
Season 23 Arrives: March 1, 2023
Creator: American Advertising Federation of Greater Rochester
TVG | Reality Award Show | TV Series | 2023

Back for its 23rd Season, the Silver Award goes to a consummate performer who has pushed our ad community forward, a master of the craft whom you and many others have turned to for guidance. They’ve earned the utmost respect from their colleagues and compatriots. A perennial star.
Criteria: Nominations should demonstrate the candidate’s contributions to their company, ad industry, and the greater community in Rochester. Candidates should also demonstrate a high degree of creative, original thinking in whatever role(s) they’ve held.
Selection: The Silver Award winner will be selected by past AAFGR presidents from the nomination submissions. It is not mandatory for this award to be given each year but if a winner is chosen, the award will be presented at that year’s American Advertising Awards.

Wayne Calabrese
Calabrese Studio

Mary Therese Friel
Mary Therese Friel Modeling Agency

Jim Lahue & Neil Montanus
The University of Rochester | Photography

Chris Lyons
Illustrator & RIT Professor

Lauren Dixon & Mike Schwabl
Dixon Schwabl Founders

Sue Butler & Tracy Till
Butler Till Founders

Frank Kopec
Founding President of AAFGR

Jeff Gable
CCO Partners + Napier

John Myers
Myers Creative Imaging

John Connelly
Creative Director & Copywriter

Paul Hudson
Roberts Communications

Mike Fountain
ICE Communications

Jeffrey Peyton Goff
Jay Advertising

Sharon Napier
Partners + Napier Founder

Walt Roberts
Roberts Communications Founder

Bob Young
Robt. Young Associates Inc. & Illustrator

Ferdinand Jay Smith III
Jay Advertising Founder

Bill Bucket
Bill Bucket Associates & RIT Faculty

Jerry Flynn
Martino Flynn Founder

Bob Conge
CONGE Design
Designer & Illustrator

Chris Pulleyn
Buck & Pulleyn Founder

James M. Gallery Jr.
Eastman Kodak Company

Jack Kraushaar
Chairman & CEO of Blair/BBDO