
Johnson Club of Rochester
Upcoming Event: Annual Holiday Party 2009
Our annual holiday party will take place on Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 4:00
to 6:00 PM at the home of
Lois Niland, at 33
Oak Meadow Trail in Pittsford.
Lois once again hosts the Johnson Club's annual holiday party. With hors d'ouvres and
beverages supplied by the Board and by the Johnson School – at no cost to you – it MUST be Christmas! You'll get to catch up
on the year with folks you haven't seen, maintain friendships, network, and generally relax at the end of your
shopping weekend. You know you've earned it!
Click here to RSPV. Click here to see who's coming. Please RSVP by December 1.
For more information, please contact Lois
Niland at 585.383.8807 or lniland@frontiernet.net.
Past Event: Speed Networking, Sept. 30, 2009
The Johnson School Club of Rochester and the Cornell Club of Rochester Present:
"Speed Networking Lunch"
Wednesday, September 30th at noon
Bamba Bistro
282 Alexander Street
Rochester, NY
Your Hosts: Athena Jamesson AB 78, JD 88 and Eliza Moore, ILR 94, MBA 01
Enjoy a quick round of intros from each participant, a delicious lunch and a chance to make new friends.
Cost: $13.50 (includes entreé*, beverage and gratuity)
Register no later than Friday, September 25
https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni/events/registration/participant_frm.cfm
(Advance registration required ~ space is limited)
See who is coming:
http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni/events/registration/attendees.cfm
For more information or questions, please contact:
Eliza Moore at 370-0365 or elm4@cornell.edu, or
Athena Jamesson at 613-6273 or athena33@rochester.rr.com
*Entreé choices include:
Cup of soup and half of a club sandwich
Chicken Caesar Salad
French Gnocchi with Peas, Mushrooms & Squash in a truffle garlic sauce
Past Event: Panel discussion on the crisis in the banking industry. June 11, 2009.
The Johnson Club is co-promoting a panel discussion that is being organized by the Yale Club of Rochester:
"Explaining the End of the World as We Know It:
The World According to TARP How Safe Are Your Bank Accounts?"
Moderator: Christopher Carosa, CTFA, President, Bullfinch Fund, Inc. (Yale 82)
Arguing in Favor of TARP: George Hamlin, President, Canandaigua National Bank (Yale 63)
Arguing Against TARP: Patrick C. Burke, Regional President, First Niagara Bank (Cornell 83)
Date: Thursday June 11, 2009
Location: RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road
Cocktail Reception: 4:305:30pm ($10 at door, but reservations required)
Panel discussion, with Q&A: 5:30-7:00pm (Free, but reservations required limited seating)
If you plan on attending, please register for the event. For questions, please contact Chris Carosa at ccarosa@bullfinchfund.com.
Past Event: “Green Energy, Golden Opportunities”
On March 26, 2009, the Johnson School Club of Rochester hosted a panel presentation:
“Green Energy, Golden Opportunities: How the environment and business can prosper together.”
The panel was moderated by Dr. Mark Milstein,
Lecturer of Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainable Global Enterprise at
Cornell
University's Johnson Graduate School of Management. The event was
a huge success and was attended by over 150 people. The
discussion was both informative and lively, with many questions and
comments coming from the audience.
The event took place at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School at 1100 South Goodman Street in Rochester.
The three panelists were:
Keith Pitman, President and CEO of Empire State Wind Energy, LLC
www.empirestatewindenergy.com
Kenneth Reed, Vice-president and CTO of Cerion Technologies
www.ceriontechnologies.com
Matt Fronk, Director of General Motors Fuel Cell Laboratory
www.gm.com/experience/technology/fuel_cells/
Top photo above courtesy of Jeff Burns. Bottom photo by Alex Chernavsky. For more event photos by
Jeff Burns, please click here.
Past Event: Annual Holiday Party 2008
Our annual holiday party will take place on Sunday, December 7, 2008 from 4:00
to 6:00 PM at the home of
Lois Niland, at 33
Oak Meadow Trail in Pittsford.
Lois once again hosts the Johnson Club's annual holiday party. With hors d'ouvres and
beverages supplied by the board – at no cost to you – it MUST be Christmas! You'll get to catch up
on the year with folks you haven't seen, maintain friendships, network, and generally relax at the end of your
shopping weekend. You know you've earned it!
To RSVP and get directions, please contact Lois
Niland at 585.383.8807 or lniland@frontiernet.net.
Past Event: Wine-Tasting on Sept. 21, 2008
Come celebrate the Autumnal Equinox
with fellow Rochester-area Johnson School and Cornell alumni
at a Wine Tasting Brunch!
Join us at Hunt Country Vineyards to:
- Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the
winery with Cornell grads Jonathan & Caroline Boutard Hunt, son and
daughter-in-law of Hunt Country founders Art & Joyce Hunt
- Sample some wonderful pairings of brunch foods and well-matched wines
- Glean some useful tips on pairing your favorite foods with
complementary wines from Hunt Country marketing director and Johnson
School grad Jim Alsina
Sunday, 21 September at 9:30 a.m.
Hunt Country Vineyards
4021 Italy Hill Road
Branchport, NY 14418
www.HuntWines.com
"Handcrafted Finger Lakes Wines since 1981"
Price: $15 per person
RSVP by 15 September. Space is limited to the first 40 people, so reply early to ensure a spot for this outstanding event.
Register on-line: https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni/events/registration/participant_frm.cfm
Register by phone: Please contact the Alumni Affairs office at 1.800.847.2082 opt. 2
See who is attending: http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni/events/registration/attendees.cfm
If you are interested in carpooling from the
Rochester area, please contact Johnson Club president Donna Spinella,
using the word "carpool" in the subject line: dspinella@gmail.com.
