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People news: Tompkins Financial promotes Peterson to marketing communications manager
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced it has promoted Abby Peterson to VP and marketing communications manager. She joined the banking company
MVHS business office relocates to St. Elizabeth College of Nursing building
UTICA, N.Y. — The business office of the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) has relocated to the St. Elizabeth College of Nursing (SECON) building at

Tompkins Financial hires Cross as banking operations manager
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced it has hired Martin Cross as senior VP and banking operations manager. He will provide leadership

UnitedHealthcare is offering Central New York small businesses the chance to pursue $10,000 in funding for projects to improve community health and wellness. UnitedHealthcare, CenterState
Booz Allen Hamilton to build new location, add jobs in Rome in partnership with NYSTEC
ROME, N.Y. — Booz Allen Hamilton, a global management and technology consulting firm and government-services contractor, plans to build a new 14,000-square-foot facility in the
Steuben County manufacturer to expand operations, add jobs
LINDLEY, N.Y. — Manufacturing Automation Systems (MAS) plans to expand its operations and add jobs in the town of Lindley in Steuben County. MAS will

NBT Bank promotes three to senior VP
Carnrike-Granata is director of information security and fraud risk for NBT Bank and has more than 10 years of experience in economic fraud and information

Onondaga County: Flex-Hose, Cryomech expanding operations
Cryomech, which manufactures high performance cryogenic equipment, plans to relocate to a new facility within the town of DeWitt. Crews have yet to build the

Syracuse appoints Alford as school’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer
Alford’s appointment fulfills a “key priority” of the Chancellor Kent Syverud’s workgroup on diversity and inclusion, which, in 2016, “delivered wide-ranging recommendations aimed at creating

SBA names Rickman new deputy district director of Syracuse district office
Rickman most recently served as branch manager, supervising the district’s Albany and Elmira offices, the SBA said in a Monday news release. He joined the
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