by Trevor Massett | Feb 16, 2023 | Community, General, LR Program Day
Class member Beedemariam Kassaw, Co-Owner Alemnesh Mengesha , and Executive Director Gwen Van Laeken pose for a picture. Leadership Rochester’s 2023 class was invited to share a unique lunch experience at a key local restaurant, and the timing could not have...
by Leadership Rochester | Nov 9, 2020 | Community, General, Leadership
We’d like to thank this year’s presenting sponsor of our 2021 Signature Program, Andy Nahas and The Prospect Fund. Nahas is a graduate of Leadership Rochester’s inaugural class in 1992. He is the founder of The Prospect Fund, an investment...
by Leadership Rochester | Aug 10, 2020 | Community, General, LR Program Day
Celebrations at Frontier Field The 2020 class year brought excitement at every turn this year. After twists, turns, and COVID delays the program ran 11 months long. The board and staff knew the class needed an evening to remember as the year came to close. In...
by Leadership Rochester | Aug 1, 2020 | Community, General, Volunteer
Sprucing up the gardens Kudos to our Leadership Rochester 2020 Service Team for their help with weeding and cleaning the community gardens at the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. The center hadn’t had volunteer groups in since pre-COVID and needed...
by Leadership Rochester | Jul 28, 2020 | Community, General, Volunteer
Planting seeds of change Times are a-changing for Mary Cariola Center with the help from the Leadership Rochester service project team, Seeds of Change. Leadership Rochester’s cohort for 2020 was assigned a service project to build capacity in the community for any...
by Leadership Rochester | Jul 25, 2020 | Community, General, Volunteer
Diaper drive assists Healthy Baby Network Members of the Leadership Rochester class of 2020 organized a diaper drive to benefit Healthy Baby Network. The group collected diapers and wipes at the drive-thru donation site at Healthy Baby Network, 693 East Ave. behind...