NBT Bank has hired JOSEPH ONDESKO as assistant treasurer. He has 15 years of financial and accounting experience, most recently serving as chief financial officer/chief investment officer/head of information technology at the Bank of Akron. Ondesko holds an MBA in finance and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Canisius College. 

Oswego Health has named experienced orthopedic physician assistant, BRANDON WEAVER, and nurse practitioner SHANNON ZINN, FNP to the Center for Orthopedic Care team where they will practice with orthopedic surgeons John Ayres, M.D.; Michael Diaz, D.O.; and Kamaljeet Banga, M.D.

Weaver has been an orthopedic physician assistant for the past seven years with 18 years’ experience as a physician assistant — his most recent position being at Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Physician Assistant Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2002.

Zinn brings an extensive skillset to Oswego Health. She began her medical career in 1998 as a registered nurse in the operating room and on the medical/surgical unit at Robert Packer Hospital. After several per-diem positions in various Central New York health systems, she made her way into orthopedics in 2008. Zinn’s most recent position was as a nurse practitioner at Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists (SOS), where she was responsible for evaluating, treating, and implementing plans of care for clinic patients. She earned her master’s degree from Binghamton University in 2008 and her RNFA (registered nurse first assistant) certification in 2013 from the National Institute of First Assisting. 

Finger Lakes Health has appointed ERIC GREGOR as director of diagnostics at Finger Lakes Health. He is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of all diagnostic-imaging services including CT (computed tomography) scanning, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, interventional radiology, X-ray, cardiopulmonary imaging, as well as women’s-health diagnostics. Most recently, Gregor was the chief operating officer of the Western New York Imaging Group in Buffalo, where he was an executive team member and oversaw the operational, financial, and clinical performance of five large outpatient-imaging centers and 10 satellite offices. He earned his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from Medaille College in Buffalo. Gregor received his certificate and licensure to practice diagnostic radiologic technology from Millard Fillmore School of Radiologic Technology in Buffalo. 

VICTOR J. KESSLER has joined the litigation practice group at Bousquet Holstein PLLC. He will be working in the firm’s Ithaca and Syracuse offices. Kessler’s practice spans many industries including manufacturing, insurance, health care, retail, and real estate. Some of his representative matters include defending one of the nation’s largest retailers in a sensitive multidistrict litigation, representing merging corporations against federal antitrust regulators, defending a corporate director of a nonprofit organization, and guiding a client through arbitration following the sale of one of its lines of business. His recent matters have involved counseling clients on the administration and litigation of trusts and estates. Kessler has also maintained an active pro-bono practice. Kessler brings to Bousquet Holstein years of litigation experience in the Washington, D.C. and Chicago offices of a major global law firm, where he advised clients on everything from individual pro-bono cases to complex multijurisdictional disputes against federal and state governments. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and a graduate of the University of Chicago. 

MARGARET MCCORMICK has been promoted to assistant VP of operations for SRC, Inc.’s force protection division. In this role, she will provide leadership, execution, and vision for the force protection division, coordinating the development and execution of budgets, programs, and products. McCormick will manage the day-to-day operations of the division and support program performance, strategic goals and objectives while ensuring customer satisfaction. She has worked at SRC for more than 27 years, most recently as director of technology systems in the force protection division. McCormick holds bachelor’s degrees in business management/marketing from Ithaca College and computer information science systems from Columbia College. She also earned her MBA from SUNY Oswego.