NBT Bank has hired SUSAN EIGHMEY as VP and cash management sales representative. She has 17 years of experience in the financial services industry and joins NBT from KeyBank, where she was VP and senior payment advisor. She previously was a VP and cash management consultant at First Niagara Bank and a business development officer at Citizens Bank. Eighmey received her degree in business administration from SUNY Canton. 

Seven attorneys have joined Syracuse–based Barclay Damon’s trust & estate practice area in its Rochester office. KAREN SCHAEFER, TERRY EMMENS, LISA ARRINGTON, and TIM MUCK have joined the law firm as partners. Meanwhile, RACHELLE NUHFER, KELLY GUSMANO, and MATHEW EAVES have joined Barclay Damon as associates. The group was with the Rochester–based firm Lacy Katzen LLP and is accompanied by three paralegals and two legal assistants. 

Drive Research has promoted EMILY TAYLOR to senior research analyst. She was previously research analyst at the company. Taylor has been with Drive Research since March 2017. Prior to joining Drive Research, she was research & social media associate at Research & Marketing Strategies. She attended SUNY Oswego.

The American Red Cross, Northeast Division, has appointed ALAN H. TURNER, II as regional CEO for the Western and Central New York region. He has been president and CEO of United Way of Central Florida for the past three years and began his new position Nov. 5. Turner has also served as the president & CEO of the United Way of Southwest Alabama in Mobile, Alabama and as the president and CEO for the United Way of West Tennessee in Jackson. In previous positions, he was executive director of the Association of New York State Youth Bureaus and within the New York State Assembly. Turner completed doctoral leadership classes at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida and MBA at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Daemen College in Amherst and his associate degree in business administration from SUNY Cobleskill. Turner was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army Reserve, where he served as a pharmacy specialist with the 338th General Hospital Reserve Unit in Niagara Falls. 

The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) has hired PETER H. ZAEHRINGER as deputy director. He is an economic and business development professional with more than 20 years of national and international experience. Most recently, he served as VP of economic development with the Greater Green Bay Chamber in Wisconsin.