DAWN S. MCWILLIAMS has been appointed director of marketing and communications at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, effective Feb. 15. She brings 30 years of higher-education experience from various colleges and universities in New York state. McWilliams recently served as director of marketing and communications at Cornell University’s College of Engineering, where she had been since 2011. Prior to that, she was the executive director for marketing and communications at the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School of Business. Her track record of success at the two universities included managing the strategic marketing and communications functions, developing high-performing teams, managing high-level public relations campaigns, and integrating the brands and concepts worldwide. In addition, McWilliams has sat on Cornell Engineering’s Diversity & Inclusion Internal Advisory group and brings strong leadership skills. She has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, as well as an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

DAN D’ANDREANO has joined S.E.E.D. Planning Group as a wealth manager in the firm’s Syracuse office. He will be working with individuals and families, coordinating their financial plans, including their investments, estates, and taxes. D’Andreano has acquired more than 26 years of experience working as a financial advisor. Prior to joining S.E.E.D., he worked at TIAA-CREF for seven years serving as a wealth-manager advisor, primarily to Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University. D’Andreano also worked at M&T Securities and First Niagara Bank as a VP and financial advisor.

DICK WORDEN will retire as New York Chiropractic College’s (NYCC) associate VP of administrative services on April 30, after 30 years of service. He came to the college after a number of years as office manager of the Hogan-Souhan Dairy in Auburn, and as general manager of Seneca Falls’ Gould Hotel. Worden joined NYCC as director of purchasing in 1991, just before the college’s move to Seneca Falls, and was instrumental in the openings of the new campus and NYCC health centers across New York state. Throughout his time at the college, Worden was promoted to assistant VP of administrative services and then associate VP of administrative services. He has served as a member of the college’s senior staff for the last 20 years. Worden has also provided service to the professions as a long-time test administrator for the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and has held leadership positions and served on the boards of the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) and the United Way of Seneca County.

Current associate VP of information technology, CHRISTOPHER MCQUEENEY, was promoted to VP of administrative services and will oversee the newly established Administrative Services Division. The division includes IT, facilities, purchasing, the health and fitness center, the mailroom, and central duplication. McQueeney has been with NYCC since October 2013. He earned a bachelor’s degree in corporate communications from Ithaca College and an MBA from Syracuse University. Immediately prior to NYCC, McQueeney worked for Empower Federal Credit Union in Syracuse, where he served as VP of information technology and VP of risk management and facilities, respectively.

St. Joseph’s Health has appointed CRISTIAN ANDRADE, M.D, to chief quality officer. He will provide leadership to the acute and ambulatory services. Andrade’s focus will be on enhancing the quality of care and patient safety throughout the St. Joseph’s Health system. He has been with St. Joseph’s Health for 18 years. The family-medicine trained physician joined the hospital as a resident in 2003 and has served as a hospitalist since 2006. Prior to this promotion, Andrade served as VP of medical affairs, regional medical director, and chief of hospitalist services. He studied at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark and at Wagner College on Staten Island. In addition to his job at St. Joseph’s Health, Andrade is affiliated with Rome Memorial Hospital and Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.