LUKE CHEN, M.D. has joined Finger Lakes Health as a primary care provider. He will continue to see patients at his office located at 60 Fall St. in Seneca Falls. Chen has been practicing internal medicine and pediatrics in Seneca County since 1986. He finished his internal-medicine residency at the Brooklyn Hospital in Brooklyn and completed his pediatric residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. Chen graduated from medical school in Taiwan. 

DONALD J. MARTIN has joined the Syracuse office of Westfall Law PLLC as senior counsel. He will be counselling the firm on complex litigation and family-law matters at the firm. Martin has significant experience in matrimonial and family law, civil and criminal litigation, and personal-injury litigation. Before joining Westfall Law, Martin was a partner in the firms of Sargent, Sargent & Martin; Martin, Martin & Woodard, LLC; and Harris Beach PLLC, and subsequently was a sole practitioner in the Donald J. Martin Law Firm, P.C. Martin holds a juris doctorate from the Syracuse University College of Law, where he is now an adjunct professor teaching in the disciplines of civil trial advocacy and criminal law.

WENDY L. BAKER has joined the Syracuse office of Westfall Law PLLC as senior paralegal. She has 40 years of experience and will be focusing on matrimonial and family law, as well as civil litigation. Prior to Westfall Law, Baker served as a paralegal to a senior member attorney at a large law firm with offices throughout New York, where she assisted in matrimonial and family law matters, estate planning, foreclosures, insurance defense, personal injury, and bookkeeping.

The Everson Museum of Art has added two new employees to its full-time staff. JENNIFER NEUNER joins the Everson as deputy director, and AMANDA LIBERATI comes aboard as director of finance.

Neuner brings more than 25 years of management experience to the role of deputy director, a new position at the Everson. She has spent the last 18 years serving as director of special events and communications at Manlius Pebble Hill High School. As deputy director, Neuner’s areas of oversight will include operations, visitor experience, external engagement, and other strategic initiatives.

Liberati comes to the Everson from Friends of Rosamond Gifford Zoo, where she served as director of finance. She will assume responsibilities from Kevin Montgomery, who is retiring after 12 years at the Everson. With more than 19 years of experience in accounting and management roles for not-for-profit organizations, Liberati will help provide financial planning, governance, and guidance to help the Everson reach its short and long-term goals.

ELAINA A. PIRRO of Pyramid Brokerage Company recently was elevated to licensed real-estate broker after completing the state real-estate broker course and passing the exam. Pirro first joined Pyramid Brokerage in 2018 as a real-estate agent and successfully completed numerous real-estate transactions to be in position to advance to broker. She specializes in commercial real estate, development and redevelopment, investment and has represented buyers, tenants, sellers, and landlords. She is currently exclusively representing a renewable-energy company in upstate New York. Pirro holds a bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College, a master’s degree in natural science degree from University of Buffalo, as well as a doctor of chiropractic from New York Chiropractic College.