Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co. announced the promotion of Leslie D’Angelico to business development sales manager.
D’Angelico will be responsible for day-to-day management of the business development team with a focus on developing, growing and deepening new and existing relationships across the bank’s footprint and business lines. She will also continue to support the bank’s retail branch teams.
D’Angelico has more than 20 years of experience in banking, 12 of which have been spent with Saratoga National Bank and the Arrow Family of Companies. In that time, she has successfully held leadership and individual producer roles within Retail Banking.
She attended SUNY Adirondack and has completed several courses from the American Institute of Banking. She lives in Queensbury and is active in the community serving on two boards, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Southern Adirondacks and Queensbury Community Scholarship Association.
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Saratoga Hospital has appointed Scarlet Clement-Buffoline as the vice president of operations for ambulatory and physician services.
Clement-Buffoline has more than two decades of administrative experience in positions of increasing responsibility at Capital Region hospitals.
Most recently, she served as the executive director of Saratoga Hospital Medical Group, the hospital’s multidisciplinary practice. In that role, she was responsible for development of a strategic plan for the Group, oversight of operations, and initiating processes to improve access to high-quality care in the region.
Clement-Buffoline will have oversight of the entire Saratoga Hospital Medical Group, as well as all outpatient services, including imaging, radiation oncology, regional therapy centers, and urgent care locations.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and health from SUNY Potsdam, and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University at Albany. A fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, she is board certified in healthcare management. She is also a member of the Association of Healthcare Management – Western New York and the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare.
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The Saratoga County History Center announced the election of two new members to its board of trustees, Lynda Bryan and Karen James.
The two new members are from Saratoga County and bring their longstanding knowledge of the region’s population to the History Center.
Bryan is the town clerk and municipal historian at Halfmoon. In addition, she is the president of the Halfmoon Historical Society, responsible for maintaining exhibits and a local research library in its building on the grounds of the town’s government campus
James has a 37-year career in information technology and has retired from New York state as a manager of data technology services. As part of Wilton’s 200th anniversary in 2018, James authored the script for the play, “First Town Meeting: 1818.” After four years as Wilton’s town historian, she decided to downsize and move south of Ballston Spa.
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Larry Dana and Matthew Miczek were elected as co-chairs of the Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park board of directors at its recent annual meeting.
They replace Jennifer Benaman, who stepped down as chair after serving for four years.
Dana has been an active volunteer for over a decade. He serves as a trail steward for the Opdahl Farm parcel and volunteers for the Historic Cornell Hill Fire Tower at Camp Saratoga.
Miczek served as vice chair and has been a trail steward for the Fox parcel for more than 15 years. He also has a “legacy” standing with Wilton Preserve, meaning he has over 1,500 lifetime volunteer hours.
To replace Miczek as vice chair, board member Kim Marsella was elected. Board member Nina Russo also joined Marne Onderdonk as the co-secretary.
Kurt Smemo will continue in his position as the Treasurer.
Four new board members elected were Bradley Birge, Jaclyn S. Hakes, Howard Lester, and Steve Wilcox.
Birge recently retired after 32 years of public service, including 25 years with the City of Saratoga Springs Office of Planning and Economic Development. His duties ranged from grant writing and administration to long-range planning, short-range project development, oversight of local land use boards, and lots of relationship-building. Birge is a steward for the Kalabus-Perry Trail.
Hakes is the director of planning services at MJ Engineering and Land Surveying, PC. She has assisted communities for over 22 years in balancing land use, transportation, environmental and quality of life issues through consensus-based planning.
Lester has an M.A. Ed. in counseling and guidance from Idaho State University, and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Bridgeport, with advanced studies in psychopathology at the University of Arizona. Lester had a 30-year career at the University of Arizona as a business manager in the astronomy department at the MMT Observatory before settling in Gansevoort.
Wilcox is a civil engineer with a focus in environmental and water resources. He spent nearly 39 years with the state Department of Transportation as a bureau director in maintenance. He now works for Mott MacDonald, a global civil engineering firm on establishing investment strategies that are environmentally sustainable, and establishing treatment strategies that minimize carbon production.
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Sean Kelleher, vice president of the Saratoga County History Center, was appointed to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission.
This federal commission works with communities along the Erie Canal to celebrate and promote the Canal’s heritage.
Kelleher directs communications and is a project director for special events at the History Center based in Ballston Spa. He is also the historian for the town of Saratoga and the vice chair of the Saratoga County 250th American Revolution Commission.
The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission is a 27-member, community–based federal commission appointed by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior that works with 234 communities along the Erie Canal route. They plan and direct activities that preserve and celebrate the historical, natural, scenic, and recreational resources of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.
Kelleher’s appointment is for a three-year term.