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SUNY Poly appoints chief diversity officer
MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced it has appointed Mark Montgomery as its chief diversity officer. Montgomery currently serves as dean of
Mower has promoted five members of the agency to VP recently. ERINN NEWMAN was promoted to senior VP of insight. She joined Mower nearly six years ago, bringing her knowledge of financial services and health-care industries to the agency. Newman holds an MBA from University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business and earned her

Capital Collection Management (CCM) has hired JEREMY CALI as its general counsel. In this role, he is responsible for compliance oversight, litigation, and providing legal guidance to the executive team. Prior to joining CCM, Cali was a staff attorney at Bankers Healthcare Group. He also spent 12 years as a prosecutor in the Onondaga County

MARYELIZABETH CURULLA has joined Hancock Estabrook, LLP as counsel in the firm’s Trusts & Estates and Elder Law & Special Needs practice areas. She advises individual clients and small businesses on various aspects of trusts and estates matters, including estate planning and administration, elder-law issues, and Article 17 guardianships. Curulla is a graduate of Syracuse

SARAH HODGENS has been appointed director of compliance at the New York Credit Union Association. She joined the association in April 2017 as a senior compliance specialist and has more than 15 years of experience in the financial-services industry, including seven years in the credit-union movement. Hodgens previously served as an EFT trainer at Covera

SUNY Broome’s Drumm tapped to co-chair Southern Tier REDC
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council (STREDC) has appointed Kevin Drumm, president of SUNY Broome Community College, as co-chair of the
Mohawk Valley Community College
Mohawk Valley Community College has made the following new appointments, employee title changes, and promotions as approved by the board of trustees at its March 16 meeting. ALYSSA DEVINE was appointed instructor in the School of STEM after serving as an adjunct instructor and professional tutor at the college since 2019. Prior to those positions,

JON MCSHERRY, counsel, has joined Barclay Damon’s Corporate, Tax, and Trusts & Estates practice areas. His primary office location is in Syracuse. McSherry focuses on estate and Medicaid planning, trusts and estates administration, business-succession planning, and tax law. He assists clients with all aspects of trusts and estates, including planning, document drafting and execution, trust

JOHN P. SIDD, a prominent corporate and commercial real estate attorney, has joined Hancock Estabrook, LLP as a partner. He will be joining Hancock Estabrook’s corporate and real estate departments, concentrating his practice on business law, commercial real estate, and economic development matters. Sidd represents clients in all aspects of their businesses, ranging from daily

SBA Syracuse district office announces new branch manager
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Monday announced that Jeffrey Boyce is serving as its new branch manager for the SBA
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