{"id":18170,"date":"2015-10-02T14:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/10\/personnel-briefs-oct-2015.html"},"modified":"2015-10-02T14:57:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:57:22","slug":"personnel-briefs-oct-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/10\/personnel-briefs-oct-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nTwo mortgage
\noriginators recently
\njoined the residential
\nlending department
\nat Ballston Spa National
\nBank.<\/p>\n
Noelle Kahler<\/strong> and Kahler joined BSNB in April 2012 working As part of Myers has been The An accomplished Karen Charbonneau<\/strong> has joined the Miranda She is past president of Saratoga BNI. Her real estate career began in 1994 where she Charbonneau is a U.S. Army veteran and Michael Spilman<\/strong> Spilman, of Queensbury, will oversee the He spent the last 12 years working for the He currently Stuart Marc de He has 25 years He will McPhillips Insurance Agency appointed He joins the agency with more than 20 Active in his community, he serves on the The Law Firm of McNamee, Lochner, Titus Raines provides counsel to clients in connection Raines was previously employed at a Raines was also previously employed as Raines graduated Albany Law School of She assumes the Holland will oversee branch operations She has an associate’s Cross Kucharski will lead the bank’s overall Cross Kucharski holds an associate’s degree The company also Shafer will oversee Shafer joins Saratoga National with eight Shields holds a After beginning her career in California As client support specialist, Shields will Miller brings more For the past eight years, she has run her St. Pierre oversees more than 300 members CAVS certification candidates must fulfill Tuttle will focus on Tuttle has a bachelor’s degree in business Active in her community, she serves as an Continuum Wealth He will focus on providing targeted financial Cutting-Miller has over 12 years of experience He graduated cum laude with a Bachelors Kruczlnicki also serves on the board of A resident of Malta, Kruczlnicki currently His also currently serves on the boards of He holds a bachelor’s degree from Siena Two mortgage originators recently joined the residential lending department at Ballston Spa National Bank. Noelle Kahler and Joshua Myers will be responsible for working with new and existing customers to originate residential mortgage loan products while maximizing customer relationships…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[104],"class_list":["post-18170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personnel-briefs","tag-personnel-briefs"],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nJoshua Myers<\/strong> will
\nbe responsible for
\nworking with new
\nand existing customers
\nto originate residential mortgage loan
\nproducts while maximizing customer relationships
\nand enhancing the customer experience.<\/p>\n
\nin the retail lending department. The
\nSchuylerville resident earned her associate
\ndegree from SUNY Adirondack, is a member
\nof the bank’s Customer Service Committee
\nand is active in the community.
<\/p>\n
\nthe BSNB Volunteers in Action program, she
\nhas volunteered with Junior Achievement,
\nRebuilding Together Saratoga County and
\nhas also participated in BSNB’s annual Electronics
\nRecycling and
\nDocument Shredding
\nDay.<\/p>\n
\nwith BSNB since 2010
\nwhen he was hired as
\na customer service
\nrepresentative and
\nwas most recently
\npromoted to mortgage
\noriginator.<\/p>\n
\nBallston Spa native earned his bachelor’s
\ndegree from Sage College of Albany.<\/p>\n
\nrunner, Myers has represented
\nBSNB in multiple events over the years.<\/p>\n
\nReal Estate Group based in Clifton
\nPark. Charbonneau brings 21 years of experience.
\nShe will represent buyers and sellers
\nthroughout the Capital Region.<\/p>\n
\nsold homes throughout New England and
\nworked her way to broker while creating her
\nown real estate company. She also created a
\nhome renovation and rehab business that
\nemployed three construction crews.<\/p>\n
\ngraduated from UMass-Amherst with a
\nbachelor of science in computer science and
\nbusiness.<\/p>\n
\nEmbassy Suites
\nin Saratoga Springs
\nannounced two new
\nhires.<\/p>\n
\nwas named director
\nof sales. He comes to
\nthe Embassy Suites
\nwith over 30 years of
\nhotel experience in
\nthe Capital District.<\/p>\n
\nsales and marketing efforts at the Embassy.<\/p>\n
\nTurf Hotel Corp. as general manager of the
\nHoliday Inn Resort in Lake George. Prior
\nto that, he was the director of sales at the
\nQueensbury Hotel in Glens Falls.
\n
<\/p>\n
\nserves on the board of North Country
\nMinistries in Warrensburg, and is a past
\nboard member of the Adirondack Regional
\nChamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n
\nVoe<\/strong>, of Clifton Park,
\nwas named director
\nof food and beverage.<\/p>\n
\nof hospitality\/restaurant
\nexperience.
