People on the Move

Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC recently hired KYLE UNSER as an associate in its New Hartford office. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and is in the process of completing his master’s degree in accounting from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Unser previously worked as an intern at Dermody, Burke & Brown in the New […]

Pinckney Hugo Group has hired KRISTA JOHNSON as an account manager. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo, she gained experience in marketing and account services in Central New York and New York City. Johnson is an adjunct professor at Syracuse University. She has a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public

LeChase Construction Services, LLC has added CHRIS THOMAS as a project manager in its Syracuse office. He has almost 20 years of construction experience, largely on projects in higher education, industrial, commercial, and government markets. Thomas began his career as a project engineer and has worked as a project manager since early 2017. He has

Bates Troy Inc. has hired RAY KARLESKI as chief maintenance engineer. He brings 27 years of commercial laundry experience to the company. He is a graduate of Textile Rental Service Association’s (TRSA) Maintenance Management Institute (MMI). Karleski previously worked at Clarus Linen Systems and International Wire.   

EUGENE PALCHIK, M.D. has joined the St. Joseph’s Health’s vascular surgery team. A graduate of the doctor of medicine program at New York University’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine, he completed his residency in general surgery at University of Rochester. Palchik received specialized training in vascular surgery during his two-year fellowship in vascular surgery at

HCR Home Care has added LAURA KIRKPATRICK, physical therapist and DEVON TUCKER, occupational therapist to its Onondaga County Operations.   

MELISSA BEAGLE has joined Carthage Area Hospital’s Carthage Behavioral Health team as a general therapist. Before she joined Carthage Behavioral Health, she worked as a senior operations manager for Transitional Living Services in Watertown, from 2016 until last month. From 2003 to 2016, she worked at the Children’s Home of Jefferson County, Watertown, where she

MARK BRITZ, an experienced workforce performance strategist, has launched ThruWork (ThruWork.com), a talent-development consultancy for small to mid-sized businesses. The company specializes in solving organizational performance problems and focuses on non-training approaches to scale employee performance. He previously worked for Syracuse companies ADMI, Systems Made Simple, and Pearson Digital Learning. Britz has a bachelor’s degree