KRISTIN RUTHERFORD has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Oneida Medical Office as a certified family nurse practitioner, where she will provide care to patients of all ages. Rutherford has more than 14 years of clinical experience in family medicine, hematology/oncology, surgical, trauma, and critical care. Most recently, she was assistant medical director at Hamilton College in Clinton, where she provided clinical care to students as well as administrative protocols for the college’s health care center. Rutherford earned her family nurse practitioner master’s degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Utica College.

RENEE SCARAMUZZINO has joined the MVHS Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Group in Utica as a certified family nurse practitioner, where she will provide care to patients of all ages. Scaramuzzino has more than eight years of experience as a registered nurse, including the past seven years at MVHS. She earned her family nurse practitioner master’s degree from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from SUNY Canton. 

CASSANDRA SENIF has joined the Family Health Center Network of Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) as a nurse practitioner. She is now seeing patients from its Morrisville office. Senif earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Utica College and her master’s in nursing from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Having worked in health-care services for more than a decade, Senif has experience in a range of patient-care areas, from pediatrics on up. She also holds certification in emergency nursing pediatrics, along with the pediatric nursing certification. 

Nascentia Health recently welcomed two new employees to its Syracuse headquarters.

KARA PASSALACQUA is the utilization review registered nurse (RN) who examines the appropriateness of health-care expenditures as regulated by state, federal, and organizational guidelines through the utilization-review process. She assures that Nascentia’s members receive high quality, cost-efficient health care services that meet their home and community-based needs. Passalacqua previously worked for MVHS for more than 10 years, spending much of her career there in the intensive-care unit. In her last three years at MVHS, she worked as a quality management RN, playing a key role in spearheading various performance-improvement projects and managing several areas within the hospital to ensure compliance with quality-care outcomes.

KIMBERLY INMAN is the executive administration assistant to Nascentia’s chief operating officer, providing specialized program support and higher-level office support duties. She represents the officer by attending meetings as requested in their absence. Inman has worked as a paralegal for the past 20 years and received her associate degree from Bryant & Stratton College and a nursing degree from Onondaga Community College. She is licensed as a real-estate salesperson and public notary.

ALEXIUS RONDON has joined Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company in its Utica Office as a commercial real-estate salesperson. Before joining the firm, he served in the New York National Guard as an 11C and 11B indirect fire infantryman. Rondon currently resides in Utica.

KEVIN ALDEN has been promoted to director of software engineering at SRC Inc. He will manage a team located across the U.S., giving technical direction, setting goals, and ensuring that the software engineering division continues to advance the company’s mission. Alden has been with SRC since 2005, most recently serving as a manager in the company’s engineering division. As both a software engineer and a leader in the enterprise, he has contributed to a number of projects. Alden has experience leading functional and project teams and has been involved in numerous software development and research-based projects. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer engineering from Syracuse University.