\nHe spent 10 of
\nthose years in Las
\nVegas and 15 years in
\nthe Capital District,
\nprimarily with Mazzone Hospitality.<\/p>\n
\nbe managing the food and beverage operation
\nwith focus on building up the Diamond
\nClub Grill, the Embassy’s in-house restaurant and lounge.<\/p>\n
\nAnthony Metivier<\/strong> as an account executive
\nfor Warren, Washington and Saratoga counties.
\nMetivier will focus on developing new
\nbusiness and meeting the insurance needs
\nof existing customers in the tri-county area.<\/p>\n
\nyears of experience in insurance and business
\ndevelopment, including most recently
\nfor Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Co.
\nHe has a bachelor’s degree in economics
\nand finance from Bentley University.<\/p>\n
\nQueensbury Town Council and is president
\nof the Ski West Mountain Education Foundation.<\/p>\n
\n& Williams PC announced that Hunter
\nD. Raines<\/strong> has joined the firm as an associate,
\nworking in its corporate law, commercial
\nreal estate, federal and state taxation,
\nbanking and thrifts, and nonprofit organization
\npractice areas.<\/p>\n
\nthe formation and operation of corporations
\nand limited liability companies,
\nmergers and acquisitions, purchase and sale
\nof businesses, commercial real estate and
\nleasing transactions, and commercial lending
\ntransactions. He also assists nonprofit
\norganizations on issues of formation, federal
\nand state tax exemption, and general
\noperational concerns.<\/p>\n
\ndownstate law firm where he represented
\nentities in merger and acquisition transactions,
\ncommercial real estate lending transactions,
\nand in the preparation of commercial
\nentity organizational documents and
\nagreements. He further assisted with the
\nprosecution of real estate foreclosure actions,
\nand assisted in matters related to federal
\nand state income tax issues.<\/p>\n
\nthe senior attorney to the deputy commissioner
\nof higher education at the state Education
\nDepartment. He regularly led negotiations
\nof complex contracts and master service
\nagreements with vendors, advised
\ndepartment management on program compliance
\nmatters and best practices, as well as
\nprovided counsel on education issues.<\/p>\n
\nUnion University in 2012, where he served
\nas senior editor for the Albany Government
\nLaw Review. He received his B.A. in political
\nscience from the University of Tennessee in
\n2008.<\/p>\n
\nSaratoga National
\nBank and Trust Co.
\nhired Allison Holland<\/strong>
\nas vice president
\nand regional manager
\nof its branch network.<\/p>\n
\nrole from Belinda
\nCross Kucharski<\/strong>,
\nwho was appointed
\nregional sales manager.<\/p>\n
\nand staff. She comes to Saratoga National
\nwith over 25 years of banking experience,
\nhaving served most recently as vice president
\nand financial center manager at Bank
\nof America.<\/p>\n
\ndegree in business
\nadministration
\nfrom Hudson Valley
\nCommunity College.<\/p>\n
\nActive in the community,
\nshe has been
\na volunteer for the
\nStillwater Community
\nCenter, Saratoga
\nSalvation Army and
\nShelters of Saratoga.<\/p>\n
\nbusiness development efforts. She joined
\nSaratoga National in 2013 as a vice president
\nand branch manager and has over 25 years
\nof banking experience in the Capital Region
\nand North Country.<\/p>\n
\nin business administration from Clinton
\nCommunity College. She is active in the
\ncommunity as a member of the CAPTAIN
\nYouth and Family Services’ executive board,
\nthe Chamber of Southern Saratoga County’s Education and Business Committee, vice
\npresident of the Chamber’s Angels board
\nand a member of the Chamber’s Ambassador
\nprogram.
\n
<\/p>\n
\nhired Patrick Shafer<\/strong>
\nas assistant vice
\npresident and branch
\nmanager of its West
\nAvenue office.<\/p>\n
\noperations and develop
\nbanking relationships
\nfor the branch
\nat 91 West Avenue in
\nSaratoga Springs.<\/p>\n
\nyears of banking experience. He has an associate’s
\ndegree in business administration
\nfrom Hudson Valley
\nCommunity College.<\/p>\n
\nLisa Shields<\/strong> recently
\njoined the
\nteam at Mannix Marketing,
\nInc. as a client
\nsupport specialist.<\/p>\n
\nbachelor’s degree in
\ncomputer science
\nfrom SUNY Potsdam
\nand has substantial experience in office
\nmanagement as well as marketing and website
\nclient support services.<\/p>\n
\nas a member of the sales and support staff
\nat the Hewlett-Packard Co., Shields worked
\nfor Ascension Lutheran School where she
\ndirected the implementation of school-wide
\ncomputing and assisted with launching
\ntheir website. For the past nine years, she
\nhas worked for several nonprofit organizations
\nin the Saratoga Springs area.<\/p>\n
\nprovide clients with customer service and
\nassist with website edits and adjustments.
