Dannible & McKee, LLP, a certified public accounting (CPA) and consulting firm with offices in Syracuse, Auburn, Binghamton and Schenectady, recently announced the hiring of five professional staff members. ELAINA R. BURCHELL has joined the firm as a tax staff accountant after interning in the tax department since 2022. She graduated from the University at Albany with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in taxation in 2023. Burchell is based at the firm’s Binghamton office.

JULIANA R. CANESTRARE has joined the firm as an audit staff accountant following the completion of a two-year internship in the audit department. Canestrare earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2022 and a master’s degree in professional accounting in 2023 from Syracuse University. She works in Dannible’s Syracuse office.

DALTON N. EMORY has joined the accounting firm as an audit staff accountant after interning in the audit department since 2022. Emory graduated from SUNY Oswego with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA in 2023. Emory is based in the firm’s Syracuse office.

RYAN T. SHEFFIELD has joined Dannible as an audit staff accountant after interning in the audit department since 2022. Sheffield graduated from SUNY Oswego in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and earned his MBA in 2023. Sheffield works in the Syracuse office.

CHELSEA A. MOORE has joined the firm as a staff accountant in the client accounting & advisory services department. She graduated from Cazenovia College in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in management and graduated from Syracuse University in 2018 with a master’s degree in professional accounting. Moore has held accounting positions with Myers and Stauffer, LC, and Robert Half. She is the treasurer for the Junior League of Lexington, Kentucky, where she resides and works remotely.

Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, CPA, P.C. (FMF&E) has hired three new staff members as the firm continues growth in its downtown Syracuse location. PAVEL BANDURA has joined the FMF&E team as a staff accountant. Bandura is a graduate of SUNY Oswego. He has previously worked at Car Smart Wholesale LLC and RY Motors LLC.

ANDREW BOUCHER, CPA, has also joined FMF&E as a staff accountant. Boucher, a graduate of Boston University, spent the start of his career in the Boston office of PwC.

JEREMIAH SEGRUE III, a recent graduate of Le Moyne College, also joins the FMF&E team as a staff accountant. Segrue is beginning his career at FMF&E and is also a member of the Salt City Church and volunteers regularly with We Rise Above The Streets. 

FustCharles, a CPA firm in Syracuse, announced that ELIZABETH STODDARD, CPA has joined the firm as a tax associate. Prior to joining the FustCharles, she has held various accounting and financial positions in private and public accounting. Stoddard received her bachelor’s degree in economics from California State Polytechnic University and certificate of accounting from UCLA.

NIRAV PATEL has been promoted to chief finance officer (CFO) at ACR Health. Patel has served as the interim CFO since January 2023 and has more than 15 years of experience in accounting including in the areas of budgeting and forecasting, contract management, financial reporting, payroll, and developing fiscal policies, and procedures. Patel holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and previously worked for Samp Inc., before joining the ACR Health team. During his time with ACR Health, Patel has demonstrated his commitment to its mission, vision, and team.

KATHERINE LOWE has joined ACR Health as director of development and community engagement. In this role, she oversees the organization’s fundraising and outreach efforts throughout its nine-county service area. Lowe returns to fundraising after a 10-year hiatus in which she became a chef focusing on senior nutrition and a restaurant owner. Before her venture into the culinary field, Lowe enjoyed a successful 15-year career in fundraising, public relations, and nonprofit management in Syracuse and the Washington, D.C. area, working for organizations such as Capital Hospice and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded Last Acts Partnership. Lowe holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Wells College and a bachelor’s degree in hotel, resort and tourism management from Paul Smith’s College.

CH Insurance recently hired DAVID WITCHLEY as a senior client advisor. He brings more than 18 years of property/casualty sales experience, risk management, and group-benefits knowledge to his new role. When he is not working in the business, he enjoys coaching youth sports for his sons’ travel baseball team. Witchley loves spending time in Old Forge with his family, and he is a car and motorcycle junkie.