Bowers & Company CPAs, PLLC has named RICHARD P. SMITH a tax partner in the firm. With more than 19 years of experience in public accounting, he joins the firm as a tax specialist in the Syracuse office. Smith’s experience includes eight years at Deloitte and the last five years with Firley, Moran, Freer, & Eassa, providing tax and accounting services. He received both his bachelor’s degree in accounting and his MBA from SUNY Oswego and is a CPA. Smith brings a broad range of industry experience including partnership, corporate, and multistate tax services for public and privately held companies, as well as small-business consulting and compliance. His experience also includes a specialized expertise in the area of multistate tax consulting for large and small businesses.

NATHAN MCLEAN has joined Menard Group USA, a design-build specialty geotechnical contractor, as a regional sales engineer in the upstate New York region. He recently opened Menard’s newest office in Syracuse. McLean is responsible for business development, estimating and sales on both public and private projects throughout upstate New York. Prior to Menard Group USA, McLean spent 15 years as a geotechnical consultant working on a variety of transportation and building projects throughout the Eastern portion of the United States. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Clarkson University and master’s degree in civil engineering focusing on geotechnical engineering from Norwich University. McLean is a professional engineer in New York. 

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed TIMOTHY M. RUDD to be the new director of the City of Syracuse Office of Management and Budget. Rudd, a Syracuse common councilor-at-large and chairman of the Common Council’s Finance Committee, brings an extensive background in government finance and fiscal analysis to the position. He will be responsible for planning and administering the annual city budget, overall financial analysis, the city’s six-year capital-improvement plan and multi-year financial forecasts. Duties include working with departments to prepare specifications for contracts, conduct competitive bidding, and manage city contracts. Elected to the Syracuse Common Council as councilor-at-large in 2017, Rudd was appointed finance chair upon taking office. He was a co-chair of Mayor Walsh’s Fiscal Advisory Working Group, which provided recommendations to the mayor on strengthening the city’s fiscal stability and strengthening partnerships with New York State. Prior to becoming councilor, Rudd worked for seven years for MDRC, a New York City-based nonprofit organization dedicated to learning what works to improve programs and policies that affect the poor. He was a cost-benefit analyst and research associate studying the effectiveness of innovative social programs. From 2007 to 2010, he worked in the City of New York Office of Management and Budget as a budget analyst, senior budget analyst, and supervising budget analyst. He had responsibility for management of the $1 billion operating budget for the Department of Corrections. Rudd has also been a schoolteacher in the Syracuse City School District and at Manlius Pebble Hill School. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Syracuse University and a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in state and local finance from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. 

Oswego Health recently promoted KATHRYN PAGLIAROLI to corporate director of integrated healthcare. She began her career at Oswego Health in 2001 as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit and advanced to clinical trainer in 2004, RN case manager in 2008, patient services/staff development manager in 2011, director of quality management in 2013, before becoming director of clinical quality & patient safety in 2014. In this newly created position at Oswego Health, Pagliaroli will provide executive leadership and guidance for care coordination across the health-care system and operations. She will act as a liaison, in collaboration with senior leadership to develop and sustain a culture that supports access to care across all Oswego Health locations, as well as its strategic partners. Pagliaroli earned her master’s degree in science management from Keuka College in 2009 and her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2001 from Roberts Wesleyan College.

Oswego Health has also recently promoted HEATHER ELEN to human-resources operation manager. She began her career at Oswego Health in 2016 as a senior recruiter and advanced to recruiting and retention manager in 2017, before becoming employment manager in 2019. In this newly created position at Oswego Health, Elen will focus on overall compensation, benefits, recruiting, employment, reporting, and compliance. She earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from University of Phoenix.

BOBBIE RAE VANGORDER, a physician assistant, has joined Oswego Health at Oswego Family Physicians. She brings more than 10 years of experience providing care in both family practice and internal-medicine settings. Vangorder earned her master’s degree in physician assistant studies at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and her bachelor’s degree in biology, as well as a bachelor’s degree in government from Saint Lawrence University in Canton. Vangorder joins one of the largest primary-care practices in the area and will be working alongside Douglas Guenter, M.D.; Mark Humphrey, D.O.; Robert Morgan, M.D.; Michael Stephens, M.D.; and Jessica Digby, P.A. to provide more access to care in Oswego County. 

WILFREDO J. CRUZ, M.D. will be joining FLH Medical P.C. Geneva Primary Care and Clifton Springs Internal Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Universidad Central Del Caribe in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and earned his medical degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A Puerto Rico native, he is prolific in Spanish and English, with background experience in both the private and public setting. 

Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York has promoted three officers.

SUSAN A. INNEO was promoted to senior VP, general counsel, and secretary. She will serve as Security Mutual’s legal counsel for all company matters and will be responsible for leading tactical legal initiatives. Inneo began her career with Security Mutual in 2011 as VP, assistant general counsel, and was promoted in 2015 to VP, assistant general counsel and chief compliance officer. In 2018 she successfully completed the requirements for the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Certificate Program. Inneo is admitted to practice law in New York and Pennsylvania and is a member of the Broome County and New York State Bar Associations.

SEAN P. O’NEILL was promoted to second VP, agency operations. He directs Security Mutual’s Agency Department, as well as Security Mutual’s wholly owned subsidiary, SML Agency Services. In his new role, O’Neill will focus on maintaining and improving operational processes for efficiency and quality and will assist in strategically building out the company’s national marketing organization distribution channel. Since joining Security Mutual in 1997, he was promoted to a number of positions in the company’s Agency Department, where since 2014 he had been serving as assistant VP, agency operations.

DANIEL A. POWELL was promoted to second VP, policyowner services. In his new role, he will establish and support strategies designed to build positive customer experiences and oversee the implementation of high-level projects and initiatives. Powell began his career with Security Mutual in 2009 and was promoted to a number of positions in the company’s Individual Client Services Department, where since 2018 he had been serving as assistant VP, policyowner services.