ANNELIESE R. ALIASSO has joined Hancock Estabrook, LLP as an associate. She will practice in the firm’s litigation and startup & emerging business practices and will focus her practice on commercial litigation. Additionally, Aliasso assists women and minority-owned businesses with the preparation of various diversity-certification applications, including the New York State MWBE Program, Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, the City of Syracuse MWBE program, and the Port Authority of the State of New York and New Jersey MWBE program. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cazenovia College and earned her juris doctorate from Albany Law School of Union University.

Vera House, Inc. has announced that RANDI BREGMAN and ANGELA DOUGLAS are serving as co-executive directors effective Dec. 1.

Bregman was appointed executive director of Vera House in 2001 and has been with the agency since 1990. During her first 11 years at Vera House, she served as the coordinator of the Syracuse Area Domestic Violence Coalition. Over the last 19 years, she has overseen the everyday work at Vera House and is responsible for administration and financial management, supervision of staff, fundraising and fund development, community education and professional training and program development for the agency.

Douglas left her role as executive director of Mercy Works to join Vera House as associate director in the fall of 2017. She had also served as the executive director and founder of Visions for Change, another local human-service agency. Douglas came to Vera House having served on several nonprofit boards and with extensive experience as a consultant on leadership, conflict resolution, and board development. Bregman and Douglas will formally share leadership of Vera House in partnership with other executive leaders. Both will be actively engaged with the board of directors and foundation board of trustees, and will play key roles in budgeting, program development, and fund development.

MICHELLE L. MONNAT was recently named CHJC’s (Children’s Home of Jefferson County) chief financial officer (CFO). Since beginning her CHJC career 12 years ago, she has served in several agency leadership roles. Working in a variety of departments including residential, non-secure detention, and the community clinic, she has extensive experience with all aspects of CHJC programming and operations. Most recently, Monnat served as CHJC’s director of systems administration, with responsibilities including the oversight of the information technology and marketing/public relations departments. She also assisted with the coordination of, and the recent transition to, the agency’s new Empsall Building location. In 2014, Monnat served as the primary developer for CHJC’s Therapeutic Crisis Respite Program (TCRP), and for several years, led operations of this innovative, short-term youth and family crisis program. She also coordinated the agency’s transition to the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT). Monnat received both a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in mental-health counseling, from St. Lawrence University. Since 2017, she has served on the national Family Focused Treatment Association (FFTA) board of directors. She is also a graduate of the Greater Watertown North Country Jefferson Leadership Institute.