TYLER J. KOST has joined the Delta Engineers, Architects, & Surveyors (Delta) Endwell office as an assistant engineer in the firm’s Facilities Engineering Group. He completed a 3+2 program with St. Lawrence University and Clarkson University, graduating from St. Lawrence University in 2017 and from Clarkson University in 2019. Kost plans on taking his facilities engineer (FE) exam this year. He assists the senior project engineer with all phases of HVAC, plumbing, and fire-protection design.

MATTHEW G. KUSHNER has joined the Delta Endwell office as a senior architectural designer in its Architectural Group. He is a SUNY Broome graduate with an associate degree in civil engineering. Kushner has worked across various market segments for clients with widely varying design guidelines such as federal, state, and local agencies, as well as a broad spectrum of private-sector clients in the commercial, financial, industrial, utility, hospitality, and residential sectors.

BIANCA N. LITTLE has joined the Delta Vernon office as an engineer in the Specialty Precast Group. She graduated from Syracuse University in 2018 with a master’s degree in civil engineering with a concentration in structural engineering and graduated from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Little is responsible for the design and detailing of a variety of field equipment for sports facilities including safety-netting systems for major/minor-league baseball stadiums, media towers, cages, and dugouts.

KIMBERLEY FREDERICK has joined Delta as a project architect in the firm’s Architectural Group. She received her bachelor’s degree in graphics from Cornell University and earned her master’s degree of architecture from Columbia University. With more than 28 years of experience, Frederick has extensive experience working for public and higher-education facilities, corporate headquarters, army facilities, medical hospitals, and shopping centers. She has also been involved with the historic preservation of libraries, theaters, and museums, and the addition/renovation/handicap retrofit of federal buildings.

DAVID R. NEWTON has joined Delta’s Schenectady office as a senior project engineer in the firm’s Facilities Engineering Group. He is a graduate of Union College with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Newton’s project portfolio includes work for diverse market sectors including higher education, K-12 academic institutions, and public facilities such as office spaces and health-care units.

JAMES BENJAMIN has joined NBT Insurance Agency. He will serve as a business development manager with a territory that includes the Otsego County, Schoharie County, and Catskill region markets. Benjamin will provide insurance products to consumers and businesses. He brings more than 20 years of experience in sales and insurance to his new position. Prior to joining NBT Insurance Agency, Benjamin was an account executive with OneGroup (formerly Gordon B. Roberts Agency) in Oneonta. He is a U.S. Army finance specialist veteran, with an associate degree in accounting from Utica School of Finance. 

MICHAEL P. MURRAY has joined Tully Rinckey PLLC as the law firm’s chief marketing officer. The Albany–based firm has Central New York offices in Binghamton and Syracuse. He will be responsible for building and implementing innovative marketing and public relations strategies that support the firm’s growth plan and support the attorneys across the firm’s practice areas and industry specializations. Murray brings more than 20 years of professional-services marketing experience. Prior to joining Tully Rinckey, he served as the director of marketing for Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, a law firm based in Albany. Prior to Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Murray served as marketing manager for BST & Co., CPAs, also based in Albany. He has also previously worked as assistant zone marketing manager for State Farm Mutual Insurance Company in Ballston Spa. Murray’s background includes advertising, direct marketing, website development, social media and email marketing, business development, proposals, collateral, press releases, and database management. He earned an MBA from the College of Saint Rose, and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Seton Hall University.