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.
Personnel Briefs – March 2019
Seeleys Office Systems announce that Mark Sidoti is the newest member of the sales team.
Sidoti will be responsible for driving revenue in business equipment and supplies; and creating long-term value for Seeleys in his ongoing relationships with customers and markets in Warren, Washington, and Saratoga counties.
Prior to Seeley, Sidoti held executive sales positions in the telecommunications, payroll and insurance industries in the North Country region. He brings over 30 years of experience in business development and maintains a long-term membership in local organizations, including the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce and the Adirondack Business Council. Sidoti is on the Adirondack Civic Center Coalition Foundation board as treasurer.
Personnel Briefs – February 2019
Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. announced the promotion of Marc Yrsha to senior vice president.
Yrsha, of Queensbury, will lead the bank’s corporate development team as part of the retail banking group. In his new role, he will oversee marketing, business services and community engagement for the Arrow family of companies. He will continue to manage business development and small business lending.
Yrsha joined the bank in 2015 and was most recently vice president, director of business development and small business.
Yrsha is a graduate of Castleton University in Vermont and the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Adirondack Class of 2013. He is on the board of the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce and he is a member of the Council of Business Advisors for The FUND for Lake George. He is also an active member of the Adirondack Youth Hockey Association.
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The Chazen Companies announced that Elizabeth Bartosik and Johnathan A. Gell have received their engineer in training (EIT) designation.
EIT is a professional designation from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) to designate a person certified by the state as having completed a minimum of three years of post-secondary school with an accredited engineering program and has passed the NCEES six-hour Fundamentals of Engineering examination. Receiving an EIT designation is one step toward professional engineer licensure.
Bartosik works in Chazen’s Land Development group and has a broad background and experience, and supports a wide range of projects. Recently, she has been able to successfully complete applications for renewal of the Part 360 solid waste management facility permits for two transfer stations.
Personnel Briefs: January 2019
Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. announced the promotion of Leslie Munger to vice president, compliance manager.
The bank also announced the promotion of Peter J. Lareau to executive vice president and corporate secretary. Lareau will also serve as corporate secretary for the bank’s parent company, Arrow Financial Corp.
Also, Katie-Jo Mohamed Ali was appointed the new branch manager in Salem.
In Munger’s new role, the Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) and fraud and physical security functions will report directly to her. She will also facilitate compliance initiatives across the company.
Munger has been with the bank since 2007. She was promoted to assistant vice president, compliance professional in 2010.
She attended SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Adirondack. She holds American Institute of Banking diplomas 
for general banking, consumer credit and commercial lending.
In addition to his expanded role as corporate secretary, Lareau also serves as chief risk officer for Arrow and its subsidiary banks.
Lareau joined the bank in 1982 as a management trainee. He most recently served as senior vice president of compliance, human resources and training.
Active in the community, Lareau is president of the Warren-Washington Association of Mental Health board of directors as well as a member of the Glens Falls Lions Club.
Personnel Briefs – December 2018
Robert S. Reynolds, a partner at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, was selected by a nationwide peer review as a Lawyer of the Year in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the practice area of trusts and estates.
Reynolds joins his Whiteman Osterman & Hanna colleagues rated as Best Lawyers in America, including: Leslie M. Apple in the practice area of corporate law; James B. Ayers in litigation and trusts and estates areas; Beth A. Bourassa in education law and employment law; Norma G. Meacham and Robert T. Schofield in employment law; Kevin P. Quinn in the practice area of government relations; Daniel A. Ruzow and Michael G. Sterthous in environmental law; Leslie K. L. Thiele in immigration law; and Michael Whiteman in communications and energy law.
Personnel Briefs
Mickey Orta has joined the NBT Wealth Management as senior vice president and a member of the NBT’s wealth leadership team.
Orta is based in the bank’s Glens Falls Regional Office and is responsible for leading NBT’s retirement plan sales efforts and regional wealth management strategies.
Orta has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He comes to NBT from Glens Falls National Bank, where he had responsibility for leading the Wealth Management Division and served on GFNB’s senior management team. He was also the portfolio manager for the North Country Equity Growth Fund.
Orta, a resident of Queensbury, graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He is a certified trust and financial advisor.
Personnel Briefs
Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. announced two promotions and a hiring.
Tracey Norman as promoted to director of wealth management.
Norman will oversee the Wealth Management Division, which includes the trust, investment and retirement services, and LPL teams.
She will be serving the same role for Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co., also part of the Arrow Financial Corp. family of companies.
She joined the company in 2017 as wealth management administration manager and has more than 20 years of experience in the wealth management industry. The Schaghticoke native earned her bachelor’s degree in finance from Siena College. She is active in her community, currently serving as vice president of the Hoosic Valley Booster Club.
Personnel Briefs
Holly DeKleine, has joined NEPROMO, an promotional products advertising company in South Glens Falls, as an account executive. DeKleine has 12 years of outside sales experience. Her outside activities include volunteering at the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce and attending community events DeKleine’s activites with NEPROMO in the promotional products industry will include helping...
Personnel Briefs
NBT Bank announced that retail market manager Ian Townsend has been promoted to vice president.
Townsend has over 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. After completing NBT’s management development program, he advanced to positions of increasing responsibility in the bank’s Albany and Saratoga County branches.
He was named assistant vice president in July 2015 and was promoted to retail market manager in June 2016.
Townsend is responsible for managing the teams at NBT’s 12 branches in Clinton, Essex, Saratoga and Warren counties.
Personnel Briefs – June 2018
Thomas K. Flaherty of T.K Flaherty Associates in Queensbury, has received accreditation from the American Public Works Association (APWA) as a certified public infrastructure inspector (CPII) as well as certification at Level I in underground utilities construction, water and sewer lines by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET).
NICET certification is based on successfully passing an exam demonstrating requisite knowledge, experience and work performance as set forth by the institute. NICET is a division of the national Society of Professional Engineers.
Flaherty has over 50 years of experience in the public utility construction field, including the development of the Queensbury Water System for the town of Queensbury when he served as the town water superintendent.
He is the founder and President of T.K. Flaherty Associates with offices in Queensbury, and Bellwood, Ala. Flaherty is also an associate of Miller Engineering located in Manlius.