Grace Tillinghast has been selected to serve as the new chairwoman of the Rochester Hispanic Business Association, an affiliate of the Rochester Business Alliance.
 
Tillinghast is co-owner of The Battery, a baseball and softball training facility in Gates. She is a charter member of RHBA and has served as chairwoman of its membership committee for the last two years. In 2003, she was named the organization's Hispanic Business Person of the Year.
 
Tillinghast, a native of Argentina, is a former college professor and executive at Eastman Kodak Co. She is very active in the Rochester community and serves on several local boards.

She succeeds Eduardo Navarro as head of the RHBA.

Tillinghast's two-year term begins on Oct. 1, to coincide with the Rochester Hispanic Business Association's 20th Anniversary luncheon. For more information, contact Michele Hefferon at (585) 256-4614.