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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

Tompkins Financial Advisors announced that BOB CASE has joined the firm as wealth advisor. He is based at Tompkins’ office in Ithaca. Case brings 18 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Tompkins, he was a business banking relationship manager at M&T Bank. Case holds a master’s degree in business management and

RUSSELL E. RUTHIG recently joined Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP as of counsel to the firm. He comes to Coughlin & Gerhart after more than 40 years as an attorney, currently practicing in Cortland. A graduate of Hobart College and Syracuse University College of Law, Ruthig was admitted to the bar in New York in 1974.

The Syracuse Crunch minor-league hockey team has hired LUKAS FAVALE as its new radio broadcaster. Favale, 25, joins the Crunch, the AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, full time after interning with the team from 2012 to 2014. He most recently served as the director of broadcasting and media relations for the Elmira Jackals