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Saturday, April 6, 2002, Page: B12
CHAMBER NEWS The Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce received three national Awards for Communications Excellence for the second consecutive year, part of an annual program conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. Visions, the chamber's newsletter, received an Award of Excellence in the typeset newsletter category, and the chamber's Web site, http://www.ac-chamber.org, and the Tech Valley Web site, http://www. techvalley.org, were presented honorable mention awards. DONATIONS The Golub Foundation presented $80,000 to Albany Medical Center for use in the $10.1 million fund-raising effort to expand the Charles and Winifred Touhey Emergency Care Center. The capital project will help relieve overcrowding and improve efficiencies in the emergency room at the hospital. The Golub Foundation was established in 1981 as the charitable arm of Rotterdam-based Golub Corp., parent of Price Chopper Supermarkets. The NFL Alumni Upstate New York Chapter and FleetBoston Financial awarded $27,300 to the Center for the Disabled, proceeds from the eighth annual Fleet-NFL Alumni Charity Golf Classic, a golf tournament and auction.
The NFL Alumni chapter also made donations of $1,500 to the Times Union Pigskin Geography Program and $1,500 to the Double H Hole-in-the-Woods camp. The Community Foundation for the Capital Region, a regional center for philanthropy, approved a $25,000 grant for The Pauline K. Winkler Speech and Hearing Center at The College of Saint Rose in Albany. The money came from The Community Health Care/Albany's Hospital for Incurables Fund. The new clinical center will be in the School of Education building now under construction, and will provide early intervention programs to treat low-income children with speech and language disorders. The William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation donated $10,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northeast New York in support of the 2001 Adopt An Angel campaign. The campaign raises money to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. The Albany Damien Center on South Lake Avenue was awarded a $9,000 grant from the Community AIDS Partnership of the Capital Region in support of efforts to provide a drop-in community center, programs and activities for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The money was raised during AIDSWalk 2001. The Friends of Albany Public Library awarded more than $9,000 to the library for three ongoing programs for children and seniors. The Children's Summer Reading Program received $4,600 to hire a part-time reading program coordinator; $1,000 went to the 2002 Summer Computer Camp for Kids at the John A. Howe branch in Albany's South End; and, with Fleet Bank as co-sponsor, $3,500 went to Senior Connect to make that computer/Internet training program for senior citizens year-round. KeyBank N.A.'s Albany District donated $7,000 to the Capital Region Local Organizing Committee, which coordinated the Albany Fan Fest held during the National Collegiate Athletic Association's men's wrestling championship. The Local Organizing Committee provides support services for fans and participants in conjunction with the next three years of NCAA championship events in the Capital Region. GRAB BAG Transfinder, the Schenectady-based transportation management software company, has released Transfinder i, a product that lets school district employees and parents quickly access transportation-related information on the Internet. Parents are able to find out their child's bus stop, locate the school their child would attend if they are relocating and visualize the route their child's bus will follow to school. Marilyn Frantsov, an audiologist and principal in Better Hearing Services in Albany and Schenectady, has received her clinical doctorate in audiology from the Arizona School of Health Sciences, a division of Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. Mark Kanonik of Ryan-Biggs Associates, a Troy-based consulting engineering firm, presented RBA's 312 College Ave. project at a seminar sponsored by Western States Clay Products Association in Los Angeles. The seminar reviewed proposed changes to the masonry design code. Vera Nuspliger and Amelia Adams of Nuspliger Associates, a Ballston Spa-based public relations firm, conducted a training seminar and interactive workshop for the New York State Restaurant Association. The session covered basic skills for spokespeople and dealing with negative media and public perceptions. IT'S AN HONOR Manuel Choy of Saratoga Springs, a financial adviser with Merrill Lynch's Albany office, has completed the Merrill Lynch Certified Financial Manager Program and received the certified financial manager designation. Cahal Stephens, president and chief executive of Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering P.C. in Albany, was elected a Fellow of The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, the representative body for professionally qualified architects in that country. He has been a member of the RIAI since 1976. Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc., an Albany-based health plan, was featured in a national report, ``Innovations in Medicaid Managed Care: Health Plan Programs to Improve the Health and Well-Being of Medicaid Beneficiaries,'' released by the American Association of Health Plans in Washington, D.C. CDPHP was cited for its ongoing efforts in preventive care for its Medicaid members. Thomas Babcock of Babcock Financial Advisors Inc. in Colonie was named to LinscoPrivate Ledger's Patriot's Club in recognition of his achievements in client services. The designation goes to about 7 percent of all top-producing LPL representatives. Joanne Miller of Ballston Spa, director of volunteers, was named Employee of the Year at Saratoga Care, the umbrella for Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Care Nursing Home and four community clinics. She has worked with Saratoga Care since 1995. Shelly Johnston, an associate at Creighton Manning Engineering LLP in Albany, an engineering consulting firm, was certified as a professional traffic operations engineer by the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Eileen Howe of Loudonville was inducted into the President's Club at Grainger Inc., a Lake Forest, Ill.-based industrial distributor of products. 15-LOVE, a program of the Capital Region Youth Tennis Foundation that uses tennis as a medium to promote multicultural relationships, fitness and education, was named one of the country's Top Community Tennis Associations of 2002 by Tennis Week magazine. 15-LOVE provides free tennis clinics at 19 sites across the Capital Region that, in addition to on-court instruction, offers off-court workshops in self-respect, honor, discipline and good sportsmanship. Donald Vilmar, banquet manager at the Sagamore Hotel in Lake George, was named Outstanding Tourism Executive of the Year during the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association's 2002 ``Stars of the Industry'' awards. Chosen for his professionalism and customer service, he joined the Sagamore in 1986 as a bartender then rose from bar captain to assistant banquet manager to banquet manager. In addition, Evelyn Davis of the Holiday Inn Turf at Lake George was named Roomkeeper of the Year/150 rooms or less. She has worked as roomkeeper at the hotel for more than 25 years. Ned Norton of Albany, who operates the Warriors on Wheels program, received the Community Leader of the Year Award at the New York State Development Disabilities Planning Council's annual achievement awards dinner. Warriors on Wheels, begun in 1988, offers a weightlifting and fitness program for people in wheelchairs as an alternative rehabilitation program. John Decker of Mechanicville, a tractor-trailer driver with United Parcel Service in Albany, was honored by the company for completing 20 years of service. Decker, who started as a package sorter, was promoted to his current position in 1996. Christopher Arndt of East Greenbush was named Temporary Employee of the Month for March at Sargent & Blais Personnel Services in Albany. He joined the personnel agency in 2001. LITERALLY ON THE MOVE BrawnMedia of Albany, an advertising agency owned by Donna Brownson of Colonie, has moved to Suite 2 at 17 King Ave. in Albany. The four-person agency offers creative services for Web production, media buying and public relations. The telephone number is 482-7296; the Web site is http://www.brawnmedia.com.
North Country Insurance Agency, offering property/casualty, commercial and life insurance, has moved from State Street in Schenectady to 165 Freemans Bridge Road in Scotia with the purchase of S.A. Casale Insurance Agency. Jerry Buell is the owner. The telephone number is 374-0555. MEDIA NEWS The College of Saint Rose was honored with six awards for admissions advertising in the 17th annual Admissions Advertising Award Program, sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report, the national newspaper of admissions marketing. The college received a silver award for its entry in the direct-mail advertising category; bronze awards in the public relations, single magazine advertisement and logo/letterhead design categories; and merit citations in the newspaper ad/single ad and logo/letterhead categories. All of the pieces were conceived, written and produced by the college's public relations office. Oberlander Design and the University at Albany won four awards from Admissions Marketing Report: a gold award in the magazine advertising series category; a bronze award in the newspaper advertising series category; a silver award in the television single spot category; and a merit award for UAlbany's annual report. Shenise Productions LLC, an Albany-based video production company, won three Tellys in the 23rd annual Telly Awards, which showcases non-network and cable TV commercials. The company was honored for a four-minute event video, a five-minute infomercial and a 30-second commercial. Rueckert Advertising and Public Relations LLC in Colonie was chosen by the Community Foundation for the Capital Region to provide ongoing marketing and public relations services. The agency will develop a logo, design the foundation's annual report and create other marketing communications materials. It also will provide public relations counsel. Two members of the Capital Region Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, Len Prazych of Saratoga Springs, principal in Prazych Communications, and Ken Ross of New Paltz, who works at the State University College at New Paltz, were accredited by the PRSA. The voluntary certification program leads to the designation of APR, or accredited in public relations. Cotton Hill Studios Inc. in Albany completed the mixing and mastering of a new CD release for The Burners UK, a local band. Blass Communications, an advertising and marketing agency in Old Chatham, has made available on its Web site ``Marketing in the New Millennium,'' a program it offered in February to the Siena Family Business Institute. The program includes five areas of business marketing: branding, independent research, public relations, media buying, and using photography to showcase a product line. The Web site is http://www. blasscommunications.com/news. John Bolster of Smith & Jones, a Troy-based marketing communications agency, was named a finalist in the ART category of the Flash Film Festivals 2001 San Francisco for his Web site, ``Consequences of Thought'' (http:// home.nycap.rr.com/jsbdesign/cos). The show featured personal, non-commercial work showcasing individual artistic vision. ON THE BOARD Two Capital Region dentists were reappointed to leadership positions with the New York State Dental Association. John Essepian of Loudonville will serve as chair of the NYSDA Council on Education and Douglas Smail of Troy was appointed chair of the association's Council on Publications. Gregory Liberatore of Clifton Park, who practices general dentistry in Clifton Park, was reappointed chair of the NYSDA Council on the New Dentist. He will lead the council as it develops programs and initiatives for recent dental school graduates. The NFL Alumni Upstate New York Chapter, a nonprofit charitable organization raising money for youth-related groups throughout the Capital Region, appointed officers to its board of directors for 2002. They are: president -- Tim Sherwin, regional lending manager, HSBC Mortgage (New York Giants and Baltimore Colts); vice presidents -- Derek Brown, entrepreneur (New York Giants); Walt Chattman, retired, state Department of Corrections (Philadelphia Eagles); David Gamble, community relations, Hannaford Supermarkets (Denver Broncos); Jim Willig, automotive consultant (Green Bay Packers); George ``Butch'' Byrd (Buffalo Bills); treasurer -- Joseph Culver, vice president, Banknorth Mortgage Group; and secretary -- Jennifer Chatain, teacher, Troy City School District. Joel Slutsky, senior loan officer, Home Funding Finders, is golf tournament director.
Board members are Bill Miner, KeyBank N.A.; John Cobb, HSBC Mortgage; Christopher Rossetti, KPMG; Richard Sleasman, retired police officer; Carol Sleasman; and Karl Swanke, communications consultant (Green Bay Packers). The 2002 advisory board members are: Bob Belber, general manager, Pepsi Arena; Ed Lewi, president, Ed Lewi Associates; Daryl Leggieri, director of sales, Desmond Hotel; Schoen Labombard, entrepreneur; and Robert Provost, director of marketing, Times Union. Lauretta Chrys, senior vice president of retail banking for Charter One Bank in Albany, was elected chairman of the New York Bankers Association's Retail Banking Division.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008, Page: D2
FINANCIAL
Berkshire Bank
Justin Priddle of Troy was named branch manager for the Delmar branch of the bank, a unit of Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Hills Bancorp. He was an assistant branch manager at Citizens Bank in the North Greenbush Hannaford store. Karl Meehan of Troy was promoted to branch manager for the Glenville branch. He was assistant branch manager at the East Greenbush branch.
