HOLT Architects has added RYAN BALL, CHRISTINE BEEBE and ARMAND DAMARI to the firm’s Ithaca office. Ball comes to HOLT Architects from Cincinnati, where he was a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning and an architectural designer in private practice. He holds a master’s degree in architecture, is in the NCARB intern development program as he pursues his license, and is also an adjunct professor at the Syracuse University School of Architecture. Beebe joins HOLT as an administrative assistant. She has been a part of the local professional services industry for 14 years and brings experience supporting client service, human resources, and marketing to the HOLT team. Damari joins HOLT as a project designer. He is a recent graduate of the Syracuse University School of Architecture, where he focused on evidence-based design studies and participated in pro-bono work through the American Institute of Architecture Students.

Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG), a provider of financing to health-care providers, has hired GALE SIMONS-POOLE as regulatory relations officer. She will assist BHG with regulatory and compliance matters, as well as support the company’s risk management and reporting. Simons-Poole’s bank-supervision career spans three decades, including 23 years with the FDIC, most recently as deputy regional director of risk-management supervision. She previously spent seven years as a director for Promontory Financial Group, a Washington, D.C.–based financial services consulting firm. In that role, she advised a variety of clients, from the largest insured national banks to community banks, BHG said. Simons-Poole earned an MBA from Louisiana Tech University and a bachelor’s degree from Black Hills State University.

DIANE ZENI DEFERRANTE, M.D., has joined the palliative medicine department at Crouse Health. Most recently, she split her time between Cortland Regional Medical Center, where she practiced inpatient palliative medicine and geriatric medicine, and Hospicare of Cortland County, where she was associate medical director. Prior to relocating to Central New York two years ago, deFerrante spent her entire career working for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. She spent many years as medical director for Kaiser Permanente’s home-based hospice and palliative medicine program. She received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston and completed her family medicine residency at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in California. 

Bousquet Holstein PLLC announced that REBECCA R. COHEN has joined the firm’s immigration and business practice groups. She previously served as associate director, corporate and foundation relations at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Cohen has also served as deputy director of development for the Reach Out and Read National Center in Boston, and as an attorney at the Ottinger Firm PC in New York City. She developed additional experience in the areas of labor and employment law, and securities and antitrust class actions, while practicing at various New York City law firms. Cohen earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University, and her law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

North Point Defense, Inc. has hired KAY GRISENTHWAITE as controller. She has worked in various financial-analyst positions in both Rome and Syracuse for the past 12 years. Grisenthwaite has experience with large publicly traded firms, not-for-profit firms, and small businesses. She received a master’s degree from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree from Hartwick College.

ANTHONY STEWART has joined SRC Inc. in the newly created role of VP of quality. He has broad experience working with quality assurance and control practices within the technology sector for more than 30 years. Stewart joins SRC from Telephonics Corporation, where he provided leadership with both production and R&D programs. He holds master’s degrees in both industrial engineering and business administration, and a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from SUNY Buffalo. SRC Inc. has promoted

MARY SNYDER to executive VP, general counsel. She will also serve as secretary of the board of trustees. She has been with SRC for six years and has more than 15 years of experience advising organizations in matters of regulatory compliance, governance, and mergers and acquisitions. Snyder received her bachelor’s degree in English from Colgate University and her law degree from Syracuse University.

TERACAI has hired CINDY MANNISE as an account manager. She attended Onondaga Community College and has several years’ experience in sales and marketing. Mannise previously worked in a business-development management position at ICS in Syracuse.