Personnel Briefs

Tully Rinckey PLLC announced that former Albany County Assistant District Attorney Lincy M. Jacob has joined the firm as an associate. Jacob will pull from her extensive prosecutorial experience to represent anyone charged with a violation, misdemeanor, or felony in the Capital Region.

Prior to joining the firm, Jacob served as an assistant district attorney for the Albany County District Attorney’s Office. There she prosecuted a wide range of crimes in the Towns of Guilderland and Colonie, including DWI, assault, drug crimes, and financial crimes. As a prosecutor she handled over 250 DWI hearings and trials.

Jacob received her juris doctorate from Albany Law School. While studying there, she served as a legal intern for the state Department of Motor Vehicle’s Contracts Administration and as a legal aide for the state Office of the Attorney General’s Health Care Bureau. She received her bachelor’s degree from the university at Albany, where she studied criminal justice.

John Wyatt was named Vice President, commercial loan officer at Ballston Spa National Bank. Wyatt is responsible for developing and managing commercial loan relationships.

He comes to BSNB with more than 20 years of experience in community banking, lending and management. Prior to joining BSNB, he was the senior lending officer at First National Bank of Scotia, where he oversaw residential and commercial lending originations. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Lawrence university and graduated in 1991.

Wyatt has been a member of the Rotterdam Sunrise Rotary, the Glenville Rotary and the Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce. He was also the chairman of Land Record Services Title Agency. A resident of Charlton, he volunteers his time with local community programs including Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Junior Baseball, Burnt Hills Pop Warner, and Burnt Hills Travel Basketball.

Anna Miarka-Grzelak has joined SUNY empire State College as assistant vice president of enrollment management and student services.

Miarka-Grzelak is responsible for directing marketing and recruitment systems,

contributing to the college’s overall enrollment management and marketing strategy, as well as the ongoing development of the college’s recruitment and retention policies and procedures.

Previously, Miarka-Grzelak was marketing director for the division of continuing studies at Indiana university-Purdue university Fort Wayne. Her responsibilities included guiding the strategic planning for recruitment and managing marketing, communications and outreach initiatives, to promote diversity and quality of offerings to adult students. Miarka-Grzelak has an M.S. in adult education from Indiana university and an M.A. in english philology from the university of Warsaw, Poland.

Saratoga Hospital named Todd Zenio, RN, cardiac catheterization lab, as its Service excellence Star of the year for 2012.

Zenio, an employee of the hospital for three years, was recognized for his compassion, his high quality of care and for being a team player. The Service excellence Star of the year is selected from the hospital’s 12 Service excellence Stars of the Month.

In addition to Zenio, service stars for 2012 include: Teri Baldwin, laboratory services; Christina Dickson, Wilton Medical Arts; Claudette Farchione, volunteer services and the laboratory at Malta Medical Arts; Rose Gibbs, Fiscal Services; Jim Glockner, volunteer services; Amy Picard, Child Health Plus; Greg Sisk, cardiology; Noelle Smassanow, RN, women’s health services; Allona Steves, Primary Care at Wilton; Freddie Wedthoff, Intensive Care unit; and kate Zumback, volunteer services.