{"id":17892,"date":"2015-09-14T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T18:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/09\/personnel-briefs-sept-15.html"},"modified":"2015-09-14T14:10:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T18:10:43","slug":"personnel-briefs-sept-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/09\/personnel-briefs-sept-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Glens Falls National Kindron will Kindron has a bachelor’s degree in economics * * *<\/p>\n PrimeLink announced the hiring of Erik Amaliksen brings 20 years of diverse experience He was most recently the technical project In the role of director of internet services, * * *<\/p>\n The Lake George Saheim will be Saheim has more than 20 years of experience * * *<\/p>\n Morgan Stanley Shartsis is a family She advises and manages money for high She is active in domestic and international * * *<\/p>\n Elizabeth Parsons<\/strong> of Hudson Falls, director of The senior professional in human resources Parsons has been the director of human * * *<\/p>\n McPhillips Insurance Agency appointed Metivier will focus He joins the agency He has a bachelor’s degree in economics and * * *<\/p>\n Hudson Headwaters Health Network hired Lyons comes to Hudson Headwaters with Lyons will focus on patient and community Lyons is active in the community, having * * *<\/p>\n The Hyde Collection hired William Belcher<\/strong>, Belcher previously Before joining MASS MoCA, he served as the Belcher earned a bachelor’s degree in English * * *<\/p>\n AHI (Adirondack Ann Pepe<\/strong> was She will coordinate internal and external Pepe earned a bachelor of science Elizabeth “Betsey” Towne will be responsible for managing Towne earned a bachelor of arts degree in Jessica Chanese<\/strong> joins AHI as community Prior to joining AHI, Chanese will be Rachel Hajos <\/strong>joins AHI as director, health Hajos, together with She will contribute Hajos earned a master of science degree in Alicia Sirk<\/strong> joins Sirk will coordinate Sirk earned a master of arts degree, summa Lyndsey Stoller<\/strong> joins AHI as accounts receivable She will be responsible for invoicing for AHI * * *<\/p>\n Kyle Gannon<\/strong>, former Gannon replaces Deputy Gannon will continue to fill his responsibilities He will also fill a variety of other duties, including Gannon led several instructional initiatives Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. promoted Alina Kindron to investment officer. Kindron will manage investment portfolios for personal trusts, individuals, and charitable\/employee benefit accounts. She joined the bank in 2007 and most recently served as an investment…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[120],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nBank and Trust Co.
\npromoted Alina Kindron<\/strong> to investment
\nofficer.<\/p>\n
\nmanage investment
\nportfolios for personal
\ntrusts, individuals, and
\ncharitable\/employee
\nbenefit accounts. She
\njoined the bank in 2007 and most recently served
\nas an investment associate.<\/p>\n
\nand finance from the Academy of Economic
\nStudies in Bucharest, as well as a degree in portfolio
\nmanagement from the New York Institute of
\nFinance.<\/p>\n
\nAmaliksen<\/strong> as its director of internet services.<\/p>\n
\nto the company including systems administration,
\nproject management, and IT operations to the
\nwell-known telecommunications company.<\/p>\n
\nmanager for the Vermont Telecommunication
\nAuthority. Previously, Amaliksen held the position
\nof network engineering manager for the state of
\nVermont. He attended the business management
\nprogram at Salem State University, is a U.S. Army
\nveteran, and is a graduate of the University of
\nVermont.<\/p>\n
\nAmaliksen will be responsible for managing
\nthe day-to-day operation of the technical team
\nresponsible for the provisioning and maintenance
\nof internet service, as well as the oversight of
\nthe internal network infrastructure, including
\ntracking work orders, network monitoring, and
\nhardware upgrades.<\/p>\n
\nRegional Chamber of
\nCommerce and CVB Inc.
\nhired Kim Saheim<\/strong> of
\nHadley as membership
\nand advertising sales
\ndirector.<\/p>\n
\nresponsible for the
\nevaluation of the
\nchamber’s dues
\nstructure, membership collateral and recruiting
\nefforts to grow the chamber’s membership. She
\nwill also be responsible for advertising sales
\nopportunities in the chamber’s annual Four Season
\nGuidebook, internet sales and brochure display
\nsales at the chamber’s information centers, located
\nin the village of Lake George, the I-87 New York
\nstate rest area between Exits 17 and 18 and the
\nFairhaven Center in Fairhaven, Vt.<\/p>\n
\nin the hospitality industry and spent the last two
\nand a half years at the Queensbury Hotel. Prior
\nto that, she was an independent agent, business
\nowner for Aflac and group sales manager for
\nthe Fort William Henry Resort and Conference
\nCenter. Saheim has a bachelor of arts degree in
\nmass communications from SUNY Plattsburgh.<\/p>\n
\nannounced that Elise
\nShartsis<\/strong> has moved
\nfrom the Morgan Stanley
\nWealth Management
\noffice in Greenwich, Ct.,
\nto the office in Glens Falls
\nat 20 Maple St.<\/p>\n
\nwealth director, senior
\ninvestment management consultant and financial advisor that has been in
\nthe Greenwich office for 26 years.<\/p>\n
\nnet worth families and corporations. Elise was
\nnamed a top wealth manager in Westchester and
\nConnecticut by Five Star Management in 2013,
\n2014 and 2015. She co-presents a course on Insider
\nTrading to attorneys and executives which has
\nbeen accredited by the NYS CLE Board.<\/p>\n
\ncharities and was appointed by the Westchester
\nDistrict Attorney to a special Task Force focusing
\non animal cruelty prevention in the county. She
\nis presently doing research for a book concerning
\nsuccessful women in business.<\/p>\n
\nhuman resources at Fort Hudson Health System,
\nachieved certification as a Senior Professional in
\nHuman Resources (SPHR).<\/p>\n
\ncertification is recognized as a professionally
\nrelevant credential for those who have mastered
\nthe strategic and policy-making aspects of HR
\nmanagement in the United States. It is designed
\nfor the HR professional who plans, rather than
\nimplements, HR policy, has ultimate accountability
\nin the HR department, has breadth and depth of
\nknowledge in all HR disciplines and understands
\nthe business beyond the HR function and
\ninfluences the overall organization.<\/p>\n
\nresources at Fort Hudson Health System since
\nApril 2013. She oversees all aspects of human
\nresource areas, including employee compensation
\nand benefits, payroll, labor relations and workers
\ncompensation for over 500 employees. She has
\nher master’s degree from Endicott College in
\norganizational management.<\/p>\n
\nAnthony Metivier <\/strong>as an account executive for
\nWarren, Washington and
\nSaratoga counties.<\/p>\n
\non developing new
\nbusiness and meeting
\nthe insurance needs of
\nexisting customers in the
\ntri-county area.<\/p>\n
\nwith more than 20
\nyears of experience in
\ninsurance and business development, including
\nmost recently for Safeco Insurance, a Liberty
\nMutual Co.<\/p>\n
\nfinance from Bentley University. Active in his
\ncommunity, he serves on the Queensbury Town
\nCouncil and is president of the Ski West Mountain
\nEducation Foundation.<\/p>\n
\nTom Lyons<\/strong> for the newly created position of
\ndirector of network development.<\/p>\n
\nnearly 20 years of management experience in
\nhealth-related services.<\/p>\n
\nengagement.<\/p>\n
\nserved as board member and board chairman of
\nthe Tri-County United Way, is active in the Glens
\nFalls Rotary organization, was named in the top
\n“40 Under 40” regional recognition list, and has
\nrecently joined the board of the Family YMCA of
\nthe Glens Falls Area.<\/p>\n
\nan experienced development and communications
\nprofessional, author, and teacher, as its first director
\nof external affairs. In this new position,
\nBelcher, of Greenwich, will manage The Hyde’s
\nfundraising and marketing efforts.<\/p>\n
\nworked for The Hyde as
\na grant writer from 2002
\nto 2006. Most recently,
\nhe served as the director
\nof development at the
\nMassachusetts Museum
\nof Contemporary Art
\n(MASS MoCA), where
\nhe managed the massive
\nmuseum complex’s
\nfundraising operations and coordinated its Phase
\nIII $55 million capital campaign.<\/p>\n
\nsenior director of corporate, government and
\nfoundation relations for The Sage Colleges in
\nTroy and Albany. He is currently on the board of
\ndirectors of Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs.<\/p>\n
\nand theater arts from Hartwick College in Oneonta,
\nand an M.F.A. in creative writing from Goddard
\nCollege in Plainfield, Vt. His first book, “Lay Down
\nYour Weary Tune,” published by Other Press and
\ndistributed by Penguin Random House, will be
\nreleased in January 2016.<\/p>\n
\nHealth Institute)
\nannounced the
\npromotion of two people
\nand the hiring of four
\nnew staff members.<\/p>\n
\npromoted to contracts
\nmanager. Pepe, who has
\nheld various finance
\npositions at AHI since
\njoining the organization in 2000, will be responsible
\nfor overall administration of the organization’s
\ncontracts and contractual relationships.<\/p>\n
\nresources to negotiate and execute contracts.
