{"id":15571,"date":"2014-08-07T10:30:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/08\/personnel-briefs-aug-2014.html"},"modified":"2016-12-12T22:54:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T22:54:43","slug":"personnel-briefs-aug-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/08\/personnel-briefs-aug-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rose joined the Rose has more than 25 years of investment Mazzone Hospitality announced the promotion Tim Vennard<\/strong>, previously the general Matthew Delos<\/strong>, Suzanne Luraas <\/strong>has joined Mazzone Vennard joined Mazzone Hospitality in Lucas Meyers<\/b> of Saratoga Springs was Meyers most recently served as senior marketing Meyers earned a B.A. in communications Meyers’ new duties will include assisting Rachel Wheatley<\/strong>, special events manager, Wheatley joined Saratoga Hospital Foundation The company also Ryan brings more than 15 years of marketing She also spent six Jenkins is an administrative professional Duell is responsible She has McBrady earned her bachelor’s degree in LaFay most recently LaFay’s new duties include serving on the Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte, CPAs, PC They are Michael D. Cesternino<\/strong>, Ryan Both Cesternino and McEvoy were named A member of the American Institute of Cesternino has worked with many automotive McEvoy, who joined TBC in 2009, received Receiving promotions to audit supervisor Mason, who has been an accountant at TBC Joining the Firm in 2008, Sagan has a Zarrelli was promoted to senior accountant. Two hires were announced at Albany-based The firm’s newest Analyst, Shawn Barhorst<\/strong> holds a Bachelor of Arts in political He has spent the last four years working in Katerina Hines<\/strong> joins the firm as an administrative Hines received a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary DeCrescente Distributing Co. announced According to the company, the designation The testing process consists of a written Dr. Todd Duthaler<\/strong> was named to the new Duthaler has extensive experience with A board-certified emergency medicine Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. Mihaly will serve as a portfolio manager for He has a bachelor’s degree in industrial Mihaly is board president for the Children’s Bond, Schoeneck & An attorney and certified senior professional The Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte CPAs, PC Joining the firm in 1998, Kind had previously Kind currently manages three core areas Kind is currently on the board of the The Adirondack Trust Co. announced the hiring of Christopher J. Rose as vice president and investment officer. Rose joined the Adirondack Trust Co. in June and is responsible for the portfolio management of various personal trusts, investment management, employee…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":19896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[104],"class_list":["post-15571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personnel-briefs","tag-personnel-briefs"],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nThe Adirondack
\nTrust Co. announced the hiring of
\nChristopher J. Rose<\/strong>
\nas vice president and
\ninvestment officer.<\/p>\n
\nAdirondack Trust Co.
\nin June and is responsible
\nfor the portfolio
\nmanagement of various
\npersonal trusts, investment management,
\nemployee benefit and institutional accounts.<\/p>\n
\nmanagement experience. He is a graduate of
\nSt. Bonaventure University with a bachelor
\nof arts in history. He also received his M.B.A
\nin finance in 2002 at the College of St. Rose.<\/p>\n
\nof two employees and the addition of
\na new marketing manager.<\/p>\n
\nmanager for PRIME at the Empire State
\nPlaza, was named operations director for
\nPRIME business dining.<\/p>\n
\nformerly chef d’cuisine at Glen Sanders Mansion,
\nwas named executive chef of Mazzone
\nCatering.<\/p>\n
\nHospitality as a senior marketing manager.<\/p>\n
\n2009 as an executive chef\/manager for Golub
\ncorporate offices before a series of promotions
\nincluding General Manager stints at
\nthe GlobalCafe at GlobalFoundries and most
\nrecently at PRIME at Empire State Plaza. He
\nis a Schenectady County Community College
\ngraduate with dual degrees in AOS culinary
\narts and AAS hotel restaurant management.
