MATHEW MILNE has joined Beardsley Architects + Engineers as electrical engineer I in the firm’s Auburn office. He is a 2018 graduate from Clarkson University with five years of experience working with commercial and health-care clients. Milne is a problem solver with experience that ranges from project planning and coordination to systems design and programming, the firm said. At Beardsley, Milne will be working on projects with civic and federal clients.

GREGORY HOFFMAN-FRAGALE was recently named associate chief nursing officer at Finger Lakes Health. Most recently, he served as the director of nursing operations for imaging sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he made significant improvements in leadership development, patient satisfaction, and nurse-sensitive clinical outcomes. As a registered nurse, Hoffman-Fragale worked at Community General Hospital in Syracuse, and held his first directorship at Auburn Memorial Hospital, before heading downstate to the New York City metropolitan area, where he held various administrative nursing roles in acute care, critical care, and post-acute nursing for 12 years. Hoffman-Fragale is dual board-certified as an advanced nurse executive and gerontological nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. He earned his doctor of nursing practice degree from Old Dominion University and his master’s degree in health-care administration (MHA) from St. Joseph’s College of Maine. He completed both his bachelor’s and associate degrees in nursing from Excelsior University in Albany.

NICOLETTE A. DOBROWOLSKI was promoted to director of the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Syracuse University Libraries effective July 1. Dobrowolski had been serving as interim co-director of the Special Collections Research Center since November 2021. She has more than 22 years of experience in academic special collections and has served as assistant director of collections and access services at SCRC since 2016. Dobrowolski received her master’s degree in information studies from the University of Texas and has been active in the Rare Book and Manuscript section of the Association of College and Research Libraries within the American Library Association. She has participated in the university’s Women in Leadership program, the ARL Library Management Skills Institute, and the Special Collections Leadership program at the University of Virginia’s Rare Book School, among others. Most recently, Dobrowolski was instrumental in building SCRC’s staff and operations post-pandemic, advocating for the Libraries Module 2 Storage Facility, which was designed to provide optimum environmental conditions for the storage and preservation of unique, rare, and fragile items from SCRC, and worked closely with Libraries Advancement for the expansion of the in-house Joan Breier Brodsky Conservation Lab. Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center collects, preserves, and provides access to materials that document the history of Syracuse University and global society, including rare printed materials, original manuscripts, photographs, artworks, audio and moving-image recordings, university records, and more.
JACKSON ADAMS recently joined Syracuse University Press as promotion and publicity coordinator. Syracuse University Press, part of Syracuse University Libraries, was established in 1943 and has published groundbreaking works in academic publishing. Adams came from the University of Nebraska Press, where he worked as a publicist. Prior to that, he was the interactivity editor for the Lincoln Journal Star in Lincoln, Nebraska and also worked as a reporter at the Effingham Daily News. Adams received his bachelor’s degree at Bradley University in Illinois.

Vera House recently named DAQUETTA P. JONES as its next CEO, following a nationwide search. She will be relocating to Central New York and will start full time in September, managing overall strategic and operational responsibilities for Vera House staff, programs, and finances, as well as executing its longstanding mission of preventing, responding, and partnering to end domestic and sexual violence and other forms of abuse. Jones, who hails from Troy, N.Y., has extensive experience in nonprofit and human-services leadership. Most recently she served as director of equity and inclusion initiatives at the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region. In a career spanning more than 20 years, Jones has also previously served as co-director consultant for the University at Albany’s Institute of Nonprofit Leadership and Community Development, deputy commissioner of administration for New York State Department of Civil Service, executive director of YWCA of the Greater Capital Region, domestic violence counselor for Unity House of Troy, HIV services operations manager at Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Services, assistant director of community based services at the Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, and program director for Equinox, Inc.’s House for Youth Shelter. Jones has also served as a consultant, providing advisory services to nonprofit executive leaders and boards.

JAMES (JIM) MAHLER has been promoted to director of food & beverage at Loretto Housing. He previously managed food and beverage operations at The Nottingham’s independent living, assisted living, and memory care residence facilities in Jamesville. In this expanded role, he will continue to manage operations at the Nottingham, as well as oversee the food and beverage operations at Buckley Landing, Sedgwick Heights, the Bernardine Apartments, and the Heritage Apartments. Mahler joined Loretto as dining services director at the Nottingham in 2016. During his time at Loretto, he has been recognized with the organization’s Star Award for his exemplary work with the design and operations of The Bistro and The Clubhouse at The Nottingham — which bring new healthy and “in-demand” options for Loretto’s next generation of residents. Prior to joining Loretto, Mahler served as director of food and beverage at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo for more than a decade.

Tops Friendly Markets, a grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania, and Vermont, has promoted COLE BICKAL to produce/floral specialist in the East Region for Tops. Bickal will be responsible for the Syracuse Northeast & Hudson Midstate districts. He will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of operations and merchandising for the produce and floral departments within those districts. Bickal started with Tops Markets in 2001 and over his 22-year career has held various positions including produce clerk, produce manager, and most recently operations manager of the Elmira Tops.