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SRC, Inc. has promoted MAUREEN WIGGE to senior VP, force protection. In this role, she will be responsible for all aspects of SRC’s force protection division, including program performance, developing an inclusive and innovative work environment, establishing strategic goals and objectives, developing industry partnerships, and ensuring customer satisfaction. She has worked at SRC for more […]

SRC names senior VP of force protection, VP of international operations
In her new role, Wigge will lead the execution, technical development, and growth of significant lifesaving systems for the U.S. military. She will be responsible

Masonic Medical Research Institute promotes Kontaridis to executive director
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) on Friday announced that Dr. Maria Kontaridis is now serving as its executive director. Kontaridis, who
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball has named the members of the 2020 New York State Dairy Promotion Order Advisory Board. The Advisory Board, which administers the Dairy Promotion Order and evaluates dairy marketing-promotion programs, consists of 10 New York milk producers appointed by the commissioner. Each member serves a three-year term starting
SEFCU has hired KENDRA RUBIN to its executive team as chief legal officer. She will be SEFCU’s general counsel — working with internal and external business partners, providing legal advice and strategy to senior management, and managing external legal-counsel relationships and will also oversee contract administration, regulatory compliance, and advocacy. Before joining SEFCU, Rubin was
ANDREW BLEAKEN was recently appointed as director of development at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. He most recently worked at Cornell University, where he was a leadership giving officer in the university’s annual fund. In that role, Bleaken proactively identified new donors and generated more than $700,000 in new gifts

Fund-Ex Solutions Group (FSG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) has added three new employees to its team. RACHEL HUNSINGER joins as SBA servicing & portfolio manager, managing the annual SBA loan review process, along with servicing and multi-disbursing loans. She spent the last 17 years in banking, 14 of which were

BRAD O’CONNOR has been appointed by Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh as the City’s new commissioner of finance. O’Connor replaces current Commissioner David DelVecchio, who is retiring from the position after a more than 37-year career with Syracuse. O’Connor currently serves as deputy commissioner of finance. He has more than 15 years of experience in financial

PATRICK TORRES recently joined Currier Plastics in Auburn as quality manager. Currier manufactures custom-molding products with expertise in design, injection, and blow molding. Torres earned his bachelor’s degree in quality management systems from Kennedy-Western University (now called Warren National University) in 2004 and comes to Currier with an extensive quality assurance background. Most recently, Torres

Unity House has promoted JUDI MAGEE from assistant director to program director of Unity House’s mental-health residential program. She has been with the agency since 2017 and began her new duties in May. Magee replaces outgoing director Sue Morley, who served in this role for 18 years. In her new role, Magee oversees about 110
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