Leadership Rochester was founded in 1990, as a not-for-profit, community leadership program dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in the greater Rochester area by:

• Identifying emerging and existing leaders.
• Educating and informing them about significant community issues.
• Developing their leadership skills and abilities for community benefit
• Providing opportunities to exercise one's leadership talents
• Creating a means to establish and maintain relationships with other leaders

Leadership Rochester identifies and develops leaders representative of the greater Rochester community, who are encouraged to serve and contribute for the betterment of all.

Each years' recruitment begins in March and the class is selected in July with the opening retreat bringing the group together for the first time in September. Through May, the class reconvenes each month to dissect a topic integral to the community at large. Topics range from education, healthcare, criminal justice to economic development.

Contributing Partners

Rochester City Council - Councilmember Dana K. Miller

Lenel Systems International

Rochester Area Community Foundation

Senator Joseph Robach

United Way of Greater Rochester

Program Day Sponsors

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

First Niagara Risk Management

Hillside Family of Agencies

Nixon Peabody llp

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