People on the Move

Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC recently hired ELAINE GOTT as an associate in its Syracuse office. She previously worked as a bookkeeper for a variety of professional service companies and brings more than 20 years of experience to Dermody, Burke & Brown. Gott received a bachelor’s degree in financial services from Columbia College Hancock

Ashley McGraw Architects has promoted DANIEL DONOVAN to associate principal. He was previously a senior project manager. He joined Ashley McGraw in 2003. Donovan’s expertise in the K-12 school sector is highlighted by numerous district-wide renovation programs and long-term modernization plans for structures and systems throughout New York. Donovan holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture

SWBR, a Rochester–based architectural and design firm with a Syracuse office, has added MICHAEL PICARD to its leadership team as chief financial officer. He has more than three decades of financial management experience. Most recently, Picard served as CFO at the Costello Group, where he was as an executive manager of all financial operations, treasury

Solvay Bank has named AMBER CAVALLARO branch manager of its Baldwinsville office. She was previously branch manager of the bank’s Cicero location. Cavallaro has been with Solvay Bank since 2016. She previously held positions as development manager with the March of Dimes and as personal banker at KeyBank, according to her LinkedIn profile. She attended

ERIN KELLY has joined the Smith Family Business Initiative (SFBI) at Cornell University as its new assistant director. Founded in 2014 in Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business, through a $10 million gift from John and Dyan Smith, the SFBI provides education, networking, and information to family business owners, successors, and students from across the

JILL MANEY, Ph.D. has been named director of development for Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. She was previously individual giving manager at Bassett Healthcare Network in Cooperstown, where she secured grant and foundation support and developed a portfolio of major donors, generating multiple individual gifts. Maney graduated from Amherst College and the University of Utah before receiving

Barton & Loguidice (B&L) has added three employees to the firm’s Syracuse office. LISA ROGERS joins the firm’s human resources group as a corporate recruiter. She spent the last 23 years in talent acquisition. Rogers previously worked as a senior recruiter at Welch Allyn. GARY MALEK joins the B&L facilities group as a part-time senior