ALISON MONDO has joined Fust Charles Chambers LLP as an audit associate. She received her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in accounting from SUNY Oswego. Mondo is currently working to complete the examination requirements to earn her CPA license.

ERIN PATENAUDE joins Fust Charles as a tax associate. She received her bachelor’s degree in business management from Niagara University and an MBA, with a specialization in accounting and finance, from Utica College. Patenaude is currently working to complete the examination requirements to earn her CPA license.

JACK RAGONESE joins the firm as a data analyst. He received his bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College in business administration, where he majored in finance, business analytics, and MIS.

JAMES TERZIAN, JR. joins Fust Charles as a data analyst. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from SUNY Oswego and his master’s degree in econometrics and quantitative economics from SUNY Buffalo. 

LAUREN ANDERSON has joined Mower in its Syracuse office as senior project supervisor. She returns to Mower after serving as an account supervisor with Mindshare LLC for more than seven years. Over her previous six years with Mower, Anderson worked on clients such as NYSERDA and Fisher-Price/Mattel. She is a graduate of Ithaca College, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in television – radio with a specialty in advertising and public relations.

DAN LUX joins the firm as media supervisor. Lux comes to Mower after previously serving as media director with both Mindshare LLC and MRA Group for more than 10 years. Lux is a graduate of Clarkson University.

VALERIE RADOS joins Mower as project manager. She brings 14 years of marketing experience, joining the agency after most recently serving as a digital account planner with LP&M Advertising, where she managed a variety of digital and traditional campaigns. A graduate of the College of Saint Rose, Rados earned her master’s degree in advertising from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

MICHAEL GRAVES as a wealth manager in its Syracuse office. He comes to S.E.E.D. with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Graves received his bachelor’s degree in business management and accounting from Hartwick University. He is a certified financial planner, or CFP.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed RICHARD DEVESTY as citywide director of fleet operations. He will be responsible for managing the maintenance and acquisition of all city vehicles and truck equipment, and in upgrading the city’s existing fleet of vehicles. As a former service manager for ABF Freight Systems Inc., Devesty has more than 28 years of experience in LTL (less-than-truckload) freight, logistics, and supply chain management. In his previous role, he oversaw planning for all ABF facilities. He was also responsible for fleet-maintenance repairs, and preventative maintenance of ABF’s equipment. Devesty will manage the fleet operations program across six city departments (Fire, Water, Public Works, Parks, Engineering, and Police). 

CHAIRELINE LUNDI has joined the medical staff of Geneva General Hospital, specializing in the field of anesthesiology. She received her doctorate of nursing practice in nurse anesthesia and her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Miami in Florida. Lundi completed her post-baccalaureate for pre-medicine from Florida Atlantic University. Most recently, she worked for Maple-Gate Anesthesiologists in Buffalo as well as Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo. She will be working in the Surgical Services department at Geneva General Hospital and the Finger Lakes Surgery Center.

DR. NICOLE GRASSI has joined Advanced Dental Arts (ADA) as an associate. She earned her DDS degree from SUNY Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, and completed an oral and maxillofacial fellowship/internship at the Montefiore Medical Center. In addition to general dentistry, Grassi is proficient at treating patients for crowns, bridges, veneers, inlays, onlays, surgical extraction, root canals and implant placement. She is also Invisalign certified. 

JOHN D. CLOPPER has joined Bond, Schoeneck & King’s Syracuse office as senior counsel in its litigation practice. He will advise clients on commercial and tort litigation, regulatory issues, and cybersecurity and privacy law. Clopper has worked on a variety of matters. Prior to joining Bond, he was an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, representing the federal government in civil litigation and investigations. Clopper is a certified information privacy professional/United States (CIPP/US). He is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School and Connecticut College.

JILLIAN DILAURA MCGUIRE has been elected to the partnership at Mackenzie Hughes LLP. Since joining the firm in 2013, her practice has focused primarily on family and matrimonial law. McGuire received her juris doctorate from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Virginia and a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts.