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Lewis named project manager of SouthWorks development
ITHACA, N.Y. — Robert Lewis has joined the SouthWorks team in Ithaca as a development project manager for SHIFT Capital. The SouthWorks site is a 95-acre property at 620 South Aurora St./810 Danby Road, that formerly housed Emerson Power Transmission. The site is in both the city and town of Ithaca and has been vacant […]

SUNY’s new provost begins duties in November
ALBANY, N.Y. — He earned his doctorate in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University and will begin new duties as SUNY’s executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost on Nov. 6. The SUNY board of trustees appointed Melur (Ram) Ramasubramanian to the role. In addition, the board of directors of the SUNY Research Foundation also
Erie Materials, a regional distributor of building materials in New York and Pennsylvania, announced several recent promotions and new hires. CHRIS FILES was hired for the inside sales team at the Syracuse branch. He has broad customer service and purchasing experience and is a graduate of Onondaga Community College. BRIAN CUNNINGHAM and FRED MONETTE, JR.

ADOL MAYEN has been appointed as immigrant and refugee-affairs coordinator in the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development (NBD) of the City of Syracuse. Mayen will be responsible for strategic coordination with resettlement agencies and programs, building community partnerships and advocacy aimed at improving the quality of life for immigrant and refugee communities in Syracuse.

Leadership Greater Syracuse announces new executive director
DeWITT, N.Y. — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), a nonprofit annually offering a yearlong civic-leadership training program, announced that Michele Diecuch of Syracuse has started work

People news: MVHS names three new board members
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) recently announced three new board members — Waleed Albert, John R. Brumsted, and Savneet Singh. Albert is

JAYLEN Z. BARRON has joined Dannible & McKee, LLP as an audit staff accountant after interning in the audit department since 2021. He graduated from Onondaga Community College with an associate degree in business administration in 2020 and from Le Moyne College with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in May 2023. Barron is based in

RENEE DELLAS recently joined Solvay Bank as VP and commercial banking manager. Dellas brings more than 34 years of financial-services experience and lending leadership to the bank. She received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree in business administration from SUNY Oswego. SARAH KIRST has joined Solvay Bank as a mobile banking

ERICA LEBERT has been named the financial center manager for AmeriCU Credit Union’s Herkimer location, providing financial assistance to the credit union’s members in the Mohawk Valley. Lebert brings more than 15 years of experience and knowledge, with 12 of those years in the credit union industry. Lebert’s new role will involve supervising and administering

Loretto has hired JENNIFER JANES as director of development for The Loretto Foundation and KRISTEN PENFIELD as marketing & development coordinator. The Loretto Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established by Loretto to advocate for elders and support Loretto’s role as an innovator in long-term care. Janes will oversee the Loretto Foundation, serving as an internal
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