Clara Barton
- 2020
Founder
American Red Cross
Tom Ferraro
- 2020
Founder
Foodlink
Lori Van Dusen
- 2019
Founder & CEO
LVW Advisors
Peter Schottland
- 2019
CEO & Co-Chairman
American Packaging Corporation
Raymond Isaac
- 2019
President & CEO
Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
Richard J. DiMarco Sr.
- 2019
Vice Chairman
DiMarco Group
John L. DiMarco Sr.
- 2019
Chairman & CEO
DiMarco Group
Carlton Myers
- 2018
President & CEO
Sweeteners Plus, Inc.
Richard Plympton
- 2018
CEO
Optimax Systems, Inc.
Michael Mandina
- 2018
President
Optimax Systems, Inc.
Andrew Langston
- 2018
Former CEO & President
WDKX-FM
James Gould
- 2018
Founder & President
Alesco Advisors LLC
Christine Whitman
- 2017
Complemar Patners, Inc.
Robert Sands
- 2017
Constellation Brands
Victor Salerno
- 2017
O'Connell Electric Company, Inc.
William Levine
- 2017
Alleson Athletic
Amy L. Tait
- 2016
Broadstone Real Estate, LLC.
William B. Konar
- 2016
Clinton Merchandising & Konar Properties
Roger Friedlander
- 2016
Spectrum Office Products & Staples, Inc.
Salvatore LaBella
- 2016
LaBella Associates
Sergio Esteban
- 2016
LaBella Associates
Ronald Ricotta
- 2015
Parlec & Century Mold
Michael Nuccitelli
- 2015
Parlec & Century Mold
Iaac "Drew" Morris
- 2015
G.W. Lisk Company, Inc.
Donald Tomeny
- 2015
B & L Wholesale Supply Inc.
Robert Latour
- 2015
B & L Wholesale Supply Inc.
Arthur Finocchario
- 2015
B & L Wholesale Supply Inc.
Mark Davitt
- 2015
ConServe
Claude H. Wright
- 2014
Wright Beverage Distributing
John Bruning
- 2014
Tropel, Corning Tropel
Robert E. Hopkins
- 2014
Tropel, Corning Tropel
Jane Glazer
- 2014
QCI Direct
Paul DeCarolis
- 2014
DeCarolis Truck Rental, Inc.
Dilip Vellodi
- 2013
Sutherland Global Services
Robert Morgan
- 2013
Morgan Management
Sheldon Harris
- 2013
Harris Seeds
Margaret Harris
- 2013
Harris Seeds
Selah Harris
- 2013
Harris Seeds
Joseph Harris
- 2013
Harris Seeds
Mike Schwabl
- 2013
Dixon Schwabl
Lauren Dixon
- 2013
Dixon Schwabl
Frank Taylor
- 2012
Taylor Instrument Companies
George Taylor
- 2012
Taylor Instrument Companies
Frederick Berkeley II
- 2012
Graham Corporation
Frederick "Duncan" Berkeley III
- 2012
Graham Corporation
Frank Chiaino
- 2012
Fibertech Networks
Michael Jones
- 2012
Clover Capital Management, Inc.
Richard Kaplan
- 2012
Torvec, Inc.
John Purcell
- 2012
Fibertech Networks
Geoffrey Rosenberger
- 2012
Managing Member
Lily Pond Ventures, LLC
George Norris
- 2011
Seabreeze Amusement Park
John Norris
- 2011
Seabreeze Amusement Park
Rob Norris
- 2011
Seabreeze Amusement Park
David Reh
- 2011
Raytec Inc.
Henry Ward
- 2011
Ward's Natural Science
Anne Wells
- 2011
Seabreeze Amusement Park
Suzy Hofsass
- 2011
Seabreeze Amusement Park
Joseph Klein
- 2011
Klein Steel Service
Thomas Bonadio
- 2010
The Bonadio Group
Harlan Calkins
- 2010
Rochester Midland Corporation
Abraham Feinbloom
- 2010
Champion Products, Inc.
