JENNIFER GIACCIO has joined Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Inc. as senior account manager for the firm’s commercial lines division. She is a graduate of Binghamton University. Giaccio has more than 20 years of diverse property and casualty insurance experience. She has held underwriting positions at Utica National Insurance Group, Zurich North America, and The Hartford. Giaccio is a graduate of Binghamton University.

SHARON WOLLABER has joined Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy as the manager of first impressions. She brings more than 15 years of local office management experience. Wollaber is a graduate of the Utica School of Commerce and has worked in the Utica area since 2002, most recently with North Country Eye Associates

MARLA E. RAUS has joined Smith Sovik Kendrick & Sugnet PC as an associate attorney. She is a Syracuse native who graduated from Syracuse University and returned to practice here after attending Wake Forest University School of Law. While in law school, Raus interned for the New York Attorney General’s office and a local personal injury law firm. Prior to joining Smith Sovik, she worked at a general practice law firm focusing on commercial and other civil litigation.

CoveyCS announced the permanent hire of an intern from its spring internship program to a full-time employee. JARED WRATE has been hired as a full-time software developer. He entered the CoveyCS internship program in January 2018 during his final year at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Wrate is a May 2018 graduate of the computer and electrical engineering technology program with a minor in computer science. He will be joining the CoveyCS development team stationed at AIS in Rome.