People on the Move

The Schweinfurth Art Center has hired MARIA WELYCH as marketing director. She was hired with a $43,000 grant from the Regional Economic Development Council and the New York State Council on the Arts. Welych worked as marketing director and grant specialist for the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology from May 2013 to […]

The Syracuse Fire Department recently held a ceremony at Syracuse City Hall Council Chambers to honor the following employees who were recently promoted: CAPT. JEREMY COUGHLIN, CAPT. JORGE ROLON, LT. MICHAEL CORBETT, LT. JAMES DONNELLY, LT. THOMAS MACDONALD, LT. JOEL MCNALLY, and LT. MATTHEW SCIALDONE.  

CORI GRUBNER has been named talent-acquisition specialist for the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). She previously worked for Upstate Cerebral Palsy (UCP) in Utica as a recruiter, staff-development specialist, and credentialing specialist. Grubner was a CPR instructor at UCP and volunteered at its therapeutic-riding program for people with disabilities. She also worked as a recruiter

SCOTT A. SHATRAW, former senior VP and chief financial officer of Utica First Insurance Company in Oriskany, has assumed the position of president and CEO. He succeeds longtime president and CEO, RICHARD J. ZICK, who will act as executive consultant to the board of directors. Shatraw, a graduate of Le Moyne College with a bachelor’s

DUANE MESZLER has joined Preferred Mutual as a personal-lines underwriting manager. He will be responsible for managing the firm’s New York and New Jersey underwriting teams. Meszler brings more than 17 years of experience in the insurance industry. He previously worked as a manager of MBP underwriting and administration for a Midwestern insurance carrier. Prior