\nLLC, Lake George, president; Janice Bartkowski-
\nFox<\/strong> owner, Adirondack Cotton Co., Bolton Landing,
\nfirst vice president; Dennis LaFontaine<\/strong>, owner,
\nMartha’s Dandee Cr\u00c3\u00a8me, Queensbury, second vice
\npresident; Matthew Taormino<\/strong>, general manager,
\nDunham’s Bay Resort, Lake George, treasurer; and
\nGary Thornquist<\/strong>, general manager, Lake George
\nRV Park, Queensbury, secretary.<\/p>\n
The officers will be introduced at the Chamber’s
\nannual dinner on Oct. 22 at Mario’s Restaurant in
\nLake George.<\/p>\n
For information on becoming a member of the
\nLake George Regional Chamber of Commerce &
\nCVB, contact Kim Saheim, membership sales, at
\n668-5755 or visit www.lakegeorgechamber,com.<\/p>\n
* * *<\/p>\n
AHI (Adirondack Health Institute) announced
\nthe hiring of five staff members.<\/p>\n
She will be Craven has a bachelor’s degree in accounting Her professional experiences included business She will manage projects related to the Delivery Jacobson earned a bachelor of science degree from She will LaRose earned a bachelor of arts degree She served as a Omiecinski earned an AAS degree in business Wood will provide leadership, day-to-day Wood earned a bachelor of science degree in * * *<\/p>\n Lisa Shields<\/strong> recently Shields holds a After beginning her career in California as a As client support specialist, Shields will provide * * *<\/p>\n Antonacci will serve as a portfolio manager Antonacci has a * * *<\/p>\n PrimeLink has hired of Erik Amaliksen<\/strong> as Amaliksen brings 20 years of experience to He attended the business management program at * * *<\/p>\n Cost Control Miller brings For the past eight years, she has run her own * * *<\/p>\n Genpak LLC in Glens Falls announced the Otto has many years of customer service and * * *<\/p>\n Tuttle will focus on Tuttle has a bachelor’s degree in business * * *<\/p>\n Kruczlnicki also serves Kruczlnicki currently teaches at Siena College He holds a bachelor’s degree from Siena College, * * *<\/p>\n Shannon Regner<\/strong>, PT, owner of Queensbury based Regner is the only physical therapist north of A certified CAPP physical therapist who * * *<\/p>\n The Glen at Hiland Meadows, a retirement Hebert formerly served as executive director In addition to The Glen at Hiland Meadows, The They are: Beverwyck in Slingerlands, Glen Eddy in * * *<\/p>\n Hall joins the Hall retired from Hall was involved with implementing the state’s The Lake George Chamber of Commerce & CVB recently elected a new slate of officers for its board of directors for the 2105-16 fiscal year. The newly elected officers are: Ron Miller, owner, Love is on Lake George Cruises…<\/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![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20ruthann20craven.jpg\")
RuthAnn Craven<\/strong> joins AHI as transformation
\ncoach. She brings more than 20 years of health care
\nadministration experience. Prior to joining AHI,
\nCraven served as a project coordinator for Nathan
\nLittauer Primary\/Specialty Care Centers.<\/p>\n
\nresponsible for supporting patient-centered care and
\ncare coordination in primary care centers through
\ntraining and coaching of providers and staff in
\nclinical transformation and quality improvement
\nmethods in order to improve health care outcomes
\nand reduce disparities.<\/p>\n
\nfrom Siena College, and a master of science degree
\nin health administration from Russell Sage College.<\/p>\n![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20paula20jacobson.jpg\")
Paula Jacobson<\/strong> joins AHI as a project manager.<\/p>\n
\nanalyst at 3M Health Information Systems, and
\nCommunity Health Policy and Healthcare Trustees of
\nNew York State intern at the Healthcare Association
\nof New York State.<\/p>\n
\nSystem Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP)
\nprogram.<\/p>\n
\nSUNY Buffalo, and an MBA with a specialization in
\nhealth care from Sage Graduate School.<\/p>\n![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20debroad20larose.jpg\")
Deborah LaRose<\/strong> joins AHI as manager, project
\nperformance. She served as a project manager for
\nFingerpaint Marketing and Palio+Ignite.<\/p>\n
\nprovide leadership and coordination for multiple
\nperformance and quality improvement initiatives
\nunderway in a nine-county region of Northern
\nNew York.<\/p>\n
\nin communications from SUNY Plattsburgh, and
\na master’s degree in psychology from the Georgia
\nSchool of Professional Psychology.<\/p>\n![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20susan20omiecinski.jpg\")
Susan Omiecinski<\/strong> joins AHI as an enrollment
\nspecialist for the Enrollment Assistance Service
\nand Education (EASE) program.<\/p>\n
\nhome and family services program director for the
\nWashington County Economic Opportunity Council.
