ANTHONY ROJAS of Dalpos Architects and Integrators has been promoted to firm associate. He joined Dalpos in 2007 and is the firm’s senior designer. Rojas currently serves as 2018 president-elect for the American Institute of Architects – Central New York Chapter. He holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Florida International University. 

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) has hired ANDREA LAGATTA as assistant VP for development, serving on both the Utica and Albany campuses. She brings more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of development, including major giving, annual giving, special events, grants, and stewardship. LaGatta has served as director of development at St. Elizabeth Medical Center/Mohawk Valley Health System in Utica, in addition to working within the foundation office at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare in Utica. She holds a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Empire State College and an associate degree from Mohawk Valley Community College. 

ELIZABETH KOSAKOWSKI has been named director of clinical documentation improvement and coding at the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). She began her career at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica as director of health-information management in 2002. Kosakowski previously held several positions in the health-information management field. She earned a bachelor’s degree in health-information management from SUNY Empire State College in Saratoga, and an associate degree in medical-records technology from Mohawk Valley Community College. Kosakowski is a registered health-information technician, certified coding specialist, certified tumor registrar, AHIMA certified ICD-10 trainer, and certified clinical-documentation specialist.

HOLLY BURLINE has been named nurse navigator at the MVHS Breast Care Center located at the Faxton Campus. She has been an employee of Faxton St. Luke’s since 2001 and worked as a staff RN in telemetry and pediatrics. Burline most recently served as a case manager at the St. Luke’s Campus. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Utica College.

MICHELLE FREDSELL has been named director of health information management (HIM) operations at MVHS. She has worked in the field for more than 20 years and previously held the position of regulatory support manager in HIM. Fredsell was also previously privacy officer at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica for 10 years. She holds an associate degree in health -nformation management from Mohawk Valley Community College, an advanced coding certificate from Utica College, and is certified as a registered health-information technician and in health-care privacy and security.

Loretto has promoted ALISHA HOSEIN to nurse manager at its Fahey location. An employee at Loretto since 2016, she has been a nurse for 11 years. Hosein’s past experience includes working at St. Joseph’s Health as part of its medical/surgical telemetry unit, and at the Syracuse VA Medical Center working on the medical/surgical oncology unit. She holds an associate degree in science and earned her nursing degree from St. Joseph’s College of Nursing and has also earned basic life support certification from the American Red Cross.

NATASHA GLYNN has been hired as director of clinical recruitment and retention at Loretto. She recently launched the health-care division for CPS Recruitment in her role as director of healthcare staffing. Glynn has 20 years of experience in the health care industry, including more than a decade of recruiting for health care. She earned her bachelor’s degree in health science from Florida Gulf Coast University.

Barclay Damon announced that law clerks PETER J. EVANGELATOS and FORREST T. YOUNG were admitted to the New York State Bar and named associates at the firm. Evangelatos is a member of the intellectual property litigation practice area. He graduated from Albany Law School of Union University and served as a judicial intern for U.S. District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn and as a summer associate for the Long Island intellectual property firm Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt.

Young is part of the environmental, regulatory, and project development practice areas. He graduated from a joint degree program at Syracuse University College of Law and the Syracuse Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and worked as a Department of Justice legal intern in its Criminal Division’s Public Integrity section before spending two years in Barclay Damon’s summer associate program.

WILLIAM B. CABLE has joined Barclay Damon as its new Syracuse office manager. He brings seven years of experience from BrownGreer PLC’s Richmond, Virginia, and New Orleans, Louisiana, offices, where he worked up from a contract-claims reviewer position to his most recent position as a senior analyst in October 2012. Cable reported directly to the New Orleans partner while overseeing and leading a team of 150 experts across the New Orleans office and 30 satellite offices in the Gulf Coast region. 

TERACAI has promoted members to its Cisco product management team. CHRIS SPAULDING has been promoted to senior product manager. SHANNON TREACY will take on additional responsibilities in the Cisco business and is being promoted to Cisco product manager. Spaulding has been with TERACAI since its inception in 2009 as a regional sales manager. Before that, he served as an account executive and team leader at CXtec, TERACAI’s sister company, since 2000. Treacy has been with TERACAI since 2014, most recently as a product manager. Before that, she served as a sales-support coordinator.

The Central New York Labor Council said it has elected its first female president in more than 150 years, SAMANTHA DERISO. She was elected following the retirement of outgoing President Patrick Costello. DeRiso is currently employed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and has been a member of the labor movement for over 30 years. Her background includes organizing more than 600 people employed by the Mohawk Valley Health System to fight for higher wages and safer working conditions, participating in numerous strikes, and traveling the country to work with various labor unions in their grassroots-organizing campaigns.