People on the Move

Pinckney Hugo Group has hired MEGAN DAIGLE as an assistant account manager, and JESSICA KUMMROW as a junior art director. Daigle has a bachelor’s degree in business analytics and marketing from the Madden School of Business at Le Moyne College.Kummrow has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from SUNY Oswego.  

Zoey Advertising has hired LOU THOMAS as a communications specialist. She has both master’s and bachelor’s degrees from SUNY Cortland in sports management and history, respectively.   

NBT Bank has promoted North Syracuse branch manager BENJAMIN VERRETTE to assistant VP. He has almost 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Verrette joined NBT Bank in 2015 as branch manager of the North Syracuse Office. Verrette previously worked for M&T Bank. He graduated from SUNY Buffalo with a degree in economics

CFCU Community Credit Union has promoted REBECCA ROBERTS to VP of learning and development. She began her career at CFCU in June 2011 as an executive assistant to the president and CEO. During Roberts’ time at CFCU, she has held positions of principal of strategic initiatives and assistant VP of learning and development. She has

CHARLES J. POLKA has joined Hill & Associates Financial Services, Inc. in DeWitt as VP and registered representative. He graduated from Syracuse University, where he was honored with selection as a Syracuse Remembrance Scholar. Polka subsequently earned his master’s degree in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. For the previous 14 years,

DENISE C. MILDE has been named corporate director of total rewards for the Mohawk Valley Health System. She earned her bachelor’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and her MBA from Fordham University. Milde is a certified executive compensation professional, a professional in human resources, certified by the HR Certification Institute, and

HCR Home Care has added three new employees to its Onondaga County operations. SARAH DEYOUNG has been hired as a home health aide; DEVINA HORTON, RN, joins as assessment nurse; and NICOLE SCHEEL, RN, as a case manager.  

Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society (HLAS) has announced the retirement of MARY TIBY GEORGE, a senior law assistant who has been with the agency for more than four decades. She witnessed the organization move from typewriter to computer, then to laptop with cloud-based software, to seamlessly and confidentially handle cases. Over the course of

RYAN L. MCCARTHY has joined Scalfone Law PLLC as an associate. He earned his juris doctorate from the Syracuse University College of Law, having received bachelor’s degrees in political science and economics from Syracuse.  

MACNY, The Manufacturers Association, announced that HILARY HEXT has joined the organization as its new training manager. She will manage all marketing and coordination for MACNY’s training and leadership development programs. Hext comes to MACNY from Marquardt Switches in Cazenovia. She started her career at Marquardt in 2012 in its HR department as an intern,