SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Mackenzie Hughes LLP announced it has hired Ben Walsh as the law firm’s business-development director.
In this role, Walsh will develop, coordinate, and execute strategies to support and expand existing client relationships and attract new clients.
Walsh will guide the Syracuse–based firm’s government and community relations efforts and provide policy and project-management consulting services, Mackenzie Hughes said in a news release.
Walsh joins Mackenzie Hughes from the City of Syracuse government, where he served as deputy commissioner in the Department of Neighborhood & Business Development under Mayor Stephanie Miner since 2010, and concurrently worked as executive director of the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (or SIDA).
Before that, Walsh worked as the director of urban initiatives at the Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York, now CenterState CEO.
Walsh, the son of former area Congressman James Walsh, has a master’s of public administration (MPA) degree from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College.
He currently serves as president of the board of trustees at the Gifford Foundation.
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