Destination Pulse

Visit Rochester

visitrochester.com

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Current leadership

7 leaders

Top leader

Don Jeffries

President & CEO

Executive

Jeanine Battermann

CFO & Vice President, Human Resources

Vice president

Amanda Fox

Vice President, Operations & Events

Vice president

Diana Keating

Vice President, Marketing

Vice president

Greg LaDuca

Vice President, Industry Relations & Visitor Experience

Vice president

Rachel Laber

Vice President, Communications

Vice president

Wendy O'Duffy

Vice President, Sales

Team

14 people

Team by function

  • Sales & convention services9
  • Marketing & communications2
  • Visitor experience1
  • Finance & administration1
  • Other1

Sales & convention services

9 people

  • Amber Brewer

    Event Services Manager

  • Dave Samentello

    Convention & Sports Sales Manager

  • Erin Kivel

    Administrative Assistant/Sales & Sports Coordinator

  • Kasia Ravenell

    Convention Sales Manager

  • Libby Craig

    Sports Development Manager

  • Nora Brown

    Film Office Director

  • Rich Mackey

    Sports Development Manager

  • Tim Banach

    Film Office Deputy Director

  • Tim James

    Senior Sales Manager

Marketing & communications

2 people

  • Katie Berry

    Marketing & Events Specialist

  • Katie Dee

    Communications Specialist

Visitor experience

1 person

  • Autumn Graney

    Visitor Services Specialist

Finance & administration

1 person

  • Dawn Falk

    Accounting Specialist

Other

1 person

  • Elena Oyer

    Director of Partnerships

7 in leadership and 14 grouped by function. Captured Oct 18, 2026 from the official team page.

From the IRS Form 990 (FY2025)

Revenue $4,688,989

Contractors (0)

None listed on the filing.

Officers and directors (26)

  • Donald Jeffries — President/CEO — $275,306
  • Jeanine Battermann — VP of Finance — $135,150
  • Greg LaDuca — VP of Industry — $133,217
  • Wendy O'Duffy — VP of Sales — $117,625
  • Tim James — Sales Manager — $103,544
  • Rich Mackey — Sales Manager — $102,341
  • Amanda Fox — VP Event Services — $100,074
  • Diana Keating — VP Marketing — $100,074
  • Erin Kivel — Secretary — $54,963
17 others listed without compensation
  • Fran Antonelli — Vice Chair
  • Hon Adam Bello — Member
  • Craig F Curran — Member
  • Hon Malik Evans — Member
  • Bill Gunther — Chair
  • Bob Duffy — Member
  • Rob Norris — Member
  • Bill Strassburg — Member
  • Joseph Rulison — Member
  • Gregory Smith — Member
  • John Urlaub — Treasurer
  • Hillary Olson — Member
  • Corey Dooley — Member
  • Steve Dubnik — Member
  • Steve Hausmann — Member
  • Jett Mehta — Member
  • Yversha Roman — Member

As reported on the organization's IRS Form 990 for tax period 202512. Compensation is shown only where the filing reports an amount above zero. View the filing on ProPublica.

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