DAISY RIVERA ALGARIN

Board Secretary
Co-Founder of Latinas Unidas

Country of Heritage: Puerto Rico.

Daisy Rivera Algarin retired from the City of Rochester after serving twenty-five years in various capacities.

Those roles included:

• Manager of Special Projects
• Director of the Neighborhood Service Centers (NSC) for the City of Rochester.
• Business Development Specialist from 2000 to 2017

Daisy co-founded Latinas Unidas in 1993, an organization that strives to foster and empower Latinas to reach their full potential.

Economic Development Accomplished Projects:

• Steel Tech Fabricators- Loan/Grant
• Donut Delite- Loan/Grant
• Salvatores Pizza-Loan/Grant
• El Pilon Restaurant Construction Loan/Grant
• 809 Bar and Grill- Technical Assistance
• Pudgie's Pizza- Loan/Grant
• Price Rite Supermarket- Site selection and technical assistance
• Business Associations- Organize and support seventeen commercial corridors with beautification grants. Ranging from $25,000 to $3,000
• Boss Sauce-Loan/Grant
• Caring and Sharing Childcare-Loan/Grant
• Oversee $1.5 million budget
• Supervise a staff of twenty-eight
• Developed a free meal program for seniors during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Served over 127,000 meals, 5,600 seniors served, and twenty-seven restaurants.

Daisy has served on:

• Chair of the Governance Committee for the Al Sigl Community of Agencies Board of Trustees
• Co-Chair with Mayor Lovely Warren, the American Heart Association, Circle of Red Awareness Campaign for women
• Latina Woman Scholarship Fund Chair Co-Founder- (Fund of $127,000 Awarded to over 19 Latinas)
• Democrat and Chronicle Blogger for UNITE Rochester
• 2009 Democrat and Chronicle, Top Forty Most Influential People of Rochester, N.Y.
• Advisory Board, Center for Urban Entrepreneurship (CUE) at RIT.
• 2025 United Way President/CEO Search Committee
• 2025 Rochester Regional Health Reach Homeless Board
• 2019 Roberts Wesleyan College, Multicultural Community Committee
• 2021 City of Rochester, Real Rapid Response Team to COVID-19
• 2025 PathStone Enterprise Board
• 2025 Salvation Army Board and past Board Chair
• 2025 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Board
• 2025 Connected Communities, Board

Awards and Recognitions:

• 2014 Rochester Women’s Network W Award Recipient
• 2014 Girl Scouts of Genesee Valley Woman of Distinction Award
• 2014 YWCA Honorary Chair, Empowering Women’s Luncheon
• 2014 Young Women College Prep Charter School Leadership Award
• 2020 Featured in Rochester Museum and Science Center Changemakers Exhibit
• 2022 Latinas Unidas Founder Award
• 2024 Rochester Business Journal Women of Excellence
• 2024 NY State Senate, Woman of Distinction
• 2025 United States Congressional Recor, House of Representatives Inducted by the office of Congressman Joseph Morelle

Daisy has also served in different capacities with Latinas Unidas. She was part of the founding team and has been the chair. She now serves as President Emeritus of Latinas Unidas.

She was born in Bronx, NY, and educated in Rochester. Daisy came to Rochester in 1971. She is married, has three children, and three grandchildren.