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PETE THOMSON has been named VP, commercial credit officer in the business lending department at Empower Federal Credit Union. A graduate of the University at Buffalo with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, he has more than 30 years of banking experience, including 13 years in commercial lending to businesses in New York state. MIKE […]

The Hangar Theatre has named SHIRLEY SEROTSKY artistic director. She served as the Hangar Theatre associate artistic director and education director from September 2019 to October 2020, and as interim artistic director since October 2020. Serotsky succeeds Michael Barakiva, who served as the theatre’s artistic director from September 2016 to October 2020. R.J. Lavine was

DAWN S. MCWILLIAMS has been appointed director of marketing and communications at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, effective Feb. 15. She brings 30 years of higher-education experience from various colleges and universities in New York state. McWilliams recently served as director of marketing and communications at Cornell University’s College of

DAN D’ANDREANO has joined S.E.E.D. Planning Group as a wealth manager in the firm’s Syracuse office. He will be working with individuals and families, coordinating their financial plans, including their investments, estates, and taxes. D’Andreano has acquired more than 26 years of experience working as a financial advisor. Prior to joining S.E.E.D., he worked at

DICK WORDEN will retire as New York Chiropractic College’s (NYCC) associate VP of administrative services on April 30, after 30 years of service. He came to the college after a number of years as office manager of the Hogan-Souhan Dairy in Auburn, and as general manager of Seneca Falls’ Gould Hotel. Worden joined NYCC as

St. Joseph’s Health has appointed CRISTIAN ANDRADE, M.D, to chief quality officer. He will provide leadership to the acute and ambulatory services. Andrade’s focus will be on enhancing the quality of care and patient safety throughout the St. Joseph’s Health system. He has been with St. Joseph’s Health for 18 years. The family-medicine trained physician

Drive Research announced that DEVAN GRANT has joined the market-research firm as a research analyst. He will be managing client projects and taking a lead in designing surveys, running analyses, and preparing reports. Grant graduated from Colgate University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree. He previously worked for more than two years at KS&R. 

The FitzGibbons Agency is expanding its product and service offerings to include Medicare sales. The sales and service of this new product line will be led by MAURA J. O’TOOLE, licensed agent with FitzGibbons Agency. She joined the agency in 2018 as a licensed property and casualty commercial lines service representative. Prior to her role