People on the Move

DAVID MARIANO has joined AccessCNY as the agency’s new advocacy coordinator. He will be working from the newly named Sally Johnston Advocacy Center and will primarily focus on building new community coalitions. Mariano will help lead the agency’s advocacy efforts in Syracuse and in Albany. He brings a wide array of experience, most notably with […]

JESSE HARASTA has been promoted from assistant to associate professor status at Cazenovia College. Harasta, Ph.D., began his career at the college as an adjunct instructor in 2013. He served as a term instructor and Summer Experience program instructor in 2014. In 2016, Harasta was hired as an assistant professor of social sciences and as

After 33 years of dedicated service to Oswego Health, PAT MAIN, laboratory administrative director, announced her retirement on Sept. 1. She had been working closely with her team to ensure a smooth transition. Oswego Health has promoted two internal laboratory staff members who will be stepping up to lead the department. ED HALE has been

MELISSA BUNCE, physician assistant (PA) has joined St. Joseph’s Physicians at St. Joseph’s Health Women’s Health Services in Auburn. A board-certified physician assistant, she has more than 17 years of clinical experience. Before joining St. Joseph’s Health, Bunce served as a physician assistant in primary care, internal medicine, and HIV medicine at clinics in Arizona

Bowers & Company CPAs, PLLC has named RICHARD P. SMITH a tax partner in the firm. With more than 19 years of experience in public accounting, he joins the firm as a tax specialist in the Syracuse office. Smith’s experience includes eight years at Deloitte and the last five years with Firley, Moran, Freer, &

NATHAN MCLEAN has joined Menard Group USA, a design-build specialty geotechnical contractor, as a regional sales engineer in the upstate New York region. He recently opened Menard’s newest office in Syracuse. McLean is responsible for business development, estimating and sales on both public and private projects throughout upstate New York. Prior to Menard Group USA,

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed TIMOTHY M. RUDD to be the new director of the City of Syracuse Office of Management and Budget. Rudd, a Syracuse common councilor-at-large and chairman of the Common Council’s Finance Committee, brings an extensive background in government finance and fiscal analysis to the position. He will be responsible for