Community Bank System, Inc. has promoted Denise M. Cavallo as branch manager for the Cicero office. She most recently served as a branch assistant at Community Bank and also worked in customer service. Cavallo holds an associate degree from Onondaga Community College.

Mohawk Valley Community College has appointed William McDonald as the new director of community and workforce development in the Center for Corporate and Community Education. His professional history includes a nine-year stint at Herkimer College; he began working there in 2005 as an interim human-resources specialist, and a year later became assistant to the president. In 2007, McDonald was promoted to director of continuing education, a position he held for seven years. He is also a former president of Remsen Central School’s board of education. McDonald holds a bachelor’s degree in management with a concentration in human-resources management from Utica College. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in education.

Julie Welch, commercial lines manager at Eastern Shore Associates Insurance (ESA), has been promoted to assistant vice president, commercial lines. Working from the Fulton office, she is a licensed insurance broker for ESA, holds the construction risk and insurance specialist certification and earned the professional insurance designation, chartered property casualty underwriter by the American Institute for CPCU in 2011. Welch has worked at ESA for 10 years and has more than 17 years in the insurance industry.

Unity House of Cayuga County, Inc., has hired Jean Petrosino Winne as director of the agency’s mental health program PROS (Personalized Recovery Oriented Services). She comes to the agency from Cayuga Counseling Services, where she worked since 2003. Winne is also in private practice as a clinical social worker. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Ithaca College, and a master’s degree in social work from Columbia University’s School of Social Work.