Five new employees have joined CHA Consulting, Inc.’s Syracuse staff. PATRICK BROWN has joined the firm’s electrical group as an assistant engineer. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in business administration from the Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University. JOSHUA DUMAS has joined as an assistant engineer to assist with utility-related projects in the industry & energy group. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University and his associate degree in engineering science from Onondaga Community College. SEAN ROBINSON has joined the firm as a senior systems analyst, assisting with geographic information systems (GIS) and asset systems. He is a GE Smallworld GIS Application subject-matter expert with seven years of experience providing GIS and asset systems support and electric distribution design. He received his bachelor’s degree in alternative and renewable energy systems from SUNY Canton. TONI SECRETI has joined the firm’s industry & energy group as a project coordinator. She has experience in the coordination, planning, implementation, and monitoring of construction projects. Secreti has a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Le Moyne College and is working toward a master’s degree in operations and project management from Southern New Hampshire University. CALEB LANGE will oversee industry & energy projects and cultivate client relationships as a project manager. He has 11 years of experience in geotechnical engineering, operational management, and business development. Lange received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Clarkson University and an associate degree in mathematics from Cayuga Community College.

Ryan Biggs/Clark Davis Engineering & Surveying, D.P.C. has promoted AARON LEENTJES to design engineer II. With the firm since 2016, he provides structural engineering design of projects in the educational, medical, and residential markets. Leentjes earned his bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College and master’s degree from Syracuse University. He served as project engineer for The Living Building Challenge Project at Binghamton University, one of only 11 buildings so far achieving full certification. Leentjes is also the project engineer for the Park Center Façade renovation project at SUNY Cortland. NICK MERRIFIELD and SPENSER MAUNU have also joined the firm. Merrifield has been hired as a design engineer I. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Merrifield will be providing engineering support for projects in the education, commercial, and medical markets. Maunu has been hired as a design engineer I. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Oregon State University. He will be providing engineering support for projects in the education and commercial markets. 

Sutton Real Estate Company has promoted KAREN KIESZKOWSKI to senior property accountant. She has been with Sutton for 17 years, starting with the company as a property accountant where she worked with many of our current properties. Today, her role includes accounting type projects for 13 commercial and residential properties managed by Sutton. JEAN LOSTUMBO has joined Sutton as a property accountant, where she will be working on accounting for 11 commercial and residential properties managed by Sutton. Prior to Sutton, she worked at Intersurgical Inc. as a staff accountant. TRACY TAFEL has also joined Sutton as a property accountant, where she will be working on accounting for 10 commercial and residential properties managed by Sutton. She comes to Sutton with just under 10 years of accounting experience at both Empire Management Co. and Lakeview Apartments. LISA SWEENEY, who had previously worked at Sutton for 10 years, has joined Sutton again as a property accountant. Her main roles include training and special projects within Sutton’s accounting department. MORGAN HERBERT has joined Sutton as a marketing associate. Her role includes assisting in developing and implementing marketing strategies and tactics. She joins Sutton from a national insurance firm, where she held many different roles including a marketing position. She is a 2017 graduate of Clarkson University, with a bachelor’s degree in innovation and entrepreneurship.