MATT TOMAZIN has recently been promoted to treasurer and senior VP at Tompkins Financial Corporation. He will report to Frank Fetsko, chief operating officer of Tompkins Financial. Tomazin joined Tompkins in 2019 and has 14 years of total experience in the financial industry. He will be responsible for managing bank liquidity, interest rate and capital risk, while optimizing earnings by balancing customer needs, market conditions, investment, and wholesale borrowing strategies. Tomazin is an active member of his community, serving on the Town of Newark Valley Planning Board, Tioga County Planning Board, and Tioga County Rural Economic Area Partnership Board.

SERAF DE SMEDT has been named president of Duvel USA — the parent company of Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown. De Smedt has served as the chief finance and administration officer for Duvel Moortgat since December 2013. Duvel Moortgat is a fourth-generation, family-owned craft brewery based in Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium. The company owns and operates 10 breweries in the U.S. and Europe, including Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown. With the transition to his new role, he will work closely with the U.S.-based leadership team while continuing to oversee the global-finance team for Duvel Moortgat. 

John McDonald, founder of Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, who stepped in as interim president for Duvel USA in late January, will return to retirement with this transition. De Smedt will split his time between Belgium and the U.S. Prior to joining Duvel Moortgat, De Smedt served as CFO at Lineas, a Belgian rail freight company between 2009 and 2013, and as associate principal at McKinsey & Company, a consultancy between 2001 and 2009. He started his career as a senior auditor at PwC, an auditing firm, between 1996 and 1999.

JUSTIN MILLER has joined CenterState CEO as its digital-communications manager. Miller most recently served as executive producer and digital lead for iHeartMedia Syracuse. He comes to CenterState CEO with more than nine years of experience in the communications field, including digital-content development and social-media management. In his role as digital-communications manager, Miller is responsible for building and maintaining a strong web and digital presence for the organization; curating and developing content for social and digital platforms to support programing and events; and growing and engaging the organization’s audiences to strengthen its voice and impact. Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts. He resides in Fairmount.

CARLA DESHAW was recently appointed new director of the Center for Adult and Continuing Education at Cazenovia College. DeShaw is a continuing-education administration, workforce development, and grant-writing professional with nearly 30 years of experience. She joined the college in May. DeShaw earned an associate degree in business administration from Cazenovia College in 1984 and previously served there as a head volleyball coach and alumni board member. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in vocation/technical education, a master’s degree in educational administration, and a certificate of advanced study in educational administration from SUNY Oswego. DeShaw recently retired after 12 years as executive dean of community education and workforce development for Cayuga Community College in Auburn. Prior to that, she spent nine years as assistant director of continuing education for the Madison-Oneida BOCES Consortium of Continuing Education. She earlier worked as coordinator of adult & continuing education for the Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES in Norwich. Widely recognized for her work in workforce development, DeShaw created the Mohawk Valley Manufacturer’s Consortium for incumbent worker training in lean manufacturing, management development, and technical skill development. She also secured more than $16 million in grant funding for workforce development and other initiatives while at Cayuga Community College.