SAM FARCHIONE has joined Pinckney Hugo Group as an assistant account manager. He previously worked in business development at FloQast in Los Angeles. Farchinoe has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Max M. Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University.

Digital Hyve has added five new employees to its Syracuse office.

KELLY FALCONER has joined the Syracuse account services team as account manager. She graduated from Le Moyne College with a bachelor’s degree in communications and an MBA. Falconer previously was an assistant account manager at Pinckney Hugo Group and a marketing coordinator at the Redhouse Arts Center in Syracuse.

NICOLE BISHOP joins the Syracuse execution team at Digital Hyve, where she has taken the position of digital marketing coordinator. She graduated from Le Moyne College with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. Bishop previously worked at the IVMF at Syracuse University as a project management intern, helping transition military personnel into civilian jobs.

ROB RENETTA recently joined Digital Hyve’s sales team as the Syracuse business development manager. He studied criminal justice at Long Island University Post, but ultimately decided sales was his calling. Renetta’s sales expertise stems from his previous 10 years of experience, including more than five years in media sales at WCNY.

KYLEE SHAUGHNESSY has joined Digital Hyve’s Syracuse office as a digital marketing producer in an unconventional way, starting out as an intern at Digital Hyve during her junior year at Le Moyne College. During her internship, Shaughnessy excelled and Digital Hyve offered her a part-time position to keep her on until graduation. After receiving her bachelor’s degree, she transitioned to a full-time digital marketing producer.

IVY BITETTI has joined the company’s Syracuse account services team as an account coordinator following her graduation from SUNY Oswego, where she earned her business administration degree. She honed her marketing skills as an intern at Wellhouse Ministries Inc. before joining Digital Hyve.

LORI TEIFKE has been promoted to Central New York territory manager at NBT Bank. She was previously a retail market manager and has been with NBT Bank since 2008 when she joined as a result of the Alliance Bank merger. Teifke has nearly 20 years of banking experience. 

MELISSA KELLER has been promoted to senior VP finance/chief information security officer at Fulton Savings Bank. She joined the bank in 2017 as VP/controller. Keller is a CPA with an extensive background in accounting, finance, auditing, and cybersecurity. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Columbia College and holds a certificate in cybersecurity issued by the AICPA. Keller previously was a senior audit manager at Dermody, Burke & Brown.

RUTH DARRETTA has joined KeyBank as a business banking relationship manager in New Hartford. Darretta previously was a commercial banker with Synovus Bank in Palm Harbor, Florida.

GWEN EICHORN has been promoted to chief financial officer at CBD Companies. Eichorn will oversee all financial/accounting matters for CBD’s brokerage, construction, and management divisions. She recently earned an MBA degree from SUNY Empire State College, with a focus in management, and also received a certificate in health care management. 

CASEY ARTHUR has joined Capital Collection Management (CCM), a third-party debt collection agency and debt buyer based in Syracuse, as VP of business development. An ACA-certified collections specialist with more than a decade of industry experience, he previously was regional director of business development at ConServe, an accounts-receivable management company, where he also served in a multitude of operations management roles on consumer, commercial, and government contracts. Arthur earned an associate degree from Finger Lakes Community College and holds numerous certifications from Dale Carnegie and VitalSmarts.

MELANIE STEIN has been named the new dean of Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and Sciences. Since 2016, she has served as dean of academic affairs at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Stein will begin her new position at Ithaca College on July 1.She has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at Trinity since 1995. Stein is an expert in geometric group theory. In addition to dean of academic affairs at Trinity College, she has also served as interim dean of faculty and as an associate academic dean. Stein is a former chair of the math department. Prior to joining Trinity, she taught for three years at the Ohio State University. Stein received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Harvard and a master’s degree and doctorate in mathematics from Cornell University.

Bankers Healthcare Group has added three new employees to its Syracuse office. THOMAS MENKES joins as an account executive. He previously worked at Charter Communications. MICHAEL BOSHART joins as a collections specialist. He previously worked at Northwestern Mutual as a financial representative. GRACE FERRARONE has joined BHG as a market research analyst. Most recently, she worked at Pinckney Hugo Group on its digital media team, and before that at Cowley Associates as a project manager.

ASHLEY MORELLI has joined HR Works, Inc. as a leave and benefits coordinator. She brings more than six years of experience in human resources and will leverage her expertise in benefits administration, employee relations, and compliance to support HR Works’ benefits administration services department. Morelli holds an associate degree in hospitality management from Onondaga Community College.