West & Company CPAs PC
Lynn Knowlton of Johnstown was promoted to manager at the provider of accounting-related professional services.
Alumni Funding LLC
Lisa Beth Adams joined the firm's Albany office as a loan originator. She was assistant vice president in loan administration for Wells Fargo Financial Services.
Smith Barney
Michael Parker , branch manager, was promoted to senior vice president at the global private wealth management unit of Citi. He has worked for Smith Barney for eight years.
INDUSTRY
Schrader and Co.
Ted Frank , a designer, joined the residential remodeling and cabinetmaking firm in Burnt Hills as senior design consultant.
NONPROFITS
Northeast Career Planning
Wendy Connelly of Albany was named rehabilitation services coordinator in Menands-based vocational rehabilitation and placement agency.
Ingrid Johnson of Schenectady was named rehabilitation services coordinator in the Schenectady office.
Richard Martelle of New Lebanon was named accountant in the business office in Menands.
Ashley Stanton of Saratoga Springs was named rehabilitation services coordinator in the Glens Falls office.
Tina Furst-Hotaling of Ravena was named rehabilitation services coordinator in the Troy office.
Ethan Manning of Voorheesville was named rehabilitation services coordinator in the Albany office. He served in the military for nine years.
Linda Strohl of Latham was promoted to manager of compliance and incident review of the nonprofit vocational rehabilitation and placement facility. She has worked at the organization since 1980. Keith Rayner of Schenectady was promoted to offsite contract coordinator responsible for general oversight and administration of all NCP employment contracts. He has worked at the firm for seven years.
PROFESSIONS
Malcolm Pirnie Inc.
John Mastracchio of Clifton Park joined the Latham office of the environmental consulting firm as a senior associate.
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering P.C.
Amanda Austin of Castleton joined the integrated architecture and engineering design firm's marketing team.
Bruce Molino of Greenwich joined as a designer.
Dede Nash of Cambridge joined as a specifications writer. She owned the Preservation Specs Group and her own consulting business.
The LA Group
Amy Winberg joined the landscape architectural firm in Saratoga Springs as a landscape designer for its Government Services Group.
REAL ESTATE
TL Metzger & Associates
Lydia Sheremeta of Voorheesville joined the real estate firm's residential division working out of the Loudonville office.
Prudential Manor Homes Realtors
Lisa Harder-Rice joined the Delmar office of the real estate firm as a residential sales associate.
Maria Mencarelli joined the Greenbush office as a sales associate.
Nicole Jordan joined the Coxsackie office as a sales associate.
Brett Lauren-Kennedy joined the Niskayuna office at the real estate firm as a residential sales associate.
Weichert Realtors - Northeast Group
Robert Heady of Albany joined the Guilderland office of the real estate firm as a salesperson.
SERVICES
New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan and Benefits Fund
Jedaiah Chambers of Albany joined the organization as an investment analyst. He interned with then-Lt. Gov. David Paterson's office, researching energy and health care issues.
Tiffany Garrison of Waterford joined the benefits department as a clerk/typist. She was a service leader at Hannaford Bros. in Delmar.
Jennifer Marozas of Valley Falls was named pension analyst. She was a customer service representative at Hoboken Floors and shift manager at DialAmerica Marketing Inc., Albany.
Nicole Wells of Burnt Hills was appointed administrative assistant to the chief operating officer. She was secretary to the Saratoga Springs Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Design Review Commission. Joyce Diamond of Schenectady joined as DOCStar clerk.
Wanda Krisanda of Clifton Park joined as pension clerk.
Jaime Cataldo of Albany was named the accounting department's hospital service representative. She was contributions examiner.
M. Jill Fisher of Schenectady was promoted to accounting department supervisor. She was bookkeeper.
Sean Raleigh of Delmar was appointed investment department manager. He joined in 2001 as an investment analyst, and most recently was an investment coordinator.
Lauren Seuferling of Selkirk was promoted to pension analyst. She joined in 2006 as a pension clerk.
Senior Whole Health of NY
Emmanuel Clayton of Albany was named sales and marketing representative for the health care benefits plan for low-income seniors eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, a unit of Cambridge, Mass.-based Senior Whole Health. He worked at Fidelis Care New York.
Superior Business Products Inc.
Barbara Thompson of Guilderland joined the Schenectady office products company as an interior archi-
tectural designer. She worked for Business Environments.
AIM Services Inc.
Michael Mercadante of Wilton was appointed executive director of the Saratoga Springs organization helping those with developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injuries. He worked for HSBC Securities.
The Community Foundation for the Capital Region
Karen Bilowith was named senior director of philanthropic services at the private charity managing nearly 300 charitable funds for individuals, families, businesses and organizations. She was president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Schenectady County.
The Pike Company
Gloria Ciminelli was promoted to opera-
tions manager, Albany office, for the provider of commercial building services, including construction management, general contracting, design/build and facility management. She has been with the company for 14 years.
The Business Coun-
cil of New York State
Michael Moran of Albany joined the organization as director of communications. He was assistant vice president of media relations, The Hartford Financial Services Group.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008, Page: D2
Berkshire Bank
Justin Priddle of Troy was named branch manager for the Delmar branch of the bank, a unit of Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Hills Bancorp. He was an assistant branch manager at Citizens Bank in the North Greenbush Hannaford store. Karl Meehan of Troy was promoted to branch manager for the Glenville branch. He was assistant branch manager at the East Greenbush branch.
West & Company CPAs PC
Lynn Knowlton of Johnstown was promoted to manager at the provider of accounting-related professional services.
Alumni Funding LLC
Lisa Beth Adams joined the firm's Albany office as a loan originator. She was assistant vice president in loan administration for Wells Fargo Financial Services.
Smith Barney
Michael Parker , branch manager, was promoted to senior vice president at the global private wealth management unit of Citi. He has worked for Smith Barney for eight years.
INDUSTRY
Schrader and Co.
Ted Frank , a designer, joined the residential remodeling and cabinetmaking firm in Burnt Hills as senior design consultant.
NONPROFITS
Northeast Career Planning
Wendy Connelly of Albany was named rehabilitation services coordinator in Menands-based vocational rehabilitation and placement agency.
Ingrid Johnson of Schenectady was named rehabilitation services coordinator in the Schenectady office.
Richard Martelle of New Lebanon was named accountant in the business office in Menands.
Ashley Stanton of Saratoga Springs was named rehabilitation services coordinator in the Glens Falls office.
Tina Furst-Hotaling of Ravena was named rehabilitation services coordinator in the Troy office.
Ethan Manning of Voorheesville was named rehabilitation services coordinator in the Albany office. He served in the military for nine years.
Linda Strohl of Latham was promoted to manager of compliance and incident review of the nonprofit vocational rehabilitation and placement facility. She has worked at the organization since 1980. Keith Rayner of Schenectady was promoted to offsite contract coordinator responsible for general oversight and administration of all NCP employment contracts. He has worked at the firm for seven years.
PROFESSIONS
Malcolm Pirnie Inc.
John Mastracchio of Clifton Park joined the Latham office of the environmental consulting firm as a senior associate.
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering P.C.
Amanda Austin of Castleton joined the integrated architecture and engineering design firm's marketing team.
Bruce Molino of Greenwich joined as a designer.
Dede Nash of Cambridge joined as a specifications writer. She owned the Preservation Specs Group and her own consulting business.
The LA Group
Amy Winberg joined the landscape architectural firm in Saratoga Springs as a landscape designer for its Government Services Group.
REAL ESTATE
TL Metzger & Associates
Lydia Sheremeta of Voorheesville joined the real estate firm's residential division working out of the Loudonville office.
Prudential Manor Homes Realtors
Lisa Harder-Rice joined the Delmar office of the real estate firm as a residential sales associate.
Maria Mencarelli joined the Greenbush office as a sales associate.
Nicole Jordan joined the Coxsackie office as a sales associate.
Brett Lauren-Kennedy joined the Niskayuna office at the real estate firm as a residential sales associate.
Weichert Realtors - Northeast Group
Robert Heady of Albany joined the Guilderland office of the real estate firm as a salesperson.
SERVICES
New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan and Benefits Fund
Jedaiah Chambers of Albany joined the organization as an investment analyst. He interned with then-Lt. Gov. David Paterson's office, researching energy and health care issues.
Tiffany Garrison of Waterford joined the benefits department as a clerk/typist. She was a service leader at Hannaford Bros. in Delmar.
Jennifer Marozas of Valley Falls was named pension analyst. She was a customer service representative at Hoboken Floors and shift manager at DialAmerica Marketing Inc., Albany.
Nicole Wells of Burnt Hills was appointed administrative assistant to the chief operating officer. She was secretary to the Saratoga Springs Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Design Review Commission. Joyce Diamond of Schenectady joined as DOCStar clerk.
Wanda Krisanda of Clifton Park joined as pension clerk.
Jaime Cataldo of Albany was named the accounting department's hospital service representative. She was contributions examiner.
M. Jill Fisher of Schenectady was promoted to accounting department supervisor. She was bookkeeper.
Sean Raleigh of Delmar was appointed investment department manager. He joined in 2001 as an investment analyst, and most recently was an investment coordinator.
Lauren Seuferling of Selkirk was promoted to pension analyst. She joined in 2006 as a pension clerk.
Senior Whole Health of NY
Emmanuel Clayton of Albany was named sales and marketing representative for the health care benefits plan for low-income seniors eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, a unit of Cambridge, Mass.-based Senior Whole Health. He worked at Fidelis Care New York.
Superior Business Products Inc.
Barbara Thompson of Guilderland joined the Schenectady office products company as an interior archi-
tectural designer. She worked for Business Environments.
AIM Services Inc.
Michael Mercadante of Wilton was appointed executive director of the Saratoga Springs organization helping those with developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injuries. He worked for HSBC Securities.
The Community Foundation for the Capital Region
Karen Bilowith was named senior director of philanthropic services at the private charity managing nearly 300 charitable funds for individuals, families, businesses and organizations. She was president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Schenectady County.
The Pike Company
Gloria Ciminelli was promoted to opera-
tions manager, Albany office, for the provider of commercial building services, including construction management, general contracting, design/build and facility management. She has been with the company for 14 years.
The Business Coun-
cil of New York State
Michael Moran of Albany joined the organization as director of communications. He was assistant vice president of media relations, The Hartford Financial Services Group.
