Category Archives: Personnel Briefs

Advokate LLC in Glens Falls design and marketing firm, announced the hiring of Angela Nardin of Glens Falls as a graphic designer.
Nardin is a graduate of SUNY Adirondack with a media arts degree and also has a music degree from SUNY Adirondack.
She joined the company as an intern in April and was hired in the last week of May. She was a student ambassador at SUNY Adirondack, president of the Glens Falls High School Drama Club, designed the GFHS prom T-shirts and tickets, was president of the Glens Falls High School Octet, earned a scholarship when she won first place at Glens Falls’ senior art show.
Nardin was on the Dean’s List for all of her semesters of college. She previously was employed at Best Buy.

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Laurie Guyon, WSWHE BOCES assistant coordinator for model schools, was among five educators chosen nationwide by CoSN and EdScoop for the 2020 NextGen: Emerging EdTech Leaders Program.
Selection was based on their personal essays and the diversity of the populations they serve, among other criteria. CoSN said the designation goes to leaders with the hands-on experience and vision needed to ensure that technology makes a profound difference in education.

The Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board announced that Andrea Harwood Palmer has joined the organization as the economic development coordinator for Warren, Washington, Essex, Clinton and Hamilton counties.
Palmer will oversee the Revolving Loan Fund program, working with business owners and partnering with commercial lenders in the region.
Palmer brings 12 years of experience in the finance sector. She is a former small business owner.

StoredTech has announced the addition of four new employees.
Bill Craver has 20 years of IT business experience and holds sales and technical certifications in VMware, Veeam, Fortinet, Cisco, HPE, AWS, NetApp and Extreme Networks. He will be responsible for new business development as an account executive based at the StoredTech office in Albany.
Tim Mallon has over 23 years experience in the IT industry beginning in the 1990s with “white box” manufacturers in Greene County and for the past 13 years in the MSP field in the Albany area. Mallon joins StoredTech as a senior MSP engineer in the Albany office.
Eva Richard, a U.S. Air Force veteran specializing in communications, brings 20 years of IT experience working with medium to enterprise firms. Richard joins StoredTech as a systems engineer in the Plattsburgh office.

High Peaks Hospice announced that Phil Pekar, RN, its head of nursing, and Mel Duerr, RN, NP, its our clinical lead, have both earned their certified hospice and palliative care nursing certification.
By earning this certification, they have proven competence and increased their knowledge across the spectrum of hospice and palliative care. The certification is a recognized quality marker by patients, physicians, providers, quality organizations, insurers, credentialers, and the federal government in an atmosphere of increasing awareness regarding quality in health care and appropriate utilization of services.

Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co. announced that Scott E. Armando has joined the bank as a residential mortgage originator.
Armando will guide clients through the mortgage application process. He serves the same role for Glens Falls National Bank, part of the Arrow family of companies.

Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. announced the promotion of Adam Horowitz to assistant vice president in the Wealth Management Division.
The bank also announced the addition of Leslie D’Angelico as vice president on its Business Development team.
Horowitz evaluates, designs and oversees all aspects of portfolio construction for individual, corporate and not-for-profit plans. He serves the same role for Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co., part of the Arrow family of companies. He is also co-manager of the North Country Equity Growth and Intermediate Bond Funds.
He joined Glens Falls National Bank in 2018 as an investment professional. He brought with him more than 14 years of portfolio management and client relationship experience.
Horowitz earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in business administration from SUNY Albany. Active in the community, he is a volunteer firefighter with the Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire Company.

The Hyde Collection announced that Laura Bradigan has been named director of development.
Bradigan, a Saratoga Springs resident, will advance the mission of the museum through development, donor relations, and fundraising.
Before joining The Hyde, she held a similar position at Bethel Homes and Services in Ossining and Croton-On-Hudson for more than 10 years. She has also worked for many years in government, politics, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations in the Capital District and upstate New York.
Bradigan is a member of the Saratoga Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a board member of Bethesda Episcopla Church’s Mercy House in Saratoga Springs, and a former board member of Sculpture Space, a Utica-based residency program for sculptors.

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black dog DESIGNS has announced an addition to their full time staff.

The Chazen Companies announced two new employees to its expanding Environmental Services team in Troy and Glens Falls.

Beth Clements joins Chazen as a senior environmental scientist. Clements graduated from SUNY Cobleskill with an Associate of Science and Bachelor of Technology degree in Plant Science-Environmental Studies/Technology.

Previously, she worked for Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. in Northern Virginia as an associate environmental scientist where she specialized in wetlands and water resource management. Clements is a certified professional wetland scientist and certified arborist.

Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. announced that Dawn Adams-Rea has been appointed branch manager overseeing sales, service and operations at the Salem office.
Adams-Rea joins Glens Falls National Bank with more than 15 years of banking experience.
Active in the community, Adams-Rea volunteers with the Boy Scouts and is treasurer of Evergreen Cemetery.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in geography and elementary education from SUNY Potsdam. Originally from Oswegatchie, N.Y., she currently lives in Salem.

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Fort Hudson Health System has appointed Erika Swenton as the new administrator of its Certified Home Health Agency.