Our Laureates
Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York Hall of Fame Laureates
R. Carlos Carballada
- 2025
Former President and CEO, Central Trust Co., Former President and CEO, First National Bank of Rochester and Former Commissioner, Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor, City of Rochester
Marc C. Fiore
- 2025
President
Mindex
Bob Johnson
- 2025
Founder
Bob Johnson Chevrolet
John Love
- 2025
Owner
Bob Johnson Auto Group
David J. Riedman
- 2025
President & CEO
Riedman
Greg Stahl
- 2025
Owner
Bob Johnson Auto Group
Sharon Napier
- 2024
Executive Chair and Founder
Partners + Napier
George Karpus
- 2024
Retired Founder and CEO
Karpus Investment Management
Philip Wegman
- 2024
Founder and Chairman
Wegman Companies, Inc.
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
OConnell 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