People on the Move

NEAL CAPONE has been selected as the new superintendent of schools at the DeRuyter Central School District. For the past 12 years, Capone, 50, has served as the superintendent and head of school at Faith Heritage, a private K-12 school in Syracuse that was also his middle and high-school alma mater. He will succeed David

ASHLYNN GUARNERI has joined the medical staff of Geneva General Hospital, in its hospitalist department. She received her master’s degree in nursing in the acute care adult geriatric nurse practitioner program from St. John Fisher College, Wegmans School of Nursing in Rochester. Guarneri earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from SUNY Brockport College. She is

Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists (SOS) recently added JESSICA R. ALBANESE, M.D., to the SOS Neck & Back Team. A fellowship-trained spine surgeon, she joins a team that diagnoses and cares for spinal conditions and injuries. She will be seeing patients at the SOS Camillus, North Syracuse, and DeWitt office locations. Prior to joining SOS, Dr. Albanese

KRISTEN BEELES has joined Liberty Resources as a divisional director in its behavioral health division. In her new role, she will oversees residential services for substance use, homeless and supportive housing, and HIV services. Beeles has more than a decade of behavioral-health experience and is certified as a licensed mental-health counselor. She previously worked at

EMILY McELLIGOTT has joined BellCornerstone Commercial Real Estate as a business-development executive. She is a licensed real-estate salesperson and has experience as a real-estate agent with eXp Realty. She also has experience in sales and customer service. McElligott holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Buffalo State University. 

KATIE KOWALSKI has been promoted to store manager of the Tops Friendly Markets store in Canastota. She began her career in the grocery business 14 years ago as a cashier for P&C Markets, where she worked for three years until moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. While there, Kowalski worked at Bi-Lo Markets as

ULRIKA ERIKSSON was recently hired by the Syracuse Crunch as a mindfulness coach. Born and raised in Sweden, Eriksson has practiced meditation, yoga, and mindfulness for the past 20 years. She is a certified yoga instructor, mindfulness coach, transformational life coach, and meditation teacher. Most recently, Eriksson worked as the VP of wellness at PKA