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Saturday, October 5, 2002, Page: B13
DONATIONS M&T Bank's Albany Division donated $15,000 toward the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York's capital campaign, which is raising $3 million to add 18,000 square feet to its warehouse in Latham. The Hudson River Bank & Trust Foundation awarded $10,000 -- a two-year commitment -- to Seton Health Foundation's ``Mommy Project,'' a multi-disciplinary project involving staff from the Troy-based health network's social work, obstetrics and primary care departments. The program addresses access-to-care issues for teenage and Spanish-speaking mothers. Jointa Galusha LLC of Glens Falls, an affiliate of D.A. Collins Cos., made the following donations of materials: 20.55 tons of stone to the Tanglewood Elementary Homeschool Association in South Glens Falls; 11.5 yards of 3000PSI concrete to the Glens Falls Little League; 16.3 tons of stone to Troop 99 in South Glens Falls; 34.5 yards of concrete to Habitat for Humanity for a lot on County Route 48 in Argyle; and 40 yards of concrete to Habitat for Humanity for a location on Mud Pond Road in Glens Falls. Verizon Communications Inc. donated $5,000 to upgrade the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York's information system, which helps serve the needs of local disaster victims. KeyBank N.A. donated $2,500 to the Satin, Silks and Stars Weekend dinner event, a fund-raiser that supports Special Olympics New York's efforts to reach disabled athletes across the state. BBL Construction Services in Albany donated $1,000 to the Albany ARC Foundation Inc.'s annual fund-raising dinner. The money raised will benefit programs and services of the Albany County Association for Retarded Citizens, which provides educational, rehabilitative and residential services. GRAB BAG Randall Implements Co. Inc. in Fultonville was named a Claas of America dealer and will handle round balers and hay tools for the U.S. subsidiary of Claas KGaA of Harsewinkel, Germany, a European manufacturer of harvesting machinery. Randall Implements is owned by Bob Freeman, who started the company in 1966. Walter Burke, a shareholder, estate planning and elder law attorney with the Albany law firm of Burke, Casserly & Gable P.C., discussed ``Reviewing Will and Trust Provisions'' at the Financial Planning Association's 2002 Success Forum in New Orleans. Technology 4 All, a Chatham-based computer services company, now offers expanded copy services, following owners Carl and Laurie Quinn's investment of about $3,000 in a Sharp copier. The Troy-based marketing communications agency Smith & Jones will be featured in the documentary ``Remembering Downtown,'' in production at WMHT Telecommunications Inc., as an example of entrepreneurial revitalization in the city of Troy. The documentary will provide a nostalgic glimpse of Albany, Schenectady and Troy in their heyday and follow the cities through decline to their new resurgence as residential, cultural and business centers. As part of ``Neighbors Make the Difference Day,'' almost 600 workers from KeyBank N.A. and McDonald Investments branches throughout the Capital Region volunteered on community service projects. This year, the 12th year of the event, the volunteers -- including top executives -- painted apartments at Capital City Rescue Mission in Albany, prepared the Parsons Child and Family Center campus in Albany for winter and undertook cleaning, painting and cooking projects at Ronald McDonald House in Albany. Helen Volk, president and owner of Beyond Clutter, has written another booklet, ``Behind Clothes Doors,'' a step-by-step guide to organizing wardrobe. Her e-mail is helen@beyondclutter.com. IT'S AN HONOR The Spinal Cord Society's Capital District Chapter will present Appreciation Awards Oct. 15 at its Chefantasia-II Annual Research Fund benefit to longtime supporters. To be honored are: Michael Aloisi, KeyBank N.A.; Dan DeFedericis, president of the PBA of NYS Troopers Inc.; Edward Guzdek, president of the Police Conference of New York Inc.; and the Albany Police Pipes and Drums. Chef sponsors are Ellis Hospital, St. Lawrence Cement and Trans World Entertainment Co. Cherie Kane, operator of My Gym Children's Fitness Center in Rotterdam, was named Director of the Year by My Gym Enterprises of Los Angeles. The honor goes to owners who exceed the franchise's standards of operation and care. My Gym offers early learning/pre-gymnastics classes for children aged 3 months to 9 years. Prabhat Hajela of Loudonville, a professor of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a 2003 ASME Congressional Fellow. Hajela was honored for achievements in engineering research and education, and leadership roles in ASME and other professional societies. Eric Ferguson, site manager for the Adams Park Apartments in Albany, managed by Sunrise Management and Consulting of Latham, earned certification as an Accredited Residential Manager from the Institute of Real Estate Management. Schenectady ARC marked its 50th anniversary by honoring Capital Region community and business leaders at its annual awards dinner. Charles Steiner, president of The Chamber of Schenectady County, received the Community Award; Thomas O'Connor Sr., chairman and CEO of Mohawk Paper Mills Inc. and Thomas O'Connor Jr., Mohawk's president and chief operating officer, were named Customer of the Year; and Rich Bonaker, president of Superior Quality Products, was cited as Employer of the Year. Schenectady Mayor Albert Jurczynski presented a Key to the City to Carroll ``Smokey'' Stowell of Niskayuna for community leadership that includes more than three decades of service as a SARC board member. Saratoga Arms in Saratoga Springs was recommended to appear in the 2003 Guide to North American Hotels, Inns and Resorts by Conde Nast Johansens, the London-based publisher of hotel guides. Suzanne Marotta of Glenville, assistant vice president for JLT Services in Latham, was named Top Persistency Performer at the MetLife Auto & Home annual leaders' conference. Top-performing independent agent are recognized for profitability, productivity, persistency and partnership. William Henderson, administrator of Upstate Neurology Consultants LLP, an Albany-based neurology practice, earned Fellow status from the American College of Medical Practice Executives. He was cited for high standards of performance in medical practice management. Baron Ink, a newsletter published by Baron Cos. of Albany, received an Award of Excellence in the APEX 2002 Awards for Publication Excellence. Baron provides commercial construction services through Baron Construction Corp., Baron Utilities Corp. and CNT Construction Inc. Jan Marie Chesterton, vice president of New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association, and Jeffrey Shinaman, vice president for membership services for the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, graduated from the Institute for Organization Management, a four-year program held at University of Delaware in Newark. The program offers continuing education for chamber and association executives. Dr. Amy Molinaro of Union Street Dental in Schenectady was included in the 2003-04 edition of the National Register's Who's Who in Executives & Professionals, which recognizes individuals reaching success in their respective fields. George Dvorak of Albany, a professor of mechanics at Rensselaer Polytechnic in Troy will receive the Daniel C. Drucker Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He will be honored for research achievements in plasticity, material fracture and fatigue, and thermal-mechanics of heterogeneous materials. LITERALLY ON THE MOVE Saratoga Restaurant Equipment Sales has moved to the former Wilton Elementary School at 2526 Route 9N in Greenfield Center. The company, which offers kitchen and food-service equipment, purchased and renovated the 7,000-square-foot building, which now houses its sales and administrative offices, warehouse, equipment installation prep area and display showroom. David Hummel is president. The showroom is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. The telephone number is 584-6293. ON THE BOARD David Tarella of Saratoga Springs, an agent in the Albany general office of New York Life Insurance Co., was appointed secretary and elected to the board of directors of New York Life Agents Reinsurance Co., a life and disability reinsurer. Karing for Kids, an Albany group that assists families facing illness-induced financial difficulty, named these new officers: Paul Kleinberger II of Loudonville, general manager, Smiles Unlimited -- president; Carol Puglisi of Scotia, administrative assistant, Saratoga Trunk & Furniture Co. -- vice president; Joseph Senecal of Waterford, vice president-finance, KeyCorp -- treasurer; and Charlene Schlude of Niskayuna, registered nurse/case manager, CDPHP -- secretary.
Board members are: Lonna Baker of Albany, registered nurse/case manager, CDPHP; Ray Caoutte of Scotia; Sean Corcoran; Tenley Klouse of Niskayuna; Denise Romand of Saratoga Springs, medical staff/practice liaison, Saratoga Hospital; Michael Schaffer of Troy; and Ronald Schleich of Rexford, vice president of real estate and engineering, Golub Corp/Price Chopper. Elected to the board of the Adirondack Community College Foundation in Queensbury were: Michael Dennis of Saratoga Springs, president and general manager, Dennis Land Development Co. Inc. and McGregor Links Country Club of Saratoga Springs; Arleen Girard of Glens Falls, vice president of government banking, Evergreen Bank N.A.; and Ronald Stewart of Queensbury, formerly associate director of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center. OPEN FOR BUSINESS Palatine Valley Dairy has opened a retail store and manufacturing plant at 68 E. Main St. in Nelliston, Montgomery County. The company, parent of Palatine Cheese, offers about 40 different ages and varieties of cheddar cheese and flavored cheddar cheese in and around the Mohawk Valley. The business involves several family members: Earl and Carol Spencer of Palatine Bridge are owners; daughter Brenda Hill is route sales manager and daughter Belinda Bowerman is route sales representative; George Bowerman is cheesemaker and daughter Danielle and granddaughter Emily Bowerman assist at the retail store. The store is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The telephone number is 993-3194. Control Associates LLC, a distributor of factory automation equipment, has opened at 900 Commerce Drive in Clifton Park. Affiliated with the engineering firm Steam Plant Systems in Clifton Park, it was formed as a Siemens Technology Center, distributing Siemens automation products and other manufacturers' associated equipment. Ron Messer is the owner of the firm, which employs five. The telephone number is 877-7925. Comfort Suites, a 75-suite, four-story hotel, has opened at 7 Northside Drive, off Northway Exit 9 in Clifton Park. The hotel is owned and operated by Clifton Motel III of Clifton Park; Stacie Gonzalez is general manager. The hotel, which employs about two dozen workers, has an indoor pool, exercise room, guest laundry and more than 3,200 square feet of banquet/meeting space. WEB NEWS
5oints.net, an Internet development, consulting and technology services firm in East Chatham and Albany, has introduced pre-designed packages that offer Web sites with a custom-designed look to small and start-up businesses. Matrix Intermedia Corp. of Troy revamped the Web site of Seton Health, a health care network anchored by St. Mary's Hospital of Troy. The new site, www.SetonHealth.org, offers interactive features and easy site navigation. Compiled by Betsy Feldstein...
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Friday, December 25, 1987, Page: B7
Four Capital District organizations will receive grants from the Mohawk- Hudson Community Foundation, a public charity that will begin its 20th year in January.
Selected from the 30 groups that made requests this fall were: *De Paul Residence for the homeless in Albany, $2,000.
*The Neighborhood Advisory Council of Troy, $1,500 for an archaeological education program for youth.
*The YWCA of Albany, $1,500 for a cultural art show documenting the history of women over the past 100 years.
*The Troy Area United Ministry, $1,372 to establish a community dispute settlement program.
The foundation, located at 901 Madison Ave., Albany, in new quarters rented from the Council of Community Services, recently named Maureen Costello of Westerlo as its first full- time salaried executive director.
Costello said the foundation accepts money from people who want to give to charity and then makes awards.
Some of the money, donated without any restriction on what groups it should go to, is given to organizations involved in human services, arts, health, science and education. Most are seeking small amounts to initiate new programs.
The deadlines for applying for an unrestricted grant are Oct. 1 and April 1 for funds awarded on Jan. 1 and June 1, respectively. An 11-member selection committee studies requests and makes grant recommendations to the foundation's 30-member board, Costello said.
In both 1985 and 1986, unrestricted grants totaling $12,000 were made.
In addition, the foundation in 1986 dispersed through its donor- advised, memorial and designated funds another $88,662 to 129 organizations. Those are funds in which the contributor specifies how money given to the foundation is to be used.
Board president C. Jordan Vail said many people choose to donate through the foundation at the end of the year because money given now may be taken as "a complete tax donation" in the year it is given.
The foundation was started after a study in the mid-1960s by the Albany Council of Community Services found a philanthropic gap in the area. The foundation adopted its current name in 1971 and expanded to include Rensselaer and southern Saratoga counties.
Vail said the non-profit corporation keeps up with new ideas and maintains flexibility and continuity that the earlier study had determined were not available.
In the future, Costello said, there will be greater emphasis put on acquiring more endowments and bequests as well as encouraging the establishment of individual funds that bear the names of the benefactors....