\nHe is a member of the American Culinary
\nFederation, SCCC Advisory Board, Chaine
\nDes Rotisseurs and a certified executive chef.<\/p>\n
\nappointed communications director at SUNY
\nAdirondack.<\/p>\n
\nmanager at McMurry\/TMG, a content
\nmarketing agency based in New York City,
\nwith offices in Saratoga Springs.<\/p>\n
\nwith a minor in graphic design from SUNY
\nGeneseo and was a member of the Lambda Pi
\nEta Communications Honor Society.<\/p>\n
\nin the development and execution of
\nan integrated communications plan for the
\ncollege; overseeing internal and external
\npublic relations; developing content for all
\nofficial college publications and web pages;
\ncoordinating all online marketing initiatives,
\nincluding SUNY Adirondack’s social media
\npresence; updating and maintaining the
\ncollege’s website; and supporting the SUNY
\nAdirondack Foundation in the coordination
\nof marketing and public relations efforts for
\nfriend- and fund-raising activities.<\/p>\n
\nSaratoga Hospital Foundation, earned
\na certificate in nonprofit management from
\nthe Indiana University Lilly Family School
\nof Philanthropy. The certificate recognizes
\nand rewards a commitment to the highest
\nstandards in professional fundraising and
\nphilanthropic leadership.<\/p>\n
\nin 2006. She oversees the foundation’s
\nannual events, including the Cantina Kids
\nFun Run for pediatric emergency services,
\nthe Saratoga Hospital Golf Invitational for
\nnursing scholarships, the Run for the ROC
\n(radiation oncology center) and the Saratoga
\nHospital Summer Gala.<\/p>\n
\nFingerpaint Marketing
\nadded Tiffany
\nRyan<\/strong> to its business
\ndevelopment team
\nand Angela Jenkins<\/strong>
\nto its operations team.<\/p>\n
\nadded Leslie Duell<\/strong> to
\nits people and culture
\nteam and Amanda
\nMcBrady<\/strong> to its operations
\nteam.<\/p>\n
\nand promotional experience to Fingerpaint’s
\nbusiness development team.
\nPrior to joining Fingerpaint,
\nRyan was senior
\nvice president for
\naccount services at
\nPalio+Ignite, responsible
\nfor managing key
\nhealthcare accounts.<\/p>\n
\nyears as vice president
\nof account services,
\nwhere she led brand
\ndevelopment for Gilead Sciences.
\nRyan earned a bachelor’s degree in communications
\nfrom SUNY Oswego.<\/p>\n
\nwith 25 years of experience. As senior executive
\nassistant at
\nAngioDynamics, Inc.,
\nJenkins provided support
\nfor the company’s
\ntop executives, legal
\ncounsel and board of
\ndirectors.<\/p>\n
\nPrior to that,
\nJenkins managed capital
\nbudgets and provided
\nexecutive-level
\nassistance at International Paper Co.
\nJenkins holds a
\ndegree in accounting
\nfrom Adirondack
\nCommunity College.<\/p>\n
\nfor administering Fingerpaint’s
\nemployee
\nbenefits, recruiting
\nnew talent, and
\nmanaging employee
\nrelations. She was interim director of human
\nresources at Keena HR Management,
\nresponsible for more than 100 corporate and
\nindividual clients. Prior to her role at Keena,
\nshe was director of employment services at
\nGlens Falls Hospital, in charge of the facility’s
\nrecruitment, interviewing, on-boarding, and
\norientation program.<\/p>\n
\nDuell holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology
\nand business from the University at Albany.
\nMcBrady was operations and human
\nresource manager for Select Sotheby’s
\nInternational Realty in Saratoga Springs,
\nwhere she was responsible for implementing
\nand executing processes and procedures
\nto streamline business operations.<\/p>\n
\nserved in administrative roles for the Make-
\nA-Wish Foundation of Northeast New York
\nand the Girl Scouts of Northeastern New
\nYork. At Fingerpaint, McBrady will provide
\nadministrative support and welcome the
\nagency’s guests and callers.<\/p>\n
\nsociology from the University at Albany.<\/p>\n
\nTressie LaFay<\/strong> of
\nSaratoga Springs was
\nappointed assistant to
\nthe president at SUNY
\nAdirondack.<\/p>\n
\nserved as assistant
\nadministrative director
\nof the Program in
\nNarrative Medicine
\nfor Columbia University’s
\nCollege of Physicians & Surgeons in New
\nYork City. She earned an M.S. in narrative
\nmedicine from Columbia University and a B.A.
