Annual Dinner
The Ontario County Chamber hosted its 2025 Annual Dinner March 6 at Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua.
More than 200 guests attended the event, which also helped mark 115 years of the Chamber!
A highlight of evening was the presentation of our awards:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Tim Chaapel
- Business of the Year: LaBarge Media
- NonProfit of the Year: Neighbor to Neighbor
View some of the evenings photos, captured by Gabrielle Plucknette Photography, below.


Lifetime Achievement Recipients


2025: Tim Chaapel


2024: Daniel Fuller


2023: Laurie O'Shaughnessy


2022: Jeff Friend


2020: Susanne Kennedy


2019: Richard McGavern


2018: John A. "Jack" Schuppenhauer


2017: Byron Delavan


2016: Jack Moran


2015: Benedict Gullo


2014: Ellie Fralick


2013: Richard Sands


2012: Linda Farchione Hawks


2011: Ralph Calabrese


2010: Randall Farnsworth


2009: Robert G. Sheridan


2008: William B. Rayburn


2007: Earl Coleates


2006: Ellen Polimeni


2005: Jane Stickler


2004: Clifford E. "Bob" Murphy, Jr.


2003: Fred W. Sarkis


2002: Richard Hawks, Jr.


2001: Richard W. Appel


2000: Caroline A. Delavan


1999: Paul Kellogg


1998: Judge Joseph Cribb


1997: Frieda O'Hanlon


1996: George W. Hamlin IV


1995: James Holden


1994: Buddy Rockmaker


1993: Tarry Shipley


1992: Joseph Delforte


1991: James Doran


1990: Bernard Hagerman


1989: Robert Craugh


1988: Marvin A. Rapp


1987: Richard E. Ogden


1986: George M. Ewing, Sr.


1985: Alton U. Farnsworth


1984: Ella Dunham


1983: Bruce M. Kennedy


1982: Marvin L. Sands


1981: Anthony M. Symigs


1980: William J. Mitchell


1979: Louis M. Kiesewetter


1978: James F. Kellogg


1977: Rose Comella


1976: Richard H Hawks, Sr.


1975: Isobel S. Sainsbury


1974: George G. Hayes


1973: Arthur S. Hamlin


1972: Lester A. Boyce


1971: T. Hamilton Kennedy


1970: Frank A. Baker


1969: Herbert J. Ellis


1968: Robert A. Hoekelman


1967: Collins W. Carpenter


1966: Albert A. Moore


1965: Walter C. Benham


1964: Arthur R. Munson


1963: Burrall S. Case


1962: Howard J. Samuels


1961: William W. Muar


1960: Raymond A. Lake
Business Award Recipients
2025
Business of the Year: LaBarge Media
NonProfit of the Year: Neighbor to Neighbor
2024
Business of the Year (fewer than 25 employees): Finger Lakes Animal Hospital
Business of the Year (25+ employees): Ashton Place Senior Living
Nonprofit of the Year: UR Medicine Thompson Health
2023
Environmental Champion - Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association
Visionary Investor - Leonard's Express
Humanitarian - Family Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes
Innovator - Uber Lawns & Landscape
Minority or Woman Owned Business - Young Lion Brewing Company
2022
Environmental Champion - Auto Wash
Visionary Investor - Factory 243
Humanitarian - Literacy Volunteers Ontario + Yates
Innovator - Finger Lakes Community College
Minority or Woman Owned Business - 29 Design Studio
2021
Environmental Champion - Canandaigua Yacht Club
Visionary Investor - Seager Marine
Humanitarian - ESL Federal Credit Union
Innovator - Pactiv Evergreen
Minority or Woman Owned Business - Thai by Night
2020
Environmental Champion - The Lake House on Canandaigua
Visionary Investor - Simco HR
Humanitarian - The Salvation Army Canandaigua Corps
Innovator - Wegmans Food, Pharmacy & Market Café
2019
Tourism | New York Kitchen |
Service | The Friend Team |
Retail | Lazy Acre Alpacas/Alpaca Country Clothing & Gifts |
Industry | Finger Lakes Extrusion |
2018
Tourism | Break the Ice Media |
Service | Care Net Pregnancy Center of Canandaigua |
Retail | Peacemaker Brewing Company |
Industry | Canandaigua National Bank & Trust |
2017
Tourism | Finger Lakes Visitors Connection |
Service | Wood Library |
Retail | Canandaigua Federal Credit Union #16176 |
Industry | JD Chapman Agency, Inc. |
2016
Tourism | Ontario County Historical Society |
Service | Greater Canandaigua Family YMCA |
Retail | Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County, NY/ReStore |
Industry | Halco Energy |
2015
Tourism | Lazy Acre Alpacas |
Service | Finger Lakes Community College |
Retail | Thompson Guild Gallery Gift Shop |
Industry | Leonard's Express, Inc. |
2014
Tourism | Roseland Bowl Family Fun Center |
Service | Tall Trainer Fitness Systems |
Retail | Image Custom Audio & Video |
Industry | CB Craft Brewers |
2013
Tourism | Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park |
Service | Nu-Look Collision Centers, Inc. |
Retail | Ryan's Wine & Spirits |
Industry | LaBarge Media |
2012
Tourism | CMAC (Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center |
Service | Park West Hair Design & Spa, Inc. |
Retail | Rockcastle Florist |
Industry | Rochester Gas & Electric Corp./NYSEG |
2010
Tourism | Miami Motel |
Service | Woodlawn Cemetery |
Retail | Wick-edly Sent Soap and Candle Company |
Industry | Patrick Constructors, Inc. |
2009
Tourism | Granger Homestead Society, Inc. |
Service | Mercy Flight Central, Inc. |
Retail | Canandaigua Carpets, Inc. |
Industry | Constellation Brands |
2008
Tourism | Arbor Hill Grapery |
Service | Patty’s Place |
Retail | Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery |
Industry | Iversen Construction Corp. |
2007
Tourism | Bristol Mountain Resort |
Service | Kennedy & Son Funeral Home, Inc. |
Retail | Randall Farnsworth Auto Group |
Industry | Artizahn Dental Studio, Inc. |
2006
Tourism | Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack |
Service | American Red Cross- West Ontario Office |
Retail | Crown Jewelers |
Industry | Moore Printing Co., Inc. |
2005
Tourism | Captain Gray’s Boat Tours |
Service | Canandaigua Bus Tours |
Retail | Dick Anthony LTD |
Industry | Commodore Machine |
2004
Service | Ontario ARC/Abbey Industries |
Retail | Mobile Music |
Industry | Finger Lakes Technologies Group, Inc. |
2003
Tourism | Canandaigua Inn on the Lake |
Service | Thompson Health |
Retail | Sweet Expressions |
Industry | Messenger Post Newspapers |
2002
Tourism | Bristol Valley Theatre |
Service | The Eye Care Center |
Retail | G. Jones Furniture |
Industry | Canandaigua Wine Company |
2001
Tourism | AAA of Canandaigua |
Service | Literacy Volunteers |
Retail | The Country Ewe |
Industry | Pactiv |
2000
Tourism | Canandaigua Inn on the Lake |
Service | Ontario County Arts Council |
Retail | Canandaigua Motors |
Industry | Ultrafab |