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Thursday, October 12, 1995, Page: A1
ALBANY Nearly half of the 50 gubernatorial appointees coming before the Senate for confirmation this week contributed significantly to the campaign funds of Gov. George Pataki, the state Republican Party and other GOP candidates. A Times Union computer analysis of campaign contribution records shows donations from those appointees totaled $332,585 since the beginning of last year. Pataki received slightly more than $200,000 during that period from 22 of his appointees, members of their immediate families or corporations of which they are top executives. Two more of his nominees or their spouses contributed to other key Republican politicians. One other donated to Pataki's legislative campaigns prior to his running for governor.
A few of the appointees or their firms also contributed to Democratic candidates. Democrats received $10,915 from the nominees or their companies but $9,315 of that came from the law firm of Lysaght, Lysaght and Kramer. Peter L. Kramer, a partner in the firm, has been named chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission by Pataki. Kramer and his partners have donated more than $14,000 to Pataki and more than $9,000 to other GOP coffers.
An administration spokesman and other leading Republicans said they see nothing wrong with giving appointments to campaign contributors.
``The only thing we've done is nominate qualified, intelligent and experienced people to important positions,'' said Pataki spokesman Robert Bellafiore. ``They're all going to jobs that will help us attract business to New York, attract jobs to New York and help make New York a better place to live.''
``It would be silly for people not to expect that nominees would be people who have supported the governor in every way,'' said Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who received nearly $4,000 from the appointees. ``These people supported the governor because they are tuned in to the governor philosophically. They were contributors because they wanted to stop the bleeding of jobs to other states. Naturally he's going to be reaching out to people who are tuned in to the changes the majority of the people who voted for Pataki wanted.''
In fact, Bruno argued, appointing people who were willing to put their quite-substantial checking accounts where their mouths were is a good thing for all New Yorkers.
``This is in the best interest of the people,'' he said. ``I would think it would be a comfort for people to know that the governor has appointed people who were willing to contribute to helping him bring about change.''
Even Democrats were restrained in their criticism of the appointments, noting that most are taking non-paying jobs on commissions and boards that oversee economic development and other broad issues.
``This certainly continues the trend,'' Rochester Sen. Richard Dollinger said, citing other major Pataki donors and fund-raisers who are now serving in high-level state jobs, such as Secretary of State Alexander Treadwell.
Dollinger, who voted for most of the nominations on the Senate floor Wednesday, said he hadn't heard about the large donations many had made. ``I'm not surprised,'' he said. But he added that many of the nominees that came before the Senate Health Committee, of which he is a member, ``have significant qualifications.''
``The mere fact that they've given political contributions shouldn't preclude them from what are mostly volunteer positions,'' he added.
By far the largest of the GOP contributors named to state posts by Pataki is James Ortenzio, chairman of the J.A.O. Holding Corporation, who was put on the Cornell University Board of Trustees.
When Ortenzio's nomination came up on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, debate such as it was lasted a couple of minutes. ``He's a remarkable man,'' Sen. Hugh Farley, a Niskayuna Republican said. ``This is quite a fellow.''
Highly educated and the owner of a Manhattan meat processing company, Ortenzio has also been a regular Republican contributor over the years. ``Countless,'' was how Ortenzio described his party donations.
In fact, over just the past six years, Ortenzio contributed at least $71,000 to various GOP entities, including $30,000 to Pataki's 1994 campaign, $40,000 during a two-year period to Attorney General Dennis Vacco and $10,000 to the state Republican Party.
``I've been concerned with that in the past,'' Ortenzio said when asked about the potential perception problems the public might have with major contributors being appointed to various state posts.
Ortenzio was chairman of Pataki's economic development transition team and also chaired Vacco's transition committee.
``My attitude is, do the work in a campaign, take the candidate and drop him on safe shores and go back to where I came from. In this case, I was approached by the governor. I did not contend.''
``But remove the money factor, the contributions, and in each case consider the person by his resume or credentials,'' Ortenzio said. In his case, he added, ``If I didn't feel this was a mission or commitment I could make or feel qualified for I wouldn't have even considered it . . . I don't feel this is an empty honor.''
Other leading contributors include:
David H. Feinberg, a real estate developer, named to both the Science and Technology Foundation and the Job Development Authority. He and his wife contributed $43,000 to Pataki over the past two years. Since 1993, he's also donated $30,000 to the state Republican Committee.
Anthony Gioia, who controls several corrugated box companies in the Buffalo area, also is joining the Science and Technology Foundation. He and his companies have contributed $43,500 to Pataki and another $1,625 to other GOP candidates. Gioia has also backed a few Democratic politicians, contributing $350 to that party since January of 1994.
Charles Dorkey III, a partner in the Haythe & Curley law firm in New York City, is the third nominee to the Science and Technology Foundation. He and the firm contributed $26,800 to Pataki in the past two years. Dorkey also gave $10,000 to the state GOP committee, $3,500 to Vacco and $3,050 to other Republicans.
Arthur F. Young Jr., an executive with Key Bank of New York, has been named to the board of the Capital District Transportation Authority. Key Bank and its parent company, KeyCorp, contributed $10,500 to Pataki.
A new round of nominees is likely before the year's end, according to senators, who said they were told Wednesday to plan on returning in December to take up more confirmations.
Sen. Nicholas Spano, a Westchester County Republican and Pataki ally who also was a beneficiary of several of the nominees' largesse, said the pattern of contributor appointments is likely to continue.
``I think George Pataki would be making a major mistake if he appointed his enemies to these jobs,'' he said. ``This certainly doesn't mean they are buying their way in the process, but that they have a high level of concern and are involved in the process.''
FROM CONTRIBUTORS TO APPOINTEES Of the 50 people appointed to state jobs by Gov. George Pataki who are being confirmed by the Senate this week, 22 contributed money to the governor's campaign coffers. Many more also donated funds to the state Republican Party and other Republican campaign committees. Here's a look at the appointees who contributed the most to Pataki in 1994 and 1995, either personally or through companies in which they're executives. APPOINTEE JOB CONTRIBUTIONS Anthony Gioia Science & Technology Foundation $43,500 David Feinberg Science & Technology Foundation/Job Development Authority
$43,000 James Ortenzio Cornell University Board of Trustees
$30,000 Charles Dorkey III Science & Technology Foundation
$26,800 Peter Kramer Chairman, Long Island State Park Commission
$14,000 Arthur Young Jr. Capital District Transportation Authority
$10,500 Peter Ryan State Banking Board $6,500 Donald MacElroy Capital District Transportation Authority
$5,500 Louise Woerner Chairwoman, Public Health Council
$5,500 Anthony Esposito Capital District Transportation Authority
$5,000 Dr. Russell Bessett Public Health Council
$5,000 Source: Times Union computer analysis of state Board of Elections records....
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Saturday, January 25, 2003, Page: B13
CHAMBER NEWS The Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for its Capital Leadership Class of 2004. The yearlong educational program identifies individuals from diverse backgrounds who are committed to addressing community challenges and improving the quality of life in the Capital Region. The application deadline is 5 p.m. May 2, although those applying by Feb. 3 are eligible for a $200 tuition discount. The program is organized by the Capital Chamber Foundation, in partnership with The Doane Stuart School. Call Kevin Butler at 453-5236. DONATIONS The Hudson River Bank and Trust Co. Foundation, an arm of Hudson River Bank & Trust Co., awarded grants totaling more than $500,000 to more than 350 nonprofit groups last year. Receiving grants of more than $1,000 were: Affordable Housing Partnership of Albany County, $2,500; Albany Medical Center, $5,000; Alzheimer's Association, $5,000; Capital District Habitat for Humanity, $5,000; Catholic Charities of Montgomery County, $1,500; Center for the Disabled, $5,000; Columbia County Agricultural Society, $12,500; Columbia-Greene Community Hospice Foundation, $3,500; Friends of Clermont, $2,500; Fulton-Montgomery Community College, $1,500; Girls Incorporated, $1,500; Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association, $1,000; Hope House Funding, $1,500; Literacy Inc., $3,500; Maternal Infant Network of the Capital Region, $3,500; Montgomery County Senior Citizens Program, $5,000; Pleshakov Music Center, $2,500; Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, $5,000; St. Clare's Hospital, $5,000; St. Jude's Hospital, $8,500; Salvation Army, $4,000; Schenectady Day Nursery, $1,500; and Special Olympics, $4,000. The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation in Great Barrington, Mass., awarded a $2,500 grant through its Our Town Fund to the Riders Mills Historical Association in Malden Bridge, Columbia County. The money will assist ongoing restoration of the 18th-century Riders Mills Schoolhouse and creation of historical/educational programs for the public.
GRAB BAG The 15-member Southern Saratoga Chapter of Business Network International, a business leads group, closed 2002 with record-breaking totals for referrals and sales. The group passed 929 qualified business referrals among members, a 42 percent increase over 2001. The chapter had a closed sale total of $309,668.57 showing an 80 percent increase over the closed sales total in 2001. Robert Curley, division president of Charter One Bank in Albany, will be chairman of WMHT Ch. 17's 30th anniversary Great TV Auction, airing May 1 through 10 on the Rotterdam-based public broadcasting station. Also named as Great TV Auction leaders were: Pieter VanDerzee of McGinn, Smith & Co., and Pamela Tobin of the Downtown Albany BID, co-chairs of the community leadership committee, and Melody Grasso, community volunteer, chairwoman of Auction Week Operations. Almost 1,000 items have been donated to the auction to date. IT'S AN HONOR Robert Lazar, president and chief executive of New York Business Development Corp., a small-business lender, was awarded the 2003 Achievement Award for Small Business by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The award cited NYBDC's success in using SBA programs to foster economic development. Pat Spencer-Cisek, a clinical nurse specialist with the C.R. Wood Cancer Center at Glens Falls Hospital, has renewed her advanced oncology nursing certification. The oncology nursing certification points renewal option, known as ONC-PRO, allows nurses to accumulate points via continuing education to renew certification, rather than taking an exam. Barbara Duffy of Niskayuna, an account executive with Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc., was selected for the FedEx Corp. Quest for Quality Spotlight Award, recognizing her management of CDPHP benefits for the package carrier. Thomas Wayne, a senior financial adviser with American Express Financial Advisors Inc.'s Wayne, Bazanos & Associates in Albany, received the President's Recognition Award for providing quality advice to clients. Tina Gerardi of Albany, deputy executive director of the New York State Nurses Association, earned the certified association executive designation from the American Society of Association Executives. Donald Wilson of Scotia, a retired package delivery driver who worked out of the United Parcel Service facility in Liberty, was inducted into the Upstate New York District's Circle of Honor, which recognizes UPS drivers achieving 25 years of driving service without an accident. The U.S. Small Business Administration's Syracuse District recognized Albany area lenders for their SBA lending in fiscal 2002. Fleet National Bank led in the large commercial lender category for the third year, with 77 loans value at more than $3.67 million. Evergreen Bank N.A. continued its three-year lock on the large community lender category, with eight loans for $848,000. The Adirondack Trust Co. was the most active lender in the small community lender category, with 20 loans for $1.72 million. MEDIA NEWS Barbara Kane Pilliod of BKPcommunications in Niskayuna, a public relations consultant for emerging high-tech businesses, is now publicist for Marie Taziki, a vocalist and songwriter who has been performing for more than 20 years in the Capital Region and has her first CD, ``Little Box of Fantasy.'' Mehigan, Robert & Bellone Inc., a Schenectady communications firm, was retained by Larkin Commercial Properties Inc. of Albany to develop a public relations strategy and to strengthen its corporate identity. Shenise Productions LLC, an Albany-based video production company, traveled to Kenya to produce several television documentaries on the services provided by the International Rescue Committee. Principal Bob Shenise, director of photography, and WRGB Ch. 6 reporter/producer Judy Sanders went on the trip. ON THE BOARD Tracy Metzger of Loudonville, president of the Albany real estate firm TL Metzger & Associates, was appointed to Albany's Empire Zone Administrative Board for a two-year term. She was selected for her in-depth knowledge of real estate in the city and her broad-based involvement in the business community. Bill Lawrence, chief executive officer of Meridian Capital Partners Inc. in Colonie, was appointed chairman of the Capital District YMCA's urban development advisory board, a community-based group intended to help the Y grow its urban programming in Albany, Schenectady and Troy. The Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany Inc. elected officers and three new directors at its annual meeting. New board members are Elizabeth Squires, vice president and trust officer of KeyBank N.A.; Laura Marx, former director of development at Berkshire Farms; and Jim Marzano, executive vice president of information technology at Capital District Physicians' Health Plan.
