WENDY RICCELLI, CPA, CVA has returned to the The Bonadio Group and will serve as principal on the Syracuse tax team. She is a graduate of Le Moyne College. BROOKE REILLEY has joined as an assistant on the Syracuse small business team. She is graduate of Le Moyne College.

Pinckney Hugo Group has promoted ZACK CLARK to creative director. He has been with the agency for 10 years and was previously associate creative director. Clark earned his bachelor’s degree in advertising from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. STERLING SLECHTA has joined as a copywriter. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo Group, he worked in New York City and Syracuse, and was a freelance copywriter. Slechta has a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. DALLAS GRIDLEY has joined Pinckney Hugo as a junior digital designer. He has a bachelor’s degree in communications design from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University and an associate degree in graphic design from Onondaga Community College. BRITTANY MURPHY has been hired as an assistant account manager. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo Group, she worked as a social media coordinator at BlueRock Energy. Murphy has a bachelor’s degree in communication studies with a concentration in public relations and advertising from SUNY Cortland. 

Fisher Associates has promoted EMILY SMITH to VP/director of transportation. She has been with the company for nearly 12 years as a project manager, senior transportation manager, and transportation group manager. EDWARD KOSTOWNIAK has been promoted to director of energy. He has been with Fisher Associates for seven years as a senior project manager in the Energy Market Sector. THOMAS LUCEY has been hired as the director of land development. He brings 29 years of civil engineering experience with a focus on commercial and private development to the company. The company has also hired BROOK BERTIG-COLL as director of environmental services. She brings more than 21 years of diverse experience in project management, environmental permitting, wetland delineations, nepa, ferc certification, phase i and ii environmental Site Assessments, and environmental compliance auditing as well as contract administration and client relations to Fisher. J. STEVEN BODDECKER has been named director of geomatics services. He has more than 38 years of combined field, office, and management experience in all of the various aspects of survey. CHAD ROBERTSON has joined as director of human resources. He brings more than 20 years of HR experience to the organization, and becomes the first full-time director of human resources in the company’s history. 

CHA Consulting, Inc. (CHA) has hired CASSONDRA RASMUSSEN as an assistant system analyst to work on electric distribution design projects. She is experienced with GIS applications and GPS technology in both academic and professional settings and is a certified notary public. Rasmussen received her bachelor’s degree in environmental science from the SUNY Plattsburgh.

Tioga Downs Casino Resort has added PAUL SHEPPARD, a veteran of the casino industry, to its leadership team as executive director of gaming operations. He has been in the gaming and hospitality industry for 23 years, starting as a steward at the age of 18 and transferred to a dealer at the age of 19 in Ontario, Canada at Casino Niagara. Since then, he’s worked his way up to management, successfully leading teams at casinos in major markets across the country. He most recently spent six years in Maryland.

HCR Home Care has added AMANDA CHRISTIAN, physical therapist to its Central New York operations in Oneida County. SHANARA TAYLOR has joined HCR as a home health aide in its Onondaga County operations. 

ADAM P. MASTROLEO and NICHOLAS P. JACOBSON have joined Bond, Schoeneck & King’s Syracuse office as associates in its labor and employment department.

Jacobson is an experienced litigator defending employers in employment discrimination and retaliation matters. In addition to private employers, he also represents school districts in all facets of litigation. Jacobson graduated from SUNY Binghamton in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree and is a 2014 graduate of Syracuse University College of Law.

Mastroleo is an experienced trial lawyer with more than 12 years of experience representing employers, corporations, insurance companies, and professionals in a variety of matters. He graduated in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and in 2006 from the Syracuse

Law clerk KALEIGH MORRISON has joined Barclay Damon’s Syracuse office. She is a member of the branding, trademarks & copyrights practice area. Morrison recently passed the New York State Bar Exam and will soon be admitted to practice in New York. She previously worked as a trademark intern at Ladas & Parry, LLP. Morrison graduated from New York Law School. 

BRENT AMES has joined BCI-Empire and BCI-Koch Divisions as the new regional sales manager. 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 and spent 13 years with PCC as sales manager. Most recently, he spent 11 years with York Container in York, Pennsylvania as senior sales representative.