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People news: Unity House of Cayuga County hires Phelps
AUBURN, N.Y. — Unity House of Cayuga County, Inc. announced that Nyka Phelps has recently joined the agency as the new director of the PROSperity

Nascentia Health hires Frederick as VP of health-plan operations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Nascentia Health announced it has appointed Amanda Frederick as its new VP of health-plan operations. Frederick is involved in overseeing Nascentia’s managed

People news: Helio Health names new chief growth officer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Helio Health, Inc. announced that it has appointed Shawna Craigmile as its chief growth officer. She will work with Helio Health’s executive

Rasheed takes over as board chair for Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties
UTICA, N,Y, — Jawwaad Rasheed, a recently retired Oneida County Family Court Support Magistrate, is serving as the new board chair of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties. In addition to his years of service on the Community Foundation board, Rasheed has been involved in the Eastern Regional Child Support Enforcement Association, 100

MARY BROWN has recently joined Firley, Moran, Freer & Essa, CPA. P.C. as a tax manager. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. John Fisher College and has spent the last 20 years in public accounting, providing tax-accounting services such as tax planning and compliance work. Brown’s clients include closely-held businesses, individuals, trusts,

LILY YAN HUGHES has joined the Syracuse University College of Law as assistant dean for career development. In this role, Hughes will lead the implementation of the college’s job placement and career-development strategy for law students, including expanding its national network of prospective placements and overseeing its externship program. An experienced corporate executive, Hughes most

Delta Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors, & Landscape Architects, DPC
SHANNON O’BRIEN has joined the Endwell office of Delta Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors, & Landscape Architects, DPC as an assistant engineer in the Delta Mechanical Group. She recently received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in Sustainability from Binghamton University. O’Brien previously worked as an intern with Delta. GABE OSTERHOUT has joined

ANDREW S. CARTWRIGHT has been promoted by Valicenti Advisory Services, Inc. to security analyst and trader. His responsibilities include security analysis, placing and allocating all trades for the firm, assisting the portfolio managers with portfolio-management tasks and special projects. Valicenti Advisory Services, with offices in Elmira and Corning, is a registered investment advisory firm as

THOMAS CASELLA has joined the Buffalo–based law firm of Hurwitz & Fine, P.C. as a member attorney in its insurance coverage group in Central New York. He works from the Mohawk Valley area and brings 15 years of legal experience to the team — 10 of those years in the insurance industry — holding a

JANET KLEIMAN has been promoted to chief operations officer at Sedgwick Business Interiors, from her prior role as director of operations. She has been with the company for 17 years and has contributed greatly in her role in operations by developing and implementing new strategies and processes for the company. At Sedgwick, Kleiman has also
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