Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC recently hired ALYSSA HURLEY as an administrative assistant in its Syracuse office. She works in the retirement plan design & administration services department at the firm and has previous professional service experience in the banking industry. Hurley received her associate degree from Onondaga Community College. 

Solvay Bank has named JONNA DENNEN-MINER assistant VP and consumer lending manager. She brings 17 years of banking experience to the position. Dennen-Miner previously worked as a systems analyst at NBT Bank, according to her LinkedIn profile. Before that, she served as a compliance specialist at the New York Credit Union Association. Her other prior positions include stints at Community Bank System, Alliance Bank, and Manpower, Inc.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh recently announced three appointments in the City of Syracuse Department of Neighborhood and Business Development (NBD).

JENNIFER TIFFT has been named deputy commissioner. Reporting to Commissioner Stephanie Pasquale, Tifft will be responsible for the day to day oversight and supervision of the staff of the business development, neighborhood planning, program administration, fiscal, and minority affairs divisions. Formerly a senior manager at Deloitte Consulting, she will bring her experience in government strategy and operations to the staff. She has more than 13 years with Deloitte. Tifft recently served as the chief of staff for Deloitte’s future of mobility practice. She is a graduate of Syracuse University with an MPA from the Maxwell School and a J.D. from the College of Law. She is also a certified project management professional (PMP).

ERIC ENNIS has been promoted to director of business development. He has worked with the City of Syracuse in community development roles since 2014. In his new position, he has assumed responsibility for driving business and economic development in the city. Ennis also serves as the executive director of the Syracuse Economic Development Corporation. He is a graduate of Syracuse University with an MPA from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and a bachelor’s degree in environmental design from the School of Architecture and Planning from the University at Buffalo.

JUDY DELANEY has been appointed as the new executive director of Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA). In her previous role at NBD as economic development specialist, she helped businesses seeking to grow with financing options through SIDA and the Syracuse Local Development Corporation. DeLaney has worked for the city to advance economic-development efforts for nearly 19 years. She has also worked in the private sector as a bank manager with expertise in commercial lending. 

Bankers Healthcare Group has hired LAUREN KERR as an accounting clerk I. She is a recent graduate of Le Moyne College, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Kerr previously worked at Eye Solutions of Syracuse as an ophthalmic scribe and administrative assistant and at Dannible & McKee, LLP as an audit intern.

Bousquet Holstein PLLC has elected JOSEPH J. PORCELLO as a member of the firm, and PHILIP S. BOUSQUET has been re-elected to serve on the firm’s board of managers.

Porcello joined Bousquet Holstein in 2018, after previously having practiced for more than a decade at the Pittsburgh–based law firm, K&L Gates LLP. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from James Madison University in Virginia.

Bousquet has been member of Bousquet Holstein since its formation in 2000 and was a principal in its predecessor firm. He leads the firm’s business law and brownfield practice groups, and first served on the firm’s board of managers from 2009 to 2014. Bousquet is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law and Syracuse University School of Management. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Kenyon College in Ohio.

Massage Envy of Rochester / Syracuse has hired EMILY WALKER as a wellness consultant in its Fayetteville location; DANIELLE LEWIS as a wellness consultant in the Clay location; and STEPHANIE RICE as a licensed massage therapist in the Fayetteville location. 

MADISON DRESCHER has joined the Syracuse University volleyball program as an assistant coach. After a successful playing career with the Oklahoma Sooners, Drescher begins her collegiate coaching career at Syracuse. She first tested the coaching waters in 2016 as the head coach of Oklahoma Elite, a club team based out of Norman, Oklahoma. From 2015-18, she was a letter-winner at Oklahoma, where she earned All-Big XII academic first team honors all four years. As a junior, Drescher was named preseason All-Big XII. A natural leader, Drescher was team captain in each of her final two seasons with the Sooners. A graduate of Southlake Carroll High School in Texas, Drescher was an all-state selection and was named all-district first team as a senior. Off the court, Drescher spent time volunteering in the Norman community and visited Haiti on a mission trip that helped rebuild local villages.

STEPHEN BURT has joined Pelco Component Technologies as operations manager. He will manage the utilization of equipment, facilities, and personnel and plan, schedule, and monitor production in Pelco’s Cazenovia and Mexicali locations. Burt succeeds Dale Henry, director of manufacturing, who has retired after 43 years of service and extensive growth at the company. Burt is an RIT graduate in electrical engineering, with more than a decade of experience at Central New York manufacturing companies. He previously worked at Marquardt Switches, Inc. North America in Cazenovia for seven years, according to his LinkedIn profile. Burt served as a test lab engineer and later as a process engineer. Before that, he worked at Benchmark Media Systems, Inc. as an engineering technologist.