Rochester Business Hall of Fame 2019

ROCHESTER BUSINESS HALL OF FAME 2019

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657 East Avenue, Rochester NY, 14607 • 585.271.4320 • RMSC.org Table of Contents 4 Essay by Junior Achievement 12 Peter Schottland, who has been at the helm of American Packaging for 20 President and CEO Patricia Leva years, believes in reinvesting in company and community. 8 John L. DiMarco and Richard J. DiMarco used lessons forged in the depths 14 Lori Van Dusen of LVW Advisors built a of the Depression to turn their father’s masonry wealth management empire out of a humble business into the DiMarco Group, which has space off Monroe Avenue in Pittsford. done work up and down the East Coast.

16 Hall of Fame honorees from years past 10 James Isaac and Raymond Isaac grew their family’s company, Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning, into a 400-employee powerhouse.

This year’s Rochester Business Hall of Fame inductees will be honored on Oct. 21 during a dinner at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

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2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame ▪ OCTOBER 18, 2019 3 Junior Achievement: Turning ‘I can’t’ into ‘I can’ and dreams into plans very year the ERoches- ter Business Hall of Fame inducts new entrepreneurs and innovators who have helped shape our region. They have made significant contributions to their industries, given generously in our community, and served as excellent role models for the next generation. This year’s evening induction ceremony will be held on October 21 and supports Junior Achievement’s efforts to help more than 15,000 students gain critical financial, workforce and entrepreneurial skills, and develop the attitudes An artist's rendering of the planned Junior Achievement Discovery Center, to be Continued on page 6 housed in Kodak Center at Eastman Business Park. (RENDERING PROVIDED BY SWBR)

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4 OCTOBER 18, 2019 ▪ 2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame RESULTS-DRIVEN FINANCIAL ADVISEMENT FOR INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. An artist's rendering of the planned Junior Achievement Discovery Center, to be housed in Kodak Center at Eastman Business Park. (RENDERING PROVIDED BY SWBR) I CAN Continued from page 4 nities throughout our country. It’s a powerful of participating, but also their ability to now say experience that gives students an authentic and “I can.” and confi dence to realize their own version of the memorable way to practice being an adult in our Each one of the 135 members of the Rochester American Dream. economy, and provides the skills and confi dence Business Hall of Fame has contributed to the Th e year 2019 marks a milestone for the JA to become self-suffi cient future citizens. development and growth of our region. JA is mission–100 years of preparing and inspiring It’s called the JA Discovery Center and will proud to bring these great stories of success to our youth in the nation, and 50 years here in Roches- be housed in Kodak Center at Eastman Business students and to showcase the vast opportunities ter. As we look to the future, we are focused on Park. Our school districts are actively preparing our laureates have created. In doing so, we will collaborating with educators, businesses and oth- to integrate this innovative program into their inspire the next generation to turn “I can’t” into er service agencies to help solve this community’s middle and high school curricula. Our local “I can” and dreams into plans! most pressing needs, including poverty, work- employers will be highlighting their industries Congratulations to the 2019 class of the Roch- force shortages and new business generation. and the careers and jobs of the future, and our ester Business Hall of Fame. Th is year we launched our fi rst-ever capi- volunteers are ready to impart their workforce tal campaign to bring a national JA program experience, including all the “soft ” skills required —Patricia Leva, to Rochester–a program that has helped for success. We will not only measure our stu- President & CEO, address many of these same issues in commu- dent’s increased academic performance as a result Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York CONNECTING COMMUNITIES IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND. Proud to support the Rochester Business Hall of Fame.

