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Bowers & Company CPAs, PLLC has named STEVE KELLEY an audit supervisor in the firm. With more than nine years of experience in accounting/auditing, Kelley joins the firm as an audit supervisor in the Syracuse office. His experience includes nine years at Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, CPA, P.C., where he started as a staff […]

JAMES BLIGH has been promoted to branch manager of Pathfinder Bank’s Pike Block Office in downtown Syracuse. He joined Pathfinder Bank in 2018 as the assistant branch manager of the newly opened Clay office and held that position until this recent promotion. Bligh’s new duties will be developing retail and commercial business in the Syracuse

JOSEPH S. CICCI has been named president of corporate apparel and government contracting for American Fashion Network (AFN). He is also CEO of his own private consulting firm, Javelin Strategic Consultants. Cicci is a 25-year C-suite industry veteran who has successfully created multiple B2B marketing models and served as an entrepreneurial consultant to institutional investment

C2C Construction Solutions LLC
PHIL ALLEN has joined C2C Construction Solutions LLC as an estimator/project manager for the Butler Building and Renovations Departments. He previously owned Allen Construction, which he managed for seven years as a contractor/owner. Prior to owning his own business, he worked as a project manager for National Building & Restoration Company in Utica. TAYLOR

Strategic Financial Services, Inc.
Strategic Financial Services, Inc. has added three new associate advisors to its team. They were chosen to be part of Strategic’s advisor-development program, where they will develop the critical skills necessary to guide clients toward their financial objectives. They’ll will also be working to become certified financial planner (CFP) professionals. SOPHIA TSOUPELIS is a graduate
Oswego Industries Inc., a Fulton–based nonprofit agency that supports working-age adults with developmental disabilities, announced four new employees: JENNIFER STOCK, respite assistant; MARGARET KREMERS, direct support professional; TAMARA MORRISON, direct support professional; and VANESSA THIBAULT, community habilitation aide.
The Mohawk Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has appointed PAUL ARVANTIDES to director. He has been a business advisor with the Mohawk Valley SBDC since 2017. During that time, he has provided business-advisement services to a variety of small businesses and entrepreneurs engaged in starting, managing, growing, or purchasing a business. Prior to his

Upstate Medical’s Thomas serves as lead principal investigator for Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine trial
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University’s Dr. Stephen Thomas has been appointed the lead principal investigator for the global Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine trial, which is showing

People news: Reagan Companies hires new sales manager
MARCELLUS, N.Y. — Reagan Companies — a Marcellus-based insurance, risk management, and wealth advisory firm — announced it has hired Bill Virker, Jr. as the

SUNY appoints Mahoney president of SUNY ESF, Dewan president of Upstate Medical
Former Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney joined ESF in November 2018 as COO. In this role, she has served on the senior leadership team where
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