ABC Creative Group recently hired JORDAN HARMON as a videographer. A graduate of SUNY Oswego with a degree in mass communications, he got his start in broadcast news before transitioning to agency work. Harmon will use his experience in filming, editing, and production to create technical and creative video for ABC clients.

ADMAR has promoted DREW DUNHAM to outside sales representative in its Syracuse office. He has been with ADMAR since 2014 and served in a variety of roles, including wash-bay attendant, yard attendant, pickup-truck delivery driver, rental coordinator, and inside sales and outside sales support. Dunham previously spent time with ADMAR’s parent company, DiMarco Group, as commercial leasing representative at the Rochester office. He earned his bachelor’s degree in interpersonal communication from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. 

DR. XINJIAN (ARTHUR) LU has joined SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) as dean of the College of Business Management. He has a Ph.D. in management sciences, two master’s degrees (in computing & information science and in systems in engineering), and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. He joins SUNY Poly from the College of Business and Economics at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), where he was serving as interim dean of its College of Business and Economics. At CSUEB since 1999, Lu also served as associate dean, chair, and associate chair of that university’s Department of Management, and professor of numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in operations management and computer information systems. He also has experience as a software engineer at Mortice Kern Systems and Prior Data Science.

CHA Consulting, Inc. has promoted three staff members in Syracuse. CHARLES (CHUCK) WALCK has been promoted to assistant project engineer III in its mechanical and energy group. He has more than five years of experience in the field, performing assessments for energy-related programs. Walck holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University. RYAN VOORHEES has been promoted to project manager II in its industry and energy group. With a background in mechanical engineering, he has performed project management, cost estimating, and piping systems design for nearly a decade. ZACH PLONKA has been promoted to project engineer IV in the firm’s civil engineering department. His work has focused on civil/site and water/wastewater design for commercial, government, and residential land development projects since joining the firm in 2011. KEVIN WACKER has been promoted to engineer II in the electric distribution design group. He has been heavily involved in CHA’s electric distribution feeder hardening projects. Wacker’s work has included gathering field data, performing condition assessments, reviewing standards, and developing recommendations for improving reliability.

Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt has promoted JOSEPH W. WARD to senior associate in its structural engineering practice. He is a licensed professional engineer with 20 years of experience. Ward has been with the East Syracuse firm for the past 12 years. He is also licensed in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Ward has a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from Brigham Young University. 

Tompkins Financial Advisors has promoted JENNIFER ALFIERI to the position of VP, chief fiduciary officer. She first joined Tompkins Financial Advisors in May 2017, serving as trust counsel. Prior to joining Tompkins, Alfieri was an attorney specializing in estate planning, trust and estate administration, and elder law with Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC. She graduated from St. Bonaventure University and Syracuse University College of Law and holds an advanced law degree in estate planning from the University of Miami School of Law. LISA ANNE LEONARDO has been promoted to VP, trust operations officer. She previously served as assistant VP and trust operations manager. Leonardo was also the treasurer of Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services. She graduated from Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in management. 

Rome Medical Practice, an affiliate of Rome Memorial Hospital, has hired LISA TAURISANO as its new administrative clinical manager. She has more than 20 years of clinical nursing experience and eight years of management experience in a health-care setting. Taurisano began her career in health care as a licensed practical nurse. She went on to receive her associate degree in nursing from Mohawk Valley Community College, her bachelor’s degree in nursing from SUNYIT/Utica College, and her master’s degree in health-care administration from Southern New Hampshire University.