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JOHN AND RICHARD DIMARCO

8 OCTOBER 18, 2019 ▪ 2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA us the manuscript of how our That has enabled the family John, who is 77. His brother is 82. lives would go. We learned you business to branch out into other They aren’t done yet, either. heir maternal grandfather could lose it all, that bad things ventures. The DiMarco Group While John L. DiMarco II is now owned his own construc- could happen and you should includes the construction firm as president of the DiMarco Group, tion firm: D. Giamberar- prepare yourself for that.” well as ADMAR Construction John and Richard are still coming Tdino Construction Co. So did In fact, when their father start- Equipment & Supplies, Baldwin to work every day. their father: Richard DiMarco ed his firm in 1945, he was careful Real Estate and DiMarco Realty “Our business is our hobby,” not to extend himself financially. Services. General Contractor. John said. “We really like what He preferred small and steady, Now they not only build Thus, it was only natural for his we do.” sons, John and Richard, to follow not grandiose and vulnerable. things, they rent construction That wasn’t lost on John and equipment to others through The only time John ever in those mortar-dusted foot- thought about getting out was prints—first doing masonry with Richard. Maintaining the core ADMAR, and also manage and values of honesty and trust that develop mixed-use properties. in 1986, when the state of New their father, and then branching were passed along by their family, DiMarco Constructors was No. York bought the property that out on their own. they have made a lasting mark on 3 among commercial build- housed their business near East But the most important lesson Rochester and beyond. ers in the Rochester Business Main Street and Goodman Street. John and Richard learned about Their firm, DiMarco Construc- Journal’s 2019 Book of Lists. The state needed to reconstruct a construction had nothing to do tors, renovated Geva Theatre, ADMAR has grown from a rental roadway. with building a structure to last, rehabilitated the Sibley Building, inventory of scaffolding, some “I was going to retire,” John like the Belleayre Apartments created Monroe Community compressors, some forklifts and recalled. which Domenico Giamberardino College’s downtown campus in some generators to a $120 mil- built in Ithaca in 1929 and that “He had a weak moment,” his part of the old Eastman Kodak lion, all-things-construction op- son, John II, joked. still serves tenants today, or with Co. offices, and constructed more eration with 10 offices across New Indeed, more than 30 years the craftsmanship their father than 150 Walmart and/or Sam’s York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. later, he and his brother are still displayed as a mason. Club stores for Samuel Walton up John DiMarco admits they Instead, it was about life. and down the East Coast. maybe weren’t as conservative as going strong. “The only thing my The Great Depression forced “Our father didn’t make all their father would have liked, but brother doesn’t do is sit,” John Domenico Giamberardino into the money but he made what the growth was done wisely and said. bankruptcy. he needed,” John DiMarco said. prudently. “For two guys who only did “My father saw the depths of “And he gave us a great name, “My brother and I worked masonry, we’ve come a long way.” the Depression,” Richard said. because he was very honorable. hard, we saved our money and we koklobzija@bridgetowerme- Said John: “That kind of gave Honor above everything.” reinvested in the business,” said dia.com/(585) 653-4020

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2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame ▪ OCTOBER 18, 2019 9 James and Ray Isaac continue traditions and growth at Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning By DIANA LOUISE CARTER

ay Isaac is reluctant to say how young he was when he started working for his father, James Isaac, at Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning. That’s just the way things go in a multigenerational family business. RWe’ll just say that his official employment at the company where he’s now president and CEO began when he got his work papers at age 14, which is 39 years ago. The company that his grandfather started in 1945 had less than two dozen employees when young Ray Isaac started working there in 1980. Now it has nearly 400 employees, with almost all of that growth happening organically, he said. Though three-quarters of the growth came during Ray’s time at the helm of Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning, he doesn’t credit a single person or factor for it. He just notes that virtually none of it came through acquisition. Isaac Heating became the leader in home energy audits in the years when the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency was offering incentives to make improvements in energy efficiency.

