People on the Move

S.E.E.D. Planning Group has hired DAVE NIRCHI as VP of strategic planning and operations. In his role, he coordinates the day-to-day operations across the organization and implements strategic-planning initiatives. Nirchi previously spent more than five years working as a senior consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), providing operational and managerial analysis for asset and wealth-management firms. He […]

JOSEPH LORENZETTI, M.D. and SUSAN RANDALL-MANTELLA have moved to Seneca Family Health Center in Waterloo after previously caring for the Seneca County community at 28 Cayuga St. in Seneca Falls for more than 33 years. They have joined the provider team of Sixto Medina, M.D.; Eric Shives, M.D.; Christina Gray, MSN, ANP, CNS; Roberta Korich,

Longview, an Ithacare Community, announced that its board of directors has named PAUL PHILLIPS as its new CEO, effective Jan. 11. He succeeds Mark Macera, Longview’s longtime executive director, who is retiring after 30 years. Phillips brings more than 30 years of expertise in nonprofit aging services to Longview. He began his career at Friendly

YOGESH DESHMUKH has joined Preferred Mutual Insurance Company as VP of finance. He will be responsible for providing leadership to the finance function and building an enterprise capability around financial planning and analysis. Deshmukh’s role will be to foster business strategies to improve profitability by leveraging data, analytics, and actuary intelligence. He brings to Preferred

ANGELO CATALANO accepted a partner position with Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP effective Jan. 1. Graduating from the University at Buffalo Law School in 2013, he began his legal career in the Binghamton area, when he served as a law clerk with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York while in law

Barclay Damon has elected MICHAEL NICHOLSON previously a counsel, to the law firm’s partnership. His promotion was effective Jan. 1. He is a member of the labor and employment and commercial litigation practice areas and the hotels, hospitality & food service team. Nicholson is based in the firm’s Syracuse office.

MADDIE KOBELT, a 2014 Syracuse University graduate, has returned to her alma mater to serve as an assistant tennis coach. She played for the Orange from 2011-14, was an All-ACC and All-BIG EAST performer, and served as a team captain as a senior. Kobelt has served as an assistant coach for both the women’s and