\nOmiecinski will assist individuals, families and
\nsmall business owners enroll in health insurance
\nthrough the NY State of Health Marketplace.<\/p>\n
\nadministration cum laude from SUNY Adirondack
\nand attended the NYS Community Action
\nAssociation’s Emerging Leader Institute.<\/p>\n![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20leza20wood.jpg\")
Leza Wood<\/strong> was hired as the executive director of
\nthe Hudson Mohawk Area Health Education Center.
\nShe held the position of workforce and professional
\ndevelopment administrator for SUNY Adirondack’s
\nOffice of Continuing Education.<\/p>\n
\nmanagement, and fiscal oversight of the HM AHEC.<\/p>\n
\nbusiness management, with a concentration in
\ntraining and development from SUNY Empire State
\nCollege. She is also a Microsoft certified trainer.<\/p>\n
\njoined the team at
\nMannix Marketing,
\nInc. as a client support
\nspecialist.<\/p>\n
\nbachelor’s degree in
\ncomputer science from
\nSUNY Potsdam and has
\nsubstantial experience
\nin office management as
\nwell as marketing and website client support services.<\/p>\n
\nmember of the sales and support staff at the Hewlett-
\nPackard Co., Shields worked for Ascension Lutheran
\nSchool where she directed the implementation of
\nschool-wide computing and assisted with launching
\ntheir website. For the past nine years, she has worked
\nfor several nonprofit organizations in the Saratoga
\nSprings area.<\/p>\n
\nclients with customer service and assist with website
\nedits and adjustments. She will also serve as office
\nmanager.<\/p>\n![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20russ20antonacci.jpg\")
Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co. hired Russ
\nAntonacci<\/strong> as vice president and investment officer.<\/p>\n
\nfor individual and corporate retirement plans,
\npersonal trust, investment management accounts,
\nfoundations and not-for-profit relationships. He joins
\nthe bank with more than 17 years of investment and
\nportfolio management
\nexperience in the Capital
\nRegion.<\/p>\n
\nbachelor’s degree in
\nbusiness administration
\nfrom the College of Saint
\nRose.<\/p>\n
\ndirector of internet service.<\/p>\n
\nthe company, including systems administration,
\nproject management, and IT operations. He was
\nmost recently the Technical Project Manager
\nfor the Vermont Telecommunication Authority
\n(VTA). Previously, he held the position of network
\nengineering manager for the state of Vermont.<\/p>\n
\nSalem State University, is a US Army Veteran, and is
\na graduate of the University of Vermont. Amaliksen
\nwill be responsible for managing the day-to-day
\noperations of the technical team responsible for the
\nprovisioning and maintenance of internet service,
\nas well as the oversight of the internal network
\ninfrastructure, including tracking work orders,
\nnetwork monitoring, and hardware upgrades.<\/p>\n
\nAssociates in Queensbury
\nannounced that Lisa A.