JAMES ISAAC RAYMOND ISAAC

10 OCTOBER 18, 2019 ▪ 2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame “Our people really took it and ran with it,” Th eir late mother, Shirley, worked in the book- “Our leadership team is all home-grown said Isaac, 53, still defl ecting credit for the way keeping part of the business. individuals who started as assistants,” Ray Isaac the company has grown. “We treat Isaac like it’s General Electric,” said. In the training program, the company “It’s all the pushes on the fl ywheel. (Starting Ray Isaac said. “We run it like it’s a public stresses seven values that all begin with E. with) that fi rst push by my grandfather in 1945 company. You can have ownership shares but “We provide the fi rst four E’s,” he said, to go into business for himself,” Isaac said. Th e that doesn’t mean you have leadership respon- referring to engage, educate, empower and en- other pushes came from many other people sibilities or even work there.” Th at attitude ap- able. “Th e employee provides the next three”: working together, from many Isaacs to even parently was handed down from generation to execute, enjoy and evolve. more people who aren’t Isaacs but who work generation, with older Isaacs impressing upon Th e philosophy seems to have worked, as for the company. younger generations that the family name bears Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning frequently Some of the pushes came during the 34 or responsibility more than privilege. makes the Rochester Top 100 list for fast- so years when Ray’s father, James T. Isaac, was the president and CEO. He was named Busi- ness Person of the Year in 1995 by the Small Business Council. (Ray won the same award in 2012.) Th e elder Isaac is now retired at 82, but In its training program, the company stresses seven values is still a member of the company’s board and that all begin with E. “We provide the ﬁ rst four E’s,” he said, available for consultations, his son said. “Dad was kind of thrust into the position referring to engage, empower and enable. “The employee of president” at the age of 30, Ray Isaac said, when his own father, company founder George provides the next three”: execute, enjoy and evolve. T. Isaac, died unexpectedly from complications of heart surgery in 1967. Jim Isaac got help from his mother, Phyllis, who had worked for the company, too. “My brothers are owners, and they exercise est-growing companies, and in 2015 it earned a In fact, many members of the immediate and that title when we’re at the board meetings,” Best Workplaces to Work for in New York des- extended families of the owners work or have Ray Isaac said. ignation from the Society for Human Resource worked at the company. Th e company also stresses training and Management. Ray’s twin brother, Michael, and brothers company culture so that service employees can [email protected]/ Ken and David all work at Isaac in diff erent feel confi dent in the fi eld, grow and represent (585) 363-7275 capacities. Th eir sister, Jacqueline, is an owner. Isaac well.

Woods Oviatt is proud to support the Rochester Business Hall of Fame Ceremony. Congratulations to the 2019 inductees. We salute you for your continued dedication to the Rochester Business Community. • John DiMarco Sr. and Richard DiMarco of the DiMarco Group • James Isaac and Ray Isaac of Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning. • Peter Schottland of American Packaging • Lori Van Dusen of LVW Advisors

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2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame ▪ OCTOBER 18, 2019 11 Peter Schottland believes in reinvesting in company and community

By VELVET SPICER

hen Peter Schottland took the helm at American Packaging WCorp. in 1999, it was annually posting an impressive $130 million to $140 million in sales. But with steady re-investments and a focus on employees, the company has grown to more than $500 million in annual revenues and some 1,100 employees.

What’s the secret sauce? “It’s pretty simple. Our strategy has always been, going back to my father’s days and my brother’s leadership days, to focus on having the very best people you can find and treating them like family,” Schot- tland, 61, says. In addition, he says, those people must be equipped with the best technology and equipment to do their jobs. “Because the best people with lousy equipment and investment are going to be handcuffed,” Schottland says. “And the best equipment and technology with average people is going to get you nowhere.”

