A. FRITZ, CPA has been promoted to senior manager at Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC. He joined the accounting firm in 1996 and works in the tax services group. Fritz practices in the areas of income-tax planning and preparation, financial-statement preparation, technology consulting, and bookkeeping. He has specialized experience in the calculation of federal low-income housing tax credits. Fritz has a master’s degree in accounting and bachelor’s degree in geography from Syracuse University.

AMY L. BRODERICK, CPA has been promoted to manager at Grossman St. Amour. She rejoined the accounting firm in 2017 after spending three years with Grossman St. Amour from 2011 to 2013. Broderick practices in the areas of audit and attest engagements and financial-statement preparation in the audit services group. She works with nonprofit entities including affordable housing. Broderick is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master’s degree in accounting, and Niagara University with a bachelor’s degree in secondary math education.

CARRIE B. TANKERSLEY, CPA has been promoted to manager. She has spent most of her professional career with Grossman St. Amour since starting as an intern in 2000. Tankersley practices in the areas of individual, partnership and corporation tax-return preparation and tax planning for businesses and individuals in the tax services group. Her clients include construction, multi-state businesses, real-estate partnerships, retail distribution, and individuals. Tankersley graduated from Hartwick College with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

KATELYN E. COOK, CPA has been promoted to supervisor at Grossman St. Amour. She joined the accounting firm in 2020 after completing a successful internship with the firm. Cook practices in the areas of income-tax return preparation, payroll and sales-tax return preparation, financial-statement preparation and bookkeeping for individuals and businesses in the tax services group. She is a graduate of SUNY Oswego with an MBA degree and bachelor’s degree in accounting.

BRYAN T. CZARNECKI, CPA has been promoted to supervisor. He joined Grossman St. Amour in 2021 after completing a successful internship with the firm. Czarnecki practices in the areas of audit and attest engagements and financial-statement preparation in the audit services group. His clients include public-school districts, governments and municipalities, and not-for-profit organizations. Czarnecki is a graduate of SUNY Oswego with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and MBA.

BRIANAH M. LANE, CPA has been promoted to supervisor. She joined Grossman St. Amour in 2020 upon completing a successful internship with the firm. Lane practices in the areas of audit and attest engagements and financial-statement preparation in the audit services group. She works with not-for-profit organizations including fire districts, public school districts, and government and municipalities. Lane is a graduate of SUNY Oswego with an MBA and bachelor’s degree in accounting.

BRIDGET E. ODORCZYK has been promoted to supervisor at Grossman St. Amour. Odorczyk joined the firm in 2020. Her practice includes income-tax return preparation, tax planning for individuals and businesses, financial-statement preparation and bookkeeping in the tax services group. She has special expertise in preparation of multi-state individual and business tax returns and tax returns requiring foreign filing requirements. Odorczyk is a graduate of Le Moyne College with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and MBA. 

Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, has hired KATE VERZOSA as an art director, MATT OLSEN as a talent and culture specialist, MATT WEINER as an assistant account manager, and OLIVIA WATTS as a junior motion graphics designer. Before joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Verzosa was a senior designer at Magnifi U, Inc. She also gained experience as a senior designer at another marketing organization in Central New York and as a freelance designer. Verzosa has a bachelor’s degree in communication design from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Olsen previously worked as a senior people operations associate at Hapn. He also gained experience in people operations, recruitment, and talent acquisition at organizations in New York City. Olsen has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and neuroscience from Syracuse University.

Weiner was previously an account manager at Ader, a marketing agency in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he gained experience in editing, digital marketing and social media at The Daily Walkthrough in Alexandria, Virginia. Weiner has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University at Buffalo.

Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Watts was a junior motion-graphics designer at MJH Life Sciences in Cranbury, New Jersey. She has a bachelor’s in fine arts degree in film and animation from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh recently appointed JAKE DISHAW as deputy commissioner of code enforcement and zoning administration in the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development (NBD). Dishaw will be responsible for advancing and managing the work of the Division of Code Enforcement to improve quality of life in city neighborhoods. The role includes leadership of the new Office of Zoning Administration, which moved from the joint Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency (SOCPA) to NBD in July to better manage growth in the city and county. He will provide oversight and supervision of the staff and activities involved in permitting, licensing, plan review, zoning administration, city codes, inspections, and lead-hazard reduction. Dishaw has been a part of the Syracuse Code Enforcement team since high school, when working a summer job maintaining vacant properties. He returned to Code Enforcement full-time in 2008 and has served in various roles including structural examiner, director of central permit office, and director of code enforcement. In his most recent role as director of code enforcement, Dishaw was responsible for plan review and inspection of building construction within the City of Syracuse. Dishaw is a graduate of SUNY Oswego and has been a New York State-certified code enforcement officer since 2008.