Finger Lakes Health has appointed LEO GARRISON as its new facilities director. Garrison comes to the health system with more than 30 years’ experience in the health care and facilities field. He most recently served as director of engineering and facilities at Hartford Hospital. There, Garrison oversaw the planning and construction of a $150 million orthopaedic hospital and savings of nearly $500,000 in IT infrastructure development. He began his career working in various administrative leadership roles before serving in health-care management roles in Illinois, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Connecticut. Garrison’s experience includes Mercy Hospital as VP and chief operating officer, Roswell Park Cancer Center Institute VP, Bryant and Stratton College as an adjunct professor in health-care administration, and as a regional director of facility management for Catholic health initiatives at KentuckyOne Health. Garrison graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and proceeded to earn a master’s degree in health-care administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Onondaga County Sheriff Eugene J. Conway has formally announced that SUSAN C. DEMARI will be sworn-in as chief deputy of the Civil Department. She holds a juris doctorate from Syracuse University College of Law and is a licensed attorney who recently served as a senior attorney advisor/adjudicator for the U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings Operations. In her capacity, DeMari also served as an instructor for newly hired attorneys and as a mentor and resource for administrative law judges. She serves as a member of the board of Police Commissioners for the Town of DeWitt Police and as the security liaison/coordinator for the Jewish Federations of CNY and Buffalo. Once sworn in as chief, she will be responsible for managing the daily operations of the Civil Department. Senior Correction Officer JASON EIBERT has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He has been a member of the Sheriff’s Office Correction Department since 2004 and was promoted to the rank of senior officer in 2013. Eibert is a member of SERT (Sheriff’s Emergency Response).