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.

BRITTANY BEANE has joined WKTV in Utica as its local sales manager. Beane has 10 years of experience in the media sales business, divided equally between the Orlando, Florida and New York City markets. After graduation from Nazareth College in Rochester, Beane started her career in New York City, working for SNY in local sales support and then was promoted to national sales coordinator. She later worked for WPIX TV/CW in New York City as an account executive. In Orlando, Beane was a member of the Orlando Magic’s premium sales team, before returning to broadcast sales as an account executive at the Hearst Television-owned Orlando NBC/CW station.

BRENT AMES was recently named the new regional sales manager for both the BCI-Empire and BCI-Koch Divisions. He is a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in business management. Ames began his corrugated career with Packaging Control Corporation (PCC) in York, Pennsylvania. He spent 13 years with PCC as sales manager. Most recently, Ames spent 11 years with York Container in York, Pennsylvania as senior sales representative.

JIM TROMBINO was recently promoted to region general manager of BCI New York Region. He will have oversight and responsibility for the Empire and Koch divisions. Trombino is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology. After graduating, he began his corrugated career at International Paper as a customer-service representative and continued with IP as a territory manager before joining Empire Container as a partner in 1987. BCI acquired Empire in 2011.