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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

Oneida County appoints Thompson as new mental-health commissioner
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced Thursday that he has appointed Ashlee Thompson as the county’s new commissioner of mental

Fust Charles Chambers LLP has promoted DESIREE M. BENNETT to tax manager. She joined the firm in 2010. Bennett received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Le Moyne College. MICHAEL W. HARTWELL has been promoted to tax manager. He joined the firm in 2015. Hartwell is a CPA and received his bachelor’s degree and MBA

Pinckney Hugo Group has hired MICHAEL CALOBRISI as a junior motion-graphics designer. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo, he worked as a freelance videographer, and video editor at D.O.F. Media in Brooklyn and Odyssey Visual Media in Buffalo. Calobrisi has a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting and mass communication from SUNY Oswego and a dual degree in

JOANNA CACCIOLA has joined Commerce Chenango as the economic-development assistant and grant writer. A graduate of Hartwick College in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in art history, she received a master’s degree in arts administration and policy in 2010 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). While at SAIC, Cacciola focused her
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