Herkimer County Community College has hired STEVEN R. BOUCHER as an assistant professor of business. He has been an adjunct professor at the college since 2018, teaching business management, marketing management, and retail management. Before that, Boucher worked at Transwestern Publishing from 1989 to 2007, beginning his career as an account executive and moving up the ranks to executive VP. In this role, he oversaw a 14-state territory producing more than
$80 million in revenue, with more than 400 employees and 10 district managers as direct reports. Boucher also ran his own business as the original owner and manager of The Soda Fountain restaurant in Remsen. He opened the eatery in 2008 and eventually sold the business in October 2019. Boucher graduated from SUNY Oneonta with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a minor in business communication, and recently completed his master’s degree in business administration, technology management at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. As assistant professor, Boucher will continue to teach a variety of courses across the business discipline within the business, health, science & technology division at Herkimer College.

SARA SPENCER, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Binghamton University, has been named the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences’ director of the Office of Experiential Education. She has been serving as interim director since May 2020, working closely with the experiential team to meet the school’s Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) requirements. Spencer started at the School of Pharmacy in March 2017 as the IPPE coordinator and has helped develop the school’s experiential program to date. She completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, her master’s degree in medication therapy management at the University of Florida, and her post-graduate year 1 managed-care pharmacy residency at Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan in Albany. Prior to joining Binghamton’s faculty, Spencer worked as an inpatient pharmacist for Arnot-Ogden Medical Center and as a pharmacy clinical services manager for Walmart Stores Inc., across the Southern Tier.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed NICOLAS DIAZ AMIGO as the chief innovation and data officer (CIDO) in the Office of Accountability, Performance, and Innovation (API). Diaz Amigo, a Bloomberg Harvard Fellow with international experience in government innovation and data, will lead the API team in using data and innovation to find new and efficient ways to improve how the City of Syracuse delivers services. He has an extensive background in developing data-driven solutions and has worked with local governments in South America and the United States over the past six years. Diaz Amigo earned a master’s in public policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also holds a professional degree in political science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. As a Bloomberg Harvard Summer Fellow with the City of Sioux Falls, Diaz Amigo worked in the Department of Innovation and Technology, establishing the HousingStat application to track the City of Sioux Falls’ affordable housing targets. He has held a research position while pursuing his graduate studies, examining information related to blighted properties in the cities of Birmingham, Alabama; Topeka, Kansas; and Jackson, Mississippi. A native of Chile, Diaz Amigo served in various roles in the Municipality of Santiago for more than three years under two administrations. He was a part of Santiago’s team that was awarded
$1 million as one of five cities out of the 290 applicants throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to win the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2016 Mayor’s Challenge. Diaz Amigo begins his work with the City of Syracuse in mid-September.

Finger Lakes Health has appointed CHAD HOFFMAN-FRAGALE as VP of human resources. Most recently, he served as chief people officer at Juvo Autism Behavioral Health in Hackensack, New Jersey. During his time there, Hoffman-Fragale reported to the CEO and served as a member of the executive leadership team. His local ties to the Finger Lakes include his position as senior director of human resources at Auburn Memorial Hospital, where he reported to the CEO and served as a strategic business partner on the executive team of the hospital leading the organization’s human resources department. Hoffman-Fragale also has human resources senior-leadership experience from a variety of health-care organizations, including National Health Care Associates in Valley Stream, New York; NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola; and St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York City. Hoffman-Fragale earned his MBA from Excelsior College in Albany and his bachelor’s degree in secondary education and Spanish from SUNY Oswego.