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HCR Home Care has added four new home health aides to its Onondaga County operations: COURTNEY EVERSON, NICHOLE FONVILLE, NETTIE BREWER, and STACEY CAPENOS.
The partners of the law firm of Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP have re-elected JAMES W. ORBAND as managing partner for a new five-year term. A 1981 graduate of Binghamton University, he received his law degree from Albany Law School of Union University in 1984. Orband joined Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP in 1984 and
Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company
JAMES DYLAN FURNEY has joined Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company’s Utica office, and JESSICA LAVELLE has joined its Syracuse office, each as a commercial real-estate salesperson. Furney is a graduate of SUNY Oswego, holding a bachelor’s degree in business with a minor in communications, and Lavelle is a graduate of SUNY Cortland, holding a bachelor’s degree
The Syracuse University women’s soccer program has added KELLY MADSEN as an assistant coach. Madsen comes to the Orange from Rice University, where she was an assistant coach under head coach Nicky Adams, who is now head coach at Syracuse. Madsen started at Rice in February 2018, assisting in all areas of the program and

People news: Tompkins Financial promotes Peterson to marketing communications manager
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced it has promoted Abby Peterson to VP and marketing communications manager. She joined the banking company

Tompkins Financial hires Cross as banking operations manager
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced it has hired Martin Cross as senior VP and banking operations manager. He will provide leadership

NBT Bank promotes three to senior VP
Carnrike-Granata is director of information security and fraud risk for NBT Bank and has more than 10 years of experience in economic fraud and information
Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC
JOSH COOK and CHRISTIAN SAMARA, of Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC, have been named senior associates in the tax department. Cook started at the firm as an associate in 2014. He received both his bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Le Moyne College. Samara joined the firm as an associate in 2016
ALEXIS MARTIN has joined Ambient Environmental, Inc. as an environment, health, and safety (EHS) consultant. She has a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a broad range of experience in EHS regulatory compliance, and risk management for the manufacturing and heavy highway construction business sectors. Martin has strong knowledge of the state and federal regulatory
ROBERT SCHOLEFIELD has been appointed to the new role of executive VP of facilities and real estate for the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), which includes the responsibility for the construction of the new, regional medical center in downtown Utica. He became chief operating officer of MVHS after the affiliation of Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare
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