HRHCare flagship renamed
Community health pioneer Jack Geiger, executives and staff and federal officials rededicated HRHCare’s flagship facility in Peekskill on the occasion of its 40th anniversary and renamed it in honor of Jeannette J. Phillips, the organization’s first board president in 1975 and the last living “founding mother” of Hudson River Health Care. The renaming ceremony took place at Pugsley Park in Peekskill.
HRHCare was founded to provide care to the medically underserved population of Peekskill. It has grown to include 24 directly operated health centers and six sub-recipient health centers delivering care throughout a 10-county region of New York to 135,000 patients with more than 200 primary care practitioners.
Food Bank appoints development director
Allison L. Carballo has been appointed director of development by Elmsford-based The Food Bank for Westchester.
Carballo will manage fundraising efforts to raise support from individuals, foundations, corporations and state and federal sources.
A resident of Danbury, Carballo most recently worked for Abilis in Greenwich, a nonprofit organization that meets the needs of people with developmental disabilities.
Prior to that, Carballo served as director of development for AMIC/Clear View School in Briarcliff Manor and Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County in Norwalk. She also worked for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the Bronx and the Visiting Nurse Association of Hudson Valley.
Braude to teach at Pace Law
Daniel Braude has been hired by Pace University School of Law as an adjunct professor to teach its e-discovery course scheduled for the fall semester. Braude is a partner in the law firm Wilson Elser, which has offices in White Plains.
Co-chairman of the firm’s national e-Discovery practice, Braude will teach a class titled “Electronic Discovery” designed to provide students with the wide range of litigation skills needed to navigate today’s discovery-centric legal environment.
Braude graduated cum laude with a J.D. degree from Seton Hall University School of Law and earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Lehigh University. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional.
Amalgamated promotes Schaefer
Michael Schaefer has been promoted to managing director, strategic partnerships at Amalgamated Life Insurance Co. in White Plains. Schaefer will continue to serve as a senior sales executive, southern region while serving in his new position.
Schaefer joined Amalgamated Life in 2012. Prior to his first position at Amalgamated Life, Schaefer served as vice president and employee benefits consultant with Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA in Knoxville, Tenn.
Moving up at Webster Bank
Deborah Linder of Pleasantville has been promoted to senior vice president, senior portfolio manager, middle market, metro New York City at Webster Bank.
Linder joined Webster in 2013 and most recently held the position of vice president, senior portfolio manager. She has more than 25 year of experience in banking and financial services.
Based in New York City, Linder is vice chairman of the Westchester Big Brother Big Sisters Advisory Board, a Big Sister for 10 years and a longtime volunteer of the Yonkers Sharing Community, a soup kitchen serving Westchester County.
Westchester Library System names tech trainer
Allison Midgley has been appointed technology trainer at the Westchester Library System in Tarrytown.
Midgley has nearly 20 years experience in developing curriculum and teaching digital literacy programs, most recently as technology coordinator for the David A. Howe Public Library in Wellsville, N.Y.
“Allison will deliver training to staff of the WLS member libraries on the use of existing and emerging software, database and e-content programs and resources” said Terry Kirchner, WLS executive director. Her in-depth knowledge of integrated library systems will help WLS to creatively and effectively improve training to support WLS and the member libraries.”
Coldwell Banker names Yorktown office manager
Longtime Mahopac resident Don M. Cummins III has been appointed branch office manager of the Yorktown Heights office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Cummins will be responsible for the oversight of approximately 50 real estate professionals.
A licensed attorney, Cummins has had nearly 20 years of legal experience, including as the director of legal services and professional standards for the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors for the last four years.
Prior to his position at HGAR, Cummins ran a private legal practice based in northern Westchester and Putnam counties that specialized in real estate issues, wills, trusts and estates and general litigation.
Co-Communications honored
Co-Communications Inc., a marketing and public relations agency, was recently recognized with awards from the Advertising Club of Connecticut, Public Relations Society of America Connecticut Valley Chapter and the Connecticut Art Directors Club.
“We are thrilled to be recognized by these three distinguished organizations,” said Jessica Lyon, executive vice president and COO of Co-Communications.
