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Howell Liberatore & Associates, Inc.
Howell Liberatore & Associates, Inc. (HLA) has promoted ERIC PARKS to production manager. He has worked for three years as production artist in the art

NBT Bank Syracuse has promoted KAREN D’EREDITA, branch manager of the bank’s East Syracuse office, to assistant VP. She has 26 years of retail-banking experience.

JENNIFER L. SPONG, an administrator at southwestern New York’s Cattaraugus-Allegany Board of Cooperative Educational Services, will become the new assistant superintendent for instructional support services

M. Griffith Investment Services has promoted MELISSA LUCIANO to sales assistant II. She joined the firm in 2014 and is the executive assistant for Scott

TYRONE BROWN has joined Preferred Mutual Insurance Co. as a database developer. He previously was a business-intelligence consultant, specializing in data management. Brown is a
Cumulus Media announced that 93Q DJ JACK RYAN was promoted to the weekday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. shift, starting on Aug. 22. He began on-air at
iHeart Media has hired MEG ARIOTTI in its Syracuse office as an account executive. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a concentration

Usherwood Office Technology has promoted KEN STINSON to corporate VP of sales. In his previous responsibilities at Usherwood, he increased sales of managed IT by

People news: Hangar Theatre names Barakiva full-time artistic director
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Hangar Theatre announced it has appointed Michael Barakiva as its artistic director. Barakiva will be the Hangar’s first full-time, in-residence artistic

SOS adds orthopedic surgeon, Fitzgerald
DeWITT, N.Y. — Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists (SOS) announced it recently hired Dr. Michael G. Fitzgerald to its hand & wrist and shoulder teams. He is