Pinckney Hugo Group has hired NATHANIEL BULL, as a senior art director. Before joining Pinckney Hugo Group, he worked as a senior art director at Bankers Healthcare Group, according to his LinkedIn profile. Bull also gained experience at advertising agencies in St. Louis and Minneapolis. He is an adjunct professor at Cazenovia College. Bull has a master’s degree in mass communications and advertising from Virginia Commonwealth University and a bachelor’s degree in visual communications from Cazenovia College. 

KELLYN NICOLLI, JANE BROWN, and HANNAH MAUTZ recently joined ABC Creative Group in account service and digital marketing.

Nicolli brings extensive experience in account service to her new role of director of account service at ABC. An alumna of St. John Fisher College and veteran of several Syracuse and Rochester marketing agencies, she most recently focused on influencer marketing, strategy, and content development.

Brown is currently creating and integrating comprehensive media plans for clients as media strategist. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in new media marketing and a double minor in advertising/public relations and international business.

A recent graduate of Ithaca College with extensive intern experience, Mautz will take on the role of communications strategist. 

LACEY BOLTON, a senior health-care designer and project manager with 12 years of experience, recently joined HOLT Architects in its Syracuse office. She has an extensive health-care portfolio that includes work with numerous New York state institutions such as SUNY Upstate Medical University, St. Joseph’s Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, Oswego Health, and Finger Lakes Health. Bolton graduated from Syracuse University School of Architecture holding a bachelor’s degree in architecture. Before joining HOLT, she worked with Dwyer Architectural for seven years.

MICHAEL STRANG has joined Solvay Bank as VP of managed assets. He has extensive industry experience and has worked in banking in the Netherlands, Arizona, Washington, California, and Montana. Strang holds a law degree from Utrecht University.

MEAGHAN LANDRY, CPA, has joined the bank as assistant VP, controller. She was previously an audit manager for The Bonadio Group for nearly eight years, according to her LinkedIn profile. Landry holds a bachelor’s degree from King’s College and an MBA from SUNY Oswego.

JODIE KOON has joined the bank as assistant branch manager of its Fairmount office. She was previously a relationship manager at M&T Bank, according to her LinkedIn profile. Koon also has several years of experience in retail and sales.

Berkshire Bank has appointed STEVEN LAUER as VP, business banking relationship manager for the Central New York region. Lauer has more than 20 years of relationship management and business development experience in the banking industry. Most recently, he served as commercial loan officer at Generations Bank. Lauer attended Le Moyne College where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration, as well as his MBA. 

Paragon Home Loans, Inc. has hired ALEX MASTERPOL, loan officer, for its Syracuse location. He has more than 30 years of mortgage lending experience and is a recognized top producer, the firm says. Masterpol previously served as president and owner of America United Mortgage. 

KATIE REGAN was recently promoted to a new and expanded leadership position at OCM BOCES as director of educational technology. She has primarily worked with 22 schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse as a technology integration specialist for the Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC), which falls under the direction of the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services. Regan will be in charge of planning and implementing technology at OCM BOCES for its 1,100 employees. Before joining the CNYRIC in 2015, she performed similar work for two years as a Model Schools coordinator for the Mohawk Regional Information Center (MORIC) in Verona. Before MORIC, Regan worked seven years as an English teacher in the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown and Jordan-Elbridge school districts. She received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Nyack College. Regan later earned her master’s degree in education and her administrative credentials from SUNY Oswego. 

MARK MEIER has joined the Vestal office of AXA Advisors, LLC. He studied business administration at SUNY Broome and Alfred State University. In addition, Meier has earned FINRA series 7 and 66 securities registrations and his life, accident, and health insurance license. 

MARY GEISS, D.O. has joined St. Joseph’s Health, St. Joseph’s Physicians Primary Care, in Cicero where she will provide patients with osteopathic-medicine services. She earned her doctorate of osteopathic medicine from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and her bachelor’s degree in biology from Alfred University. Geiss previously worked as an attending family medicine provider at the Elbridge Family Medicine Center. 

Medical technologist, JESSICA BURMASTER, has been appointed director of the laboratory services department at Rome Memorial Hospital. After working for Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) for 15 years, she was most recently employed as assistant laboratory supervisor at Slocum Dickson Medical Group in New Hartford. Burmaster graduated from Utica College with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She received her certificate in clinical laboratory science from George Washington University. Burmaster completed her master’s degree in public health at Argosy University in Sarasota, Florida.