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. 

The Legal Aid Society of Mid New York, Inc. has hired ALEX SIMON as director of development and communication, a new position at the organization. Simon heads the Legal Aid Society’s fundraising and comes to the organization after a nearly 10-year career in which he has served in fundraising and communication roles at colleges and universities across upstate New York. Simon has been a part of fundraising teams at Cazenovia College, Union College, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and the Masonic Medical Research Institute. 

MELANIE SARAFIN has recently been promoted to director of affiliate relations at Upstate Caring Partners, Inc. She previously served as assistant to the president and CEO since the organization’s inception in 2010. Sarafin also previously was assistant to the executive director of Upstate Cerebral Palsy for 15 years.