\nShe is also accountable for risk assessment and
\nmitigation, and use contract management tools
\nto facilitate workflow, communication, contract
\nstatus and a complete contract database. Her role
\nalso will encompass ongoing compliance with
\ncontractual obligations and related reporting and
\nmonitoring.<\/p>\n
\ndegree in accounting from SUNY Plattsburgh.<\/p>\n
\nTowne<\/strong> was promoted
\nto the position of project
\nmanager. Formerly
\nprogram coordinator for
\nAHI’s Health Insurance
\nEnrollment Assistance
\nServices and Education
\n(EASE) program, Towne
\njoined the organization
\nin 2013.<\/p>\n
\ninnovative health care redesign projects
\nundertaken by a network of providers and
\ncommunity-based partners spread across a ninecounty
\nregion. She will also develop and monitor
\nwork plans, utilize project management systems
\nto track and report project progress, monitor
\nproject implementation, identify risks, and develop
\nstrategies to mitigate them.<\/p>\n
\nEnglish from Siena College.<\/p>\n
\nengagement manager.<\/p>\n
\nshe served as an
\nadminist rator for
\nAdirondack Manor
\nAdult Home and
\nAssisted Living Facility
\nin Queensbury.<\/p>\n
\nresponse for building
\nand overseeing a
\nnew program focusing on direct patient and
\ncommunity engagement and activation. She
\nwill also be responsible for achieving program
\ndeliverables, monitoring budgets and supervising
\nstaff. Chanese earned a bachelor of arts degree in
\nhuman services from SUNY Empire State College.<\/p>\n
\nsystem development. Prior to joining AHI, she
\nworked for the Healthcare Association of New
\nYork State (HANYS) in Rensselaer in a number
\nof roles from 1995-2014, most recently senior
\nadministrator for the Healthcare Educational and Research Fund.<\/p>\n
\nthe Senior Management
\nTeam, will develop a
\nstrategic vision for
\nAHI’s Health System
\nTransformation services.<\/p>\n
\nto the development
\nof a strategic
\ncommunications plan
\nand oversee the execution of key aspects of the
\nplan. In addition, she will establish and lead the
\nProject Management Team, which is currently
\ngrowing to support the Delivery System Reform
\nIncentive Payment (DSRIP) initiative.<\/p>\n
\nhealth services administration from Russell Sage
\nCollege, and a Bachelor of Science degree in public
\nrelations from Utica College of Syracuse University.<\/p>\n
\nAHI as compliance
\ncoordinator. Prior to
\njoining AHI, she served
\nas community events
\ndirector for Turnpike
\nWesleyan Church in
\nPlattsburgh.<\/p>\n
\nthe development and
\nimplementation of the
\norganization’s compliance program. She will
\nassist in improving the organization’s efficiency
\nand quality of services in order to reduce its
\nvulnerability to fraud, waste and abuse, such as
\nconducting periodic audits, developing effective
\nlines of communication on compliance issues,
\nand preparing, maintaining, implementing, and
\ndisseminating written practice standards and
\nprocedures.<\/p>\n
\ncum laude, in liberal studies with a concentration
\nin total quality management from SUNY
\nPlattsburgh, aand bachelor of arts degrees, magna
\ncum laude, in government, speech and theatre
\n(communications), and music from St. Lawrence
\nUniversity.<\/p>\n
\nspecialist. Prior to joining AHI, she served as an
\nERA processor\/payments representative for the
\nCash Management Team at McKesson Corp. in
\nQueensbury.<\/p>\n
\nservices, program invoicing and other similar
\nprocesses such as Medicaid billing, including
\ncollection efforts. Stoller earned a bachelor of
\nscience degree with honors in sociology from
\nSUNY Oneonta and an associate’s degree, cum
\nlaude, in liberal arts, humanities and social sciences
\nfrom SUNY Adirondack.<\/p>\n
\nprincipal of Queensbury
\nElementary School, was
\nappointed the assistant
\nsuperintendent for
\ninstruction for the
\nQueensbury Union
\nFree School District.<\/p>\n
\nSuperintendent Theresa
\nMiddleton.<\/p>\n
\nas elementary principal while also devoting extra
\ntime to becoming familiar with his future role as
\nassistant superintendent for instruction. In that
\nposition, he will provide educational leadership
\nand oversight for the district’s instructional
\nprogram in grades K-12.<\/p>\n
\ncoordinating state and district assessments,
\noverseeing the professional development of
\ninstructional staff, coordinating the evaluation of
\ninstructional staff and tenure appointments, and
\noverseeing grant writing and budgetary matters
\nrelated to the instructional program.<\/p>\n
\nalong the way, including the implementation of
\nteam teaching in third grade. Previously, he spent
\neight years as principal at William H. Barton
\nIntermediate School. He was also an assistant
\nprincipal with the Glens Falls City School District
\nfrom 2004 to 2006. Prior to that, he spent more than
\nseven years as a teacher in Queensbury schools,
\nat various grade levels, while also coaching tennis
\nand football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"