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RPS Luncheon, Sept. 11, 2024 -Join RPS and Simeon Banister to learn more about the Rochester Area Community Foundation and its work to improve the quality of life for people who live and work in the eight-county region through its leadership and strategic grantmaking.

Simeon Banister – President and CEO of Rochester Area Community Foundation

RPS Luncheon, Sept. 11, 2024 -Join RPS and Simeon Banister to learn more about the Rochester Area Community Foundation and its work to improve the quality of life for people who live and work in the eight-county region through its leadership and strategic grantmaking.

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Past Speakers

  • Corey Merkel, Ph.D.–Artificial Intelligence
  • Paul Ericson– Rochester Beacon Digital Publication
  • Ken Slater – Inside Baseball
  • Jim Kennard -Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario 
  • Rochester Rhapsody – A Capella Chorus Performance
  • Albert Brault–Development of Single-Chip Color Camera
  • Nathan Hayes -RMSC Cumming Nature Center
  • Thomas Warfield – Inclusion & Diversity in the Performing Arts
  • Tracey Dreisbach & Brandi Koch -Rotary Sunshine Camp
  • Debra Baker – Shadow Pandemic & Impact on Mental Health
  • Barry Childs –Africa Bridge- Children in Tanzania
  • David Andreatta – The Future of Print Media
  • Bob Gerace –War with North Korea
  • Linda Moroney –Emmy Award-winning Documentary
  • Young Artist Audition Winners Performance
  • Anthony Daniele -Whole Foods Project
  • Kathryn Murano-Santos -1700’s Seneca Artifacts France
  • Jamie Jacobs (Tuscaroran) – Seneca Artifacts on Loan from France
  • Stan Munro–The Toothpick Man
  • Tara Nelson -Visual Studies Workshop
  • Christine Van Stean – Unveiling the Mighty Wurlitzer
  • Lisa Roy Baron -A New Urban State Park in Rochester
  • Gregory Heyworth–Recovering Lost Classics
  • Jim Memmott–Remarks on my Remarkable Rochesterians
  • Dan Watson– Where is the Next Civilization?
  • Lindsay Alberts – EquiCenter
  • John Ninfo–Native American Government
  • James Townsend – Adirondack Park Agency
  • Robert Marcotte – Assistant Editor D&C
  • Don Alhart – TV Anchor
  • Sandra Parker – RBA
  • Maggie Brooks – County Executive
  • Dennis & Trudi Frengle – Voyage around the world
  • Dr. Marjorie Hunter – Technology at UR
  • Milton Shares – Underwater Photographer-Erie Canal
  • Kathy Connor – GEH Curator
  • Eleanor Stearns – Amelia Earhart
  • Mark Cuddy – Artistic Dir GEVA
  • Deborah Hughes – Susan B Anthony
  • Betty Perkins Carpenter – Behind scenes at Olympics
  • Heidi Zimmer Meyer – Downtown Development
  • Scott Hill – Pictometry
  • Anne Kress – MCC
  • Guy Kittelsen – Atom Bomb
  • Don Jeffries – Rochester Broadway Theatre
  • Rachel Baker August – Seneca Zoo
  • Janet Anders – Seaquist – CSI
  • Joe Testani – FBI
  • John Adams – St Lawrence Seaway
  • Grant Holcomb – MAG
  • Evan Dawson – Finger Lakes Wine
  • Jack Garner – Movie Critic
  • Jim Howe – Pro/Con Hydrofracking
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