\nShe will also serve as office manager.<\/p>\n
\nCost Control Associates
\nannounced
\nthat Lisa A. Miller<\/strong> of
\nSaratoga Springs was
\nhired as marketing
\nand communications
\nmanager.<\/p>\n
\nthan 25 years of experience
\nin marketing
\nand corporate communications
\nto her new position. She spent
\n22 years with KeyCorp, including 12 years
\nat its international affiliate Key Equipment
\nFinance where she was marketing and employee
\ncommunications manager.<\/p>\n
\nown business developing marketing communications
\nand by-lined articles for a national
\nbusiness clientele. She is a member
\nof the Rotary Club of Saratoga Springs and
\nserves on the club’s board of directors. She
\nis also a member of Albany Pro Musica, the
\ncapital region’s premier choral group, for
\nwhich she serves as administrator, section
\nleader and singer. Miller earned her B.A.
\nfrom Skidmore College.<\/p>\n
\nElizabeth St.
\nPierre<\/strong>, associate director
\nof volunteer
\nservices at Saratoga
\nHospital, has been
\nawarded the Certified
\nAdministrator of
\nVolunteer Services
\n(CAVS) credential by
\nthe Council for Certification
\nin Volunteer
\nAdministration. The national certification
\ndistinguishes St. Pierre as being among the
\nelite in volunteer management in healthcare.<\/p>\n
\nof Saratoga Hospital Volunteer Guild.
\nTogether, Guild volunteers donate more than
\n55,000 hours of service each year and make
\nsignificant financial donations to support
\nhospital facilities, programs and services.<\/p>\n
\nrequirements for education, experience,
\nand adherence to professional standards of
\nconduct. Candidates also must pass a rigorous
\nexam that covers six areas: planning
\nand program development, management of
\nhuman resources, finance, organization and
\nmanagement of services, professional development,
\nand outreach, advocacy and public
\nrelations.<\/p>\n
\nMcPhillips Insurance
\nAgency appointed
\nToni Tuttle<\/strong> as a
\nsales executive for
\nWarren, Washington
\nand Saratoga counties.<\/p>\n
\ngrowing the insurance
\ncustomer base
\nand meeting the insurance
\nneeds of existing customers in and
\naround the tri-county area. She joins the
\nagency with 19 years of experience in insurance
\nand sales.<\/p>\n
\nmanagement from Empire State College.<\/p>\n
\nambassador for the Adirondack Regional
\nChamber of Commerce and secretary for the
\nGlens Falls Collaborative.<\/p>\n
\nAdvisors LLC, an independent
\nregistered
\ninvestment adviser
\n(RIA) and integrated
\nwealth management
\nprovider, announced
\nthat Stephen M. Cutting-
\nMiller<\/strong>, CPA has
\njoined the firm a senior
\nvice president of
\nadvanced planning.<\/p>\n
\nplanning services to individuals and
\ncompany retirement plans.<\/p>\n
\nin advanced operational, financial
\nand tax expertise. Before joining Continuum
\nWealth Advisors, he was a director for Tag
\nAssociates, LLC, a wealth management firm
\nlocated in New York City. He also worked as
\nthe principal advisor for SMC Advisory LLC
\nand as a vice president\/account manager for
\nThe Ayco Co. LP.<\/p>\n
\nof Business Administration from Siena College
\nin Loudonville. In addition to being a
\nCPA, Cutting-Miller also holds a Financial
\nIndustry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series
\n66 license. He is also an active member
\nof both the Financial Planning Association
\nand the New York Society of CPAs.<\/p>\n
\nSaratoga National Bank and Trust Co. appointed
\nDavid Kruczlnicki<\/strong> to its board of
\ndirectors.<\/p>\n
\nthe bank’s parent company, Arrow Financial
\nCorp., a role he has held since 1989. He previously
\nserved as a director for Arrow’s other
\nbanking subsidiary, Glens Falls National Bank
\nand Trust Co., from 1989 to 2015.<\/p>\n
\nteaches at Siena College and is president of
\na consulting firm that advises nonprofits on
\nbusiness-planning. From 1989 until 2013, he
\nwas president and CEO of Glens Falls Hospital.<\/p>\n
\nthe Greater Adirondack Home Aides and the
\nGlens Falls Symphony.<\/p>\n
\nCollege, an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic
\nInstitute, and is recipient of the Life Fellowship
\nof the American College of Healthcare
\nExecutives. Active in the community, he is a
\nRotarian and a member of various chambers
\nof commerce throughout the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"