{"id":16084,"date":"2014-12-10T11:29:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T16:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/12\/personnel-briefs-dec-14.html"},"modified":"2014-12-10T11:29:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T16:29:12","slug":"personnel-briefs-dec-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/12\/personnel-briefs-dec-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kreis has hospitality She Christopher R. Dowd<\/strong>, president and Dowd, who previously served as vice Dowd has more than 25 years of experience In addition to his service on the IBANYS Prior to joining At one time he opened and successfully Cutler is a Newburgh native. He is SaxBST announced the following new Carol Kenyon<\/strong>, CPA joins the firm’s Chelsey Wei <\/strong>joins the accounting and Lori Koubek<\/strong> joins the firm’s Valuation, Garro is president of Enlightened She holds a B.S. in business and professional GreyCastle Security, a cybersecurity Rathbun will identify and develop new A College of Saint Rose graduate, Rathbun Solek has spent Solek earned his bachelor of fine arts Beacon Sales of Saratoga announced Shiffert is a knuckle boom operator Roohan Realty announce that Oliver Before joining Roohan Realty, Oliver attended The NAIFA Quality Award recognizes Martin has been It is the fifth time Anderson earned Four local agents were named third quarter Fran Callahan<\/strong> of the Prudential Jenny Mirling<\/strong> and Charlie Goodridge<\/strong> Joan Taub<\/strong>, also of the Saratoga For 92 years and four generations of Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Hoffis will oversee operations at the Hoffis is a graduate of the Adirondack In the newly created role of Queensbury\/ D’Angelico attended SUNY Adirondack She serves as treasurer for Queensbury The Saratoga Convention & Tourism Bureau announced that Kayla Kreis joined the staff as wedding market manager and sales coordinator. Kreis has hospitality experience in Saratoga Springs as well as at The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing and The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":20947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[104],"class_list":["post-16084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personnel-briefs","tag-personnel-briefs"],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nThe Saratoga Convention & Tourism
\nBureau announced
\nthat Kayla
\nKreis<\/strong> joined
\nthe staff as wedding
\nmarket manager
\nand sales coordinator.<\/p>\n
\nexperience
\nin Saratoga Springs as well as at The
\nSagamore Resort in Bolton Landing and
\nThe Otesaga Resort in Cooperstown.<\/p>\n
\ngraduated from Niagara University with
\na duel bachelor’s degree in hospitality
\nand tourism management and theatre
\nperformance.<\/p>\n
\nCEO of Ballston Spa National Bank, was
\nelected chairman of the Independent
\nBankers Association of New York State
\n(IBANYS).<\/p>\n
\nchairman and as treasurer, was elected to
\nthe new position earlier this year during
\nthe IBANYS annual convention. His one year
\nterm began immediately.<\/p>\n
\nin the financial services industry and
\nhas been president of BSNB since 2004.
\nPrior to that, he was the bank’s senior loan
\nofficer and a senior vice president.<\/p>\n
\nboard, Dowd is a past-chairman and
\ncurrent board member for the American
\nRed Cross Adirondack\/Saratoga Chapter,
\na current board member of the American
\nRed Cross Northeastern New York Region
\nand a trustee of the Northeast Kidney
\nFoundation.<\/p>\n
\nMax London’s restaurant
\nin Saratoga
\nSprings hired Zachary
\nCutler<\/strong> as executive
\nchef.<\/p>\n
\nMax London’s, Cutler
\nworked at the
\nPoughkeepsie Grand Hotel as the executive chef. He first
\nentered the industry in 2004 and gained
\nexperience working in restaurants, hotels
\nand catering facilities throughout Westchester
\nCounty and the Hudson Valley.<\/p>\n
\noperated a farm-to-table concept restaurant
\nin Fishkill, N.Y.<\/p>\n
\na graduate of the Culinary Institute of
\nAmerica in Hyde Park and has a background
\nin French and Mediterranean
\ncuisine.<\/p>\n
\nhires:<\/p>\n
\nBusiness Advisory Group as a manager.
\nShe previously worked for another local
\nCPA firm. She is a graduate of St.
\nBonaventure University and resides in
\nSchenectady.<\/p>\n
\nauditing team as a senior associate. She
\npreviously worked for another local CPA
\nfirm. She has a master of science degree
\nin accounting from Siena College and currently
\nresides in Clifton Park.<\/p>\n
\nForensic and Litigation Services
\ngroup as an administrative assistant. She
\npreviously worked for a local law firm and
\nresides in Broadalbin.<\/p>\n
\nBarbara Garro<\/strong>,
\nMA, CPCU, ATM
\nToastmasters International,
\nwas recognized
\nas a 2114
\nNational Association
\nof Professional
\nWomen VIP Woman
\nof the Year for her
\noutstanding leadership
\nand commitment
\nwithin her profession.<\/p>\n
\nEnvisions in Saratoga Springs where she
\ncoaches people to lead rewarding lives.
