People on the Move

Pinckney Hugo Group has hired NATHANIEL BULL, as a senior art director. Before joining Pinckney Hugo Group, he worked as a senior art director at Bankers Healthcare Group, according to his LinkedIn profile. Bull also gained experience at advertising agencies in St. Louis and Minneapolis. He is an adjunct professor at Cazenovia College. Bull has a

KELLYN NICOLLI, JANE BROWN, and HANNAH MAUTZ recently joined ABC Creative Group in account service and digital marketing. Nicolli brings extensive experience in account service to her new role of director of account service at ABC. An alumna of St. John Fisher College and veteran of several Syracuse and Rochester marketing agencies, she most recently

LACEY BOLTON, a senior health-care designer and project manager with 12 years of experience, recently joined HOLT Architects in its Syracuse office. She has an extensive health-care portfolio that includes work with numerous New York state institutions such as SUNY Upstate Medical University, St. Joseph’s Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, Oswego Health, and Finger

MICHAEL STRANG has joined Solvay Bank as VP of managed assets. He has extensive industry experience and has worked in banking in the Netherlands, Arizona, Washington, California, and Montana. Strang holds a law degree from Utrecht University. MEAGHAN LANDRY, CPA, has joined the bank as assistant VP, controller. She was previously an audit manager for

Berkshire Bank has appointed STEVEN LAUER as VP, business banking relationship manager for the Central New York region. Lauer has more than 20 years of relationship management and business development experience in the banking industry. Most recently, he served as commercial loan officer at Generations Bank. Lauer attended Le Moyne College where he earned his

Paragon Home Loans, Inc. has hired ALEX MASTERPOL, loan officer, for its Syracuse location. He has more than 30 years of mortgage lending experience and is a recognized top producer, the firm says. Masterpol previously served as president and owner of America United Mortgage. 

KATIE REGAN was recently promoted to a new and expanded leadership position at OCM BOCES as director of educational technology. She has primarily worked with 22 schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse as a technology integration specialist for the Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC), which falls under the direction of the

MARK MEIER has joined the Vestal office of AXA Advisors, LLC. He studied business administration at SUNY Broome and Alfred State University. In addition, Meier has earned FINRA series 7 and 66 securities registrations and his life, accident, and health insurance license. 

MARY GEISS, D.O. has joined St. Joseph’s Health, St. Joseph’s Physicians Primary Care, in Cicero where she will provide patients with osteopathic-medicine services. She earned her doctorate of osteopathic medicine from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and her bachelor’s degree in biology from Alfred University. Geiss previously