PETER SCHOTTLAND

12 OCTOBER 18, 2019 ▪ 2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame While keeping corporate costs as low as continue to defi ne the packaging company. possible allows American Packaging to remain A self-proclaimed “open book,” Schottland lean and nimble, the company is aggressive laughs when asked about his own viewpoints. “As you get older in life when it comes to investing back into its fi ve “As you get older in life you realize how facilities in Rochester, Wisconsin and Iowa. little you know,” he says. “When you’re 35 or you realize how little you “We have spent over $300 million in equip- 40 you think you’re hot stuff and by the time ment and plants within three years,” Schot- you get to be in your 60s you realize you know tland notes. “And if you go back 10-plus years nothing about much of anything.” know. When you’re 35 or you’d be double that.” Schottland is known perhaps as much for He and his team have also spent a great his philanthropy as his business acumen; he deal of money and time on green initiatives. and his wife, Susan, last year donated $3.5 40 you think you’re hot Th e company is working toward 100 percent million to the YMCA of Greater Rochester, no-waste. the Y’s largest single donation in its more than stuff and by the time you American Packaging employs roughly 250 160-year history. Th e new YMCA Schottland at two locations in Rochester, as well as more Family Branch in Pittsford opened Sept. 30. than 500 at two locations in Wisconsin and Th e Schottland family also is deeply get to be in your 60s you the balance at a facility in Iowa. In the last two involved in Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall decades, the company went from being a niche Gang Camp, which provides opportunities for fl exible packaging converter focused on three kids with serious illnesses to experience the realize you know nothing or four specialized markets to being main- healing and friendships that go hand-in-hand stream in the packaging world, Schottland says. with camp. about much of anything.” His leadership style is one of camaraderie, Schottland’s passions include his family— and he and his management group have a deep daughters Jennifer, Libby and Meghan, and loyalty to each other. Th e fi rm was founded in son, Brandt—as well as his business family. He 1902 and acquired by his father, Stanley Schot- also has a passion for athletics, including tennis tland, in 1986. Th e company is now co-chaired and water activities. by Peter Schottland and his brother, Steve. “I’m a work hard, play hard sort of guy,” “My father used to have a saying: ‘I’m never Schottland says. off ering anybody a job, I’m off ering a career,’” [email protected] / 585-653- Schottland says of his father’s values, which 4021 / @Velvet_Spicer

Congratulations Peter, on being inducted into the Rochester Business Hall of Fame class of 2019. In recognition of all you do for your employees and your community.

2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame ▪ OCTOBER 18, 2019 13 Winding path led Lori Van Dusen to become a leading financial advisor

LORI VAN DUSEN

14 OCTOBER 18, 2019 ▪ 2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame By GINO FANELLI ly journey that ultimately resulted the ranks to become managing longtime friend, Wolk sees Van in LVW. director of CitiGroup’s Smith Dusen as tenacious, the epitome of rom the unlikely path of “Really, my path to Wall Street Barney in 2004, a role she stayed a hard worker, from rising at “the aspiring singer to fi nancial was not a straight one at all; it in for four years. In August 2008, witching hour” to start her day to advisor, Lori Van Dusen of really looks crazy,” Van Dusen with $6 billion in assets under her her innate ability to work collabo- F said. “When I was a child I was a management, Van Dusen opted to ratively with others. LVW Advisors has built a wealth musician. I went to the Eastman go independent. management empire out of a “She’s done more before most of School of Music as a performance “I took my practice, which was us have had breakfast than the rest humble space off Monroe Avenue major. I ended up at Ithaca Col- a pretty big practice at the time, in Pittsford. of us will do all day...she has that lege and did not pursue music, out of Smith Barney and went in- blue collar work ethic with white Since founding LVW in 2011, then I went on to Harvard and got dependent,” Van Dusen said. “I felt collar intelligence,” Wolk said. “I Van Dusen has made waves in the my master’s in education.” that the investment and advisory think that’s really part of what fi nancial industry as one of the na- In 1987, Van Dusen hopped on business was going to an indepen- made for her success.” tion’s most highly regarded wealth board at Lehman Brothers, at a dent model and Wall Street fi rms time she recalls “everyone wanted were going to be disrupted.” For Van Dusen, she credits her managers. Just this year, Van Dusen roots in Rochester as the founda- appeared as No. 66 on Forbes’ list to be a stockbroker.” Her class of Today, Van Dusen runs a fi rm incoming brokers alone, she esti- focused on high-net-worth clients, tion of that success. of the nation’s top wealth advisors, mated, numbered in the 200s. beginning around $10 million in “I come from a really great fam- No. 3 on the list of best in-state ad- “It was a popular thing,” Van assets. ily, but not a lot of money or con- visors and among the top women Dusen said. “And at Lehman From 1999 until 2008, Van tacts,” Van Dusen said. “So I started advisors. LVW has also consistent- Brothers, it was the cream of the Dusen served on the board of with, really, pretty much nothing ly landed on Barron’s list of top crop. You had to pass all the tests, Monroe Community College, besides a desk and a phone.” wealth advisors. whatever aptitude tests there were.” alongside Jeremy Wolk, a partner [email protected] For Van Dusen it was an unlike- Van Dusen worked her way up at the Nixon Peabody law fi rm. A / (585) 775-9692

