People on the Move

SANDY KALBACH has joined Solvay Bank in its Trust & Investment Services Department as vp and trust manager. She brings more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry. During her career, Kalbach held senior positions at four banking institutions, including Solvay Bank, where she served as trust officer from 1998-2002. She holds a […]

NBT Bank has promoted DEBORAH COLLIGAN and VERONICA KENNAN to assistant vice presidents. Colligan, human resources shared services manager, joined NBT Bank in 2013 with the bank’s acquisition of Alliance Bank where she was human resources representative. She earned her associate degree at SUNY Morrisville and Professional in Human Resources designation from the Human Resources

TOM DOWNES has been named assistant director of Online Programs at University College (UC). He joins UC from Syracuse University’s (SU) College of Engineering and Computer Science, where he served as an instructional technologist. Prior to his work in the College of Engineering, Downes served as an online learning analyst with SU’s IT Online Learning

BCA Architects & Engineers has appointed THOMAS J. CATALDO, BRYAN T. COWELL, ANDREW T. GARLOCK, MICHAEL J. MITCHELL, and JOHN A. SOKOL as associates of the firm. Cataldo graduated from Clarkson University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1988. He has been with BCA since 2009. He came to BCA with 20 years

Shumaker Consulting Engineering & Land Surveying, D.P.C. has promoted THOMAS R. ELLERSON to party chief/senior engineering technician within the Shumaker Survey Division. He has more than four years of experience providing survey/mapping services as a field survey instrument operator and CADD/mapping technician at Shumaker.   

TAMMI KING, director of staff development /infection control, has joined the staff at Valley Health Services (VHS). In her role, King is responsible for implementing, tracking, and overseeing nursing and non-nursing educational instruction, infection control maintenance/prevention, and employee health.   

Christ the King Retreat and Conference Center has hired CHRISTINE L. LAURI as the new Retreat and Conference Center manager. She replaces Marianne Carbone, who has retired after 20 years of service. Lauri previously worked for Syracuse University as assistant to the associate VP. Her previous nonprofit experience involves working for the Girls Scouts of

Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC recently hired SUSANA BRUTSKY as an associate in its New Hartford office. She received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from SUNY Polytechnic Institute and an associate degree in business administration from Mohawk Valley Community College.   

Cazenovia College has appointed LOU MARCOCCIA, the former executive VP and chief financial officer of Syracuse University, to the Jill Hebl St. Clair ‘62 Endowed Chair in Accounting and Finance. He recently retired from Syracuse University after 40 years of leadership roles in the university’s financial administration. Marcoccia began his career with SU in 1975

JASON P. THORPE has joined John P. Stopen Engineering, LLP as a geotechnical engineer. He has more than 10 years experience performing subsurface investigations and solving complex geotechnical problems. Prior to joining the firm, Thorpe served as geotechnical engineer of record for several mining, arctic, environmental and municipal earthwork projects. He has a master’s degree