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The International Business Council is here to help you grow your business in Rochester, NY.
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Board Members

Executive director - Laurie deroller 
2010 officers of the board
President – Sherie Cuddy, Mohawk Global Logistics
Vice President – Scott Bass, Advanced Language Translation
Secretary - Jim Niederst, CVI Melles Griot
Treasurer - Tom Chiavetta, Freed Maxick & Battaglia


The IBC welcomes its newest Board Members for 2010:
Rob Carroll, Pictometry
Kristin Sampson, Providium Group
Glenn Fadner, Kingdom Ventures
Bev Demma, Qioptiq Defense
Bill Simpson, Gleason

board
Ed Christopher - IBC President 2008 - 2010
Stone Construction Equipment

Ed Kowaleski
Empire State Development, Int'l Division


Tom Nespeca
Carestream Health

Carrie Baker-Scott
City of Rochester, Economic Development

Gene Zhou
Cross China
 
Eric Candle
EC Data

Maggie Catilliz
Harter Secrest and Emery

Guy Nudd
HSBC

Carlos Sanchez
REDCOM LABS

Bob Arnold
Rotork 

Tim McCall
USDOC, Export Assistance

Charles Giunta
US Customs and Border Patrol

Tom Viola
Xerox 


denotes government member  


Interested in becoming a Board member?
Board Members are selected from the active membership based on nomination, expertise and reason for wanting to be on the Board. Terms are limited to 3 years with extensions allowed with approval from Board and Executive Director. Contact Laurie DeRoller or current IBC President. 

active Past Presidents

Dan Duffy, jpmorgan chase

Ralph Bocchino, hsbc
gary blake, delphi




 




Ranked 1st for Utility Patents Issued
• Ranked 1st for Utility Patents Issued to Companies or Individuals per 1,000 Workers. Rochester boasts 2.33 patents per 1,000 workers - the U.S. average is only 0.40 patents per 1,000 workers. Metropolitan New Economy Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the Nation's Metropolitan Area, 2001
"Overall Innovation Capacity"
• Ranked 5th for "Overall Innovation Capacity" upon the basis of 1. Jobs in high-tech industries 2. Degrees granted in science and engineering 3. Number of patents 4. Academic research and development funding 5. Venture capital invested. Metropolitan New Economy Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the Nation's Metropolitan Areas, 2001
Rochester Named One of the Strongest Job Markets in US
• Bloomberg Businessweek recognized Rochester as the 15th strongest job market in the country. (June 2010)



Incentives available in the Greater Rochester Region: