Mohawk Valley Health System

DIANE POTTER has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) as director of education at the MVHS Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. In this role, she will plan and coordinate ongoing education functions of the facility as well as programs for new employees. Most recently, Potter was nurse manager of the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, where she was responsible for quality, scheduling, customer satisfaction, and patient education. She also developed a process that improved effectiveness of patient-discharge instructions, helping to avoid unnecessary hospital readmissions. She previously served as nurse manager at APEX Surgery Center. Potter earned her master’s degree in nursing education and bachelor’s degree in nursing from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica.

CHISOM UGWUOKE has joined MVHS as the director of the Service Response Center and Patient Transport. Most recently, he served as assistant director and patient flow manager at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Ugwuoke earned his master’s degree from Grand Canyon University in Arizona, and bachelor’s degree in finance and business management from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.