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Cazenovia College President Chesbrough to retire in January; school appoints interim president
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — Cazenovia College President Ron Chesbrough plans to retire Jan. 14, the school announced Tuesday. In addition, the Cazenovia College board of trustees

Utica Gas & Electric FCU names Brown president and CEO
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Utica Gas & Electric Federal Credit Union (FCU) recently announced Lori Brown as its new president and CEO. She succeeds John

NUAIR adds two positions to help business growth, advance the region’s drone corridor
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NUAIR has added two new positions to pursue business growth and advancement of New York’s 50-mile drone corridor between Syracuse and Rome.

STEVEN J. SINOPOLI, CPA has joined Grossman St. Amour CPAs as senior manager in the firm’s Tax Services Group. He practices in the areas of multi‐state tax preparation for individuals, partnerships, S‐Corporations, and fiduciary entities. His clients include medical and dental practices. Sinopoli prepares and reviews financial statements and quarterly payroll-tax returns. He also engages
Fust Charles Chambers LLP has promoted the following individuals, who continue to service the firm’s manufacturing, distribution, health care, not-for-profit, and other closely held business clients. BRANDON T. MESSECAR, CPA, has been promoted to audit manager. He joined the firm in 2016. Messecar received his bachelor’s degree and MBA in accounting from SUNY Oswego. CHRISTOPHER

Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing- communications firm, has hired BETHANY MERLIN, of Syracuse, as an assistant account manager. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Merlin was a marketing coordinator at Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty in Boston. She has a bachelor’s degree in marketing communication from Emerson College.
MISTY MASON was promoted to banking solutions representative at Solvay Bank’s State Tower branch in downtown Syracuse. She started her career with Solvay Bank in 2019 at the DeWitt branch. Most recently, she served as head teller.

LORRAINE A. LADD-FALANGA has joined The Center for Wound Healing at Oswego Health. Ladd-Falanga will see patients at the center, which offers treatments including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative-pressure therapies, bioengineered tissues, and biosynthetic to reintroduce the body’s innate ability to heal. Ladd-Falanga brings more than 20 years of experience and is no stranger to Oswego

MELISSA SCHMIDT has joined Upstate Urology at Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) as a certified family nurse practitioner, where she will provide care to patients of all ages. Schmidt has more than 10 years of nursing experience at MVHS in inpatient post-operative care and vascular surgery. Schmidt earned her master’s family nurse practitioner degree from

REBECCA SCOTT recently joined Raymour & Flanigan as its new senior brand manager. Her focus will be on product marketing, brand purpose/cause marketing, brand communications and PR, and overseeing influencer marketing. Scott has years of experience working in integrated marketing. She previously worked for more than seven years at integrated-marketing communications firm, Pinckney Hugo Group
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