RocGrowth Candids features regional entrepreneurs and innovators who share their personal stories and describe their journey building successful organizations that have a meaningful impact upon our community.
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Simeon Banister, the incoming CEO and President of the Rochester Area Community Foundation (RACF). Simeon is a Rochester native and a product of the Rochester City School District. He will discussed the North Star Coalition that he helped launch to ensure an inclusive and equitable post-pandemic recovery. As he prepares to take over the […]
Hear a frank assessment of Rochester’s technology attributes from Steve Hoover, Katherine Johnson Endowed Executive Director of the recently announced Global Cybersecurity Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology and, previously Xerox’s Chief Technology Officer, and Walter Johnson, CEO of FLX AI and, previously, a senior executive at Xerox’s PARC, the renowned R&D affiliate. Both […]
Congrats to Tina Paradiso, founder of Imprintable Solutions for winning the Social Enterprise Pitch Battle. All the startups had a great pitch and are going to make a social impact. Tina’s pitch discussed how a social impact is embedded into her business model. This includes benefits and programming to employees […]
Amy Bach, Founder and Executive Director of Measures for Justice, and Jaime Saunders, President and CEO of United Way of Greater Rochester, discuss their organizations’ innovative approaches to tackling some of our community’s greatest challenges. Measures for Justice (MFJ) equips communities with their own data to help solve systemic problems in criminal justice. Funded […]
Please join us to hear Amy Bach, Founder and Executive Director of Measures for Justice, and Jaime Saunders, President and CEO of United Way of Greater Rochester, discuss their organizations’ innovative approaches to tackling some of our community’s greatest challenges. Measures for Justice (MFJ) equips communities with their own data […]
RocGrowth Virtual Candids RocGrowth’s mission includes a commitment to promoting greater equity in our community. We also attempt to empower the new leaders of Rochester and highlight our community’s great innovators. With that in mind, we proudly co-produce this event with Conscious Capitalism. Building a Diverse Talent Pipeline and Inclusive […]
Hear Zach Sarkis, founder of NY HempLab, and Jason Klimek, Esq., Chair of the Cannabis Practice at Boylan Code LLP, to discuss the likely legalization of marijuana in New York State this spring. The legislation is currently being crafted and negotiated by the governor and legislature. This is a critical time for New Yorkers […]
Norm Silverstein, CEO of WXXI, has been one of the most impactful and underrecognized innovators in our community. Celebrating 25 years as the leader of an organization that includes numerous TV and radio stations, along with City Newspaper and The Little Theatre, he has had a lasting and profound impact […]
Hear Austin McChord, founder of $4.5 billion publicly-traded Datto, describe why he has returned to Rochester to build his next billion dollar company. He will be joined by Nicholas Conn, PhD founder of Heart Health Intelligence (HHI). Austin and Nick share a strong connection to RIT and are leading HHI after its recent round of venture […]