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LEAH ISGAR has joined Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) as a senior talent acquisition partner. She previously was a dual career and talent acquisition manager at Syracuse University. DEBRA NORVELL and EMILY SALAMONE have joined BHG as accounting clerks. Norvell previously worked as an accounting coordinator with WellNow Urgent Care and Salamone previously interned at Rapid […]
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LEAH ISGAR has joined Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) as a senior talent acquisition partner. She previously was a dual career and talent acquisition manager at Syracuse University. DEBRA NORVELL and EMILY SALAMONE have joined BHG as accounting clerks. Norvell previously worked as an accounting coordinator with WellNow Urgent Care and Salamone previously interned at Rapid Response Monitoring. VINCENT CUPO joins as an account executive. He has more than eight years of sales experience with technology and telecommunications companies. KEVIN BOND joins as a credit card account executive. Prior to BHG, he worked as a business development consultant at Oracle. AUSTIN HORNA and PRISCILLA THUNDERBERK join BHG as junior account managers. Horna previously worked at Herc Rentals as a territory sales rep and Thunderberk worked at Bank of America. STEVEN WANTZ joins as a salesforce administrator. He has three-and-a-half years of project-management experience and nearly six years of experience with Salesforce. JAMIE KOSECKI joins BHG as a senior manager of technology operations. He has 15 years of experience in the medical industry in the areas of new product development, research & development, sustaining engineering, and system integrations along with two years of experience in the financial industry focused on enterprise integrations of OCR (optical character recognition) and RPA (robotic process automation) technologies.

St. Joseph’s Health formally opens new Camillus medical center
CAMILLUS, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health on Thursday formally opened its new medical center in Camillus, in the former Bon-Ton department store building at 5301

Utica College receives largest bequest in school history
UTICA, N.Y. — The Lotis B. Howland trust has donated $2.35 million to Utica College (UC), representing the largest bequest in the college’s history. The

Potsdam man arrested for making unauthorized purchases on company credit card
POTSDAM, N.Y. — The New York State Police on Tuesday arrested James D. Spear, age 52, of Potsdam, after an investigation revealed that he made
Stone Central, a full-service stone countertop fabrication company, has promoted JOHN GRANATO to director of business development. He was previously a project manager in the commercial sales department at Stone Central, a position he held for nearly four years. Granato is an award-winning interior designer and has worked in the kitchen and bath industry for
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Stone Central, a full-service stone countertop fabrication company, has promoted JOHN GRANATO to director of business development. He was previously a project manager in the commercial sales department at Stone Central, a position he held for nearly four years. Granato is an award-winning interior designer and has worked in the kitchen and bath industry for more than 25 years. His designs have been featured in numerous industry publications, and he served on the board of directors for the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) for more than 10 years. Granato has a degree in interior design from Onondaga Community College and is an NKBA-certified kitchen designer.
JACQUELINE GERCHMAN, executive director of the United Way of Broome County, has resigned to pursue other opportunities. LORIANNE WELCH has been named its new executive director. Welch previously served on the organization’s Campaign Cabinet, board of directors, and most recently served as the organization’s director of operations and development.
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JACQUELINE GERCHMAN, executive director of the United Way of Broome County, has resigned to pursue other opportunities. LORIANNE WELCH has been named its new executive director. Welch previously served on the organization’s Campaign Cabinet, board of directors, and most recently served as the organization’s director of operations and development.

RONNIE ENOCH has joined the Syracuse University women’s basketball staff as director of recruiting and athlete performance. Enoch joined the Orange after spending two seasons as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Tennessee State University (TSU). While at TSU, Enoch was responsible for scheduling and recruitment under head coach Jessica Kern. Before that, he spent
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RONNIE ENOCH has joined the Syracuse University women’s basketball staff as director of recruiting and athlete performance. Enoch joined the Orange after spending two seasons as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Tennessee State University (TSU). While at TSU, Enoch was responsible for scheduling and recruitment under head coach Jessica Kern. Before that, he spent a year on Kern’s staff at Mississippi Valley State University. In 2015, Enoch was the assistant girls’ basketball coach at Hillside High School in Durham, N.C. Prior to his return to the high-school circuit, Enoch served as the associate head coach at North Carolina Central for three seasons. Enoch earned a bachelor’s degree and MBA from the University of Phoenix.

The MOST to use $500,000 state grant for armory improvements
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) will use a $500,000 state grant for improvements to the 112-year-old armory

MVHS names new compensation and benefits manager
UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has appointed Gennifer Henderson manager of compensation and benefits. In this role, Henderson will

USDA awards Town of Mexico $280K in grant funding for water project
MEXICO, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Town of Mexico $280,000 for additional financing for a water-service project. The funding
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