People on the Move

MATTHEW HOALCRAFT has joined the Syracuse branch of AXA Advisors, LLC. He holds a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship and marketing from Syracuse University and has obtained Life and Health, Series 7, and Series 63 professional licenses.   

JOHN FURNER has been named facilities plant operations manager at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center (SEMC) Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System. He has been an SEMC employee since 1999, serving as an electrician. Since 2000, Furner has served as maintenance supervisor and was assigned to construction management. He received his associate degree in

Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C. has hired RAJA N. SEKHARAN as an associate. He is a 1993 graduate of the Valparaiso University School of Law. Sekharan went on to earn his master of laws in taxation degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. Sekharan is a member of the firm’s business restructuring, bankruptcy,

RONNIE WHITE, JR. has joined the litigation department of Mackenzie Hughes LLP. He previously worked with the Onondaga County Department of Law since 2013. White is a founding member of the William Herbert Johnson Bar Association of Central New York, the region’s only African American Bar Association. He holds a juris doctorate and a certificate

JOSEPH P. MORAWSKI recently joined Melvin & Melvin PLLC as a family law and QDRO attorney. He previously practiced with Gordon & Morawski of Syracuse with a concentration in legal matters affecting families for more than 10 years. Morawski graduated from Syracuse University College of Law.  

AIMEE TESTA has returned to real estate as a licensed real-estate salesperson after taking some time off. She will be joining the HUNT Real Estate ERA office in Liverpool.  

After six months as the general manager for Ben Weitsman of New Castle, a division of Owego–based Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling, the company has promoted GEORGE OSTENDORF to corporate VP of the firm’s Western Region. Prior to joining Ben Weitsman of New Castle in the summer of 2017, he spent just under a decade