ELIZABETH A. ZARNOCH has been promoted to VP of tax and business services at Valicenti Advisory Services, Inc., a registered investment-advisory firm and provider of tax and business services that has offices in Elmira and Corning. She will oversee the day-to-day operations of the firm’s tax and business services department, including tax, bookkeeping, sales tax, and payroll, and to enforce policies and procedures. Zarnoch joined the firm in 2011 and has more than 30 years of experience in the tax and accounting industry. She has worked for a Fortune 500 company as a master tax advisor, and she has instructed IRS-approved continuing professional-education classes. A graduate of SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Marcy with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, Zarnoch is an enrolled agent who is enrolled to practice before the IRS.

KEVIN BRAZILL, D.O., a board-certified psychiatrist, has joined the medical staffs of Geneva General Hospital and Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, which are part of Finger Lakes Health. Dr. Brazill is the new medical director of the John D. Kelly Clinic, located in the Medical Arts Building at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan. The John D. Kelly Clinic offers individual and family therapy and psychiatric care for children, age five and older, adolescents, and adults with mental health and behavioral issues in an outpatient setting. Most recently, Brazill served as medical director of the Medicine in Psychiatry Services Outpatient Clinic at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Brazill was also an assistant professor at the University of Rochester College of Medicine & Dentistry. He completed his residency in psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Cincinnati/The Christ Hospital in Ohio, and his internship in psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Illinois. 

JENNIFER YANCEY has joined Huntington Living Center, a 160-bed skilled-nursing facility in Waterloo, as a certified adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner. She has worked in health care for almost 25 years. Most recently, Yancey was a registered nurse supervisor and assistant nurse manager at Thompson Health’s M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center in Canandaigua. She is also a practical nurse clinical adjunct instructor at Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES. Yancey completed her post-master’s degree as adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner and her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Keuka College. She is also a graduate of the Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing. 

DARRELL BUCKINGHAM has been promoted by the Central New York Community Foundation to program officer. He joined the Community Foundation in 2019 as foundation and facility operations manager. Buckingham will be working with the foundation’s community investment team. His role is designed to assist in managing and implementing the Community Foundation’s strategic initiatives and grantmaking that advance racial, social, and economic equity. Before joining the Community Foundation, Buckingham served as personnel officer for Onondaga County Public Libraries. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Cazenovia College. Buckingham graduated from the Nourishing Tomorrow’s Leaders program and the Focus Greater Syracuse Citizens Academy. He serves as board trustee & co-chair of the equity & engagement committee for the Everson Museum. Buckingham also serves as secretary on the Vera House board of directors and is also a board trustee.

ELISIA GONZALEZ has joined the Central New York Community Foundation as a program associate. Her role is to provide support that guides the grant-distribution process and execution of initiatives. She was born and raised in Syracuse and graduated from Corcoran High School. Gonzalez also attended Syracuse University, graduating with a degree in geography. Before starting at the Community Foundation, she worked at the Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union and Home HeadQuarters.

KATIE MCEACHERN has joined the Syracuse University softball program as an assistant coach. She worked the last three seasons as an assistant at Fordham University. Prior to Fordham, McEachern spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Saint Francis University. In her college playing days, she was a starting shortstop at Dartmouth College, where she played for current Syracuse Head Coach Shannon Doepking. McEachern earned her bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Dartmouth in 2016 and completed an MBA from Saint Francis in 2018. She is currently working to complete a master’s degree from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham.