WENDY KOBLER has been named VP for institutional advancement at Ithaca College. She currently holds the same title at Kentucky State University and will join Ithaca College on Sept. 1. Kobler has previously held executive positions in advancement at Alabama A&M University, Purdue University Fort Wayne in Indiana, and Wittenberg University in Ohio. She has extensive experience leading development efforts in support of institutional strategic plans. Kobler earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of West Florida, master’s degree in marketing education from Alabama A&M, and a Ph.D. in global leadership from the Indiana Institute of Technology. Earlier in her career, she held marketing and public-relations positions in the private sector, ran her own communications consulting business and was the lead organizer for the annual U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Conference, all in Huntsville, Alabama. 

N.K. Bhandari, Architecture & Engineering, P.C. (NKB) has added SUZANNE J. STEWART to its operations staff as controller. She will also serve as business operations manager and will leverage her more than 25 years of experience in administration to oversee management of the firm’s facility and assist with human-resources functions. Stewart holds a bachelor’s degree in communication applications from SUNY Brockport, and an associate degree in early childhood education from Cazenovia College. 

MATTHEW HOSKINS has joined D&B Engineers and Architects, P.C. (D&B) as a senior geologist and manager of the firm’s East Syracuse office. In this role, he will oversee and manage the firm’s environmental investigation, remediation and compliance projects throughout Central New York. A licensed professional geologist in New York and Pennsylvania, Hoskins joins the firm with more than 15 years’ experience working on an array of environmental and geoscience assignments across the country. His professional expertise includes leading complex site-remediation projects, health and safety management and training, and environmental compliance. A Syracuse resident, Hoskins holds masters’s degree in geology from the University of Wyoming and a bachelor’s degree in geology from Boston College.

The Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) board of directors has selected EDWARD WELSH as its next president and CEO, effective Nov. 4. He previously led the CABVI board of directors for several years, and has been involved with various facets of the agency since 1994. Welsh will succeed current president and CEO Rudy D’Amico, who plans to retire. For the past 12 years, Welsh has served as AAA Northeast regional general manager in Utica. Before becoming general manager, Welsh served as regional director of member services; marketing and public affairs for three years; and VP of operations, marketing, and public relations at AAA for nearly 15 years. During his time at AAA, he was instrumental in furthering the expansion of AAA New York’s road service call center to Utica, an effort that brought more than 100 new jobs to the area. In addition to his role on the CABVI board of directors, Welsh is also a current board member for the Utica Tower Corporation, consultant/facilitator for Revolutionary Trails Council for the Boy Scouts of America in Utica, and board member/past chief for Engine 11 in Utica, a nonprofit group with “friends and neighbors” of the Utica Fire Department.

SRC, Inc. has promoted SUSAN GALLAGHER to VP of engineering. She will be responsible for leading SRC’s engineering organization. Gallagher has more than 30 years of experience in systems engineering, product management, program management, contracts management, and business management. Most recently she served as senior program manager for SRC’s radar and sensors division. Before joining SRC, Gallagher worked as a business area manager for Saab Sensis, where she worked both in the defense and air traffic business areas, and as a systems engineer for General Electric. She also worked as a senior program manager at Critical Link, LLC where she managed a wide range of embedded programs and solutions. Gallagher holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University at Buffalo and earned her master’s degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University.