Officers are: Stewart Hatch, vice president, The Troy Savings Bank -- president; Keith Arnold, William H. Ebel & Sons, Castleton -- vice president; Eileen Rosen, Select Homes, Guilderland -- secretary; and Thomas Rissberger, Sneeringer, Provost, Redgrave Title Agency Inc., Albany -- treasurer. The Global Business Network of New York's Capital Region, an Albany-based association of businesses, organizations and individuals pursuing business opportunities abroad, has named new officers: Kevin Harrigan, Fleet National Bank -- president; Renee Nichols, Ceramaseal -- vice president of programs; Michael Allocca, Team Worldwide -- vice president of membership; Mary Cimo, Scanlan Communications Group -- vice president of communication; Brian Zweig, Business Opportunities Management Consulting -- treasurer; and Linda Hill, Niagara Mohawk.
Board members are: Louise Aitcheson, Center for Economic Growth; George Cruden, Space Design Inc.; Jeffrey DePree, Applied Robotics Inc.; Cathy Doheny, U.S. Department of Commerce; Douglas Grout, Liberty Growers Inc.; Eileen Guarino, Greno Industries inc.; Brenda Kelly, Capital Region World Trade Center; Seth Leech, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna; and Gerald Shaye, Empire State Development. Peter Bilicki, vice president of Seagroatt Riccardi Ltd. in Latham, was elected northeast regional director for the Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association, a trade group based in Annapolis, Md. David Kruczlnicki, president and chief executive officer of Glens Falls Hospital, was elected a trustee of the Healthcare Association of New York State, an Albany-based trade group for more than 550 hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies and other health care facilities in the state. Community volunteer Debby Mullaney was named to chair the Ellis Hospital Foundation Board in Schenectady. She also will be an ex-officio member of all committees of the board. The Greater Capital Association of Realtors Inc. installed new leaders for 2003. Officers are: Jacquelyn Witbeck, Coldwell Banker Prime Properties, East Greenbush -- president; Merle Whitehead, Realty USA, Clifton Park -- president-elect; and Kathleen Hedrick, Prudential Manor Homes, Albany -- secretary/treasurer.
On the board of directors are: David Evans, RE/MAX Premier, Albany; Paula Gaies, Weichert Realtors Northeast Group, Guilderland; Kristin McClenaghan, Lori Schindler Realty, Troy; Sandra Nardoci, Prudential Manor Homes, Latham; and Debi Quade, Robmar Realty, Albany.
Representatives to Capital Region Multiple Listing Service Inc.'s board are: Robin Carlson of Lori Schindler Realty, Troy, and Edward Wilson, Coldwell Banker -- Prime Properties, Scotia.
The representatives to the New York State Association of Realtors Inc.'s board are: Nina Amadon, Weichert Realtors Northeast Group, Loudonville; Robert Blackman, Realty USA, Delmar; and Robert Freedman, RLF Realty, Albany. OPEN FOR BUSINESS Geri Ann Laiacona of Newtonville, a registered nurse and certified clinical hypnotherapist, has opened Holistic Hypnosis at the Albany Kripalu Yoga Center at 6 Metro Park Road in Colonie. The business offers services in weight loss, smoking cessation, pain relief, overcoming fears and building confidence. The telephone number is 441-2771; the e-mail is joyofhypnosis@yahoo.com TRANSACTIONS Jeffrey Sperry and Tom Savino of CB Richard Ellis/Albany brokered the sale of a convenience store/gas station at 1600 Western Ave. in Guilderland. Birol Ozbay/USA Gasoline paid $1.025 million for the property to King Fuels Inc. The site will continue to be used as a convenience store/gas station. WEB NEWS Clifton Park Center has added a virtual tour to its Web site at www.shop-cliftonparkcenter.com. The feature offers a 360-degree view of the mall and its interior. Compiled by Betsy Feldstein...
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Friday, March 31, 1989, Page: B14
The state Science and Technology Foundation has allocated $1.7 million to help finance a number of private industry projects across the state, including about $300,000 for four Capital District companies.
Under the foundation's Corporation for Innovation Development program, which was created to assist young, technology-based companies, Automated Dynamics Corp. of North Greenbush will receive $100,000, as will Geotech Energy Conversion Corp. of Troy. The investment in Automated Dynamics, which is located in the Rensselaer Technology Park and doing research and development in the area of composites, will be used for the company's Robotic Winding Systems.
Geotech will use its $100,000 to continue development and marketing of its geothermal heating pumps.
In addition to financing projects at the companies, the development funds are used to leverage additional aid from the federal government, venture capitalists and private industry.
Intermagnetics General of Guilderland also received approval for $50,000 in the form of a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the foundation. The money is earmarked for the company's work in the area of nuclear magnetic resonance.
Rupprecht & Patashnick of Albany will receive a a grant of nearly $50,000 for its work in the area of laser irradiation.
"With the approval of this additional state funding for high-technology research, development and commercialization, we are furthing New York's lead in the internationally- competitive high-tech race and fueling the growth of our economy," said state director of Economic Development Vincent Tese, who also serves as foundation chairman....
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Sunday, July 12, 1992, Page: B2
Three staff members of Adirondack Environmental Services Inc., an
Albany analytical research laboratory, have been appointed shareholders in the firm.
Frank Scuderi has been with the firm as laboratory director since 1985. Scuderi has a master`s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Sheryl Martucci is manager of atomic spectroscopy. She is a graduate of Siena College. Tony Spensieri, corporate controller, is director of financial
services.
Claudine M. Klein of Schenectady has been promoted to production/
traffic coordinator at Higginbotham & Associates Inc., a Menands advertising
and public relations firm. She will oversee the agency`s computerized traffic system.
Klein has been with Higginbotham since 1988. She graduated cum laude
from Union College.
Freddie A. Towler has been named controller at International Paper`s
Hudson River mill in Corinth. He will be responsible for finance, information systems and purchasing.
Towler joined International Paper in May 1987 as a supervisor.
Recently, he was supervisor of operations analysis at the company`s corporate office in Memphis, Tenn.
A native of Memphis, Towler has a bachelor`s degree from Memphis State University.
Rick McGuirk and James Best have been named art directors at Wolkcas
Advertising Inc. in Albany.
McGuirk is a graduate of the State University College at Buffalo. He
has been with Wolkcas on a free- lance basis since 1990.
Best is a graduate of Pratt Institute.
Robert DeLuke has been promoted from senior art director to creative
director.
DeLuke is a graduate of the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He
has been a senior art director at Wolkcas since joining the agency in 1988.
William L. Powers will coordinate new business development for Wolkcas. Prior to joining Wolkcas, Powers was manager of marketing
communications for AGCO Deutz-Allis of Norcross, Ga.
W. Graham Lawson of Clifton Park has become a senior consultant with
the underground cable systems unit of Power Technologies Inc. of Schenectady, a consulting company and supplier of engineering software and specialty
computer-based simulators, instrumentation and controls.
A former chief engineer with Pirelli Cables UK in Southhampton,
England, Lawson will be a project engineer.
Stephen P. Hnat
of Schenectady has joined the company. He is an analytical engineer in the distribution engineering unit.
Boris S. Gisin of Niskayuna has joined the company`s software products department as an analytical engineer.
Gisin is a former associate professor with St. Petersburg Institute of Advanced Education in Russia.
Douglas Flint of Latham has been named layout designer at Latham-based Community Health Plan.
Previously, Flint worked as a graphic arts production assistant at CUC Marketing of the New York State Credit Union League Inc. art director for the Graphic Line, and graphic artist for DTV Advertising, all in Albany.
Flint has a bachelor`s degree from the State University at Buffalo.
Anne L. Yordy of Schenectady has been named vice president and
controller for Jardine Insurance Brokers of Schenectady. Yordy has been
employed by Jardine since 1972.
JoAnn Cote of Clifton Park has been named vice president. Cote manages the small-business unit and has been employed by Jardine since 1985.
Amy K. Brockman has joined the staff of Compose Yourself in Albany as a graphic designer.
Brockman is a graduate of the Junior College of Albany.
Janet C. Judge of Brunswick has been appointed mortgage officer for
American Eagle Funding Co. of Clifton Park. She will be responsible for
originating residential mortgages in the Capital District. She has 14 years`
experience in residential real estate.
Anne Schneider Costigan has been named administrative vice president of the foundation division of the Center for the Disabled in Albany.
She has a bachelor`s degree from the State University College at
Plattsburgh and a master`s degree from the State University at Albany. She has worked in human resource and fund-raising management positions at the center
since 1985.
Robin M. Pellegrino has been named vice president of the center`s
marketing department.
She has her bachelor`s degree from the State University at Albany and a master`s degree from Russell Sage College. She joined the center nine months
ago as assistant vice president of marketing.
Jeff Kiley of Guilderland has joined Saturn of Albany, located in
Colonie, as a car sales manager.
Previously, Kiley spent 15 years in the newspaper business, most
recently as classified advertising manager at The Times Union.
John H. Wylie of Niskayuna has been appointed district sales manager at Marine Midland Bank. Wylie will manage daily sales and business development in Albany.
He joined Marine in 1988 and relocated to Albany from Utica. Wylie is a graduate of Pace University....
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Monday, September 30, 1991, Page: B2
Corporations donating to good causes for altruistic and public relations reasons are nothing new. But the owner of a California- based hair- products company believes he has come up with a novel way of enticing customers to give $10 of their own money to a selected charity.
The owner, 52-year-old John Sebastian, was in town Friday to promote his idea, called Club U.N.I.T.E., the tidy acronym for a cumbersome name, Unity Now Is a Tomorrow for Everyone. In a few words, Sebastian is promising that for every charitable $10 bill out of a customer's pocket, the eponymous Sebastian International will give that customer a $15 gift and a booklet offering savings and coupons worth up to $65.
Sebastian sells its products to about 100 salons in a 200-mile radius of Albany, and most are expected to participate. He said Friday that he plans to raise $2 million by January.
Not all of the $10 reaches the charities, however. Sebastian said $4 out of every $10 will cover the cost of promotion and "administrative expenses."
"That is the part of doing business," said Sebastian, who launched the charity drive in Los Angeles in August with a splashy press conference attended by celebrities like Sally Struthers and Jon Voight.
The charities that Sebastian is raising money for include The Alliance for Children's Trust Foundation, American Indian Children's Education Fund, Design Industry Foundation for AIDS, the Humane Society of the United States, National Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Operaton Home Shield and the Rainforest Foundation.
Sebastian has been a big-time fund-raiser for the Rainforest Foundation for several years.
