Fust Charles Chambers LLP has promoted DESIREE M. BENNETT to tax manager. She joined the firm in 2010. Bennett received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Le Moyne College.

MICHAEL W. HARTWELL has been promoted to tax manager. He joined the firm in 2015. Hartwell is a CPA and received his bachelor’s degree and MBA in accounting from St. Bonaventure University. Fust Charles Chambers has also promoted

ARIANA C. ANOCETO to tax supervisor. She joined the firm in 2017. Anoceto is a CPA and received her bachelor’s degree and MBA in accounting from Le Moyne College. 

Pinckney Hugo Group has hired MICHAEL CALOBRISI as a junior motion-graphics designer. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo, he worked as a freelance videographer, and video editor at D.O.F. Media in Brooklyn and Odyssey Visual Media in Buffalo. Calobrisi has a bachelor’s degree in broadcasting and mass communication from SUNY Oswego and a dual degree in cinema and screen studies.

JOANNA CACCIOLA has joined Commerce Chenango as the economic-development assistant and grant writer. A graduate of Hartwick College in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in art history, she received a master’s degree in arts administration and policy in 2010 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). While at SAIC, Cacciola focused her career development on stewardship and fundraising, and her research on the role of art in public spaces and art’s impact on community identity and development. After her studies, she remained in Chicago and worked with a variety of nonprofits, returning to Hartwick in 2016, working in college advancement and focusing primarily on donor stewardship. She also assisted in grant writing, frontline fundraising, and event planning. Since the fall of 2016, Cacciola supported the Community Arts Network of Oneonta, by chairing the organization’s annual summer arts and music festival, sitting on the executive committee, and serving as president from 2019-2020. 

Cardiologist DAVID BASS, DO, has joined Oswego Health’s medical team. Board-certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine, Bass earned his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. In addition, he completed his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at the Nassau University Medical Center. Bass has extensive cardiovascular experience throughout New York state, including being a non-invasive cardiologist at Canton Potsdam Hospital. 

DAN ELLIOTT has been hired by Lawley Insurance as an employee-benefits sales consultant. He is an experienced adviser with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance and benefits industry. Elliott’s specialties include self-funded health-plan architecture, medical stop-loss structuring and negotiation, and advanced health-care delivery research and validation. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College. At Lawley, he will be working with clients to formulate customized health-care plans.

CHRIS IVEN has been named the new director of philanthropy at Elmcrest Children’s Center. He previously has served as executive director of the East Area Family YMCA and director of fund development for the Child Advocacy Center of Oswego. For more than a decade, Iven was a newspaper reporter and editor in Syracuse and New England. Following his journalism positions, he directed communications for the Fayetteville-Manlius school district and the YMCA of Greater Syracuse.

DAVID MARIANO has joined AccessCNY as the agency’s new advocacy coordinator. He will be working from the newly named Sally Johnston Advocacy Center and will primarily focus on building new community coalitions. Mariano will help lead the agency’s advocacy efforts in Syracuse and in Albany. He brings a wide array of experience, most notably with the Salvation Army of Syracuse. Mariano received his bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College in 2011 and is currently working toward a master’s degree in organizational leadership from the University of St. Francis. He is also the founder of Eye Got This, Inc., a nonprofit organization that supports athletes with visual impairments.