\nMiller<\/strong> of Saratoga Springs
\nwas hired as marketing
\nand communications
\nmanager.<\/p>\n
\nmore than 25 years
\nof experience in
\nmarketing and corporate
\ncommunications to her
\nnew position. She spent 22 years with KeyCorp,
\nincluding 12 years at its international affiliate Key
\nEquipment Finance where she was marketing and
\nemployee communications manager.<\/p>\n
\nbusiness developing marketing communications and
\nby-lined articles for a national business clientele. She
\nis a member of the Rotary Club of Saratoga Springs
\nand serves on the club’s board of directors. She is
\nalso a member of Albany Pro Musica, the capital
\nregion’s premier choral group, for which she serves as administrator, section leader and singer. Miller
\nearned her B.A. from Skidmore College.<\/p>\n
\naddition of William “Bill” Otto<\/strong> as cost management
\nassociate.<\/p>\n
\nretail inventory management experience. His areas
\nof responsibility will be working with the sales reps
\nof Creative Sales and EK Lay, as well as handling all
\nU.S. Foods locations.<\/p>\n![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20toni20tuttle.jpg\")
McPhillips Insurance
\nAgency appointed Toni
\nTuttle<\/strong> as a sales executive
\nfor Warren, Washington
\nand Saratoga counties.<\/p>\n
\ngrowing the insurance
\ncustomer base and
\nmeeting the insurance
\nneeds of existing
\ncustomers in and around
\nthe tri-county area. She joins the agency with 19 years
\nof experience in insurance and sales.<\/p>\n
\nmanagement from Empire State College. Active in
\nher community, she serves as an ambassador for the
\nAdirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce and
\nsecretary for the Glens Falls Collaborative.<\/p>\n![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20david20kruczlnicki.jpg\")
Saratoga National Bank
\nand Trust Co. appointed
\nDavid Kruczlnicki<\/strong> to its
\nboard of directors. From
\n1989 until 2013, he was
\npresident and CEO of
\nGlens Falls Hospital.<\/p>\n
\non the board of the bank’s
\nparent company, Arrow
\nFinancial Corp., a role he
\nhas held since 1989. He
\npreviously served as a director for Arrow’s other
\nbanking subsidiary, Glens Falls National Bank and
\nTrust Co., from 1989 to 2015.<\/p>\n
\nand is president of a consulting firm that advises
\nnonprofits on business-planning. His also currently
\nserves on the boards of the Greater Adirondack Home
\nAides and the Glens Falls Symphony.<\/p>\n
\nan MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and
\nis recipient of the Life Fellowship of the American
\nCollege of Healthcare Executives. Active in the
\ncommunity, he is a Rotarian and a member of various
\nchambers of commerce throughout the region.<\/p>\n
\nInnova Physical Therapy, was recently awarded
\na certificate of achievement in pelvic physical
\ntherapy (CAPP) by the American Physical Therapy
\nAssociation (APTA).<\/p>\n
\nTroy to have this certification and is honored by the
\nrecognition, the group said.<\/p>\n
\nhas participated rigorous continuing education
\nclasses, passed exams and wrote a case report that
\nwas approved by the APTA. The classes covered
\ntopics including urinary incontinence, bowel
\ncomplications, and pelvic pain disorders for women,
\nmen, and children.<\/p>\n
\ncommunity in Queensbury, appointed Andrea
\nHebert<\/strong> as executive director.<\/p>\n
\nof Glen Eddy, The Eddy’s retirement community
\nin Niskayuna. Hebert first joined The Eddy senior
\ncare network in 1991, and has served in several
\nleadership capacities, including as finance director
\nof the housing division for many years, managing
\nthe financial operations of The Eddy’s five retirement
\ncommunities.<\/p>\n
\nEddy operates four other senior living communities.<\/p>\n
\nNiskayuna, Hawthorne Ridge in East Greenbush, and Beechwood in Troy.
\nA resident of Queensbury, Hebert received her
\nbachelor’s degree in accounting from Russell Sage
\nCollege.<\/p>\n![\"p](\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2015\/10\/p20brief20-20tom20hall.jpg\")
The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGLC)
\nwelcomed Diamond Point resident Tom Hall<\/strong> as
\nthe newest member of its
\nBoard of Directors.<\/p>\n
\nboard with extensive
\nenvironmental and
\nmanagement experience,
\nas well as a deep local
\nconnection to the lake.<\/p>\n
\nthe state Department
\nof Environmental
\nConservation after a 33-year career in public service
\nthat focused on environmental protection. He held
\nthe position of special assistant\/assistant regional
\ndirector for DEC Region 5.<\/p>\n
\nFreshwater Wetlands Law, a regulatory program
\nthat set the stage for protecting state wetland
\nresources; managed environmental permitting as
\nan environmental analyst and permit administrator;
\nwas responsible for the oversight and management
\nof DEC’s environmental permitting program within
\nRegion 5 as regional permit administrator.
\nHe also served as a Lake George Park
\nCommissioner for a number of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"