Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce presented Adrian Isaiah Hale with its 5th annual IGNITE Award at a ceremony on Thursday, August 3, at Lincoln Hill Farms in Canandaigua. The IGNITE Award recognizes a young professional aged 21 to 40 who strives toward the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishment, excels in their chosen field, devotes time and energy to their community in a meaningful way, and forges a path of leadership for others to follow.
Hale is the Director of Economic & Community Development at Foundry and is also the director of the company’s Foundry Deploy program. He joined the Foundry team because he believes in the socio-economic problem-solving power of decentralized infrastructure technologies, particularly for communities such as Rochester. In addition to his responsibilities at Foundry, he serves on several boards, including the New York State Board of Regents as of March 2023. Hale additionally served in the United States Military. He was an active-duty Marine for five years. As a Marine he made two combat deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). After his honorable discharge from the Marines, Adrian re-enlisted in the US Air Force Reserves, where he served for three years.
For more information on each the 2023 award finalists, please see the 2023 Greater Rochester Chamber IGNITE Award Magazine at https://issuu.com/rochesterchamber/docs/2023_ignite_magazine_-_digital. A selection committee consisting of a diverse group of professional leaders from the Rochester and Finger Lakes business community determined the finalists and recipient based upon submitted nominations.
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