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MVHS to host hiring event on Wednesday
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) will host an in-person hiring event on Wednesday, April 13 from 3-6 p.m. It will take

Madison County Youth Bureau seeks funding proposals
WAMPSVILLE, N.Y. — The Madison County Youth Bureau is accepting funding proposals from community-based nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and Madison County municipalities to provide services

IPD Engineering names Manzo VP of operations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — IPD Engineering announced it has promoted Tom Manzo to VP of operations. Manzo, an IPD employee of 10 years, is an accomplished

Turchetti named president of HCR Home Care
HCR Home Care recently announced it had appointed Suzanne Turchetti as its new president. Turchetti had previously been serving as the organization’s chief administrative officer, the company tells CNYBJ in an email. The Rochester–based and woman-owned HCR Home Care has a Central New York office at the Thruway Office Building at 290 Elwood Davis Road in the

New regional director begins work at Onondaga SBDC
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Robert Griffin has started his work as the new regional director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Onondaga Community College (OCC). SBDCs provide counseling and training to small businesses, including working with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop and provide informational tools to support business startups and existing

NYSIF tops MWBE participation goal in fiscal year 2020-21
NYSIF — the New York State Insurance Fund — says it “far exceeded” its established annual MWBE participation goal of 35 percent in state fiscal year 2020-21. It also plans to continue recruiting MWBE financial firms to “further increase their participation in 2022 and beyond.” NYSIF describes itself as New York’s largest workers’-compensation carrier. It made

Broome Leadership Institute graduates 19 in Class of 2022
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — On Thursday, March 24, 19 area businesspeople graduated as members of the Broome Leadership Institute (BLI) Class of 2022 at a dinner and ceremony, at the Riverdale Banquet Hall in Endwell. The BLI Class of 2022 represents the 35th graduating class of the program. BLI is a six-month community leadership program, sponsored

New Syracuse women’s basketball head coach starts her new role
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Felisha Legette-Jack has started her work in leading the Syracuse University women’s basketball program. Syracuse on March 28 introduced Legette-Jack, 55, as the team’s 7th head coach during a news conference held at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center. She’ll be coaching a team that now plays its games in the Carrier

Matthew House in Auburn adds Santillo to board of directors
AUBURN, N.Y. — Matthew House — an Auburn nonprofit that operates a two-bed comfort-care home for terminally ill people in their final days of life — announced it recently added Judy Santillo to its board of directors. She was inducted in early March for a two-year term, according to a March 10 news release from

Phelps to retire from Oswego Industries board of directors after 45 years
FULTON, N.Y. — Bruce Phelps, owner of Fulton Tool, has served on the Oswego Industries board of directors for 45 years and recently announced his intent to retire at the end of his current term. Phelps was one of the founding members of the Oswego Industries board and has seen the agency evolve in many
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