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Ithaca College appoints Valesente as new baseball head coach, replacing father
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca College announced it has appointed David Valesente as the new head coach of the college’s baseball program. He will succeed his

People news: NBT Bank promotes Wheeler to assistant VP
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — NBT Bank has announced the promotion of multi-site branch manager Maria Wheeler to assistant vice president. Wheeler has more than 33 years

Syverud to chair Atlantic Coast Conference Council of Presidents
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University President and Chancellor Kent Syverud will chair the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Council of Presidents for the 2019-20 academic year.

MVHS names senior VP of marketing and strategy
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has appointed Patricia Charvat as senior VP of marketing and strategy. Charvat had been
D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP has promoted several employees and also hired two new staff accountants. ANGELA IZZO, promoted to manager, is a graduate of Hartwick College. She is an experienced tax accountant with a focus on federal and state income-tax compliance and consultation. She serves a variety of clients in the Utica office and has
Pinckney Hugo Group has promoted MATT CHATHAM to creative director. He has been with the agency for 10 years and was previously associate director of digital design. He earned his bachelor’s degree in studio art with a specialization in graphic design/illustration from Nazareth College. The firm has hired DAN SATTERLY as an assistant account manager.

WENDY KOBLER has been named VP for institutional advancement at Ithaca College. She currently holds the same title at Kentucky State University and will join Ithaca College on Sept. 1. Kobler has previously held executive positions in advancement at Alabama A&M University, Purdue University Fort Wayne in Indiana, and Wittenberg University in Ohio. She has
HANS ARNOLD has joined Barton & Loguidice (B&L) in the Syracuse office as a senior project manager in the firm’s solid waste practice area. He received his bachelor’s degree from Penn State University and a master’s degree of regional planning in natural resource management from the University of Massachusetts. He previously was the executive director

N.K. Bhandari, Architecture & Engineering, P.C. (NKB) has added SUZANNE J. STEWART to its operations staff as controller. She will also serve as business operations manager and will leverage her more than 25 years of experience in administration to oversee management of the firm’s facility and assist with human-resources functions. Stewart holds a bachelor’s degree

MATTHEW HOSKINS has joined D&B Engineers and Architects, P.C. (D&B) as a senior geologist and manager of the firm’s East Syracuse office. In this role, he will oversee and manage the firm’s environmental investigation, remediation and compliance projects throughout Central New York. A licensed professional geologist in New York and Pennsylvania, Hoskins joins the firm
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