KELLI HUTH was recently named the director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Binghamton University. Huth comes to Binghamton from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where, as the director of immersive learning, she worked to connect faculty interested in community-engaged teaching with community partners throughout the region.

MATTHEW YOUNG has been named patient access services manager for the St. Luke’s Campus of the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). He has been an employee of Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare since 2010, serving as a telecommunications operator, bed control coordinator, and financial coordinator for cancer services. Young is a 2017 graduate of the Aspiring Leaders Program. He is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in health care administration at DeVry University in Chicago, Illinois.

ALLEN HURD has been named facilities field supervisor at MVHS. Hurd will supervise the facilities staff at the Faxton Campus and oversee facilities of the MVHS Medical Group medical offices. Prior to joining MVHS, he was the maintenance and facilities manager for TECT Corp. in Whitesboro. Hurd attended the Residential, Commercial and Industrial Electrical program at Area Occupational Center in Auburn and is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC has elected DORI K. BAILEY, DANIEL J. PAUTZ, KATHERINE RITTS SCHAFER, and J.P. WRIGHT from the Syracuse office as members (partners) of the firm. Bailey is a business attorney with extensive experience in banking and credit union law and regulation. She is an adjunct professor of law at Syracuse University College of Law. Pautz is a trial attorney who handles litigation matters. His practice focuses on litigating business and commercial disputes. Pautz has extensive experience in defending toxic tort and other negligence claims. He is also well-versed in the areas of professional malpractice, criminal defense, and collection law. Schafer is a management-side labor and employment law attorney with experience representing private and public-sector employers in federal and state courts. Her practice includes counseling management in all aspects of labor and employment matters. Schafer is a frequent lecturer and conducts in-house training for management. Wright represents a variety of clients, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in civil litigation matters in state and federal courts. He has trial experience in state and federal court and has argued appeals before the New York State Appellate Division in the First, Third, and Fourth Departments. Wright also has experience resolving disputes through alternative dispute-resolution procedures, including mediation and arbitration.

MICHAEL G. MARRERO and EMILY A. MIDDLEBROOK have joined Hancock Estabrook, LLP as associates in the Syracuse office.

Marrero was recently admitted to practice in New York state, and is currently a member of several departments and practice areas across the firm. He is a graduate of University at Buffalo School of Law. Marrero previously interned with the NYS Attorney General’s Office in Syracuse and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo.

Middlebrook was recently admitted to practice in New York State, and is a member of several departments and practice areas across the firm. She is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law and is a member of the Central New York Women’s Bar Association. Prior to joining Hancock Estabrook, Middlebrook interned with the U.S. Department of Justice for the Northern District of New York.

CHRISTOPHER POWERS has joined the litigation and business departments of Mackenzie Hughes LLP and will concentrate his legal practice in health-care litigation, real and intellectual property, and commercial litigation. He spent 11 years working in the communications industry prior to earning his law degree in 2017 from the Syracuse University College of Law. Powers holds a master’s degree in media management from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the College of Wooster. 

Mirbeau Hospitality Services has promoted long-time staff member CATHERINE DOWER SINCLAIR to VP of spa operations. Most recently, she served as spa director of Mirbeau Inn & Spa in the village of Skaneateles. In her new position, Sinclair will be responsible for overseeing operations of Mirbeau’s Skaneateles, Albany, and Plymouth, Massachusetts properties, while assisting with the development and openings of future properties. A veteran of the Mirbeau brand, Sinclair started as a sales manager for Mirbeau Inn & Spa Skaneateles in 2010 before being promoted to resort manager in 2012 and then spa director in 2013. A New York native, Sinclair is a graduate of the University of Colorado and resides in Skaneateles.