Douglas Townsend of Townsend and Co., an Albany salon, said he didn't expect to have any trouble getting the prescribed goal of 50 customers to donate.
"It seems like Sebastian is giving away so much to these people just for donating $10," he said....
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Saturday, October 27, 2001, Page: B11
DONATIONS Golub Corp.'s Price Chopper Supermarkets donated $550,093 to the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. As part of ``Your Help Counts,'' a month-long program, Rotterdam-based Price Chopper collected almost $390,000 from customers and store associates throughout the Capital Region, while the Golub Foundation pledged $100,000. In conjunction with Price Chopper, WNYT-TV Ch. 13 raised more than $61,000 from the sale of patriotic T-shirts that also was earmarked for the Red Cross fund. Albany-based American Red Cross of Northeastern New York serves Albany, Columbia, Greene, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties and Waterford. BBL Construction Services LLC, an Albany-based construction management firm, donated $30,000 to the capital campaign of the Saratoga Automobile Museum, housed in the former Saratoga bottling plant. The money will underwrite costs associated with transforming the bottling plant into a museum with gallery spaces, a museum shop and an orientation theater.
BBL also donated $250 to the Capital Youth Hockey Association, an organization helping children to learn how to play ice hockey. The money will be used to underwrite the costs of the children having difficulty meeting the cost of playing. GRAB BAG Glens Falls-based CWI, a nonprofit agency assisting the disabled with employment services, has opened its Eastpointe Community Technology Center in Granville to the business community. The center, located on County Route 17, offers instruction in software and hardware use. Hours are 4:30 to 8 p.m. Fridays. In addition, a business computer group meets at 7 p.m. the second Friday of each month. For more information, call 746-2716, Ext. 20. The ``Got Organs?'' campaign, a joint effort between The Center for Donation & Transplant in Guilderland and WPYX-FM 106.5 FM, was able to enlist more than 9,000 people over the summer for the state's Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. The goal of the campaign was to increase organ and tissue donation awareness in the Capital Region. Barbara Jones of Albany, a social worker at the Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center, received a $65,000 grant to develop a curriculum and training manual for students and professional social workers who provide end-of-life care for children with cancer. The Social Work Leadership Development Award came from the Project on Death in America in New York City. Catholic Charities of Schenectady County, a ministry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, received grants totaling $105,000 for its Access Program, which provides home-based clinical services and case management support to low-income Schenectady residents. New funding includes a $75,000 one-time foundation grant from the Episcopal Charities of Albany County Inc. and a $30,000 grant from the United Way of Schenectady County. The Troy Savings Bank Community Foundation has made grant awards to three Capital Region community service organizations: $10,000, payable in two annual installments of $5,000, to Troy Area United Ministries, an ecumenical faith-based organization, for a new building campaign and program expansion; $5,000 to the Watervliet Civic Chest for repairs and resurfacing of its gymnasium floor; and $1,500 to Hispanic Outreach Services, an agency of Catholic Charities, for a Hispanic youth enrichment program in Troy. Seton Health Foundation and Seton Auxiliary donated $565,000 to Troy-based Seton Health System for its ``Building Care for a Lifetime'' capital campaign. The money went to obstetrics, pediatrics and critical-care services at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy. IT'S AN HONOR The Adirondack Trust Co. in Saratoga Springs earned a blue ribbon award from Veribanc Inc., a Wakefield, Mass.,-based bank rating firm, for its financial performance for the fourth quarter of 2000 and previous quarters. Nancy Hooks of Cohoes, regional vice president for the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, received the Service Coordinators' Award of Excellence from the Congressional Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century. Hooks, co-chairwoman of the commission, earned the award for service coordination and expertise in leading the group. GE Silicones' Waterford site has received Voluntary Protection Program Star Status, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's highest recognition for outstanding safety and health management. The plant's recordable injury and illness rate, an OSHA calculation measuring the number of site injuries in comparison to the total number of employee hours worked, has dropped far below the chemical-industry average: to 1.8 from 3.1 in 1996. The plant joins an elite 800-site group, out of more than 6.5 million worksites in the country. Jan Alber, Linda Tidd-Dickstein, Jeanne Fitzgerald, Ginny O'Brien, Liz Paone and Jackie Witbeck earned Pinnacle status with Coldwell Banker Prime Properties Inc. for closing more than $88,200 in gross commissions in 2001. It places them in the top 20 percent of Coldwell Banker sales associates and marks them as top performers in the company and industry. Jackie Witbeck, a sales associate in the East Greenbush office of Coldwell Banker Prime Properties Inc., was recognized as a national top performer in real estate sales by Real Trends 2000. The Real Trends Top Performers report features more than 6,000 of the nation's highest producing real estate professionals from the top 500 real estate companies in the country. Dr. Omar Mendez of Schenectady, medical director of Mohawk Ambulance Service in Schenectady, was named Physician of the Year by the Regional Emergency Medical Organization of the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys for his improvement of emergency care throughout the region. Mendez has been medical director of the ambulance service since 1994 and serves on the REMO Medical Advisory Board. K.J. Electric Corp., an independent distributor of electric motors, controls, drives and power transmission products, was ranked No. 216 among the Top 250 of the largest U.S. electrical distributors by Electrical Wholesaling magazine. The company, based in Syracuse and with an office in Cohoes, employs 120 and has revenue of more than $25 million annually.
K.J. Electric also has been honored for its participation in the New York Energy $mart Program, a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority initiative. The company was recognized for its sales performance. Mohammed Zaki of Troy, an assistant professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, was awarded the Faculty Early Career Development Award by the National Science Foundation, an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering. Zaki received a five-year, $300,000 grant for SPIDER (Scalable, Parallel and Interactive Data Mining and Exploration at Rensselaer), or data-mining techniques for bioinformatics, materials informatics and astronomy. Sandra Friday of Saratoga Honda in Saratoga Springs has received a bronze-level service adviser award from American Honda Motor Co. The adviser award, offered at four levels, is based on tenure, product knowledge, training and customer service skills.
LITERALLY ON THE MOVE Slocum, DeAngelus & Associates P.C., a certified public accounting firm, has moved its office from downtown Albany to 974 Albany Shaker Road in Latham. The firm, which also has a Schenectady office, offers accounting, bookkeeping and payroll services. The phone number in Latham is 783-6000 or 800-357-1040 The firm's e-mail address is accountants@slocumdengelus.com; the Web address is www.slocumdeangelus.com. MEDIA NEWS Howard Schaffer Marketing Associates, a Colonie-based public relations firm, was hired by the New York State Independent Living Council to develop a statewide media campaign to heighten awareness of its mission and services. NYSILC monitors federally funded independent living centers in the state, and provides support and technical assistance to them. Eric Mower and Associates has merged with Syracuse-based Sage Marcom Inc., a business-to-business marketing communications agency. The merger gives Mower, headquartered in Syracuse with Albany operations, a new office in Portsmouth, N.H., that serves Boston; it also gains additional corporate clients. The combined firm will have six U.S. offices and more than $150 million in capitalized billings. John Favalo, president of Sage, will join EMA as managing partner heading business-to-business services. Palio Communications, a Saratoga Springs advertising and communications agency, was selected by Purina Mills Inc. to provide sales and advertising support for its LabDiet and Wild Bird Chow product lines. Palio will develop promotional and educational materials complementing sales initiatives for LabDiet, a brand of product used in research institutions throughout the world. Palio also will serve as consultant for the direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing efforts for Wild Bird Chow. ON THE BOARD The Capital District Radio Association has elected two new officers: Al Vicente, general manager of Albany Broadcasting -- president; and Michael Schaus, general manager, WBKK -- vice president. Vicente succeeds John F. Kelly, who will retire from Albany Broadcasting in December; Schaus succeeds Robert Ausfeld of Regent Communications, who stepped down after a five-year term. Ausfeld remains a board member. Kevin Leyden of Glenmont, worldwide manager of operations for IBM Corp. in Albany, was nominated to managing board of Parsons Child and Family Center. Daniel Couser of Schaghticoke, national account executive at MVP Health Care, was nominated to Parsons' associate board. United Way of Schenectady County named its 2001-02 board of directors. Tim Carroll, store manager in Glenville for Hannaford Supermarkets, was named board chairman. Other officers are: Eugene Ellis, Prudential Blake-Atlantic Realtors -- vice chair; Andrew Gnoinski Jr., General Electric Co. -- vice chairman; Susan Houpt, community volunteer -- vice chairwoman; Peter Rosecrans, Lockheed Martin -- vice chairman; W. Thomas Bird, Price Chopper Supermarkets -- treasurer; Diane Blake, Union College -- assistant treasurer; and Elizabeth Hood, WMHT -- secretary.
Named members-at-large were: Gabe Basil, Schenectady County Community College; Mary Druke Becker, community volunteer; Jeffrey Connelly, General Electric Power Systems; Steve Eslinger, Bechtel Tech Services; Richard Frankel, Iseman, Cunningham, Riester & Hyde; Robin Granger, Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce; Karen Hausler, New York Life Insurance; Dominic Isopo, St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church; Gina Longo, MVP Health Care; J. Briggs McAndrews, Niskayuna Schools; John McIntyre Jr., Spotlight Newspapers; Margaret Messer, Conifer Park; John Owens, St. Clare's Hospital; and Van Stuart, Friendship Baptist Church. Anthony Insogna of Schenectady, supervising mediator with the state Public Employment Relations Board, was elected chairman of the board of directors of Girls Inc. of the Greater Capital Region. OPEN FOR BUSINESS C.J. Banks, a specialty retailer catering to the large-size women's market, will open Friday in Colonie Center. It will be the second store in New York for parent company Christopher & Banks Corp. of Plymouth, Minn. The Colonie store will be in about 3,200 square feet in the mall's upper level near Sears and will employ six. Mark Zabielski is owner of a new fitness franchise, Lady of America, in Peter Harris Plaza on Route 7 in Latham. This is the first Capital Region location of the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based fitness franchise for women. The center, occupying 5,000 square feet, has about 500 members. It employs four full-time and 20 part-time workers. The telephone number is 782-5239. Rebecca Cronin has opened a home-based business in Greenfield Center, The Saratoga Gift Basket Co., offering customized gift-baskets organized into 19 themes. The telephone number is 893-0306 TRANSACTIONS CB Richard Ellis/Robert Cohn in Albany brokered the sale of a 6,000-square-foot office building at 974 Albany Shaker Road in Latham to Gerry DeAngelus and Michael Slocum of Slocum, DeAngelus & Associates P.C., a certified public accounting firm. The firm, which paid $650,000, relocated its corporate office there from 90 State St. in Albany. Mashuta, Neifeld & Grasso was the seller. The sale was brokered by John Tracy and Gordon Furlani. WEB NEWS The state Department of Motor Vehicles has expanded its Internet services at www.nysdmv.com to offer customers an alternative to visiting DMV offices in person. Activities that can be accomplished via the site include scheduling driver's license road tests and requesting replacement title certificates; licensed vehicle inspection stations also can order their inspection sticker supplies online. Compiled by Betsy Feldstein...
