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TYLER STELLMACK has joined Pinckney Hugo Group as an art director. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo, Stellmack was the communications and media director at The Vineyard Church in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. He has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from SUNY Oswego.
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TYLER STELLMACK has joined Pinckney Hugo Group as an art director. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo, Stellmack was the communications and media director at The Vineyard Church in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. He has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from SUNY Oswego.

Delta Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors, & Landscape Architects, DPC
REBECCA DIORIO has joined the Delta Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors, & Landscape Architects, DPC corporate general team as an administrative assistant. She has several years of experience in the administrative-assistant role, as well as in customer service. Her responsibilities include data entry and maintaining project plans electronically for project managers, reviewing timesheet and expense reports,
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REBECCA DIORIO has joined the Delta Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors, & Landscape Architects, DPC corporate general team as an administrative assistant. She has several years of experience in the administrative-assistant role, as well as in customer service. Her responsibilities include data entry and maintaining project plans electronically for project managers, reviewing timesheet and expense reports, and assisting with the onboarding process for new employees.
ELIZABETH BLINN has also joined the corporate general team as human-resources coordinator. She brings a broad range of experience to her role. Blinn has several years of HR experience, working in the banking industry, higher education, and at private businesses. Her responsibilities include leading Delta’s workforce administration & development, including serving as the point person for issues involving new-employee recruitment, employee onboarding, and the administration and processing of benefits and payroll.
CYNTHIA DUBOIS has come aboard Delta’s corporate general team as a project accountant. She is well-versed in financial statements and processes since she has previously worked as a title clerk. Her responsibilities include processing billing, accounts payable, and accounts-receivable transactions, reviewing subcontractor invoices for compliance with contracts, and providing support in state and federal audits.
TRICIA KUNZMAN has joined Delta as a construction administrator. Kunzman brings eight years of construction-administration experience, with a background in administration and proposal development for government contractors within multiple industries for various government agencies. Her typical project responsibilities include supervision of ongoing construction, cost estimating and review of cost proposals, review of requests for information (RFIs) and submittals, issuing field-work directives, and noncompliance reports and communication between the contractors and the owners.
SHAUNI JONES has joined the Delta architectural team as a senior architectural designer. Jones is a versatile designer who is comfortable executing a wide range of design tasks including AutoCAD/Revit drafting and 3D modeling, construction documentation, and cross-discipline coordination. He is knowledgeable about building codes and accessibility guidelines and has worked for clients with diverse design standards on commercial, industrial, and residential projects.
NOORUL NOORI has joined the facilities group at Delta as a senior structural engineer. He has 22 years of experience with design and construction management of buildings, bridges, and other structures. Noori spent part of his career in Afghanistan and had his own book, called “Building Estimating Handbook,” published in 2016. His primary responsibility will be quality control of structural work associated with Delta’s facilities, transportation, and some specialty precast and architectural projects.
SAMUEL LAUBER has joined Delta’s precast team as a senior project engineer. He has more than 20 years of experience in industrial, petrochemical, government, and commercial civil and structural-design applications. Lauber specializes in underground concrete engineering, design, and evaluation for both pre-cast and field-placed concrete. He has worked all over the world, including in the United States, Southern Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Dubai, UAE.
ALALEH TAVAKOLI has also joined Delta’s precast group as a senior project engineer. Tavakoli received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in her home country of Iran, before getting her master’s degree and later, her Ph.D., in Milan, Italy. While serving as an adjunct professor at the same university in Milan, she won two post-doc fellowships in her field. Tavakoli later moved to the U.S. and has been working as a structural engineer ever since.

MARIA CAPPOLETTI recently started her new role as chief operations officer at The Kelberman Center, a provider of autism services for children, adults, and families in the Mohawk Valley and Central New York. Cappoletti has more than 25 years’ experience in the field of intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) and autism. She brings an in-depth
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MARIA CAPPOLETTI recently started her new role as chief operations officer at The Kelberman Center, a provider of autism services for children, adults, and families in the Mohawk Valley and Central New York. Cappoletti has more than 25 years’ experience in the field of intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) and autism. She brings an in-depth knowledge of key systems including New York State Education, Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and Department of Health. In her new role, she provides leadership through oversight of the operations, programs, and clinical services at the Kelberman Center. Cappoletti most recently worked at LIFEPlan Care Coordination Organization (CCO) NY, LLC., first, as director of program development and member and family relations. She successfully led the organization’s efforts to prepare for and achieve designation as an IDD health home-care coordination organization, developing and implementing several of the organization’s key support departments. Cappoletti was promoted to VP of quality management and program, where she directed the organization’s comprehensive quality management initiatives including the implementation of the quality management plan, quality assurance functions, program regulatory adherence, customer satisfaction, and corporate learning and development, to support the delivery of services for 18,500 people with I/DD across New York state. Cappoletti received her bachelor’s degree in music therapy from Nazareth College, with minors in psychology and gerontology, and also completed a post-graduate internship, specializing in autism and sensory integration.

CenterState CEO, Mohawk Valley partners submit application for Build Back Better Regional Challenge
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Small Business Spotlight: Purple Banana owner starts business with intense focus
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Syracuse WorkForce Run plans for June 21 event
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CenterState CEO announces Business of the Year finalists in five categories
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Binghamton University names new provost
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Strategic Financial opens Little Falls office
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Syracuse University ends COVID vax and testing requirements for entry to Carrier Dome events
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University on Wednesday said that — as of this Saturday — fans will no longer be required to demonstrate proof of
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