Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. announced the promotion of Craig Seybolt to vice president, corporate banking manager.
Seybolt will manage commercial lending activities in the Northern Region, which includes offices in Warren, Essex and Clinton counties.
He joined Glens Falls National Bank in 2007 and was most recently a commercial loan officer. Originally from South Glens Falls, he graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in finance and business.
Active in the community, Seybolt is president of the Moreau Community Center, a trustee of the Hyde Collection, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Glens Falls and a volunteer coach for South Glens Falls Youth Baseball and Pop Warner.
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Advokate, LLC, a Downtown Glens Falls design and marketing firm, announces the hiring of Caitlin Stedman as operations and communications associate and Jessica Chanese, both of Queensbury, as copy writer.
Stedman has experience in the creative community, having worked for various arts organizations. She attended Vancouver Film School and is an accomplished filmmaker with her company, Snarky Aardvark Films LLC.
Stedman will work on improving processes and workflows, assist in developing an operations manual, project management, and videography services.
Chanese brings copy writing skills needed for grant writing. She will provide SEO-rich and audience-targeted copywriting services for blog posts, web pages, and more.
Chanese graduated from SUNY Empire State College.
With the addition of Stedman and Chanese, Advokate now provides improved copywriting services and adds new videography packages. Videography packages range from GIFs, short clips for social media, or scripted shorts with DSLR equipment and professional audio and light design.
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Morgan Stanley announced that Kathleen R. Grasmeder, a managing director, wealth management, financial advisor in the firm’s Glen’s Falls and Oneonta, Wealth Management offices, has been named to Forbes Magazine’s 2019 list of America’s Best-in-State Wealth Advisors.
The list comprises a select group of individuals who have a minimum of seven years of industry experience. The ranking, developed by Forbes’ partner SHOOK Research, is based on an algorithm of qualitative and quantitative data, rating thousands of wealth advisors and weighing factors like revenue trends, AUM, compliance records, industry experience and best practices learned through telephone and in-person interviews.