Category Archives: Personnel Briefs

Discover Saratoga announced the hiring of Amy Sgromo and the promotion of Karen Verrigni.
Sgromo joins the team as the assistant director and sales coordinator at the Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center. She is responsible for all aspects of the Visitor Center operations and services as well as group tour and sports market sales.
Previously, Sgromo worked as the social sales and bistro manager for the Pavilion Grand Hotel where she acquired new business for the hotel and oversaw the food and beverage for hotel functions. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College School of Communication and an associate degree in hospitality management from Onondaga Community College.
Verrigni was promoted to director of heritage area visitor center, tourism & event sales.
She started her career at Discover Saratoga as the assistant director and sales coordinator at the Visitor Center where she provided service to the group tour market and assisted with all aspects Visitor Center operations, program planning and volunteer recruitment.

Roohan Realty announced that Cindy Hollowood and Anne O’Toole have joined the team as licensed real estate salespersons.
Hollowood grew up in North Greenbush and has lived in Saratoga Springs for nearly 40 years. She received in B.A. in sociology from SUNY Albany and holds an A.A.S. in criminal justice from Hudson Valley Community College.
She operated the Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs for 38 years and has served on numerous boards and committees in both business and philanthropic circles. She is a founding member and past chair of the city’s convention and tourism bureau and the past chair and 25-year board member of the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association.
She has served on the board of the American Red Cross, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Hudson Valley Community College Foundation. Hollowood served on the City of Saratoga Springs Zoning Board of Appeals, chaired the Next Step Downtown Redevelopment Committee and currently represents the city on the Saratoga Race Course Advisory Board.
O’Toole has lived in Saratoga Springs for the past 18 years. She grew up in New Jersey and received her B.A. from Northeastern University in Boston. She had a successful career in sales and advertising in New York City before moving to Saratoga.

Saratoga National Bank and Trust Co. announced that Scott E. Armando has joined the bank as a residential mortgage originator. Armando will guide clients through the mortgage application process. He serves the same role for Glens Falls National Bank, part of the Arrow family of companies. Armando has worked in banking for more than...

The Hyde Collection announced that Laura Bradigan of Saratoga Springs has been named director of development.

Bradigan will advance the mission of the museum through development, donor relations, and fundraising.

Before joining The Hyde, she held a similar position at Bethel Homes and Services in Ossining and Croton-On-Hudson for more than 10 years. She has also worked for many years in government, politics, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations in the Capital District and upstate New York.

The Adirondack Trust Co. has promoted Eric Navarra to assistant vice president/retail banking development officer.
Navarra joined Adirondack Trust in 2016 as assistant treasurer/branch manager of the Ballston Spa branch, and was promoted to assistant treasurer/small business development officer, a role that required collaboration with other branch managers to develop, retain and expand relationships with new and existing business customers.

NBT Bank has hired James Brown as an investment officer. He is based at NBT Bank’s Saratoga Springs office.
Brown has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining NBT, he was a relationship manager for Bank of America’s private wealth management firm, U.S. Trust.
Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from St. Michael’s College. He is a graduate of the New York Bankers Association’s Fiduciary Investment School and completed the advanced consultative sales training program at the Cannon Financial Institute.

Roohan Realty announced its top Realtors for the year of 2018.
The top five agents are Valerie Thompson, Kate R. Naughton, Conner Roohan, Meg Minehan and Darlene Chorman.
In addition, the top commercial agent was Amy Sutton.
The company recently held an awards celebration and dinner in their honor at The Lodge. In total, they achieved over $56.8 million in real estate property sales last year, the company said.

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Merrill Lynch announced that Susan Phillips and Kevin Mosher recently joined The Moloney-Leonard Group.
Phillips has more than 27 years of experience in the financial services industry. She began her career as a financial advisor at Fleet Investment Services in 1992, prior to that she held numerous positions within the retail bank.
Today, she leverages the investment insights of Merrill Lynch and access to the banking convenience of Bank of America.

Jenks Family Insurance in Saratoga Springs announced that Kristen Jenks is the newest licensed agent for home, auto and business insurance. 

Jenks, of Saratoga Springs, has worked at the agency for the past year, learning the business through a variety of tasks. She performed a variety of clerical work, all while studying for the state exam to be a licensed professional insurance agent which she passed to become a licensed professional insurance agent.

She will also be overseeing the marketing department. 

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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.

The Adirondack Trust Co. has hired Leslie D’Angelico as senior vice president, director of retail banking.

D’Angelico joined Adirondack Trust in December and is responsible for the administration, growth and efficient operation of the bank’s retail network.

Prior to joining Adirondack Trust, her 25-year career encompassed business development, small business production, investment consulting, retail leadership and profitability, and community involvement.

Active in her community, D’Angelico serves as an executive board member and finance chair for the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, she serves on the Tri-County United Way Board and Queensbury Community Scholarship Association.

She resides in the Queensbury area.

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Shelters of Saratoga (SOS) board of directors named Karen A. Gregory to lead the agency as the new executive director.

A veteran of nonprofit leadership for the Columbia-Greene Domestic Violence Program, Gregory has held public and private sector roles throughout her career of more than 20 years.

She has experience in nonprofit and public service agencies and corporations. As executive director of the Columbia-Greene Domestic Violence Program, Gregory led the agency through its growth with the acquisition of two agency-owned shelters and two transitional apartment buildings.

In addition to her nonprofit experience, Gregory served as a law enforcement officer for five years. Most recently, she served in an operational leadership role for Target Corp.