\nin English from the University of Vermont.<\/p>\n
\npresident’s senior leadership team; acting
\nas Title IX compliance officer and coordinator
\nof FOIL requests; acting as a liaison to
\nthe President’s Office to both internal and
\nexternal constituents; providing executive
\nlevel administrative support to the president;
\ndrafting, preparing, proofreading and editing
\ndocuments and correspondence; managing
\nthe president’s office calendar schedule; and
\nrepresenting the president at meetings and
\nevents when requested.<\/p>\n
\nannounced that five accountants were selected
\nto assume new positions of managers,
\nsupervisors and senior accountant.<\/p>\n
\nMcEvoy<\/strong>, Kristi Mason<\/strong>, Mark J. Sagan<\/strong>,
\nand AJ Zarrelli<\/strong>, all of whom are CPAs.<\/p>\n
\naudit managers after previously holding positions
\nas audit supervisors for the firm. They
\nwill now manage all phases of audit, review,
\nand compilation engagements for the firm’s
\ndiverse clientele.<\/p>\n
\nCertified Public Accountants (AICPA),
\nCesternino received his bachelor of Science
\nin accounting from SUNY Oneonta and then
\nreceived his master of science in taxation
\nfrom the University at Albany.<\/p>\n
\ndealerships, which led to his appointment
\nto the internal auto committee. In
\naddition, he works with a wide range of other
\ncommercial entities, nonprofit organizations,
\nand government units including colleges.<\/p>\n
\nhis bachelor of business administration
\nin accounting from Siena College. He is a
\nmember of the firm’s internal manufacturing
\ncommittee and his professional membership
\nincludes the AICPA. His experience includes
\na diverse client base consisting of companies
\nin the technology, distribution, construction,
\nrenewable energy, and healthcare industries.<\/p>\n
\nthis year were Mason and Sagan. Both served
\nin the capacities of senior accountants prior
\nto the announcement.<\/p>\n
\nfor nine years, is a graduate of the College
\nof Saint Rose with a bachelor of science in
\nbusiness administration with a dual concentration
\nin accounting and taxation. She sits
\non the firm’s internal real estate committee
\nand the education committee. In addition to
\nbeing a member of the AICPA, Mason also
\nserves as an executive board member to the
\nTwin Town Little League.<\/p>\n
\nbachelor of science in accounting from Siena
\nCollege. He is a member of the AICPA
\nand is on the firm’s internal committees for
\nautomotive dealerships and employee benefit
\nplan audits.<\/p>\n
\nJoining TBC in 2013, he is a graduate of
\nthe University at Albany; earning a bachelor
\nof science in accounting (2010) and a master
\nof science in professional Accountancy
\n(2011). He a member of the AICPA and is on
\nthe Membership & Marketing Committee at
\nPinehaven Country Club.<\/p>\n
\naccounting and advisory firm Teal, Becker &
\nChiaramonte, CPAs, PC. The newest members
\nof the staff are in the Valuation, Forensic &
\nAdvisory Services division.<\/p>\n
\nscience from the Ohio State University and
\na Masters of Business Administration in accounting
\nfrom Lincoln Memorial University.<\/p>\n
\nvarious accounting roles. Prior to that he
\nserved in the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n
\nassistant and has an extensive
\nbackground as a paralegal. Hines will be an
\nadditional support to the valuation, forensic
\nand advisory team as they perform a variety
\nof services, including valuation of closely held
\nbusinesses, and professional practices,
\nlitigation support and forensic accounting.<\/p>\n
\nStudies in legal studies from Virginia
\nCommonwealth University.<\/p>\n
\nthat employees Erik Budrakey<\/strong>, Joel Jaffe<\/strong>,
\nRich Hayes<\/strong>, and Kevin McClurken<\/strong> have
\nearned the title of certified cicerone.<\/p>\n
\ncomes from a comprehensive testing curriculum
\nthat provides a measurable means
\nof designating the expertise of an individual
\nin regards to every facet of beer. The first
\nlevel of certification is certified beer server.
