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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

Smith Brothers Insurance names Kelly private-client practice leader
Smith Brothers Insurance, LLC — an independent insurance and risk-management broker with Southern Tier offices in Vestal, Owego, and Waverly — recently hired Mike Kelly as private-client practice leader. Kelly is responsible for private-client growth initiatives, client service, and enhancing the company’s people-focused culture, according to a Smith Brothers news release. Kelly brings 15 years

Security Mutual adds insurance-industry veteran to board
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York announced that it has appointed insurance-industry veteran Robin Lenna to its board of directors. Lenna is senior VP at Vitech Systems Group, a New York City–based global provider of cloud-native benefit and investment-administration software. “We are happy to welcome Robin to the Board of

NBT Bank promotes two in human resources division
Butcher joined NBT Bank in 2011 as director of organizational development. He has more than 20 years of experience, including serving as manager of organizational effectiveness for MWV. Butcher earned a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego. He holds a certification in organization development from the National Training Lab Institute for Applied Behavioral Science and a

People news: Oswego Health names Pagliaroli VP of clinical services and integrated health care
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health announced it has recently promoted Kathryn Pagliaroli to VP of clinical services and integrated health care. Pagliaroli began her career
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