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Del Lago Resort & Casino has promoted LANCE YOUNG, VP of gaming operations, to executive VP and general manager. He will be assuming the role formerly held by Mark Juliano, who left to become chief gaming officer at Baha Mar, a luxury casino and resort in Nassau, Bahamas. Young has been a part of the […]
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Del Lago Resort & Casino has promoted LANCE YOUNG, VP of gaming operations, to executive VP and general manager. He will be assuming the role formerly held by Mark Juliano, who left to become chief gaming officer at Baha Mar, a luxury casino and resort in Nassau, Bahamas. Young has been a part of the del Lago Resort & Casino leadership team since August 2016, before the casino resort opened. He began his del Lago career as VP of table games where he designed the layout of the gaming floor and table-games equipment and developed internal controls, policies, and procedures. He was also responsible for helping to develop the company culture and core values as well as staff training. As VP of gaming operations, Young managed capital projects including the upcoming sportsbook, totaling over $6 million. In 2018, he managed the property during the general-manager transition, overseeing all operations and marketing of del Lago Resort & Casino. Young has more than 25 years of experience in the gaming industry and held executive roles at Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Pennsylvania and Cannery Casino Resorts in Las Vegas.
Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG)
Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) has added eight new employees in its Syracuse office. SEAN KATKO has joined as an AVP, bank sales. He is a recent graduate from Niagara University’s MBA program and is also commissioned as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard. MERSADIZ HAYNES and DANA BLYTHE have come aboard as junior
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Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) has added eight new employees in its Syracuse office. SEAN KATKO has joined as an AVP, bank sales. He is a recent graduate from Niagara University’s MBA program and is also commissioned as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard. MERSADIZ HAYNES and DANA BLYTHE have come aboard as junior funding coordinators. Haynes recently finished her MBA at Le Moyne College, where she also was a graduate assistant on the women’s soccer team. Prior to BHG, Blythe graduated with a degree in social work from Carleton University and worked in positions focusing on helping patients navigate insurance and referral processes to obtain medical care. OCTAVIA LEE has joined as a documentation specialist. Before BHG, she worked for Arise Child and Family Services for nine years in Syracuse. MARIA C. PENCE has joined as a placements specialist. She previously worked in the corporate world for about 10 years. JODI BREWER has come aboard as an executive assistant. She has more than 20 years’ experience as an executive/administrative assistant, most recently with Aspen Dental. ANTHONY PECORIELLO joined as a junior credit analyst. He is a recent graduate of Clemson University with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and financial management. MARY CAMMILLERI has joined as an account executive. She spent the last four years in auto sales, starting as a cashier and working her way up to an internet sales manager.
SHEILA DION has joined Northwestern Mutual- Dean Ripley of Phoenix, as marketing coordinator. Dion comes to Northwestern Mutual from Dale Carnegie of CNY. She received a liberal arts & science degree from Holyoke Community College.
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SHEILA DION has joined Northwestern Mutual- Dean Ripley of Phoenix, as marketing coordinator. Dion comes to Northwestern Mutual from Dale Carnegie of CNY. She received a liberal arts & science degree from Holyoke Community College.
Bousquet Holstein PLLC has named ERIKA H. HOOKER as an attorney in the Trusts and Estates and Agriculture Practice Groups of the law firm. Her background growing up has provided her with the experience to address a diversity of legal matters associated with family farms. Hooker is a 2019 graduate of the Syracuse University College
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Bousquet Holstein PLLC has named ERIKA H. HOOKER as an attorney in the Trusts and Estates and Agriculture Practice Groups of the law firm. Her background growing up has provided her with the experience to address a diversity of legal matters associated with family farms. Hooker is a 2019 graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law. As a law student, she represented clients in the Elder and Health Law Clinic for elder financial-abuse cases and also served as a research assistant to Professor David Driesen, working mainly in the area of constitutional law. Hooker earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and international agriculture and rural development from Cornell University. She gained experience interning with the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County, Inc. and also interned with a law firm in Syracuse, working in the areas of corporate law and estate planning with family farms across New York state. Prior to law school, Hooker served as an agriculture extension agent with the Peace Corps in Senegal for two years.
CHRISTOPHER PETERSON has joined Hillside Family of Agencies as the organization’s chief financial officer. Peterson is assuming the duties that Paul Perrotto had previously handled for Hillside. Perrotto retired on June 30, after 21 years with the organization. As CFO, Peterson will provide fiscal analysis and oversight for Hillside, a multi-affiliate organization with budgeted operations
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CHRISTOPHER PETERSON has joined Hillside Family of Agencies as the organization’s chief financial officer. Peterson is assuming the duties that Paul Perrotto had previously handled for Hillside. Perrotto retired on June 30, after 21 years with the organization. As CFO, Peterson will provide fiscal analysis and oversight for Hillside, a multi-affiliate organization with budgeted operations of $138 million as of fiscal-year 2020. He will also be a member of Hillside’s chief executive team. A resident of Webster in Monroe County, Peterson brings to Hillside nearly 25 years of experience in financial leadership, Hillside said. His experience includes 12 years as a member of the finance team of Rochester Regional Health (RRH) and the former Unity Health System. As VP of finance, he managed RRH’s general accounting, reporting, payroll, grants, foundation, audit and treasury functions. Prior to joining Unity Health in 2007, he worked for MVP Health Care and for a medical system in his home state of Indiana.
BOB ELLIS has been appointed executive director of the Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation (GSBDC), a nonprofit certified development company. Ellis has been on the job since April when he replaced Peggy Adams who retired after 20 years of service in the role. Ellis comes to GSBDC with more than 30 years of experience in
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BOB ELLIS has been appointed executive director of the Greater Syracuse Business Development Corporation (GSBDC), a nonprofit certified development company. Ellis has been on the job since April when he replaced Peggy Adams who retired after 20 years of service in the role. Ellis comes to GSBDC with more than 30 years of experience in banking and commercial lending and has an “extensive” managerial background. As executive director, Ellis will oversee and manage the day-to-day operations and will report to the organization’s board of trustees which consists of local business leaders and professionals.
Bogucz stepping down as Syracuse CoE director, returning to classroom after sabbatical
Beginning Sept. 1, Laura Steinberg, executive director of the Syracuse University Infrastructure Institute, will serve as interim executive director of SyracuseCoE while a national search
Hamilton College awarded grant funding for campus arts and technology projects
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Cuomo signs law reauthorizing MWBE contractor involvement in state contracts
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week has signed into law a measure that reauthorizes the minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) program for
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