ADAM FUMAROLA has been appointed senior associate VP of real estate services and asset management at Syracuse University. He has more than 17 years of experience in managing multi-million-dollar commercial real-estate portfolios from both the business and legal perspective. Fumarola served as senior director at Raymour & Flanigan in Liverpool since 2013, where he was responsible for the management and operation of the company’s extensive portfolio of retail, industrial, and office-support properties. He joined Raymour & Flanigan as senior counsel for real estate and transactions in 2006, after previously serving as assistant general counsel at American Financial Realty Trust (n/k/a Gramercy Capital Corporation) in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Since January 2016, Fumrola has taught at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management as an adjunct professor, teaching real estate development at the James D. Kuhn Real Estate Center. He earned his law degree at the University at Buffalo School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in environmental public policy at Binghamton University.

Herkimer College has appointed GRACE V. ASHLINE as instructor of human services. She will teach human-services courses on-campus and online. Ashline was an adjunct instructor at Mohawk Valley Community College and also served as an MCP (mentoring children of prisoners) coordinator and support counselor for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region; master’s of social work intern at Ellis’ Community Day Treatment Program, Schenectady; prevention supervisor at Community Maternity Services, Albany; and director at the Youth Advocate Program, Albany & Schenectady County. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology/criminal justice from SUNY Albany and a master’s degree of social work, clinical concentration, from SUNY Albany. 

PAUL ARVANTIDES has been hired as a business advisor for the Mohawk Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC). He owned and operated his own business for 12 years and managed all aspects of a revenue cycle management service company. Arvantides has working knowledge of business operations, staff management, human resources, contracts, QuickBooks, marketing, and advertising. He also has experience working in a family-run business, succession planning, and knowledge of mergers and acquisitions. Arvantides has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Hamilton College and a bachelor’s degree from SUNYIT in health information management. 

Mirabito Energy Products recently added two new employees to its workforce. MICHAEL PECHA will now serve as assistant safety manager. He has degrees in criminal justice and civil engineering and has worked as a police officer, public safety officer, and a building and fire code inspector. Mirabito hired STACY THATCHER as its new accounts payable clerk. She has been a youth advocate worker as part of a therapeutic support staff and served as 2nd deputy clerk of courts for Susquehanna County.

Tompkins Financial Advisors announced that BOB CASE has joined the firm as wealth advisor. He is based at Tompkins’ office in Ithaca. Case brings 18 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Tompkins, he was a business banking relationship manager at M&T Bank. Case holds a master’s degree in business management and a bachelor’s degree in organizational management from Keuka College. 

RUSSELL E. RUTHIG recently joined Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP as of counsel to the firm. He comes to Coughlin & Gerhart after more than 40 years as an attorney, currently practicing in Cortland. A graduate of Hobart College and Syracuse University College of Law, Ruthig was admitted to the bar in New York in 1974. In addition to his practice of law in the Cortland area, he serves as a member of the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, is a member of the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Susquehanna Valley Presbytery, and is a court examiner of guardianship accounts for Cortland, Tompkins, and Tioga counties. 

The Syracuse Crunch minor-league hockey team has hired LUKAS FAVALE as its new radio broadcaster. Favale, 25, joins the Crunch, the AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, full time after interning with the team from 2012 to 2014. He most recently served as the director of broadcasting and media relations for the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL during the 2016-17 season before being hired as the director of broadcasting/account executive by the Adirondack Thunder ECHL hockey club. As the voice of the Crunch, Favale will broadcast play-by-play for all Crunch games on the team’s official radio station, ESPN Radio Syracuse, along with hosting “The Shootout Show” live at the War Memorial Arena following home games. He will also host the one-hour “Crunch Weekly” show at Tully’s Good Times with special guests on select Thursday nights throughout the season. Favale will also serve as the team’s official statistician and prepare all game notes while selling ticket packages, single-game tickets, and booking groups.