People on the Move

HOLT Architects has added RYAN BALL, CHRISTINE BEEBE and ARMAND DAMARI to the firm’s Ithaca office. Ball comes to HOLT Architects from Cincinnati, where he was a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning and an architectural designer in private practice. He holds a master’s degree in architecture, is

Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG), a provider of financing to health-care providers, has hired GALE SIMONS-POOLE as regulatory relations officer. She will assist BHG with regulatory and compliance matters, as well as support the company’s risk management and reporting. Simons-Poole’s bank-supervision career spans three decades, including 23 years with the FDIC, most recently as deputy regional

DIANE ZENI DEFERRANTE, M.D., has joined the palliative medicine department at Crouse Health. Most recently, she split her time between Cortland Regional Medical Center, where she practiced inpatient palliative medicine and geriatric medicine, and Hospicare of Cortland County, where she was associate medical director. Prior to relocating to Central New York two years ago, deFerrante

Bousquet Holstein PLLC announced that REBECCA R. COHEN has joined the firm’s immigration and business practice groups. She previously served as associate director, corporate and foundation relations at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Cohen has also served as deputy director of development for the Reach Out and Read National Center in Boston, and

North Point Defense, Inc. has hired KAY GRISENTHWAITE as controller. She has worked in various financial-analyst positions in both Rome and Syracuse for the past 12 years. Grisenthwaite has experience with large publicly traded firms, not-for-profit firms, and small businesses. She received a master’s degree from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree from Hartwick College.

ANTHONY STEWART has joined SRC Inc. in the newly created role of VP of quality. He has broad experience working with quality assurance and control practices within the technology sector for more than 30 years. Stewart joins SRC from Telephonics Corporation, where he provided leadership with both production and R&D programs. He holds master’s degrees

TERACAI has hired CINDY MANNISE as an account manager. She attended Onondaga Community College and has several years’ experience in sales and marketing. Mannise previously worked in a business-development management position at ICS in Syracuse.