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Northeast Grocery completes executive team
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Northeast Grocery, Inc. (NGI) says it has completed its executive team with the promotion of John Persons to the role of chief operating officer (COO) and a couple of other personnel moves. NGI is the parent company of Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Friendly Markets. Persons has spent 39 years with Tops, […]

Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), the Florida–based insurance-brokerage parent of Syracuse–based Brown & Brown Empire State, recently announced it has appointed Barry Hensley as chief security officer (CSO) and Rob Burch as chief information security officer (CISO). “With the addition of a CSO role and the talents of Barry and Rob, Brown & Brown
Erie Materials, a regional distributor of building materials in New York and Pennsylvania, recently made several promotions and new hires. JASON THORYK was promoted to operations manager at the Syracuse location. He joined Erie Materials in 2018 as a summer associate. After graduating from college, he was hired as a full-time worker, then was promoted

ZERUIAH JONES was recently appointed business client membership manager at CenterState CEO. In this role, Jones supports and engages programmatic clients through the various resources, programs, and opportunities across the organization. She also connects programmatic staff to the broader membership. Jones previously worked as a membership manager. She joined CenterState CEO in 2021 after serving

Community Bank System CEO, Tryniski, to retire at year’s end
DeWITT, N.Y. — Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) President/CEO Mark E. Tryniski will retire at the end of this year, and Dimitar A. Karaivanov,

Baisley appointed Oneida County public works commissioner
UTICA, N.Y. — The Oneida County Department of Public Works has a new commissioner with the appointment of Matthew Baisley by County Executive Anthony J.

Northeast Grocery promotes Tops president to parent company COO
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Northeast Grocery, Inc. (NGI) — the parent company of Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Friendly Markets — has appointed John Persons as

LGS executive director departing for corporate job
DeWITT, N.Y. — Pam Brunet, executive director of Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), announced Friday that she is leaving in early September for another job at

Syracuse University appoints new iSchool dean
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University on Wednesday announced the appointment of Andrew Sears as the next dean of the School of Information Studies, or the

Northeast Dairy Foods and Suppliers Associations name new executive director
CICERO, N.Y. — The Northeast Dairy Foods and Suppliers Associations recently announced the appointment of Alex E. Walsh as executive director. Walsh oversees the day-to-day operations of the two associations — Northeast Dairy Foods Association, Inc. (NDFA) and Northeast Dairy Suppliers Association, Inc. (NDSA) — as well as the governmental, public, and industry relations on
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