People on the Move

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 […]

Fust Charles Chambers LLP has hired MYLA BSEIRANI as a tax associate. She joins the firm after holding several accounting and tax positions in both the private and public sectors. Bseirani was accountant/president of MB Accounting & Tax Services in DeWitt and Cicero for more than nine years, according to her LinkedIn profile. She received

NBT Bank announced that KAREN BROGNANO has joined as VP and senior commercial banking relationship manager based at the bank’s Utica Financial Center. She has more than 25 years of experience in banking in the Mohawk Valley, including positions with Savings Bank of Utica and M&T Bank. Prior to NBT, Brognano was VP of commercial

Mohawk Valley EDGE has promoted three staff members. SHAWNA PAPALE has been named chief administrative officer and will oversee general administrative functions for the organization including serving as executive director for the Oneida County Industrial Development Agency. She has worked for the organization for more than 20 years, serving in multiple economic development positions, including

WILLIAM RUST has joined Strategic Financial Services, Inc. as a financial consultant. He brings more than five years of industry experience to his role at Strategic. Previously, Rust held positions at Amundi Pioneer Asset Management and Edward Jones Investments in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of St. John Fisher College and holds a bachelor’s