\nThe second level of certification is certified
\ncicerone and the third and final level of certification
\nis master cicerone.<\/p>\n
\nexam including several essays, a tasting portion
\nthat tests the candidate’s palate for discerning
\nstyles of beer and off-flavors that can
\nappear in beers, and a video demonstration
\ninvolving the proper process of beer service.
\nDeCrescente said currently, there are only
\n1,312 certified cicerones in the world.<\/p>\n
\nposition of chief medical informatics officer
\nat Saratoga Hospital. He has been on staff
\nas an emergency medicine physician at the
\nhospital since 1999.<\/p>\n
\ncomputerized physician order entry. He was
\ninvolved in the original design of the CPOE
\nsystem for Saratoga Hospital’s Alfred Z. Solomon
\nEmergency Center. He served as medical
\ndirector of the Emergency Care Center at
\nNathan Littauer Hospital during its CPOE
\nimplementation and as a member of that hospital’s
\nPhysician Advisory Committee for EMR
\nand CPOE. He has shared his knowledge of
\nCPOE as a presenter and panelist at a Medical
\nUsers Software Exchange conference.<\/p>\n
\nphysician, Duthaler earned his doctor of
\nosteopathic medicine degree from the University
\nof New England College of Osteopathic
\nMedicine and completed a residency at Delaware
\nValley Medical Center. He currently is
\nenrolled in the American College of Physician
\nExecutives Health Information Technology
\nLeadership Certificate Program.<\/p>\n
\nappointed Wilton resident Michael Mihaly<\/strong>
\nto vice president and investment officer.<\/p>\n
\nindividual and corporate retirement plans,
\npersonal trust, investment management
\naccounts, foundations and not-for-profit relationships.
\nHe joins the bank with more than
\n15 years of investment and portfolio management
\nexperience in the Capital Region.<\/p>\n
\nand commercial accounting from St. John
\nFisher College. He earned an accredited
\nfiduciary investment manager certification
\nfrom the Cannon Investment School and has
\ntaken certified financial planner classes, as
\nwell as American Banker Institute and New
\nYork State Bankers Association courses.<\/p>\n
\nMuseum of Saratoga, a member of the Domestic
\nViolence Rape Crisis Services of Saratoga
\nCounty Board, and a softball coach for the
\nOld Saratoga Athletic Association (OSAA).<\/p>\n
\nKing announced that
\nJohn M. Bagyi<\/strong> was
\nnamed one of 40 Up-and-
\nComers, in the
\nNation’s Most Powerful
\nEmployment Attorneys
\nsurvey published
\nin the June edition
\nof Human Resource Executive.<\/p>\n
\nin human resources (SPHR), Bagyi
\ncounsels and represents employers on labor
\nand employment issues helping them achieve
\nand maintain legal compliance, while improving
\nemployee engagement and workplace
\nproductivity.<\/p>\n
\nAttorneys is a joint project produced by Human
\nResource Executive and Lawdragon.<\/p>\n
\n(TBC) announced that Robert L. Kind<\/strong>,
\nCPA was appointed to the shareholder
\ngroup.<\/p>\n
\nserved as a partner for the last six
\nyears. Kind, 38, is now the youngest owner.
\nKind is a graduate of Wagner College of
\nStaten Island with a degree in business
\nadministration. After graduating from college,
\nhe chose to return to the Albany area
\nto pursue a career in public accounting
\nat TBC and follow in the footsteps of his
\nfather, Robert H. Kind. The senior Kind
\nwas the firm’s prior managing partner and
\nhe continues to be active in the business.<\/p>\n
\nof the firm: accounting and auditing services,
\nmanagement advisory services, and
\ntax services. In addition, he is responsible
\nfor several key client relationships in the
\nconstruction contracting and real estate
\ndevelopment industries. As shareholder,
\nhe will now also lead the construction
\nservices group.<\/p>\n
\nNortheastern Subcontractors Association
\n(NESCA) and has been an integral part of
\nforming a Young Professionals group for the
\norganization. Kind’s professional memberships
\nalso include the Eastern Contractors
\nAssociation and the American Institute of
\nCertified Public Accountants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"