People on the Move

Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, CPA, P.C. has promoted RICHARD SMITH and NICOLE WOODALL to principal. Smith joined the firm in July 2015 and has dedicated more than 15 years to the public accounting profession gaining tax experience with Deloitte Tax and PricewaterhouseCoopers, according to his LinkedIn profile, and more than two years in Firley, […]

KAITLYN TOTTEN recently joined LAUNCH as a LIFE counselor. She is a graduate of Niagara University with a bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice and a minor in sociology. Before joining LAUNCH, Totten lived in Florida and worked as a direct support/overnight trainer for East Coast Habilitation Options, Inc. She worked directly with individuals

AUDREY CROSS has been named project manager of support services for the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). Prior to joining MVHS, she worked at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield in Utica as facilities manager and was also employed as project superintendent at Hayner Hoyt Corporation in Syracuse. Cross currently serves as an adjunct professor at Utica College.

HCR Home Care has added a new employee to its Onondaga County operations. TANASIA SHAW joins the company as a home health aide.   

SCOTT A. SHATRAW, former senior VP and chief financial officer of Utica First Insurance Company in Oriskany became company president and CEO on Jan. 1. He succeeds longtime president and CEO, RICHARD J. ZICK, who will act as executive consultant to the insurer’s board of directors. Shatraw, a graduate of Le Moyne College with a

EVAN MOORE has joined the Syracuse branch of AXA Advisors, LLC. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Oswego University and additionally earned his life and health, Series 7 and Series 63 licenses.   

BRYN LOVEJOY-GRINNELL has joined Bousquet Holstein PLLC as of counsel in the firm’s matrimonial and family law practice group. She began her career as a domestic violence advocate at the Advocacy Center in Ithaca. Advocating for victims of domestic violence spurred her to go to law school. For the first eight years of her legal

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York has hired EMILY WHALEN as volunteer manager. Prior to joining Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York, she gained experience as marketing director at Empire Brewing Co. and as catering manager at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Whalen has a bachelor’s degree in communications from SUNY Cortland.