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2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame ▪ OCTOBER 18, 2019 15 Pursuing creativity, they built Rochester Rochester Business Hall of Fame inductees by year:

2001 t George Eastman, who built Eastman Kodak Co., one of the most recognizable brands in t John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb, who the world; co-founded global eye-care leader Bausch & t Frank Gannett, founder of media giant Lomb Inc.; Gannett Co. Inc.; t Chester Carlson, whose revolutionary t James Gleason, who has made Gleason Corp. invention launched Xerox Corp.; a world leader in gear production technology; t Kate Gleason, a trailblazer in manufacturing and real estate; t Thomas Golisano, Paychex Inc. founder and Rochester’s fi rst billionaire; t Marvin and Richard Sands, the father-and-son team whose Constellation Brands Inc. is the world’s largest wine company; t Austin Steward, a pioneering businessman and abolitionist; t Robert Wegman, creator of the Wegmans Food Markets Inc. supermarket empire; and Robert Wegman, Kate Gleason, t Joseph Wilson, who led Xerox to worldwide 2001 2001 growth and renown.

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16 OCTOBER 18, 2019 ▪ 2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame The Billone Family Congratulates John & Dick DiMarco on their induction to the Rochester Business Hall of Fame as it reflects the continued dedication, commitment, & passion you both have demonstrated in our community. The Billone Family sincerely appreciates our continued friendship & partnership with the entire DiMarco Group. Louise t Louise Woerner, CEO and chairwoman of HCR 2002 Woerner, Home Care, which she founded in 1978. t Matthew Augustine, owner of Eltrex 2003 Industries, founded as a response to Rochester’s 1964 race riots; 2004 t Ernest Del Monte, chairman and CEO of E.J. t Ralph Cantisano, whose family introduced the Del Monte Corp.; popular Ragu brand of pasta sauce and who t Frederick Douglass, a former slave who formed and led Cantisano Foods Inc.; became an orator, politician and newspaper t Howard Coles, whose newspaper, the publisher of international renown; Frederick Douglass Voice, gave Rochester’s t Jacob Freeman, an orphaned Hungarian African-American community its public voice; immigrant, and Jeremiah Hickey, who t Max Farash, who transformed a commercial co-founded Hickey-Freeman, one of the most air-conditioning business into one of the successful clothing manufacturers of its time; region’s leading construction and real estate t Martha Matilda Harper, founder of the development fi rms; country’s fi rst franchising operation and a t Philip Nothnagle, owner and chairman of proponent of women in business; Nothnagle Realtors and founder of t Nelson and Norman Leenhouts, brothers and Nothnagle Home Securities Corp., the fi rst co-founders of Home Properties Inc., a real nonbank mortgage lender licensed in New estate investment trust that operates on the York; East Coast; t E. Philip Saunders, who has steered a wide t Nathaniel Rochester, founder of Rochester; range of enterprises, including the Sugar and Creek chain of convenience stores, W.W. t Hiram Sibley, founder of Western Union Griﬃ th Oil Corp. and Truckstops of America; Telegraph Co. t John D. Brush, who built Sentry Group from a and Depression-era start; t F. Ritter Shumway, who assembled a t Bal Dixit, founder and chairman of Newtex manufacturing empire that culminated in the 2003 Industries Inc., who built a global fi rm on his creation of Sybron Corp. t Burton and Charles August, brothers and substitute for asbestos; co-founders of Monro Muﬄ er Brake Inc., an t George Ellwanger, who established and industry leader; co-ran the world-famous Mt. Hope Garden 2005 t Patrick Barry, who co-ran Mt. Hope Garden and Nurseries in the 19th century; t Ezra Andrews and James Briggs, the early and Nurseries, helping to develop it into the t James Wilmot, who founded Wilmorite leaders of Lawyers Cooperative Publishing world’s largest such operation; Properties Inc. in 1950; and Co.;

