SYRACUSE — CNY ATD, the local affiliate chapter of the Association for Talent Development (ATD), has announced its 2018 leadership team. It named the following 16 people: 

• President – Amy Bartolotta, The Hartford

• President Elect – Steven DeHart, Progressive Insurance

• Executive VP – Peggie Chan, OBG

• VP Membership – Cynthia Doss, SUNY Syracuse EOC

• VP CNY BEST – Beth King, O.C. Tanner

• VP Credentials – Amy Wood, Charter Communications;

• VP Programs – Brent Danega, SUNY Cortland

• VP Employee Learning Awareness – Melissa McLean, Oneida Nation Enterprises

• Emerging Chair and President Emeritus – Mark Britz, The eLearning Guild

• Scholarship Chair – Laura Carroll

• Virtual Opportunities Task Force – Kati Wheeler, The Bonadio Group

• Programs Vice Chair – Christy Rohmer, NYSERNet

• President Emeritus – Steven Maloney, Marquardt Switches, Inc.

• President Emeritus – Ingrid Gonzalez-McCurdy, Elmcrest Children’s Center;

• President Emeritus – Ken Steiger, Steiger Training and Development;

• Managing Director – Brenda Grady, ACME Planning

For more than 45 years, CNY ATD says it has been connecting talent-development professionals throughout the region and contributing to the growth and recognition of the profession. Currently, CNY ATD has more than 140 members from various businesses covering 16-plus counties from the Canadian border to the Pennsylvanian border in Central New York.

New York dairy farms produced 1.19 billion pounds of milk in November, down 0.3 percent from the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.

Milk production per cow in the state averaged 1,905 pounds in November, down 1 percent from 1,925 pounds a year prior.

The number of milk cows on farms in New York state totaled 625,000 head in November, up 0.8 percent from 620,000 head from November 2016, NASS reported.

The average milk price received by New York dairy farmers in October was $18.20 per hundredweight, down 20 cents from September but up 80 cents from October 2016.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced 879 million pounds of milk in November, up 2.1 percent from a year earlier. The average milk price received by Pennsylvania farmers in October was $18.60 per hundredweight, down 40 cents from September, but up $1 from October 2016.