TIM DOWNS has been named VP for finance and administration and chief financial officer (VPFA-CFO) at Ithaca College. He has served in leadership roles in operations and financial management at Princeton University for the past 14 years. Currently the executive director for facilities finance and administrative services at Princeton, he will start his new position at Ithaca on Aug. 2. Downs joined Princeton in 2007 as manager of the Facilities Finance and Business Office and was promoted to his current position in 2012. In that role, he has been responsible for leading a 37-member department providing budget, finance, business operations, procurement, information technology, and customer service support. He manages all financial aspects of a $125 million operating budget, $50 million major-maintenance budget, and multi-billion-dollar capital projects budget. At Ithaca College, Downs will serve as an essential strategic partner to President Shirley M. Collado, working collaboratively with her, the board of trustees, and the senior leadership team, as well as with faculty, staff, and student leaders to assure a successful and stable financial future for the college. He will provide leadership and managerial oversight for 300 staff members in the areas of business and finance, facilities, and auxiliary services, and have primary responsibility for the development and implementation of the college’s annual operating budget that will allow for financial alignment with the Ithaca Forever strategic plan. Among his other accomplishments at Princeton, Downs developed the university’s $5.5 billion capital plan, overhauling an $80 million construction surcharge program to close a $14 million deficit; reviewed and strengthened the stewardship program for the university’s $7 billion physical plant; managed key municipal relationships leading to a revaluation of the university’s property tax payment; and partnered with developers and financers on such sustainability projects as a 5.4MW solar field array and 12MW power-purchase agreement. Downs’ private-sector experiences have included serving as a group controller for Aramark Uniform Services and in a series of financial-management positions within key strategic business units at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. He entered the education field as director of finance and then president of the Sanford Brown Institute, one of 82 campuses under the Career Education Corporation umbrella. Downs earned his undergraduate degree in accounting from Temple University and MBA, with a concentration in finance, from the University of Delaware.

MICHAEL ATTILIO, M.D., was recently selected to serve as Rome Health’s vice president for physician practices, effective June 1. In addition to providing leadership for Rome Health’s primary care and specialty practices, Dr. Attilio will be working closely with the recruitment team to attract additional providers to serve the community. In July, he will also begin seeing patients at the Rome Health Delta Medical Center at 1819 Black River Blvd., for their primary care needs. Dr. Attilio is a board-certified family physician with more than 10 years of leadership experience. He has extensive experience in unifying multiple practices in the delivery of team-based patient-centered care. Attilio earned his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia and completed his residency in family medicine at Tripler Army Medical Center. He served in Afghanistan as a battalion surgeon with the 1st Battalion 12th Infantry Regiment and was a medical officer at Fort Hood, Texas, before he moved to the Mohawk Valley.

JUSTIN RUDGICK has been appointed president of Christopher Community, Inc., effective June 7. He succeeds Douglas J. Reicher, who is retiring after 12 years leading the organization. Christopher Community is a not-for-profit development and management company that provides affordable-housing opportunities across upstate New York. Rudgick brings 15 years of nonprofit management and community and economic-development experience. His expertise is in leading and implementing strategic initiatives for projects and programs, and he has secured nearly $300 million through leveraging awarded external funding obtained through local, state, and federal agencies. Rudgick was the principal of Influence CNY, LLC, a consulting business that provided expertise to municipalities, businesses and organizations with grants, strategies, and solutions, as well as serving as the development-finance director for the Child Advocacy Center of Oswego County. He holds an MPA degree from the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs. Christopher Community currently manages more than 3,000 units and over 100 buildings, and administers Onondaga County’s Rental Assistance Program, which serves more than 1,200 households.