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t T. Carl Nixon and Thomas Hargrave, who guided the growth of the city’s largest law firm; and John LiDestri, 2009 t Walter Parkes, who built one of New York’s Laurence largest electrical contractors. Glazer, 2006 2007 t Ronald Fielding, who helped pioneer changes t Ronald Bittner, who led Rochester’s phone that made municipal bond funds popular company as it doubled in size to nearly $2.5 nationwide; billion in revenue; t t Francis and George French, whose ingenuity Richard Dorschel, who built a car dealership into made French’s Mustard an American food a $300 million business with 500 employees; classic; t George Hamlin, who nurtured a community banking institution with more than $1 billion in t Thomas Gosnell, who expanded Lawyers assets; Cooperative into the second-largest law book t David Kearns, who encouraged diversity and publisher in the United States; quality as CEO of Xerox Corp.; and t R. Wayne LeChase, who grew his firm into one of t William Stolze and Herbert Vanden Brul, the top 20 construction companies in the co-founders of RF Communications and Northeast; and champions of entrepreneurship. t John Riedman, who built one of the nation’s top privately held insurance companies. 2008 t Arunas Chesonis, who built Paetec Holding Corp. 2006 into a telecom force; t Morton Adams, who helped a partnership of t James Hammer, whose Hammer Packaging Corp. small canners and a farmers cooperative grow became a global printing powerhouse; into a nearly $1 billion business; t Raymond Hickok, who led Hickok Manufacturing, t Laurence Glazer and Harold Samloff, who built the world’s largest maker of men’s belts, and the Rochester’s largest real estate developer and Young Presidents’ Organization; property management firm; t Robert Hurlbut, a pioneer in the nation’s shift t Elliott Landsman, who created three successful t Dennis and Laurence Kessler, who created an from traditional nursing homes to senior living real estate and construction companies; and eatery empire with nearly 70 restaurants; facilities; t John Wehle, who grew Genesee Brewing Co. into one of the top breweries in the nation. 2009 Richard t James Cunningham, whose luxury carriage firm Dorschel, 2007 was the largest employer in Rochester in the 1880s; t John LiDestri, who leads a $500 million food company with strong local roots; t Thomas Judson Jr., who has transformed the firm his great-grandfather founded into one of the largest commercial construction companies in the Northeast; t Ferdinand and Gregory Smith, who have built Jay Advertising into a nationally known firm; and t Ford and Subaru dealer Kitty Van Bortel, whose GeorgeThomas Bonadio, Subaru franchise ranks among top U.S. dealers Hamlin,2010 2007 for sales.

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2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame ▪ OCTOBER 18, 2019 21 t Frank and George Taylor, whose Taylor Instruments focused on instrument precision and customer service at a time when both were rare. 2013 t Lauren Dixon and Michael Schwabl, leaders of Dixon Schwabl Advertising, founded by Dixon in 1987; t Joseph Harris, Selah Harris, Margaret Harris Sheldon and Joseph Harris, whose family firm Harris Seeds was launched in 1863 and still operates nationwide from Rochester headquarters; t Robert Morgan, who built Morgan Management LLC into a multimillion-dollar real estate ownership firm; and t Dilip Vellodi, founder of Sutherland Global Services Inc., which employs more than 30,000 people worldwide. 2014 Thomas Bonadio, t John Bruning and Robert Hopkins, optical 2010 engineers who as the leaders of Tropel Corp. were lab-to-market visionaries; t Paul DeCarolis, who stepped up to lead his father’s trucking company and built a fleet of more than 2,000 vehicles;

2010 2012 t Thomas Bonadio, founder of the Bonadio t Frederick Berkeley III, who Group, one of the first public accounting grew Graham Corp., firms in New York to expand beyond auditing co-founded by his and accounting to business advisory and grandfather, into an financial services; international company t Harlan Calkins, chairman and CEO of while preserving local jobs; Rochester Midland Corp., a cleaning and t Frank Chiaino and John disinfectant company founded by his Purcell, Fibertech Networks grandfather with operations in five dozen co-founders, who countries; expanded the firm in a t Abraham Feinbloom and William Feinbloom, rough economy from five founders of Champion Products Inc., an employees to 250; athletic wear company, and pioneers in t Michael Jones and Geoffrey garment manufacturing; Rosenberger, founders of t Fred Gordon Jr. and Lucius Gordon, whose Clover Capital Mixing Equipment Co. became a world leader Management; and innovator in the manufacture of t Richard Kaplan, a serial industrial mixers; and entrepreneur who has t John Summers Jr., who grew his father’s guided companies business, Jasco Tools Inc., into a holding including Pictometry company for four firms, including the largest International Corp. and tool-and-die manufacturer in Rochester. Torvec Inc. toward growth; and 2011 t Joseph Klein, who built Klein Steel Service Inc. from a tiny family operation into a leading regional business; t David Reh, who made his mark through Gorbel Inc., Retrotech Inc., Ravenwood Golf Club and other ventures; t Rob, George and John Norris, Suzy Hofsass and Anne Wells, third-generation owners of Seabreeze Amusement Park, one of the oldest parks in the world; and Lauren Dixon and t Henry Ward, who built Ward’s Natural Science Michael Schwabl, Establishment into a worldwide provider of Jane Glazer, 2014 2013 science specimens and equipment.

22 OCTOBER 18, 2019 ▪ 2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame CONGRATULATIONS PETER SCHOTTLAND and all of the other inductees on your induction into the Rochester Business Journal Hall of Fame.

2019 Rochester Business Hall of Fame ▪ OCTOBER 18, 2019 23 t Jane Glazer, founder of QCI Direct, a leading t Claude H. Wright, who led a turnaround and Supply was ranked one of Rochester’s Top catalog and online business that carried explosive growth at Wright Beverage 100 fastest-growing private companies 11 times; more than 4,000 products; and Distributing. t I.A. Drew Morris, who led G.W. Lisk Co. Inc. from the Great Depression to become a 2015 leading electromechanical products t Mark Davitt, whose ConServe began as a manufacturer; and one-man shop and now employs nearly 800 t Michael Nuccitelli and Ronald Ricotta, who in the student-loan collection business; built up Nationwide Precision Products, t Partners Arthur Finocchario, Robert Latour Parlec Inc. and Century Mold Co. Inc. and Donald Tomeny, whose B&L Wholesale 2016 t Roger Friedlander, who was a pioneer of next-day delivery and stockless inventory through Spectrum Oﬃ ce Products; t William Konar, whose Clinton Merchandising Inc. was one of the fi rst U.S. chains of discount drugstores; t Partners Salvatore LaBella and Sergio Esteban, whose LaBella Associates P.C. has been named one of the Top 500 Global Design Firms by Engineering News-Record; and t Amy Tait, who co-founded Broadstone Real Estate LLC and grew it into a $2 billion business. 2017 t William Levine, whose business skills led him to philanthropic endeavors, with the William & Mildred Levine Foundation donating more Jim Gould, Andrew than $20 million to local charities; 2018 Langston, 2018 t Victor Salerno, who doubled the business of O’Connell Electric Company Inc. and

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extended its reach beyond the Rochester t Carl Myers, who founded Sweeteners Plus area; 2018 after becoming unhappy with the result of t Rob Sands, who grew his family business t Jim Gould, the founder and CEO of Alesco the sale of his first sweetener business; and Constellation Brands to a more than $7 Advisors LLC, who used a steady hand to t Michael Mandina and Rick Plympton, who billion company while also contributing time guide the investment advisory firm past early grew Optimax from a startup to an optics and money to local organizations; and obstacles; powerhouse that is still expanding in Wayne t Christine Whitman, whose penchant for t Andrew Langston, a pioneer in broadcasting County. entrepreneurism has led multiple companies who founded the first black-owned radio to success, including Complemar Products station in New York after being rebuffed by where she is chairwoman and CEO. television;

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