People on the Move

ANN MARIE WARNER has joined AP as a placement coordinator for AP Professionals’ Syracuse office. She has more than 25 years of experience. Warner is leveraging her experience and relationships in the Syracuse market while building upon the company’s roots in the Buffalo and Rochester regions. CATERINA D’AGOSTINO has joined AP as office coordinator for […]

St. Joseph’s Health has named JOSEPH W. SPINALE, D.O. chief medical officer (CMO). He brings a wealth of experience in business and medicine to the role of CMO. Spinale comes to St. Joseph’s from Kent Hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he was senior VP for medical affairs and chief medical officer. He was employed

CATHY OLAH has been named director of respiratory care at the Mohawk Valley Health System. In this position, she is overseeing respiratory services for the system, including the Sleep Disorders Center. She has been with the organization since 1989, serving as a respiratory therapist, consult therapist, and day-charge therapist. Since 2015, she has served as

Barclay Damon has recently added HODA RIFAI-BASHJAWISH as an associate attorney in its Syracuse office. She represents clients in district and federal circuit courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Rifai-Bashjawish has a dual technical background in biomechanical engineering and physics and works on clients’ complex intellectual

The Syracuse Crunch minor-league hockey club has hired MATTHEW THOMPSON as an account executive. He will work with local businesses and organizations to develop relationships through business pack sales and sponsorships. Thompson graduated from SUNY Oneonta in 2017 after previously attending Mohawk Valley Community College.  

Enterprise Holdings (Alamo, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and National Car Rental) announced it has recently promoted AARON SMITH to area car sales manager of its Enterprise Car Sales dealership in the Syracuse area. He previously was Enterprise’s assistant sales manager for nearly three years, according to Smith’s LinkedIn page. Before that, Smith was an account executive for

ADAM FUMAROLA has been appointed senior associate VP of real estate services and asset management at Syracuse University. He has more than 17 years of experience in managing multi-million-dollar commercial real-estate portfolios from both the business and legal perspective. Fumarola served as senior director at Raymour & Flanigan in Liverpool since 2013, where he was

Herkimer College has appointed GRACE V. ASHLINE as instructor of human services. She will teach human-services courses on-campus and online. Ashline was an adjunct instructor at Mohawk Valley Community College and also served as an MCP (mentoring children of prisoners) coordinator and support counselor for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region; master’s of

PAUL ARVANTIDES has been hired as a business advisor for the Mohawk Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC). He owned and operated his own business for 12 years and managed all aspects of a revenue cycle management service company. Arvantides has working knowledge of business operations, staff management, human resources, contracts, QuickBooks, marketing, and advertising.

Mirabito Energy Products recently added two new employees to its workforce. MICHAEL PECHA will now serve as assistant safety manager. He has degrees in criminal justice and civil engineering and has worked as a police officer, public safety officer, and a building and fire code inspector. Mirabito hired STACY THATCHER as its new accounts payable