William Feinbloom
- 2010
Champion Products, Inc.
Fred Gordon
- 2010
MIXCO
Lucius "Bob" Gordon
- 2010
MIXCO
John "Dutch" Summers
- 2010
Jasco Family of Companies
Thomas F. Judson Jr.
- 2009
The Pike Company
Gregory Smith
- 2009
Jay Advertising, Inc.
Mary Catherine "Kitty" Van Bortel
- 2009
Van Bortel Subaru and Van Bortel Ford
Ferdinand Smith
- 2009
Jay Advertising, Inc.
Giovanni LiDestri
- 2009
LiDestri Foods, Inc.
Robert Hurlbut
- 2008
ROHM Services and Vari-Care Inc.
John Wehle
- 2008
Genesee Brewing Company
Elliott Landsman
- 2008
Landsman Development Corporation
James Hammer
- 2008
Hammer Packaging Corporation
Arunas Chesonis
- 2008
Paetec
Herbert VandenBrul
- 2007
RF Communications
William Stolze
- 2007
RF Communications
David Kearns
- 2007
Xerox Corporation
George W. Hamlin IV
- 2007
Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Co.
Richard Dorschel
- 2007
Dorschel Automotive Group
Ronald L. Bittner
- 2007
Frontier Corporation
Dennis Kessler
- 2006
Co-Owner
Kessler Restaurants, LLC
Morton Adams
- 2006
Curtice-Burns Foods, Inc
Thomas J. Hargrave
- 2006
Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle
T. Carl Nixon
- 2006
Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle
Walter T. Parkes
- 2006
O’Connell Electric Company
Laurence Kessler
- 2006
The Kessler Group
Harold Samloff
- 2006
Buckingham Properties, LLC
Laurence Glazer
- 2006
Buckingham Properties, LLC
Francis French
- 2005
R.T. French Company
George French
- 2005
R.T. French Company
Thomas Gosnell
- 2005
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company
James Briggs
- 2005
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company
Erza Andrews
- 2005
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company
John Riedman
- 2005
Riedman Corporation
R. Wayne LeChase
- 2005
LeChase Construction Services
Ronald Fielding
- 2005
F. Ritter Shumway
- 2004
E. Philip Saunders
- 2004
Saunders Management Co. Inc.
Philip Nothnagle
- 2004
Nothnagle Realtors
Max Farash
- 2004
Farash Corporation
Howard Coles
- 2004
Ralph Cantisano
- 2004
LiDestri Foods
Bal Dixit
- 2003
Newtex Industries, Inc.
Charles August
- 2003
Monro Muffler
Burton August
- 2003
Monro Muffler
James Wilmot
- 2003
Wilmorite Properties, Inc.
John D. Brush
- 2003
Sentry Group
Patrick Barry
- 2003
George Ellwanger
- 2003
Louise Woerner
- 2003
HCR
Martha Matilda Harper
- 2002
Frederick Douglass
- 2002
Nathaniel Rochester
- 2002
Jacob Freeman
- 2002
Hickey-Freeman Company, Inc.
Jeremiah G. Hickey
- 2002
Hickey-Freeman Company, Inc.
Nelson Leenhouts
- 2002
Home Properties Inc.
Ernest J. Del Monte
- 2002
E.J. Del Monte Corp.
Norman Leenhouts
- 2002
Home Properties Inc.
Matthew Augustine
- 2002
Eltrex Industries
Austin Steward
- 2001
John Jacob Bausch
- 2001
Bausch & Lomb
George Eastman
- 2001
Eastman Kodak Company
Frank Gannett
- 2001
Democrat & Chronicle
James Gleason
- 2001
Gleason Works
B. Thomas Golisano
- 2001
Paychex, Inc.
Henry Lomb
- 2001
Bausch & Lomb
Robert Wegman
- 2001
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Joe Wilson
- 2001
Xerox Corporation
Chester Carlson
- 2001
Xerox Corporation
Kate Gleason
- 2001
Gleason Works