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People news: Stewart joins MACNY as workforce-development specialist
DeWITT, N.Y. — MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, announced it has hired Amy Stewart as a workforce-development specialist. Stewart will represent MACNY and Partners for Education

ANCA hires Cooper as new executive director
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) board of directors on July 1 announced that Elizabeth Cooper will succeed Kate Fish as executive director. Fish has led the rural economic-development organization for 12 years. Cooper will begin work at the association on July 12, ANCA said. ANCA is an independent, nonprofit corporation
Pinckney Hugo Group has promoted BRYAN SCHUMACKER to senior motion-graphics designer. He was previously a motion-graphics designer and has been with the agency for nearly four years. He has a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting and mass communication from SUNY Oswego. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Schumacker was a producer at WCNY. The firm has

Beardsley Architects + Engineers
TRACEY A. CARR has joined Beardsley Architects + Engineers as senior architectural designer in the firm’s Auburn office. She has more than 16 years of experience in architectural design, drafting, and construction administration for commercial, educational, governmental, and residential clients. In addition to her work as an architectural designer, Carr is also a CAD-drafting instructor
JEFF CARDINALI has joined Hayner Hoyt as a safety officer, where he will assist in planning and overseeing the company’s job-site safety efforts. He previously served as the director of safety for Demco New York Corporation with stints as the chief of fire for DeWitt Fire District and a fire safety inspector at Syracuse University.

JOSHUA NICHOLS has joined S.E.E.D. Planning Group as an associate planner in the firm’s Binghamton office. Before joining S.E.E.D., he worked at Johnson, Lauder & Savidge as a staff accountant. In his role, he will work alongside S.E.E.D.’s financial planners and Bloom Tax Partners’ tax planners to develop financial planning programs with specialized tax-planning opportunities.

ROBERT MADLINGER has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Surgical Group, where he will serve as the chief of trauma, acute care, and surgical critical care, as well as program director for General Surgery. He joins MVHS from St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey, where he was chief of trauma and surgical

AARON C. RECORDS has joined Bousquet Holstein PLLC as an associate attorney in the firm’s brownfields practice group. He will guide clients in preparing and filing claims for the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program tax credits, as well as defending their claims through the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance’s desk audit

Security Mutual appoints Gravely as CEO; Boyea to remain chairman
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York announced Thursday it has elected Kirk Gravely as the firm’s CEO, effective July 11,

Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties elects new board chair
UTICA, N.Y. — A former family court support magistrate will serve as board chair of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties. Jawwaad Rasheed
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