Cayuga Centers combines HR, IT, and finance under new chief fiscal offer position

AUBURN — Cayuga Centers president and CEO Edward Myers Hayes recently announced he has restructured the agency’s executive team, promoting Elizabeth Palin to the new post of chief fiscal officer.

Palin will oversee the integration of the finance, IT, and HR departments at Cayuga Centers.

“This new position brings together agency-wide aspects of operations — encompassing finance, IT, and HR. Ms. Palin’s strong work has raised our fiscal operations to a higher level of functioning and I look forward to her continuing to develop this and our other core services of human resources and information technology as we grow our programs and our agency,” Hayes said in a news release.

He explained that the nonprofit has grown its programs from a limited program agency serving only Cayuga County with a $2 million budget to a multi-service provider that runs programs throughout Central New York, the New York City area, Florida, and Delaware. So, it needs “to enhance [the] structure and organization” of its agency-wide management functions to better support staff members across the agency and its future growth, he added.

Palin joined Cayuga Centers as chief financial officer in 2012. She came from another unnamed nonprofit, where she served as director of finance, according to the release. Palin received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from SUNY Institute of Technology, and after college worked in public accounting, obtaining her CPA designation.

The Auburn–based nonprofit says it offers a variety of evidence-based programs, residential and foster care treatment, and services for persons with developmental disabilities. Cayuga Centers employs more than 500 people and has a $50 million budget.

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