NATHAN E. SHAW and NICHOLAS A. IPPOLITO have joined Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC of Syracuse as staff accountants, after completing the firm’s experiential internship program. Shaw will work in the firm’s Audit Services Group. He practices in the areas of audit and attest engagements and financial-statement preparation. His responsibilities include working with the accounting firm’s not‐for‐profit organizations, public-school districts, and government and municipalities clients. Shaw has successfully passed all parts of the CPA exam and is currently awaiting licensure. He is a graduate of SUNY Oswego, with a master’s degree in accounting, as well as a bachelor’s in accounting.

Ippolito will work in Grossman St. Amour’s Tax Services Group. He practices in the areas of income-tax return preparation, payroll and sales-tax return preparation, financial-statement preparation, and bookkeeping for businesses and individuals. Ippolito is a graduate of the Le Moyne College Madden School of Business with a master’s degree in information systems, and bachelor’s in accounting. 

Community Bank, N.A. has promoted ROBERT LIEDKA to regional retail banking manager for the bank’s Cicero branch. Liedka, who has more than 30 years of banking experience, will be responsible for administering and directing retail-branch functions and activities to ensure the prompt and effective delivery of products and services to consumers within the bank’s market area. Liedka will also develop network goals and implement appropriate strategies, monitor branch activities, supervise personnel, provide reports to management, and participate in regional advisory board meetings. He specializes in mortgage lending, team building, and networking. Liedka has been with Community Bank since 2009, when he served as a manager and was promoted to senior district manager. Prior to Community Bank, he worked at M&T Bank as a branch manager and at HSBC Bank as a branch manager. Liedka graduated from Cicero-North Syracuse High School and holds a degree in business administration from Onondaga Community College. 

JUNIOR HAREWOOD has been named CEO of UnitedHealthcare of New York, employer and individual plans. An employee of UnitedHealthcare for 25 years, Harewood’s expertise in commercial benefits, along with the relationships he’s built throughout his tenure, will be an asset to the New York health plan. He is a native Long Islander who holds a bachelor’s degree in government & politics from St. John’s University and an executive MBA from the University of Georgia.

AMY STAGE has been promoted to director of apprenticeship & workforce development at MACNY, The Manufacturers Association of Central New York. She first joined MACNY in March 2022 as manager of apprenticeship & workforce development. An accomplished workforce-development professional, she has more than 13 years of experience, specializing in a wide range of job-seeker services including individual employment planning, career-pathway development, job-search strategies, and career coaching. As a leader on MACNY’s talent development team, Stage will serve as a senior subject-matter expert for registered apprenticeships, focused on equity and access for the Jobs for the Future IDEA-M grant. She will provide statewide support for national workforce initiatives such as the New York State Manufacturers Intermediary Apprenticeship Program (NYSMIAP) and the Growing Apprenticeships in Nanotechnology and Semiconductors (GAINS) program, among other national workforce initiatives. 

The Schuyler Health Foundation recently hired KIMBERLY SPRAGUE as the new director of the foundation. Since 2007, Sprague has been serving as director of the Keuka Health Foundation, gift-shop manager, and volunteer coordinator at Ira Davenport Hospital in Hammondsport. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to this position and will play a pivotal role in continuing to grow philanthropy efforts at Schuyler Hospital and across the Cayuga Health system.

DANIEL CURRI has been named head coach of boys’ varsity basketball at Notre Dame Schools in Utica. Coach Curri is a 2002 graduate of Notre Dame, where he played basketball for Notre Dame Hall of Fame inductee Mike Durr. Curri went on to play Division III basketball for Utica College (now called Utica University). He graduated from the college with a doctorate in physical therapy and a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. Curri currently works as a director of rehabilitation services and continues to serve as a major in the Army Reserve. Over the past five years, Curri has spent considerable time coaching youth basketball.

SEAN BURTON has been named assistant coach for the Notre Dame boys’ varsity basketball team. A 2005 Notre Dame High School graduate, Burton also played basketball for Durr. Burton went on to have an illustrious career at Ithaca College, where he set numerous records, was twice named Empire 8 Player of the Year, and was named a Division III All-American three times. After graduating from Ithaca College with a sports and exercise science degree, Burton played professional basketball in Iceland for two seasons. He currently runs the Burton Basketball Academy for local youth and has 10-plus years of college coaching experience at Utica College, Babson College and his alma mater, Ithaca College.