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CONTRACTS Kubricky Construction Corp. of Queensbury was the apparent low bidder at $918,136 to resurface routes 385, 9, 9P, 9N 149 and 372 in Saratoga Springs, Lake Luzerne and Coxsackie, and the villages of Catskill, Coxsackie, South Glens Falls, Cambridge and Granville for the state Department of Transportation. Four firms bid on the project. Work is due to be completed by July 15, 2002. DONATIONS Tops Friendly Markets, which operates supermarkets in Warren and Washington counties, and its parent company, Ahold USA, have matched dollar-for-dollar the $1 million in contributions made in its stores to the American Heroes Fund, launched to raise money for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist hijackings and their families. Contributions will continue to be taken in the stores; those proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations. BBL Construction Services, an Albany-based construction management firm, has pledged $100,000 over five years to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. The money -- $20,000 annually -- will go toward member parishes and Catholic schools, provide for retired clergy, and renovate the cathedral. KeyCorp, the Cleveland-based financial services firm that operates KeyBank N.A. in the Capital Region, donated $1,000 to CareerLinks, Creating Opportunities That Last, a supported employment program serving Albany's Arbor Hill, West Hill and South End communities. The program helps people without work experience to obtain steady work and advancement. Empire Corporate Federal Credit Union in Albany, which provides investment services to credit unions in the Northeast, collected more than 5,000 food items for the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. The Food Bank collects donations of edible but unmarketable products from the food industry and distributes them to 912 member agencies in 23 counties. GRAB BAG Documentation Strategies Inc., a Rensselaer information consulting firm, has completed employee and end-user training materials for Atlanta-based iMediation, whose software product, iChannel, enables businesses to conduct collaborative selling through the Internet. The Niskayuna law firm Martin, Harding & Mazzotti LLP has opened an appointment center at 79 Margaret St. in Plattsburgh to better accommodate clients. Other appointment centers are located in Schenectady, Troy, Amsterdam and Saratoga Springs; another one is set to open this year in Utica. All locations can be reached at (800) 529-1010. The Parsons Child and Family Center's Early Head Start prevention program, 530 Franklin St. in Schenectady, received a $310,000 expansion grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The money will allow the program to broaden its client base by 32 families in Schenectady County; it currently provides home-based education and family-support services to 40 families in Schenectady. Cotton Hill Studios Inc., an Albany recording studio, played host to actress Kate Burton for four days of recording a book on tape, ``A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,'' for Harper Audio of New York City. Burton was upstate for a project in Williamstown. Sholom Koplovitz, Harry Miller and Phil Tribble, all partners in the Albany law firm Herzog, Engstrom & Koplovitz P.C., have released a Web book on Medicaid/estate planning, ``Sooner Is Better than Later - A Medicaid Handbook.'' Available at wwwm.restateplan.com, the handbook introduces the consumer to basic Medicaid planning, showing them how to protect their assets from dissipation if they ever need long-term care. The book, not available in bookstores, costs $24.99. Dr. Kirk Panneton of Schenectady, vice president of medical affairs for The Eddy, was invited to speak at the annual meeting of the National PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) Association during the last week of October. Panneton, who chairs the national association's Primary Care Committee, will discuss the importance of osteoporosis and fall prevention for the older population. The University at Albany's School of Business dean, Richard Highfield, is host of ``Business Matters,'' a half-hour show airing Sundays at 11 a.m. on WRGB Ch. 6. Produced by the UAlbany Foundation's Council for Economic Outreach, it features experts from the business community, CEOs, large- and small-business owners and entrepreneurs. Deanne Busch of Cohoes, manager of clinical dementia services for the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Center at the Marjorie Doyle Rockwell Center in Cohoes, will speak next week at the State Society on Aging of New York's 29th annual conference in Albany. She will present ``Hidden Tears: Facing the Grief and Loss Journey Together.'' Patricia Paduano of Stillwater, former intern and current volunteer at the Rockwell Center, also will participate in the presentation. Milo Jose, a senior associate with Continuous Learning Corp., an Albany-based educational, training, consulting and e-meeting support services organization, was certified as a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator practitioner by the Center for the Applications of Psychological Type in Gainsville, Fla. The Glens Falls Hospital Foundation will sponsor an estate planning school beginning Oct. 13 at the Queensbury Hotel, Maple and Ridge Roads, Glens Falls. The session, from 9 a.m. to noon, is an overview and prerequisite to other installments in the four-week program, which will be staged at night. Local experts in estate planning will lead the sessions, covering topics ranging from wills and trusts to long-term care and retirement planning. Cost is free with pre-registration by Wednesday, or $5 at the door. Call 926-7077 IT'S AN HONOR John Nigro of Nigro Cos. in Albany was awarded the J. Spencer Standish Lifetime Achievement Award for community service and leadership to the United Way of Northeastern New York Inc. Others honored by the agency were: Robert Coolidge of Fleet National Bank, Rising Star Award, given to a volunteer who has worked with United Way from one to three years; Ramu Ravipati of SRR Consulting, Most Valuable Player Award, honoring a volunteer who consistently takes on new challenges; IUE-Local 81380 and Local 81359 from GE Silicones, Labor Appreciation Award; The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Rensselaer County, Agency Spotlight Award for service to youth; Brian Barr, associate commissioner of the state Office of Children and Family Services, Dorann Zimicki Citizen Volunteer Award, United Way's highest honor. Geraldine Abrams, an associate broker in Saratoga Springs with Realty USA, was honored by the real estate clearinghouse Realtor.com/Real Trends in a survey of the largest 500 real estate brokers in the country, called Top Performers. Abrams is among the top 50 agents in the country and the No. 1 agent in New York state for 2000, based on number of units sold and closed. Abrams closed more than 200 transactions last year. The AveNew 2000 Plan for revitalizing Albany's commercial strip along Central Avenue won the annual outstanding planning initiative -- the highest honor for urban planning -- presented by the American Planning Association, a Washington, D.C.-based industry group. The honor was presented at a joint conference held in Ithaca by the International Transportation Engineers and the American Planning Association's Upstate New York chapter. Attending were local representatives who had a hand in the plan: Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings; Anthony Capece, executive director of Central Business Improvement District; Dave Parente, chairman of the board of directors of the Central BID; and George Leveille, commissioner of Albany's Local Development Corp. and Department of Development & Planning. The Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau celebrated its silver anniversary by presenting awards to 25 organizations that have made a difference in the Capital Region's tourism industry. Honored were: Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce; Albany Institute of History & Art; Albany International Airport; Albany River Rats; The American Legion Department of New York; Capital District Scottish Games; Capital Region Local Organization Committee; Clifton Park International Soccer Classic; Eastern College Athletic Conference; Empire State Society of Association Executives; Historic Cherry Hill; Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference; New York Association of Black & Puerto Rican Legislators Inc.; New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association; New York State Museum; New York State Office of General Services-Empire State Plaza; New York State Special Olympics; New York State Theatre Institute; Old Songs Festival; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site; Siena College; Ten Broeck Mansion; the Times Union; and USS Slater. Robert Hayes of Provantage Funding in Clifton Park received the August Notable Networker award from the Clifton Park/Halfmoon Chapter of Business Network International for offering the most referrals at the chapter's meetings during August. Christine Papa of Niskayuna was honored as Temporary Employee of the Year 2001 by Sargent & Blais Personnel Services Inc. in Albany as part of the National Temporary Help Week celebration. Her name then was submitted for national recognition.
Meanwhile, Sargent & Blais honored Karen Lare of Watervliet as temporary employee of the month for September. She has worked for the agency since April 2000. Donald Wilson of Wilson & Stark Certified Public Accountants P.C. in Cohoes received an award from the GE Independent Accountants Network. The honor recognizes accounting professionals whose commitment to financial services and expertise in providing client solutions has placed them among the top 10 percent of their peers. The Historic Albany Foundation has presented Preservation Merit Awards and certificates of recognition for 2001. Honored for their preservation work were: University Plaza, the former D&H Railway Building that now serves as the headquarters of the State University of New York system; Lincoln Park Bathhouse; Pommer Building, a commercial structure in the South End owned by Gallagher & Co.; 326 Clinton Ave., a three-story town house owned by Catholic Charities; 748 Madison Ave., a home owned by four generations of the same family; 459 State St., a home that saw extensive facade restoration; and 269 Hudson Ave., vacant for two decades but now restored and occupied. Certificates went to: Elizabeth Benjamin, former city hall reporter for the Times Union; the City of Albany, which worked with the Delaware Area Neighborhood Association and the Delaware Avenue fire station to have historic Hook & Ladder No. 4 listed on the National Register of Historic Places; and Friends of Lincoln Park Pool, a grass-roots group that worked to preserve the pool. MEDIA NEWS Scanlan Communications Group, a Slingerlands public relations firm, has been hired by First Cardinal Corp., an Albany-based workers' compensation self-funded administrator, to provide general public relations and media relations services. First Cardinal administers 15 workers' compensation trust funds, representing more than $2 billion in covered payroll for more than 5,000 businesses across New York and Massachusetts. ON THE BOARD Lawrence Kelley, executive vice president, FleetBoston Financial, was named president of Equinox Inc.'s board of directors. Other officers are: Deborah Molyneux, owner, Deborah Molyneux Interiors -- first vice president; Kathy Tanner, health care consultant -- second vice president; Lorraine D'Aleo, director of marketing, Excelsior College -- secretary; and John Carl, financial consultant, Prudential Securities, Albany -- treasurer. Named as new board members were the Rev. Robert Lamar, executive director of the Capital Area Council of Churches and pastor emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church in Albany, and Andrew Feinman, portfolio manager, First Albany Asset Management in Albany. United Way of Northeastern New York Inc. has elected new board members and officers. Michael Russo, president of Local 77, Glass Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers at Owens Corning, will serve a one-year term on the board. Three-year terms were filled by: Rudy Cooke, State Farm Insurance; Wanda Hord, Times Union; and Sue Rosander, Key Bank.
Officers are: William Bennison, chairman, president and CEO, Ballston Spa National Bank -- chairman of the board; Amy Ertel-Bellcourt, MVP Health Plan -- chair-elect and vice chair; Bartley J. Costello III, Hinman Straub P.C. -- vice chair; Bonnie Edelstein, PeopleWork, Albany -- secretary; and Katharine Doran, Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte CPAs P.C., Albany -- treasurer.
Co-chairs of the 2001 campaign are Kevin Murray, former deputy commissioner, state Department of Taxation and Finance, and Michael Russo, Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers Local 77. Hispanic Outreach Services, an agency of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany, appointed three new members to its board of directors: Manuel Pena, chairman of the board at Superior Business Products; Jorge Valero, business manager at McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams P.C.; and Ismael Ramos, professor of educational psychology at The College of Saint Rose. Manuel Pena also was named to the board of Catholic Charities of Schenectady County. OPEN FOR BUSINESS Dr. Kathleen Catalano a family practitioner, has opened an office at 41 S. Perry St. in Johnstown. The office also employs Kris Perry as nurse/office manager and Ann Ruby as receptionist. Catalano has admitting privileges at St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam. The telephone number is 736-1374
Barbara Mento, a licensed hairdresser and a state-certified social worker, has opened Over The Top Enterprises, a home-based business at 34 Brook St. in Rensselaer. She offers reward, recognition and incentive programs geared to help companies take care of their employees. The telephone number is 432-3997; the e-mail is bmento@hotmail.com; the Web site is www.overthetop.net. Compiled by Betsy Feldstein...
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KeyCorp's impact on the Capital Region goes far beyond the branches of Key Bank of New York and the office of KeyCorp Mortgage Co.
KeyCorp officials play major roles in numerous area charitable and not-for-profit organizations. Furthermore, the company spins off significant amounts of business to local and upstate professional service firms. The impact of the merger of KeyCorp and Cleveland-based Society Corp. on those organizations was unclear Monday, but the news was unsettling to many.
