People on the Move

Fust Charles Chambers LLP has hired AMANDA WATKINS as an audit associate to help service the firm’s manufacturing, health care, not-for-profit, and other professional service clients, as well as family-owned businesses. She received her master’s degree in accountancy with a concentration in forensic accounting and valuation from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. 

BCA Architects & Engineers has a new owner in the architecture department. DAVID R. FUNK has been with BCA since 2015, becoming licensed in 2017. He is a 2006 graduate of Alfred State College with a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering. Funk works in BCA’s Ithaca office on K-12 projects across New York state, including

Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt (KHH) has named new and returning staff members to its landscape architecture department. RICHARD GRZESIK, III has joined as a landscape architectural designer. He has a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF). Grzesik has more than 12 years of experience in civil site

NBT Bank Central New York has promoted MARIA RACHETTA WHEELER, a multi-site branch manager, to assistant VP. She has more than 33 years of branch-banking experience. Wheeler joined NBT Bank in 2017 as branch manager for its Marshall Street office in Syracuse. In 2018, she became a multi-site branch manager and assumed the additional responsibility

LEKIA HILL recently joined Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc. as a community outreach and diversity coordinator. She is a graduate of Monroe College with an associate degree in business administration. Hill’s background is in political and community engagement and finance.

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University recently appointed ALISON KESSLER as director of alumni engagement. She has worked for the Whitman School since 2012, first serving as a communications specialist for the school’s marketing and communications team. Most recently she served as interim executive director of alumni and corporate relations in

JAISEN CLARK has been appointed recruitment supervisor at JAS Recruitment’s Syracuse office. He has built a solid base in recruitment and business development over the past three years. Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from SUNY Geneseo. CHRIS MCGEE has joined JAS Recruitment as a recruitment and account manager in the Syracuse office. He

PATRICIA CHARVAT has been named senior VP of marketing and strategy at Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). She has been working with MVHS for the past several months on a consulting basis. Charvat brings extensive experience, as well as knowledge of New York health care and of Utica. She served as VP of corporate communications