People on the Move

Grossman St. Amour CPAs, PLLC recently added three new accountants. KATELYN E. COOK is a staff accountant in the firm’s tax services group. She practices in the areas of bookkeeping, financial-statement preparation, income-tax return preparation, and payroll and sales-tax-return preparation for businesses and individuals. Cook is a graduate of SUNY Oswego with an MBA in

HOLT Architects recently named RICHARD J. WAGNER principal associate. He is a visionary team leader who has been a critical member of the HOLT team since 2000, the firm says. A health-care architect who holds an evidence-based design accreditation and certification, Wagner has completed more than 80 health-care projects with HOLT. CATHERINE BLAKEMORE has been

TAYLOR FRIANT has joined the staff of Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt. He is a building-envelope specialist with five years of experience in façade engineering, investigation, and special inspections. Friant studied aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University. 

S.E.E.D. Planning Group has promoted AMY BECK to its client-experience team. In her role, she will be focused on clients of Bloom Tax Partners, a subsidiary of S.E.E.D. Before her promotion, she served as a payroll and bookkeeping specialist for Bloom. 

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed long-time city employee SAMUEL PERRY as the new public works inspector, focused solely on addressing illegal setouts of trash and debris. In his previous role for the last 12 years, Perry served as the former assistant director of the Division of Code Enforcement. He has an extensive background in

DIANE POTTER has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) as director of education at the MVHS Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. In this role, she will plan and coordinate ongoing education functions of the facility as well as programs for new employees. Most recently, Potter was nurse manager of the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, where