Louis Vaccaro, president of the College of Saint Rose, and others who rely on KeyCorp and Key Bank for significant financial and volunteer support, said they hope few changes will occur in the company's charitable giving.
Vaccaro said he hopes the strong ties that have been built with KeyCorp officials will withstand such changes.
One early sign of continued support is that KeyCorp executive vice president Gary R. Allen has apparently pledged to maintain his position as the head of the State University at Albany's multi-year private fund-raising drive. Allen is among those KeyCorp executives relocating soon to Cleveland.
Along with the fund drive, Key Bank recently gave $250,000 to SUNYA's Center for Environmental Sciences and Technology Management.
KeyCorp Chairman Victor J. Riley Jr., who will keep the Capital Region as his official home, has chaired numerous local fund drives, including a recently concluded $5 million campaign for the Capital District YMCA. He is a former president of the College of Saint Rose board of trustees.
Decisions on whether to retain local professional service firms have not been made yet, said KeyCorp spokeswoman Susan Peterson.
Local firms include Communication & Design Inc. of Latham, an advertising agency which recently fought and won the right to retain KeyCorp's multimillion-dollar annual account. Communication & Design president Francis Lipari did not return a telephone call seeking comment Monday.
The Albany branch of accounting firm Ernst & Young is the company's outside auditor. Ernst is headquartered in Cleveland.
Syracuse law firm Hiscock & Barclay has been the company's outside counsel for years and partner H. Douglas Barclay is a member of KeyCorp's board of directors....
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Tuesday, December 28, 2004, Page: C5
Friday: At Kingswood, Beeman Tournament (Adirondack CC foundation). Linda Quinn, 743-2243
Friday: At Stadium, Golf for Humanity (Habitat for Humanity). Scott Castelli or Frank St. Denis, 346-5060
Friday: At Mohawk River, Gator Classic (Russell Sage County). Lisa Greiner, 244-6894 Saturday: At Airway Meadows, Amateur Tournament (Glens Falls Lions Club). Vince Sadowski, 587-7888
Saturday: At Colonial Acres, Dan Marino Foundation Golf-A-Thon. Pat Blum, 439-2089
Saturday: At Windham, Legs Diamond Open (Northern Catskill youth golf clubs). Gene McGrath, 797-3052
Saturday: At Windy Hills, Franklin Open (Franklin Community Center). Kari Cushing, 587-9826
Monday: At Pinehaven, Charity Care Classic (Visiting Nurses Foundation). Bianca Carter, 489-2655
Monday: At Town of Colonie, David Tate Memorial (Colonie Youth Center). Brian Hogan, 483-9596
Monday: At Van Schaick, Cohoes Mayor's Cup (Community Center; mayoral scholarship fund). Kathleen McMahon, 237-7523
Monday: At Wolferts Roost, Hoffman/Jiffy Lube Classic (Juvenile Diabetes Research). Laurie Nichols, 477-2873
Wednesday, June 8: At Western Turnpike, Kiwanis Club of Schenectady outing. Ed Plog, 374-3176
Thursday, June 9: At Western Turnpike, Golf Classic (Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York). Lisa Tucker, 786-3691
Friday, June 10: At Copake, Columbia-Greene Community College benefit. Joan Koweek, 828-4181, x3727
Saturday, June 11: At Sagamore, Double-H Hole In The Woods Ranch Classic. Robin DeMattos, 696-5921
Sunday, June 12: At Airway Meadows, Iceout Tournament (South Glens Falls hockey). Brian Durkee, 793-3080
Sunday, June 12: At Burden Lake, Patroon Club Golf Day (Patroon Club youth programs). Mark Popp, 273-8379, or Sal Mamone, 283-6771
Sunday, June 12: At Fairways of Halfmoon, Joints in Motion Tournament (Arthritis Foundation). Sue Jarvis, 456-1203
Monday, June 13: At Colonie, Kapner Klassic (St. Peter's Cardiac Center). Peter Semenza, 482-4433
Monday, June 13: At Normanside, Teeing for Charity (Delmar Rotary Club). Tom Burdick, 373-7314
Monday, June 13: At Pinehaven, CBA Tournament (Building Fund; Varsity Club). Michele O'Hare, 452-9809
Monday, June 13: At Schuyler Meadows, Fore, Love and Money (Capital Region Youth Tennis Foundation). Amber Ablan, 438-2039
Monday: June 13: At Stadium, Chamber Foundation Classic 2005, Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce). Katie Manning-Hilton or Gail Kehn, 372-5656, x301
Thursday, June 16: At Hiland CC, Cystic Fibrosis Invitational (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation). Laura Staerker, 783-7361
Thursday, June 16: At Winding Brook, Schodack Valley Tournament (Schodack Valley Volunteer Fire Company). Gary Schultz, 732-7563
Friday, June 17: At Stadium, Capital District Scottish Games Tournament (St. Anne's Institute). Bob Munro, 869-0628
Monday, June 20: At Albany CC, Children's Hospital Tournament (Albany Med). Meredith Roser, 262-3322
Monday, June 20: At Normanside, Bishop Ball Tournament (Cathedral program). Allen Carpenter, 465-1342
Monday, June 20: At Saratoga Lake, Catholic Charities Classic. Karen Cash, 372-5667, x118
Monday, June 20: At Shaker Ridge, Saints Alive Shootout (Siena College athletics). Kim Moutz, 783-2530
Monday, June 20: At Wolferts Roost, Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York Tournament. 456-7501
Thursday, June 23: At Antlers, Amsterdam Memorial Classic (hospital foundation). Leslie Lanzi, 841-3603
Friday, June 24: At Van Patten, St. Mary's Tournament (St. Mary's School). Beth Keegan, 237-0652
Saturday, June 25: At Frear Park, Christopher Carroll Memorial (DWI prevention). Buzz Mulqueen, 210-3546
Saturday, June 25: At Van Patten, RPI hockey alumni outing (RPI athletics). Jeff Matthews, 276-8535...
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Moving Albany International Corp.'s headquarters is acknowledgement of industry's changing fortunes
Sunday, October 17, 2010, Page: D1
ALBANY -- With vine-covered red brick walls, wrought-iron fences, lush landscaping and exotic black swans imported from Australia paddling picturesque ponds, Albany International Corp. has the stately bearing of an Ivy League college campus.
The plant and its sprawling grounds, which straddle Albany and Menands, seem made for the ages.
With Friday's announcement that the 115-year-old Albany company plans to move its corporate headquarters to New Hampshire to focus on its growing aerospace composites operation, it appears, at least symbolically, as if the company's executives have now conceded that paper manufacturing is a sunset industry.
Its days as a legacy regional industry may be numbered, following closure of its East Greenbush plant and other paper-machine-clothing facilities around the world in recent years, with its stock price battered during the recession.
It's a not unfamiliar story, underscoring the rise-and-fall cycles of local manufacturing. The disclosure of Albany International's departure came in the same week that the semiconductor consortium Sematech said it will move its corporate headquarters from Austin, Texas, to Albany.
"I'm sorry to see this loss, but I'm not terribly surprised because the paper industry has become shaky and Albany International has had success with a new product line in aerospace," said P. Thomas Carroll, executive director of the Hudson-Mohawk Industrial Gateway in Troy.
Carroll drew parallels with Burden Iron Works in Troy, the leading horse shoe manufacturer in America from the 1850s to the early 1900s. Development of the tractor around World War I meant the number of horses working on the nation's farms quickly plummeted from 20 million to 6 million, crushing the market for horse shoes and Burden's fortunes.
Albany International became the world's leading maker of heavyweight industrial felt critical to paper manufacturing, and business kept churning through world wars, technological revolutions and the occasional hostile corporate takeover.
But the digital revolution and the emergence of iPads and smart phones -- a cultural shift that also has crippled newspaper and book publishing and thrown into question the future of print -- also dimmed the outlook for paper manufacturing demand. In fact, the only growth areas left globally for paper, and by extension Albany International's core product, are China and India.
"This is what happens when technology eliminates a traditional industry," said Assemblyman Jack McEneny, an Albany Democrat and a local historian. "It's sad to see Albany International moving because when you drove by that beautiful plant, it always exuded class and pride. It was the very best of a 19th-century hometown industry."
Albany International may be part of an unexciting industry, but the company has a colorful history. Established in 1895 as Albany Felt Co., the company's history is intertwined with two of the area's most prominent industrial families -- the Cornings and Standishes -- who imbued the operation with a patrician corporate culture.
Erastus Corning, founder of New York Central Railroad, built his early fortune in Troy as an iron manufacturer and a Burden's competitor. His great-grandson, Erastus Corning 2nd, became Albany's mayor, elected to a record 11 terms, and he died in 1983 in office while in his 42nd year running the city.
The mayor's uncle, Parker Corning, freshly graduated from Yale, tapped his family's wealth to found Albany Felt Co. on March 8, 1895. Corning, who later moved into politics and became a seven-term Congressman, took the title of president. Duncan Fuller ran day-to-day operations as the plant's superintendent. He was a master of the felt-making trade who held a patent for a new method of weaving felt.
Corning lived at the family's vast farm along Corning Hill Road in Glenmont. He was a big spender who traveled in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce, raised champion thoroughbred horses and owned five homes.
He had a good mind for business, however, and helped the company grow from a $40,000 start-up to an industry leader valued at $5 million. Yet the more Parker Corning spent, the heavier he borrowed against the company's stock to deal with his escalating debt. Even after heavy sell-offs and the stock market crash of 1929, Corning retained 22,730 shares, or 58 percent, of Albany Felt, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. But when Corning died of cancer at age 69 on May 24, 1943, the one-time millionaire ended up essentially broke as his heirs were forced to liquidate his remaining stock to pay off creditors of his estate.
The company's next leader was Lewis Parker, a cousin of Mayor Corning's who started at Albany Felt in 1928, just after finishing at Yale. He helped the company continue its upward trajectory, but he died in 1957 at age 50 after choking on a piece of steak while dining with his wife and friends at a Manhattan restaurant. That was the end of the Corning family's leadership of the company.
The Standish family entered the picture in 1921 when John Standish was hired away from rival Huyck Felt in Rensselaer (run by Standish's father-in-law, J.K. Spencer) and Standish became superintendent of Albany Felt. He was the first chemist in the felt industry who set up a laboratory that embraced innovation through research and development. Standish became president of the company and was chairman of the board when he died in 1966.
His son, J. Spencer Standish, joined the company in 1952 and is a former president and chairman of the board. Standish's son, John Standish, of Voorheesville, is a third-generation family member with the company, a former executive who is now a member of the company's board. His sister, Christine Standish, who lives in Loudonville, is also a board member. Their father is retired from the board and maintains homes in Loudonville and Florida. He was traveling in China on Friday and could not be reached for comment. His son and daughter were not available, either.
The Standish family members are major philanthropists in this area. They were recipients of the 2009 Spirit of Philanthropy Award from the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region. Spencer Standish's grandchildren are now involved with distributing grants from the family's charitable funds.
"We know the family is very much committed to the Albany community and intend to stay committed from a charitable perspective for future generations because that's how they set up their family fund," said Karen Bilowith, president of the Community Foundation.
Still, Friday's announcement was a blow to those who work to preserve the region's history.
"It's a piece of history, a cultural artifact moving out of our region," said Christine Miles, executive director of the Albany Institute of History and Art. "I think it's terribly sad."
Reach Paul Grondahl at 454-5623 or by e-mail at pgrondahl@timesunion.com.
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