NBT Bank announced that KURT EDWARDS, SVP, has been promoted to chief consumer credit officer. His career with NBT has spanned 33 years, and he has held leadership roles in consumer lending and small-business banking. Edwards earned his bachelor’s degree in business and economics from SUNY Plattsburgh and has completed management-development courses through the American Bankers Association and the American Institute of Banking.

SHAUNA HYLE, SVP, has been appointed consumer lending executive. She joined NBT in 2008 as corporate controller and was promoted to chief risk officer in 2013. Hyle was previously a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers. She earned her a bachelor’s degree in accounting from SUNY Geneseo and is a CPA.

SVP AMY WILES has been named chief risk officer, in addition to her responsibilities as chief credit officer. She has more than 35 years of experience in commercial banking. She previously worked at KeyBank and JP Morgan Chase. Wiles earned her bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

VP TERRA CARNRIKE-GRANATA has been promoted to director of information security. She joined NBT in 2008 as information security officer and was promoted to information security and fraud risk manager in 2015. Carnrike-Granata earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Albany’s School of Criminal Justice and has the CompTIASecurity+ certification.

Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. (B&L) has hired two new full-time engineers in the Water/ Wastewater Group in its Watertown office. CHELSEA M. KOSTER and DAVID C. POWERS will work on the firm’s increasing backlog of private and municipal infrastructure improvement projects in the North Country. Koster has joined the firm as an engineer I. She earned her associate degree in engineering science from SUNY Jefferson, and her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Clarkson University. Koster has experience in construction management and construction inspection. She previously worked on the Lowville Academy building renovation projects as an intern for Turner Construction and on the Dexter Route 180 Bridge over Black River project as a transportation construction inspector II for the New York State Department of Transportation. Koster is OSHA 10-certified. Powers has joined as an engineer I in the firm’s Facilities Group in structural design. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Clarkson University. Powers has previous intern experience creating civil and site designs, undertaking construction administration, and inspection. He has also worked in the renewable-energy industry performing site analysis and system modelling, and installing solar photovoltaic, geothermal, and solar thermal customized energy systems. 

GEI Consultants, Inc. has added senior professional and project engineer JEFF HOLDEN to its Ithaca office. He has relocated to Ithaca from GEI’s Glastonbury, Connecticut office. Holden has more than 25 years of experience in the environmental-consulting business specializing in the investigation and remediation of industrial properties and sediment sites. He served as technical lead and project manager for many large and complex environmental remediation projects with a range of industrial clients including project strategy/planning, regulatory compliance, engineering design, and interaction with regulatory agencies. 

Bousquet Holstein PLLC announced that GREGORY D. ERIKSEN has joined the firm as an associate attorney with a focus on commercial litigation. He has worked in a variety of settings, from state and federal appellate matters to state administrative proceedings to Federal District Court, State Supreme Court, and various town courts. Eriksen previously was an associate attorney at Cohen Compagni Backman Appler & Knoll, PLLC and as an associate at Smith, Sovick, Kendrick & Sugnet, PC, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also was a law clerk to Hon. Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. He earned his law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law and his bachelor’s degree in political science from Middlebury College in Vermont. 

The Syracuse Crunch has hired FRANCESCA RANIERI as foundation & merchandise manager / account executive and BRIGID HESLIN as marketing manager. Ranieri joined the Crunch for the 2015-16 season as a game-day operations intern. After continuing her internship over the summer and working part time through the 2016-17 campaign, she now joins the staff as a full-time employee. Ranieri received her associate degree at Palm Beach State College before transferring to Syracuse University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management in May 2017. Heslin is a full-time staff member after serving as a public & media relations intern and part-time account executive since the 2015-16 season. She graduated from Le Moyne College with a degree in communications with concentrations in public relations and media studies. The Syracuse Crunch has promoted ANDREA MARINO to senior manager of corporate activation & marketing, MEGAN CAHILL to senior manager of public relations & digital media, and KRISTEN DENICK to senior manager of retention. Marino joined the Crunch full time for the 2014-15 season as sponsorship services manager before being named corporate activation & marketing manager. She spent the 2012-13 campaign with the team as an intern. Cahill rejoined the Crunch for the 2015 Calder Cup Playoffs after spending the 2013-14 season as a public & media relations intern. Denick joined the Crunch at the start of the 2015-16 season as an account executive after serving as a sponsorship-services intern. For the past year, she served as the team’s Crunch Foundation and retention manager. 

Annese & Associates, Inc. has hired ALI SCHILLINGER as staff accountant. Most recently, she worked at a regional public accounting firm, Insero & Coin, based in Rochester. Schillinger holds an undergraduate degree from St. John Fisher College, with a major in accounting, and an MBA, with a concentration in accounting, from St. John Fisher College, completed in 2014.