\nShe is an author, artist and speaker. Her
\nfive books include “Grow Yourself a Life
\nYou’ll Love.”<\/p>\n
\ncommunication; a master’s in
\nliberal studies from Empire State College;
\nis a Corporate Coach University graduate
\nand Coaches Training Institute graduate.<\/p>\n
\nconsulting firm, added Rebecca Rathbun<\/strong>,
\ncybersecurity solutions advisor, to
\nits staff.<\/p>\n
\nopportunities for growth and manage clients’
\naccounts. She will serve as a point
\nof contact for new prospects and provide
\ninsight on information security services
\navailable.<\/p>\n
\nis originally from Portland, Ore., and
\ncurrently resides in Ballston Spa.<\/p>\n
\nFingerpaint welcomed
\nDerek Solek<\/strong>
\nto its creative team.<\/p>\n
\nthe past two years
\nworking as a freelance
\ngraphic designer
\nand mixed media
\nartist for
\nBurst Marketing and
\nFingerpaint. Over
\nthe years, he has
\nserved as lead catalog designer for Title
\nBoxing in Lenexa, Kans., which included
\ndesign for Everlast, Title MMA and Line-
\nDrive. He also spent time as a graphic
\ndesigner for Sodexo\/Chartwells at the
\nUniversity of Albany.<\/p>\n
\ndegree in graphic design at The College
\nof Saint Rose.<\/p>\n
\nthe addition of Shawn Shiffert<\/strong> to its
\nstaff.<\/p>\n
\nwith over 20 years experience. The company
\nsaid he brings a strong track record
\nfor safety, reliability, sales expertise and
\ntalent as a boom truck crane operator. He
\nis a lifelong resident of Saratoga Springs.<\/p>\n
\nAldrich<\/strong> joined the company as a licensed
\nreal estate salesperson.<\/p>\n
\nCastleton State College in Vermont
\nwhere he studied sports administration.
\nHe worked for the city of Saratoga Springs
\nin the Recreation Department and most
\nrecently worked in the sales department
\nat Saratoga Honda.<\/p>\n
\nCharles E Martin<\/strong>
\nand Joseph M
\nAnderson<\/strong>, financial
\nrepresentatives
\nof Northwestern
\nMutual in Saratoga
\nSprings, have qualified
\nfor the NAIFA
\nQuality Award from
\nthe National Association
\nof Insurance
\nand Financial Advisors
\n(NAIFA).<\/p>\n
\nprofessionalism through education and
\nearned designations, production measured
\nby performance metrics customized
\nfor each practice specialty, adherence to
\nthe NAIFA Code of Ethics, and service to
\nthe industry association.<\/p>\n
\nIt is the 29th
\ntime Martin earned this honor which
\nrecognizes representatives for their
\ncompetence and
\ndedication to the
\ninsurance industry
\nand their clients.<\/p>\n
\nassociated with Northwestern Mutual
\nsince 1983. A native
\nof Whitesboro,
\nMartin received a
\nbachelor of science
\ndegree in accounting and finance in 1982
\nfrom Clarkson University.<\/p>\n
\nthe honor. He has been associated with
\nNorthwestern Mutual since 2008. A native
\nof West Charlton, Anderson received a
\nbachelor of science degree from Cornell.
\nHe also received an associate’s in agricultural
\nscience from SUNY Cobleskill.<\/p>\n
\naward winners by Prudential
\nManor Homes Realtors.<\/p>\n
\nManor Homes, Clifton Park office earned
\nfirst place in residential sales units in
\nall of New York state among the entire
\nPrudential Real Estate network. He was
\nalso second place in total sales volume in
\nall the state among the entire network.<\/p>\n
\nof the Prudential Manor Homes,
\nSaratoga Springs office, earned second
\nplace in residential sales units in all of
\nNew York state.<\/p>\n
\nSprings office, earned third place in
\nresidential sales units in all of the state
\namong the entire Prudential Real Estate
\nnetwork.<\/p>\n
\nlocal family direction, Prudential Manor
\nHomes Realtors, a Berkshire Hathaway
\naffiliate, has been operating in New York
\nstate.<\/p>\n
\nCo. announced the appointments of Vice
\nPresident Sandra Hoffis<\/strong> to South Glens
\nFalls branch manager and Vice President
\nLeslie D’Angelico<\/strong> to Queensbury\/Glens
\nFalls regional manager.<\/p>\n
\nSouth Glens Falls office. She joined the
\nbank in 2005 and most recently served as
\nbranch manager for the Broad Street and
\nExit 18 offices in the Glens Falls area.<\/p>\n
\nRegional Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership
\nAdirondack Program. Active in the
\ncommunity, she is a former U.S. Naval
\nReservist and a volunteer with March of
\nDimes, American Cancer Society, Young
\nLife, the Argyle Fire Department and its
\nFEAST Thanksgiving meal program.<\/p>\n
\nGlens Falls regional manager, D’Angelico
\nwill oversee daily activities, human
\nresources and sales performance at
\nbranches in the Queensbury\/Glens Falls
\nregion, working with those teams to help
\nthem reach their goals. She joined the
\nbank in 2010 and most recently served as
\nbusiness development officer.<\/p>\n
\nand has completed several courses from
\nthe American Institute of Banking. She
\nis a graduate of the Adirondack Regional
\nChamber of Commerce’s Leadership
\nAdirondack Program and holds Series
\n7 and 66 licenses, as well as New York
\nlicenses for Life and Health Insurance.<\/p>\n
\nCommunity Scholarship Association and
\nas an advisory board member for the Salvation
\nArmy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"