No one builds anything great alone. Whether you're hiring, connecting, leading, or learning, Greater Rochester Chamber connects you to the tools, people, and guidance you need for more clarity, more confidence, and more impact. Our events, partnerships, training programs, and member services are designed to meet you where you are and support where you’re going.
Connection that moves you forward.
Get the word out: Our Member Advertising program helps you connect with thousands of regional professionals through email, social, and website visibility.
Connection made easy: From casual mixers to signature gatherings, we host in-person and virtual events where conversations turn into real connections.
Need an intro?: Whether you're looking for a vendor, partner, or potential customer, we can help make the right connection. Reach out to Kevin.Donahue@GreaterRochesterChamber.com.
Member-to-member savings: Offer exclusive deals to fellow members—or take advantage of discounts yourself. It’s a smart way to save and support the community around you.
HR support you can count on.
Expert help when you need it: HR questions? Compliance concerns? Benchmarking data? Our HR Services connect you to real answers, trusted guidance, and a peer network that’s walked the same path.
Connection to people, knowledge, and opportunities.
Fuel your ambition: Greater Rochester Chamber supports member organization growth and expansion in the Greater Rochester region. We have compiled a list of grants, funding opportunities, and incentives available to businesses in New York State which is available here.
Your voice at every level.
Strategic policy protection: Greater Rochester Chamber's driving mission is to create an environment where business can thrive. We back business on a variety of issues at the local, state, and federal level, while also providing private, customized support on any roadblock your business might encounter. Members and prospective members may email Chamber@GreaterRochesterChamber.com for support.
Certified for global growth: Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce offers online Certificates of Origin through an affiliation with the American World Trade Chamber of Commerce to attest that goods in an export shipment are wholly obtained, produced, manufactured, or processed in a particular country.
Talent to build what's next.
Recruit with reach: Through Beyond TalentEdge, we help companies fill roles across every level and industry—with people who are ready to make an impact.
Safer hiring starts here: Our background screening service, Authentica, offers customized, comprehensive checks—so you can build a team you trust.
Unlock hidden talent pools: From Veterans Connect to CampusROC to our relocation programs, we’ll help you access talent that other employers miss.
Reach your team’s potential: Through our Chamber Academy, you’ll find trainings that go beyond basics—covering everything from supervision and leadership to HR and workplace wellness.
In our members' words:
“If you are a company that is considering joining Greater Rochester Chamber and hasn’t yet made that step, I would say it’s time to join a wonderful community of business leaders who are committed to not only driving their business’s successes but also in fueling and contributing to the success of our community locally. I believe there are 1,300 members locally, so what a network of other business leaders to be able to bounce ideas off of, get inspiration, network with, and partner with, all in support of driving one another’s business and supporting our local community and keeping people in Rochester, where we all live.”
Kimberly Jones, President & CEO, Butler/Till
"As a new business, we have grown very rapidly in the last four years, starting with one employee, and growing to over 60. There are a lot of HR questions that come up as a business owner and among our staff. Greater Rochester Chamber has been very helpful in providing us with resources and different tools we can lean on in the HR realm. This means we didn’t have to take on the financial burden of hiring somebody in the HR realm, but instead allowed us to lean on Greater Rochester Chamber for resources that have answered a lot of our questions and guided us as we continue to grow.”
Rachel Bantelman-Evans, Owner and Founder, Lumos Infrared Sauna Studio
“We had to grow like never before and hiring people was key. Having access to the talent at Greater Rochester Chamber to get us access to the people in the community was instrumental. There's a lot of challenges still in [our industry] and a lot of solutions that can help. We're going to need the Chamber to help us hire more people and continue to get us access to business leaders and community leaders to help us build our community here and grow.”
Jay McHarg, CEO, AeroSafe Global
"Having Greater Rochester Chamber as a partner helps us identify talent, market opportunities here, and helps us showcase our growth. On the advocacy side, the Chamber helps not only when there's issues at the state level that we really need to help shape to make our business grow faster, but also as the laws change make sure we're aware of what's going on and making sure that we can stay in compliance.”
Mark Murphy, CEO, Greenlight Networks
"Optimax utilizes Greater Rochester Chamber in a multitude of ways from the support services, from hiring, recruiting support, to background checks to the HR Forum networking and learning environments, which has been really, really important for me personally. From an organizational standpoint, we've also used the Chamber and the resources for a ton of different types of training. The legal updates have also been extremely important. The surveys, the ability to reach out to this network is really, really important."
Alejandro Mendoza, Director of HR, Optimax
"Greater Rochester Chamber is a great resource. It is well worth your membership dues, you get far more out of it than you pay for it. I think the reality is there is so much there that is untapped, to bring a different point of view. For us, we're a small human resources so having Greater Rochester Chamber as an extension can help me with changes in laws, updates to handbooks, and just resources when something is new or changing. That in and of itself has been invaluable for us."
Kara Martin, Director of Human Resources, REDCOM Laboratories