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COLLEEN KERNAN, of Camillus, has been promoted to VP of corporate communications, at Pinckney Hugo Group. She is responsible for strategic communications marketing messaging and

JUSTIN EARL has been promoted to commercial-banking relationship manager at Tompkins Trust Company. He has worked at Tompkins Trust as AVP, small-business lending manager since

SARA SMITH has joined Five Star Bank as senior commercial & industrial portfolio manager. In this role, she is responsible for assisting commercial & industrial

KIEL KINKADE has been hired by CenterState CEO as a research and policy analyst within the organization’s research, policy and planning division. He is responsible

BROOKE COLEMAN has joined HighPoint Advisors, LLC as a client-service associate. She will work with current clients and the financial advisors of the firm to

JENNIFER FASSANO was recently promoted to director of the emergency department at Oswego Health. Fassano, a registered nurse (RN), earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology

ROBERT COOPER, has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) as a certified family nurse practitioner (FNP) at the MVHS Medical Group’s New Hartford Crossroads

SYEISHA BYRD was appointed director of family engagement at the Early Childhood Alliance (ECA), a coalition of community stakeholders with a shared vision for a

ELIZABETH LUDOVICI has been promoted to account manager at Pinckney Hugo Group. She was previously an assistant account manager and has been with the agency

CLAIRE STOCUM has been promoted to branch manager of the NBT Bank branch in Endicott. She joined NBT Bank in 2019 through the NBT Bank