AMBER CAVALLARO has been promoted to retail banking manager at Solvay Bank. She was previously the branch manager of its Baldwinsville office. Cavallaro joined Solvay Bank in 2016.

VANESSA MACDOUGALL has joined Solvay Bank as the branch manager of its DeWitt office. She has more than 13 years of experience in the banking industry.

CHRISTINE YOUNG has joined Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) as director of talent acquisition. In this role, she will lead a team of recruiters responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and hiring candidates in close partnership with hiring managers. Prior to joining MVHS, Young was team leader of employment at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. She was responsible for the recruitment of nursing and lab positions. Before that, Young was assistant VP of deposit operations at Partners Trust Bank. She earned her bachelor’s degree in health-care administration from the University of Phoenix as well as an associate degree from Herkimer County Community College. 

DR. HANA SMITH, a cardiologist, has joined St. Joseph’s Health in its Cardiovascular Institute. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, she served as a staff cardiologist at the Guthrie Cortland Medical Center in Cortland. Smith earned her medical degree from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and completed her medical training with several fellowships in the United States, including the most recent one in cardiovascular disease from the Upstate University of New York in Syracuse. Smith is practicing at St. Joseph’s Health Cardiovascular Institute at Brittonfield Parkway in DeWitt and St. Joseph’s Health Cardiovascular Institute in Fayetteville. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and cardiovascular diseases and also holds board certifications in echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

Rome Memorial Hospital has appointed DR. RUSSELL SILVERMAN as chief medical officer (CMO). A member of the St. Joseph’s medical staff for more than 35 years, he has been a driving force to the growth and national recognition of the St. Joseph’s cardiac service line. Silverman has served in a variety of leadership roles. Currently, he is the medical director of Medical Cardiology and a member of National Cardiovascular Services Clinical Excellence Counsel of Trinity Health. Silverman earned his medical degree at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, where he completed his residency in cardiovascular disease in 1983. In addition to serving as CMO, Silverman will continue to provide medical cardiology to Rome–area residents in the St. Joseph’s Health Cardiovascular Institute office located on the ground floor of Rome Memorial Hospital in the Dorothy G. Griffin Cardiovascular Center.

MARK MUTHUMBI, current regional VP of sales and account management at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, will expand his responsibilities to include serving as regional president of the health insurer’s Central New York market. He replaces Jim Reed, who was recently named president and CEO-elect of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and its parent company, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, Inc. Muthumbi has had a 21-year career at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. In his new role as regional president, he will combine his leadership of sales and account management with the additional responsibility of supporting and maintaining business and quality health, and provider networks in Central New York. About 850 Excellus BlueCross BlueShield employees work in its Central New York market. A 2003 graduate of Le Moyne College with a master’s degree in business administration, Muthumbi received his bachelor’s degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company has made a management transition in its Binghamton office which serves the Southern Tier, including Ithaca, Corning, and Elmira.

MAUREEN (REENIE) WILSON — who had been president of Pyramid Brokerage Company of Binghamton, Inc., since 2000 when Pyramid Brokerage Company merged with Robert Mead and Associates — has transitioned to the new role of VP of business development. Wilson will focus on expanding her extensive current relationships and developing new ones. She will also stay active on all the boards in which she participates. Wilson has been in the commercial real-estate business for 34 years and has completed some of the largest commercial real-estate transactions in the Southern Tier and has handled a broad range of transactions including retail, office, industrial, and investment. She graduated from Bucknell and also holds a Master of Arts degree and an MBA from Binghamton University.

LEO JONES, associate real-estate broker and member of the Pyramid Brokerage Company management team, will become president of Pyramid Brokerage Company of Binghamton, Inc. He has been with the firm since 2000, when he also joined after the merger with Robert Mead and Associates. Jones handles a broad range of real-estate transactions including retail, office, industrial, and investment with a focus on medical office sales and leases. He has done some of the largest transactions across upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania. Jones is a graduate of Wilkes University. Pyramid Brokerage Company of Binghamton also announced that

BRUCE (ETHAN) COOK will become a member of the overall company’s management team. He will focus on business development, recruiting, mentoring, and supporting Jones. Cook joined Pyramid Brokerage Company in 2016. In his short time in the business, he has taken on various leadership roles such as leading the overall company’s semi-annual industrial council meetings. Cook is a graduate of Binghamton University, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

BRANDON DENOYER has joined the staff of the Syracuse University’s women’s soccer team as an assistant coach. He joins the Orange after spending the past two seasons as an assistant at Richmond. DeNoyer helped Richmond go from two wins in 2018 to seven last season. He worked with the Spiders’ goalkeepers. Prior to his stint at Richmond, DeNoyer served as an assistant coach at Mississippi State for one season. DeNoyer, a native of Scotia (Schenectady area), also served as the top assistant at Siena from 2011-16. During his tenure, the Saints won the 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament. DeNoyer played from 2004-08 at SUNY Old Westbury, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in media communications and American studies. He stayed on at his alma mater for four seasons, serving as an assistant coach for the men’s soccer squad and as a volunteer goalkeeper coach for the women’s soccer program