The Hayner Hoyt Corporation has hired STEPHEN (STU) CAVUTOAS its new director of safety. After 31 years with the Syracuse Fire Department, he has extensive experience with making safe conditions out of unsafe places. As the former deputy chief, Cavutoas was in charge of fire prevention, public education, new construction, and unsafe buildings. He learned to read blueprints and went to job sites to approve all plans for construction to ensure fire codes were being met.

JIM CONDON has joined Hayner Hoyt in a new position as its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing manager. He brings more than 35 years of experience in residential, industrial, and commercial mechanical systems including medical gas systems and HVAC controls. Condon has held positions as an HVAC/plumbing project manager/estimator at John W. Danforth and C&S Companies and has acted as a supervisor on major plumbing and HVAC projects at Burns Brothers Mechanical.

T. Gschwender & Associates, Inc. (TGA) has hired JOHN PISZAK, STEVE AMBROSE, and SCOTT ROSE. Piszak has comprehensive banking expertise gained from more than 45 years as a top level executive. He was the chief credit/risk officer and executive VP at Fidelity Bank in Pennsylvania, from which he retired. Piszak’s impressive credit background includes: senior manager in charge of all commercial and consumer lending as well as member of top management team who oversaw credit policy, compliance, and loan review.

As a bank executive with nearly 40 years in the industry, Ambrose joined TGA after his recent retirement from Five Star Bank, where he was the senior VP/loan review/workout group manager. He is also a past president of the Rochester chapter of Bank Administration Institute and an instructor for the Rochester chapter of the American Institute of Banking.

Rose is a financial professional with more than 30 years in the field. He has a strong credit background with a focus on small business, government, large corporate, and not-for-profit lending. Most recently, Rose was the VP/relationship manager for government banking at First Niagara. He also gained expertise from his many years with KeyBank and JP Morgan Chase/Chemical Bank. Rose is a U.S. Marine Corp veteran.

ROBERT MILLER has joined the Syracuse branch of AXA Advisors, LLC. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Massachusetts and has also earned his life and health, Series 7 and Series 63 licenses. 

SANDRA TILLOTSON has been appointed nurse recruiter with Nurse Connection Staffing Inc. (NCS) at the CNY regional office located in Liverpool. She comes to NCS with more than 16 years of recruitment and admissions experience as a graduate recruitment coordinator at SUNY Upstate Medical University, College of Graduate Studies.

JOANNA A. WOODRUFF has joined Nephrology Associates of Syracuse PC. She completed her post master’s degree at Keuka College and is a board-certified adult/gerontology nurse practitioner. Woodruff holds a master’s degree in nursing/education, and certification in medical surgical. Prior to joining Nephrology Associates, she had 28 years of experience working in various settings. In her last role, Woodruff served as a health coach for a family practice of St. Joseph’s Health assisting patients and families in the management of chronic illness and promoted patient-centered care. She will be providing care to dialysis and chronic kidney disease patients in her new role.

HCR Home Care has added two new employees to its Central New York operations. LINDA MEKETE is an RN community nurse in Onondaga County and MARY SMITH is an RN case manager in Cortland County.