At its annual meeting Nov. 3, the Rochester Business Alliance elected eight new members, and re-elected eight members to new, three year terms. All were recommended by the nominating committee, chaired by Brian E Hickey, of M&T Bank.

Newly elected to serve three-year terms were:

• David L. Fiedler, chief executive officer, ESL Federal Credit Union
• James E. Hammer, president and CEO, Hammer Packaging Corp.
• Anne M. Kress, president, Monroe Community College
• Giovanni LiDestri, president and CEO, LiDestri Foods, Inc.
• Suzanne M. Nasipak-Chapman, regional president, First Niagara Risk Management
• Michael Rowe, corporate vice president, Bausch + Lomb, Inc.

Newly elected to serve a two-year term as representative of the Council of Agency Executives:

• William P. McDonald, executive director, Medical Motor Service

Newly elected to serve as representative of the Small Business Council:

• Russell K. Schwartzbeck, managing director, The Greater New York Group

Re-elected to three-year terms were:

• Martin K. Birmingham, executive vice president, Five Star Bank
• Douglas F. Brush, chairman and chief business development officer, Sentry Group
• Mark C. Clement, chief executive officer, Rochester General Health System
• Louis A. Gattozzi, vice president and general manager WROC CBS Television/WUHF Fox Rochester
• William W. Destler, president, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Laurence C. Glazer, chief executive officer, Buckingham Properties LLC
• John M. Pitton, Rochester market president, Bank of America
• Harry P. Trueheart, III, chairman, Nixon Peabody LLP

Officers for the 2010-11 year will be:

• Chairman: Thomas F. Judson, Jr., chairman and CEO of The Pike Co.
• Vice Chairman and Secretary: Susan Holliday, president and publisher of the Rochester Business Journal
• Treasurer: David H. Klein, president and CEO of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

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