Past Event: Annual Summer Picnic, 2008
The Johnson Club held its annual summer picnic on
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 at the home of board-member Linda Hunt, MBA
'79 and her husband Will Hunt. Everyone had a great time—eating,
drinking, and catching up with fellow Johnson School alums. Be
sure to join us again in August, 2009 as we continue this tradition.
Some photographs of the event are available by clicking on the image below:
Above: Linda and Will Hunt. For more photos, click on the image above.
Past Event: Lecture with Prof. Douglas Stayman
On April 30, 2008, the Johnson Club of Rochester's Spring Faculty Speaker
and Networking Event featured
Doug Stayman, Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean for Curriculum. Professor Stayman's presentation
was titled, "Will The Traditional MBA Program Survive?". Some photographs of the
event are available here.
Professor
Stayman gave a fascinating overview of how MBA programs are evolving and expanding. The event took place at
Tasteology, which provided wine and delicious appetizers.

Past Event: Annual Holiday Party 2007
Our annual holiday party took place on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the home of then-president
Lois Niland ’76, MBA ’78.
Lois once again hosted the Johnson Club's annual holiday party. With hors d'ouvres and
beverages supplied by the board, everyone was filled with holiday cheer.
This year we had a special
guest: Lynne Allen, Johnson
School Alumni Career Advisor, attended the party.
Click here to view additional photographs of this event.
Past event: Luncheon with Lynne Allen on December 10, 2007
Lynne Allen, Johnson
School Alumni Career Advisor, presented:
“Targeted Networking”
Monday, December 10, 2007, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM
If you're in a state of transition in your career – whether through losing a job, relocating, returning
to work after parental leave, or just feeling in a rut – you'll be interested in meeting
Lynne Allen, the career consultant retained by Alumni Affairs for Johnson School
alumni. Ms. Allen helps business professionals with career objectives, self assessment,
career opportunities, and networking strategies.
Location: The Hyatt at
125
East Main Street in downtown Rochester.
Individual meetings with Lynne Allen were scheduled on
the morning of Monday, December 10.
Past Event: Meeting and Free Summer Picnic
See more
photos from the picnic
Annual Summer Picnic (Free!)
Sunday, July 29, 2007
From 3 pm to ?
Hosted by:
David Jacobs MBA ’67 and Anne Jacobs
For further questions about the directions, please contact the Alumni Affairs
Office at 607.255.9437, or send email to alumni@johnson.cornell.edu
Past Event: Lecture by Prof. Harold Bierman
“Private Equity and Fortress”
A lecture by Harold Bierman, Jr., the
Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Business Administration at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
Tuesday, May 15th at 6:00 pm
Genesee Valley Club
421 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Cost: $15 (Johnson School Club of Rochester members only)
$20 (non-members including Cornell Club members, other Ivy Schools and guests)
To register, go to: www.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni/events/bierman/participant_frm.cfm
To see who's coming: www.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni/events/registration/attendees.cfm
Past Event: Lecture by Steve Leveen
On October 16, 2006, the Johnson Club of Rochester and the Harvard Business School Club held a joint event:
Steve Leveen, MA '79, PhD '82
President and Founder of the Levenger Company
Pioneering direct marketer of "Tools for Serious Readers"
Lecture title: "The Business Opportunities of a Well-Read Life"
This well-attended lecture was a fascinating look at the intersection between art and business. The event was another
instance of collaboration between two Rochester-area Ivy alumni clubs – the Johnson Club, and the Harvard Business
School Club. Some photographs from the evening
are available here, or by clicking on the photo below:
Steve Leveen lectures to a packed hall
Past Event: Annual Summer Picnic, Aug. 2006
The Johnson Club held its annual summer picnic on Thursday, August 3rd at the home of
board-member Linda Hunt, MBA '79 and her husband Will Hunt. Everyone had a great time – eating, drinking,
and catching up with fellow Johnson School alums. Be sure to join us in August, 2007 as we continue this tradition.
Some photographs of the event are available here, or by clicking
on the image below:
From left: Linda Hunt ’79, Alex Chernavsky ’95, and Eliza Moore ’01 (with Luke August Moore Broshears,
Johnson School Class of circa 2034)
Past Event: Lecture by Professor Stuart L. Hart
"How To Make Billions And Bring World Peace!" Spring 2006 All-Ivy Speaker Event
On May 4th, 2006, the Johnson Club of Rochester presented Stuart L. Hart, Samuel C. Johnson Professor of Sustainable Global
Enterprise, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. Professor Stuart Hart, one of the world's
top authorities on the implications of sustainable business development and environmentalism for business strategy,
explored a better way to make money, while improving the world's prospects for long run growth, prosperity and
peace. Companies that live in their local markets, observing and listening to them, can develop such markets
to make money in new ways.
This lecture was open to alumni of other distinguished universities and was another
instance of collaboration among local Ivy clubs. Some photos of the event are
available here or by clicking on the image below:
Professor Stuart Hart
Past Event: Annual Holiday Party, 2005
On December 11, local Johnson School alumni gathered for some holiday cheer at the home of board member Lois Niland.

Past Activity: Fall 2005 speaker event, with Prof. Robert H. Frank from the Johnson School
On the evening of Wednesday, October 19, 2005. Professor
Robert H. Frank
drove up from Ithaca to
deliver a fascinating lecture titled, “Does rising inequality harm the
middle class?”. The event took place at the Strathallan
hotel in Rochester. The lecture was attended by alumni from
Cornell, as well as from other Ivy League universities.
Here are some photographs from the event, presented in no particular order:
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