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Community Bank’s Penny named to AHA’s Syracuse Advisory Board
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank N.A. announced that its VP and director of marketing, Dara Penny, has been appointed to the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Syracuse Advisory Board. In this new role, Penny will help drive AHA’s “mission for a world of longer, healthier lives through fundraising, advocacy, and volunteer efforts.” Penny, who has been […]

Loretto’s Lyon named New Administrator of the Year for Central New York
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Courtney Lyon, administrator for Loretto Health & Rehabilitation, recently received the New Administrator of the Year award for Central New York from the American College of Health Care Administrators, New York Chapter. Lyon was promoted to administrator at Loretto in 2020. After two of the most challenging years imaginable in health care

Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC
Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC recently hired two new associates in its Syracuse office. KATHRYN STOVER has joined the accounting firm as an audit and accounting associate. She received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from SUNY Oswego. Prior to being hired on a full-time basis, Stover interned in the Audit and Accounting department at

SUNY Oswego recently hired GABRIEL MARSHALL as its new associate VP for student affairs. Marshall’s duties include direct responsibility for four units — Student Engagement and Leadership, Campus Events and Conference Services, Campus Recreation, and Student Orientation and Family Engagement — providing visionary and strategic leadership to ensure that vibrant, inclusive, and educational opportunities abound
Herkimer County Community College has appointed COLLEEN BENTLEY-CICCONE, of Frankfort, to the position of purchasing agent. Bentley-Ciccone will manage and process all purchasing activity and oversee the mailroom, copy center, fleet- vehicle assignments, and telephone attendant. She has served as assistant director of business services, responsible for purchasing & accounts payable, at Utica University since

Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt (KHH) — a design firm specializing in structural engineering, landscape architecture, and building-envelope systems — recently added four people to its staff. STEVE DARCANGELO joins as a senior engineer with more than 20 years of experience in civil design. He graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

TAMMY NATOLI, a long-time employee and registered nurse, has been promoted by Loretto to director of marketing and intake at PACE CNY. In her new leadership role, Natoli will play an integral part in promoting PACE CNY programs and services by developing, maintaining, and implementing existing and new marketing plans that align with Loretto’s business

Ichor Life Sciences, a pre-clinical contract-research organization offering services in discovery through pharmacology, announces the hiring of CHRISTOPHER SCHILLO as its new vivarium director to expand the company’s ophthalmology capabilities and capacity. Schillo is responsible for overseeing all operations within the vivarium, which includes managing staff, animal husbandry, and research operations as well as acting

Northland Communications, a Central New York–based telecommunications provider, has named a new VP of sales and customer relations to its leadership team. JIM FIRENZE brings nearly 30 years of experience with him to his new role and specializes in customer service, account management, and client relations. Firenze and his team will focus on enhancing Northland’s

People news: Chimera Integrations promotes O’Donnell to sales manager
CICERO, N.Y. — Commercial security systems and communications technology integrator Chimera Integrations has promoted Ryan O’Donnell to sales manager. O’Donnell joined the company in June
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