Lauren Dixon
Chief Executive Officer,
Dixon Schwabl
As Chief Executive Officer of Dixon Schwabl, Ms. Dixon oversees a full-service marketing communications firm with over 75 employees and capitalized billings in excess of $130 million. She has full responsibility for agency performance, including bottom-line factors such as long-range strategic planning, company vision and culture. Lauren builds and provides day-to-day general and strategic oversight of a growing roster of more than 146 clients. In June 2008 Dixon Schwabl was named the #1 Best Small Company to Work for in America.
Gregory Elam,
Founder,
KMK STEP Resources
Gregory Elam is the founder of STEP Resources. He has more than 24 years of experience as an executive and consultant in utility operations, large deal structuring, strategic planning, contract negotiations, and utility infrastructure to name a few.
Greg has completed more than $1 billion in transactions and has developed and implemented strategic advice for a variety of companies including Fortune 100 companies Boeing, Sprint and Goldman Sachs. He began his career in the utility business. After spending twelve years with the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, performing large bulk power transactions and utility operations, he began his entrepreneurial trek and expanded his horizons.
Greg served as President of Energy Exchange of Chicago, which was the #2 marketer developed in the country, and he preformed some of the first electricity transactions done by an independent. He was hired by Enron in its embryonic stage to launch its electric trading business, which he departed in late 1995.
In his most recent role, he was co-founder and CEO of American Energy, an energy consulting and management firm, which was developed in 1996. He has worked and or provided consulting services for companies ranging in size from multi-state to Fortune 100. He has also provided significant guidance to governmental and municipal agencies.
Richard Kaplan
President and CEO,
Pictometry International Corporation
Richard Kaplan is currently the President and CEO of Pictometry International Corp., a rapidly growing visual information systems company that is experiencing exponential growth. Mr. Kaplan has an extensive background in economics, accounting, management, and executive leadership that have benefited many corporations, start-ups, universities, and other organizations. He also leads private consulting and guest lecturing on marketing, economics, and organizational development at universities as well as many business groups.
John A. Martin
President,
Rochester Area Colleges, President, Roberts Wesleyan College & Northeastern Seminary
Dr. John A. Martin currently serves as President, Rochester Area Colleges (RAC), a consortium of higher education institutions in the Rochester Region that provides numerous collaborative working opportunities for colleges and their students. RAC supports the functions of career development, placement and experiential education in the region.
After being the Chief Academic Officer and the Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Martin assumed the Presidency of Roberts Wesleyan College and Northeastern Seminary in 2002.
Robert J. Offley
President and CEO,
CentriLogic Inc.
As owner, President & CEO of CentriLogic Inc, Robert J. Offley is responsible for leading the company’s operations and expansion strategy. Mr. Offley has a proven track record of growth and operational excellence in the international IT arena and success in a number of start-up and turnaround situations in both North America and Europe. In addition to success in developing high performance teams, effective sales and marketing strategies, Robert has in-depth experience in corporate development including restructuring, mergers, acquisition and strategic partnerships.
CentriLogic has recently opened its U.S. corporate Headquarters in Rochester, New York with the acquisition of a 23,000 square foot, state-of-the-art datacenter facility.
Gerald M. Ostrov
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Bausch and Lomb
Gerald M. Ostrov has served as Bausch & Lomb’s chairman and chief executive officer since January 2008. Mr. Ostrov leads the eye health company’s 13,000 employees worldwide to perfect vision and enhance the lives of its consumers, with products available in more than 100 countries.
Most recently, Mr. Ostrov was company group chairman, Worldwide Vision Care, for Johnson &
Johnson, where he led the company’s global Vision Care businesses from 1998 through his retirement in
2006.
Michael E. Reed
Chief Executive Officer,
GateHouse Media, Incorporated
Michael E. Reed serves as Chief Executive Officer of GateHouse Media, Inc. Under Mr. Reed’s leadership GateHouse nearly doubled in size and completed an IPO, the first in the newspaper industry in 10 years. GateHouse currently owns over 500 community newspapers, and is the largest owner of daily newspapers in the country with 98 daily publications spanning 21 states. Mr. Reed focuses GateHouse on being a leader in smaller market print and online media businesses.
Prior to joining GateHouse, Reed was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. ("CNHI") and had served in that capacity since 1999.
Richard Rosen
Vice President Education and Philanthropy,
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH
Rich Rosen is currently Vice President of Education and Philanthropy and is the lead for corporate signature education initiatives at Battelle. Operating as a charitable trust in the state of Ohio for almost 80 years, Battelle has continuously placed education support as a high priority. Rich serves as the Executive Director of the recently-announced Ohio STEM Learning Network – a public/private initiative funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to provide grants and services statewide to accelerate the progress of science, technology, engineering, and math education at the K-12 level. Rich also oversees Battelle’s corporate community relations and strategic philanthropy programs.