Pinckney Hugo Group has hired SARAH GARRAFFO as an assistant digital media strategist. She is a “Google qualified individual” with certifications in Google Ads and mobile advertising. Garraffo has a bachelor’s degree in marketing from St. Bonaventure University.

ABC Creative Group has added ABBY SHAW to its content development team. A graduate of SUNY Oswego with a degree in public relations, she previously served as a marketing intern with several organizations, including ABC Creative.

NICK MURPHY has joined the firm’s video production team. A graduate of SUNY Oneonta with a degree in mass communications, he previously served as a digital media producer, account executive, marketing and community relations associate, and video producer with several organizations from sports teams to health-care organizations. 

ASHLEY BETTS has been appointed by Pathfinder Bank as the new branch manager of its Lacona office. Betts was previously assistant branch manager at Pathfinder’s branch in downtown Syracuse. She will now be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Lacona branch, including management of all functions and establishing and maintaining customer and community relationships. Betts joined Pathfinder Bank in 2016 after previously working at Community Bank for two years. She holds an associate degree in business administrative accounting from the Utica School of Commerce.

Wells College has named GERARD TURBIDE as its new VP for enrollment services. Turbide, who comes to Wells with expertise in enrollment management, recruitment marketing, and institutional strategic planning, began his post July 1. He succeeds Kishan Zuber, the previous VP for enrollment services, who departed Wells for a position at Wilkes University. Turbide comes to Wells after having served in a similar senior-level capacity at Ithaca College (IC). He began his enrollment management career at IC in 1993 as assistant director of admission, was named director of admission at IC in May 2006, and became VP of enrollment management in 2015. Before his time at Ithaca College, Turbide worked in student life at Bucknell University and St. Lawrence University. Turbide earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from SUNY Potsdam and a master-of-education degree in counseling and human development from St. Lawrence University.

Wells College also recently appointed LAWRENCE (LARRY) JEROME as the college’s new VP for advancement. He will begin his new position in early August. A seasoned fundraising, development, and marketing professional with more than three decades of experience, Jerome comes to Wells from Cone Health in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he served as senior VP for institutional advancement. Jerome’s higher-education fundraising experience includes stints as managing director for medical center development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, regional director for university relations at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and deputy director of development at the Yale University School of Medicine and New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. He holds a bachelor’s degree in government from St. Lawrence University.

Beardsley Architects + Engineers has hired ALEXANDRA A. HENDERSON as an intern civil engineer. She graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2019 with a degree in environmental resources engineering. During her time at SUNY ESF, Henderson travelled to Peru to create a new rainwater filtration system and provide additional water-resource management assistance. At Beardsley, she will be working on projects for governmental, municipal, and state clients.

DR. DAVID SCHNAPP will be joining Dr. William Foresman’s urology practice in Auburn this summer. He brings with him 23 years of private-practice experience in the treatment of genito-urinary cancers, BPH, kidney stones, erectile dysfunction including low testosterone, urinary incontinence, and infertility. Schnapp graduated from Stony Brook Medical School in 1990 and subsequently completed a six-year residency training program in urology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He is a robotic surgeon and also has vast experience with “open” traditional surgery. Prior to his training on the Da Vinci system, Schnapp had an extensive surgical case load in both radical retropubic and radical perineal prostatectomy. 

ÉRIC VEILLEUX has been hired by the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant coach for their top minor-league affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. Veilleux, 47, joins the hockey organization after serving as head coach for the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) for the 2018-19 season. Under his guidance, the Mooseheads posted a 49-15-2-2 record, second-best in franchise history, and reached both the 2019 Rogers President Cup Final and Memorial Cup Championship. Prior to joining Halifax, Veilleux, a Quebec City native, spent two seasons as head coach for the San Antonio Rampage. He also spent one season as head coach of the Norfolk Admirals during their inaugural ECHL season, after making his professional coaching debut as an assistant with the Admirals in their final American Hockey League (AHL) season in 2014-15. As a player, Veilleux skated in 447 career AHL games as a forward with the Lowell Lock Monsters, Kentucky Thoroughblades, Hershey Bears, and Cornwall Aces — compiling 106 goals and 174 assists. He won the Calder Cup with Hershey in 1996-97.

DELISHA MILTON-JONES has joined the Syracuse women’s basketball program as an assistant coach. She will serve as the team’s recruiting coordinator. A former WNBA star player and two-time Olympic gold medalist, she began her collegiate coaching career in 2016 at Pepperdine University — first as an assistant before her promotion to head coach in 2017. Last season, she led the Waves to their first winning season since 2012 when they finished the season 22-12. Milton-Jones had a 17-year WNBA career, playing for five teams, including 11 seasons in Los Angeles. She helped the Sparks to back-to-back WNBA Championships in 2001 and 2002 and played in the postseason 10 times during her professional tenure. The fourth overall pick in the 1999 WNBA Draft by Los Angeles, Milton-Jones spent the first six years of her career with the Sparks until 2004 when she was traded. She announced her retirement in 2016 and ended her career with the ninth-most points scored in WNBA history. Milton-Jones also had a decorated overseas career playing for teams in Russia, Italy, the Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey, and Korea. As a member of the U.S. national team, she won gold medals in both the 2000 and 2008 Olympics Milton-Jones helped the U.S. to a pair of FIBA World Championships in 1998 and 2002. She was a four-year letter-winner at Florida from 1993-1997 and led the Gators to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances.