Stephen Lamorte Email Address

Director of Grant Development

About the Rochester City School District: The Rochester City School District serves more than 59,000 students from preschool through adult. The district's commitment to wind-generated power marks the implementation of a comprehensive energy and environmental management strategy by the District that includes facility upgrades through performance contracting, energy demand management and commodity contracts, and education and awareness energy conservation programs. RG&E has joined forces with Wendel Energy Services LLC, Day Automation Systems, Inc., IBC Engineering PC, M/E Engineering PC, The Center for Environmental Information and the Rochester Chapter of ASHRAE to support a Green Schools" education and awareness program administered through the Alliance to Save Energy."

Steve LaMorte, a native of Queens, New York, is a perpetual believer in the power of education as a transformative force for the betterment of individuals and our world. As a teacher-leader for over a decade, Steve taught reading, history, civics, and social science to students across the K-12 spectrum. As a school administrator, he focuses on centering learning systems around the aim of ensuring all students have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to participate actively in our society and prepare them to be agents of positive change as empathetic, analytical, critically literate citizens. Steve has presented his work both locally and nationally, and has been recognized for his work as both a teacher and leader. He currently serves as Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Rochester City School District and treasures spending time at home with his wife, a fellow educator, where they work to create powerful citizens in their three spirited children.