Generations has hired MICHAEL WILLIAMS as an investment-advisor representative. He will be focused on the Western New York market. George Awad, another investment-advisor representative, will remain focused on the Finger Lakes market. Williams has been in the financial-services field for about 18 years and has held a variety of leadership roles in the insurance and financial services industry including, VP of independent distribution, divisional VP, and director of distribution. He is a certified financial planner and holds Series 7, 24 and 63 registrations along with licenses in life insurance and accident and health insurance. Williams received a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego and his master’s degree from the University of Detroit. 

AnCor, Inc. has promoted ADAM FLOOD to VP of operations. He joined AnCor, Inc. as a project manager in 2007, and was promoted to director of operations in 2013. As VP of operations, Flood serves on the firm’s executive management team in addition to his other responsibilities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology management with a minor in business administration from SUNY Oswego and an associate degree from the School of Engineering from SUNY Canton. Flood also has a certificate in electrical construction and maintenance from SUNY Canton. 

Tioga Downs Casino Resort and Vernon Downs Casino Hotel have added ANDREW HAMILTON to the leadership team of both establishments. He has been named senior regional director of food and beverage. He has 40 years experience in the food and beverage industry, 24 years of which he spent with Hyatt Hotels and Hyatt Gaming. There, Hamilton worked at 14 properties in various leadership roles, ranging from executive chef to assistant general manager. He opened 12 properties with Hyatt Hotels. Hamilton also spent time as VP of food and beverage for Jack Binion at the Horseshoe casino in Bossier City, Louisiana. Most recently, he served as the food and beverage director in Rochester, Washington, where he completed a $45 million renovation for the Washington Chehalis Tribe. 

ANDREA GODFREAD-BROWN has joined the Harris Beach office in Syracuse after more than 10 years in private practice and another seven years as an in-house immigration counsel at Syracuse University. She is joining an immigration law team that provides legal guidance to organizations around the state in hiring, transferring, and retaining non-U.S. talent. Godfread-Brown regularly handles J waivers, H-1Bs, O-1s and EB Permanent Resident petitions for many industries. She also handles employment-based Green Card work for health care, IT consulting, and engineering firm clients, and assists small and start-up tech and engineering companies in sponsoring employees for H-1B and EB-1/EB-2 Green Cards. In recent years, she has specialized in representing hospitals and medical practice groups when they hire foreign-trained nurses, physicians, physician assistants, and other allied-health professionals. Godfread-Brown earned her law degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. 

KATHERINE STEWART has joined Smith Sovik Kendrick & Sugnet PC as an associate attorney in its Syracuse office. She is a Rochester native who graduated from Syracuse University. Stewart attended Brooklyn Law School. Prior to joining Smith Sovik, she was an associate at Harris Beach PLLC, focusing on commercial and intellectual property litigation.

Sutton Real Estate Company recently hired DEVIN SHERMAN as a real-estate salesperson. He has been in the commercial construction field for more than 25 years, as a union mason for most of that time. Sherman has an extensive background in new commercial real-estate development from his time in the construction field, ranging from the planning stage to final completion. He has been in the private real-estate sector for about 18 years developing and investing in real-estate renovation projects.

CODY RADZIEWICZ has joined Sutton’s brokerage team as a real-estate salesperson. He is new to the commercial real-estate world. Radziewicz is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland with a degree in political science. He played Division I men’s lacrosse all four years at Johns Hopkins and was a graduate assistant men’s lacrosse coach at Le Moyne College for one year. Radziewicz now plays professional lacrosse in the MLL for the Dallas Rattlers and in the NLL for the Philadelphia Wings. JAKEISHA SUTTON has joined Sutton as a property accountant. She graduated from Wilmington University with an MBA in accounting. Sutton previously pursued a career in nonprofit and public accounting. 

Two members of the Syracuse Athletics Department and Carrier Dome Ticket Office are transitioning roles. Associate Athletics Director JEREMIAH MAHER is moving from his role as the supervisor of Syracuse ticketing and customer service in the Carrier Dome Box Office operation to become the associate AD for premium seating and major gifts. Maher is a 12-year veteran of the Orange Athletics Department, who joined after serving as the director of ticket sales at Seton Hall University. He began his career in college athletics at Siena College as an assistant director of sports information and marketing. Maher earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing and management from Siena and holds an MBA, with a concentration in sports management, from Seton Hall. MARK POTTER has worked in the Carrier Dome Box Office since 2009 and will now serve as the interim director of ticket operations. He joined the Syracuse Athletics Department staff in November 2009 and moved to the box-office staff in June 2010 as a manager for outbound ticket sales. Potter was promoted to assistant director of ticket sales in 2013 and became associate director in January 2018. Prior to joining the box-office staff, he completed an internship with Syracuse ISP Sports, where he assisted the corporate sales team with the day-to-day operations and with many of the promotions executed at the Carrier Dome during Syracuse Athletics events.