{"id":15702,"date":"2014-09-17T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2014\/09\/personnel-briefs-sept-2014.html"},"modified":"2014-09-17T11:28:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:28:33","slug":"personnel-briefs-sept-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2014\/09\/personnel-briefs-sept-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"peVision Digital Marketing,
\nLLC announced
\nweb designer Jennifer
\nMcDonald<\/strong> of Saratoga
\nSprings will partner
\nwith firm founder Pam
\nWehrman Sissons.<\/p>\n

A graphic design professional,
\nMcDonald
\nis the former owner
\nof Creative Flow Marketing in Saratoga
\nSprings.<\/p>\n

She brings years of experience in
\nwebsite design, development, branding and
\ninternet marketing. She is also the owner of
\nthe website Saratoga Dog Lovers (www.saratogadoglovers.com).<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Leonard D’Arrigo<\/strong>, a partner with Whiteman
\nOsterman & Hanna, was recently named
\none of Super Lawyers’ New York Rising Stars.<\/p>\n

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding
\nlawyers from more than 70 practice areas who
\nhave attained a high-degree of peer recognition
\nand professional achievement.<\/p>\n

He specializes in corporate and professional
\nimmigration involving employment-based immigrant
\nand nonimmigrant petitions, labor
\ncertification, and family-based immigration.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Glens Falls National
\nBank and Trust Co.
\npromoted Broad Street branch manager Sandra
\nHoffis<\/strong> to vice
\npresident and Schroon
\nLake branch manager
\nGeorgia Burkhardt<\/strong>
\nto assistant vice president.<\/p>\n

\"pHoffis will continue to oversee operations in
\nGlens Falls and West Glens Falls at the bank’s
\nBroad Street and Northway Exit 18 offices. She
\njoined the bank in 2005 as an officer and assistant
\nbranch manager, and became a branch
\nmanager in 2007.<\/p>\n

Hoffis is a graduate
\nof the Adirondack
\nRegional Chamber of
\nCommerce’s Leadership
\nAdirondack Program.<\/p>\n

She was elected
\nto the bank’s High Performance
\nClub and received
\nThe Post-Star’s
\n“20 Under 40” award in
\n2008. She is a former
\nU.S. Naval reservist and a volunteer with March
\nof Dimes, American Cancer Society, Young Life,
\nthe Argyle Fire Department and its FEAST
\nThanksgiving meal program.<\/p>\n

\"pBurkhardt will continue to oversee operations
\nat the Schroon Lake office. She joined the
\nbank in 2000 as a teller and became a branch
\nmanager in 2008.<\/p>\n

Burkhardt has an associate’s degree in humanities
\nand social sciences from Adirondack
\nCommunity College. She was twice recognized
\nby her peers as a High Performer and received
\nThe Post-Star’s “20 Under 40” Award in 2012.<\/p>\n

She is active in her community as a member
\nof the Northern Regional Workforce Investment
\nBoard, Workforce One Council, Save
\nthe Strand Steering Committee, Lion’s Club
\nof Schroon Lake, Our Town Theatre Group
\nand the Town of Schroon Travel and Tourism
\nboard of directors. She is also chairwoman of
\nthe Town of Schroon Revolving Loan Fund, an
\nAdvisory Board Member for the Seagle Music
\nColony, and Craft Fair Director for the Schroon
\nLake Association.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Attorney Edward V. Wilcenski<\/strong> was
\nnamed to the New York Super Lawyers list as
\none of the top elder law attorneys in New York
\nstate for 2014.<\/p>\n

Super Lawyers selects no more than 5 percent
\nof the lawyers in New York state for this
\ndesignation. This is the fourth year Wilcenski
\nreceived the honor.<\/p>\n

Also, attorneys Tara Anne Pleat<\/strong> and
\nMichael D. Dezik<\/strong> were named to the New
\nYork Super Lawyers Rising Star list as two of
\nthe top elder law attorneys in New York state
\nunder the age of 40 for the year 2014. Super
\nLawyers selects no more than 2.5 percent of the
\nlawyers in the state for the designation. This is
\nthe second year that Pleat received this honor.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

The Calgary Flames hired Scott Gouthro<\/strong>
\nas the goaltending coach for the Adirondack
\nFlames.<\/p>\n

Gouthro joins the Adirondack Flames,
\nCalgary’s AHL affiliate, after three seasons as
\nthe goaltending coach with the Cape Breton
\nScreaming Eagles of the QMJHL.<\/p>\n

Gouthro, a Cape Breton native, had been a
\npart of the Screaming Eagles staff in a part time
\nrole for the past nine seasons. The 33-year old
\nalso has a background with Hockey Canada.
\nGouthro worked with the Canadian sled hockey
\nteam at the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi as well
\nas the 2011 Canadian U-18 team at the Ivan
\nHlinka Tournament in the Czech Republic and
\nSlovakia, where Canada won gold.<\/p>\n

He played for Dalhousie University before
\na junior career in the QMJHL, MJAHL and
\nQSPHL that concluded at Winston-Salem in the
\nSPHL. Gouthro posted a 2-1-0 record and a 2.94
\ngoals-against average in three games with the
\nScreaming Eagles in the QMJHL in the 2000-
\n01 season. The goaltender helped to lead the
\nHalifax Oland Exports to the 2002 Royal Bank
\nCup, where he was named the tournament’s
\ntop goaltender.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Genpak LLC announced the addition of
\nPatrick Rorie<\/strong>, Doug Gaulin<\/strong>, Jeffrey
\nMiller Jr<\/strong>., Ali Bren<\/strong>, and Sarah Otto<\/strong> to
\nits staff.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the company announced the
\npromotion of Paul Haviland<\/strong>, and the lateral
\nmove of Samantha Mattison<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rorie has joined as the corporate training
\nmanager. He is assigned to the Glens
\nFalls, but will maintain an office at Genpak’s
\nWilmar, N.C. facility. He has over 20 years
\nof training experience in the manufacturing
\nand health care industries. He will be
\nresponsible for managing training initiatives
\nand programs throughout the company’s U.S.
\nfacilities.<\/p>\n

Gaulin joined the Glens Falls location as a
\nload planning associate. He has a background
\nin OTM transportation software, which he
\nhad previously used while working for Home
\nDepot.<\/p>\n

Miller joined the Glens Falls location as a
\nPC support specialist in the IT department.
\nPrior to permanent employment, Miller
\nassisted the department in setting up the
\ncompany’s Intranet, handling virus removal,
\nand has played a key role in various other
\ngeneral tech functions.<\/p>\n

Bren joined the Glens Falls location as a
\ncost management associate. Bren worked as
\na temporary employee supporting Genpak’s
\nsamples department for nine months prior
\nto the transition. Her areas of responsibility
\ninclude working with Genpak’s Southwest,
\nGulf Coast, and Florida territories, along with
\nall U.S. Foods locations.<\/p>\n

Otto is a cost management associate in Glens Falls. Otto has over nine years of retail
\nexperience. Her areas of responsibility
\nis working with the Southeast regional sales
\nmanager and with the director of sales food
\nservice (south), as well as with sales reps of
\nWhite & Hodge Co. Inc.<\/p>\n

Haviland was promoted to assistant logistics
\nmanager in Glens Falls. Load Planning
\nassociates will report to Haviland. He will
\nfocus on OTM transportation system enhancements,
\nthrough reporting tools, as well as
\noverall efficiency of the system.<\/p>\n

Mattison made a lateral transition from
\nload planning associate to cost management
\nassociate. She will work with Genpak’s
\nnational accounts team, as well as with the
\nsales force and brokers in the New England
\nand Mid-Atlantic regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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