Generations Bank has promoted five employees, AMY FAVATA, SHELBY JOURNELL, HOLLY MORAN-ARNDT, STEPHANIE NORTHUP, and JOE SCIBONA. Favata was promoted to VP – controller. She joined Generations in 2017. Journell was promoted to VP – consumer lending. Journell has been with Generations for two years, and oversees the residential mortgage and consumer lending department. Moran-Arndt was promoted to AVP – agency administrator at Generations Agency, the banking company’s insurance business. She has been a member of Generations Agency for more than six years. Northup was promoted to AVP – support services. She has been with Generations Bank for 10 years. Northup started at Generations as a part-time universal banker and throughout her career worked at almost every Generations office. Scibona was promoted to VP – retail banking. He oversees the operations at all Generations retail branches. Scibona joined Generations in May 2018 as AVP – regional retail director.

The Hayner Hoyt Corporation has promoted DAN LOSTUMBO to VP of finance. He joined the construction company this past summer as its new controller and director of finance. Formerly an audit manager at Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, CPA, P.C., he is a CPA and completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting at Syracuse University.

JOYCE DENNINGTON has joined Hayner Hoyt as the new director of human resources. She has held senior HR roles at Hematology Oncology Associates, Syracuse Rescue Mission, Medical Management Resources, and most recently as VP of human resources at the Centers at St. Camillus. Dennington has an MBA from Le Moyne College and a bachelor’s degree from Hartwick College.

BILL NELSON has returned to Hayner Hoyt as a project superintendent. He has an associate degree in construction management from Morrisville State University and a bachelor’s degree in construction management from SUNY ESF. Nelson is a certified associate constructor and a LEED green associate.

JOSH RINGEN joins Hayner Hoyt as a project engineer. He interned with the company over the summer and recently graduated with a construction management degree from SUNY ESF. Ringen is a certified associate constructor.

TATIANA SALISBURY joins Hayner Hoyt as an accounting clerk. She most recently worked as a revenue cycle management associate at National Grid. Prior to that, Salisbury was an accounting clerk at Bank of New York Mellon and computer director at OCASA at Rochester Institute of Technology. She holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from RIT and an associate degree in computer information systems from OCC.

Ryan Biggs/Clark Davis Engineering & Surveying, D.P.C has added JEREMY SWARTZ as a design engineer. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architectural engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Swartz will be providing engineering support for educational and commercial projects. 

Bankers Healthcare Group has hired BOB TACKMAN as a project manager for the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fund-Ex Solutions Group. He is currently serving his second term as the elected mayor of the Village of East Syracuse. For the past 10 years, Tackman has worked in the credit union industry, managing branches and most recently on a core conversion team. 

Barclay Damon has elected MATT KERWIN and NICK SCARFONE to the law firm’s partnership.

Kerwin is a member of the firm’s telecommunications, land use and zoning, project development, and energy practice areas, as well as its renewable energy team. He has served as special counsel to several municipalities on zoning compliance matters on numerous development projects.

Scarfone is a member of the firm’s tax, corporate, and trusts & estates practice areas and its Canada/cross-border and cannabis teams. He is an experienced tax lawyer and a CPA. Scarfone has a broad range of legal and business experience and has successfully negotiated favorable settlements for clients in tax controversies, both civil and criminal.

INFICON, Inc. has hired JEFF WIDTFELDT as a key account manager. He has engineering experience in the HVAC manufacturing industry, working with advanced production processes for DAIKIN/Goodman in Texas. Widtfeldt holds a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering technology from Brigham Young University.

BRANDON HOFFMAN has been hired as a supply chain data analyst. He recently worked at Harris Corporation. Hoffman has completed Lean Leadership Academy and is on track to complete Six Sigma Green Belt. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

DAVID FRESON has been hired as an electrical engineer. Freson recently worked at Lockheed Martin and served as staff product test engineer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from RIT.

INFICON, Inc. has hired MARIO D’ONOFRIO as a sales engineer – food production/packaging. He recently worked as a sales rep at MillerCoors. D’Onofrio holds a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University.

KIM HORNER has joined as an administrative assistant. She recently graduated from Le Moyne College with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

Pupil Transportation Safety Institute (PTSI) has hired ANTOINETTE FOLLETT as national marketing and sales manager. In this newly created role, she will lead partnership and sales operations and expand awareness of the organization, both nationally and internationally. Follett brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing, publishing, and public relations. She joins from Liberty Resources, Inc. in Syracuse. Follett previously was president of Bentley-Hall, Inc. and editor-in-chief of International Musician and Making Music magazine.