The awards included two recognizing graphic design work on behalf of the Greater Hartford Arts Council; one award for the timeline lobby display developed for Burke Rehabilitation Center; and Gold Mercury Awards for the strategic communications plan developed for Marrakech; campaign for Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy; and marketing an educational online quiz for Grace Smith House to teach teens about digital abuse.
Co-Communications’ work on behalf of Grace Smith House also won “Best in Show” award.
Bank marks anniversary of mobile branch
Ridgewood Savings Bank celebrated the 10th anniversary of its mobile branch, which brings banking directly to people at senior living facilities, schools and community events.
The mobile branch was the first of its kind in New York state. In addition to now making regular stops at 22 senior housing centers, it serves as a traveling classroom for the ABA Teach Children to Save Program.
The 40-foot-long vehicle features a fully equipped bank office enabling real-time transactions with cellular technology. It’s equipped with teller windows, ATM, private office and customer-service desk.
Walter Reese, the bank’s senior vice president of retail banking, explained, “The mobile branch originated when we were brainstorming about new ways to serve our customers. Although banking has changed during the past 10 years and technological advancements have given many customers greater access to their finances, the bus still serves an important role in our community.”
Palliative care nurse joins Orange Regional Medical Group
Patricia Barschow-Marton has joined Orange Regional Medical Group in Middletown as palliative care nurse practitioner. She joins Emma Fattakhov, medical director, and Eileen Schmidt, palliative care navigator.
Barschow-Marton served as an oncology nurse practitioner at Mount Sinai for nearly 20 years. In that role, she oversaw all aspects of oncology care for patients and received multiple awards for her efforts.
Prior to her work as a nurse practitioner, Barschow-Marton worked in interventional radiology, in the emergency room at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, and as an infusion nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
New board members at White Plains Youth Bureau
The Friends of the White Plains Youth Bureau has announced the appointment of three new board members: David Yount, attorney, founder and CEO of LicenseLogix; Steven R. Kramer, attorney and member-in-charge of the White Plains office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott; and Ted Havelka, campus operating officer at Berkeley College White Plains.
Yount founded LicenseLogix in 2011, which offers business licensing and corporate compliance services to corporations and nonprofit organizations.
Kramer is a regional and national trial counsel for Fortune 100 companies in class action, multidistrict, consolidated multiparty and single-party litigation.
Havelka brings more than 19 years of experience in career-focused post-secondary education to his post at Berkeley College-Westchester where he has increased student population, while increasing efficiencies in marketing and brand management.
Tompkins Financial names wealth adviser
Steven Shepherd has become part of the Hudson Valley team of Tompkins Financial Advisors based in its Brewster office on Route 22.
In his new role, Shepherd is responsible for building new client relationships and identifying the appropriate investment strategies toward meeting their specific needs. He works closely with an internal team of financial planners and analysts to provide a variety of strategies focusing on wealth management, financial planning, risk management and tax planning.
Prior to joining Tompkins, Shepherd held senior vice-president and managing director positions at Citi Bank, Morgan Stanley, CRT Capital and LaBranche, specializing in institutional equity research sales and trading.
Bleakley Platt welcomes new partner
Michael G. Lewis, former chief legal officer at Lukoil North America, has joined Bleakley Platt & Schmidt LLP in White Plains as partner.
Lewis has extensive experience managing large portfolios of commercial properties, structuring and enforcing franchise and distribution relationships and managing all areas of litigation affecting a company in the energy industry.
Previously, he served as vice president and general counsel and corporate secretary at Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc.
His multidisciplined practice will concentrate on real estate, environmental law and litigation, focusing on leasing, acquisitions and divestments and regulatory compliance.
Scholarships awarded
Citrin Cooperman announced that it has awarded 11 high school student college scholarship winners totaling $55,000 as part of the firm’s 11th annual High School Accounting/Business Student Grant Program.
“We’re proud to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of these students,” CEO Joel Cooperman said.
Since 2005, Citrin Cooperman’s scholarship program has awarded $376,000 to 94 students.
Keane named Stepinac board chairman
Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains has named alumnus (class of 1974) Kevin J. Keane of White Plains, managing partner of O’Connor Davies LLP, as chairman of its board of trustees.
Keane succeeds William F. Plunkett Jr. (class of 1958) who served as the board’s first chairman since its creation five years ago.
Keane’s career with O’Connor Davies, has spanned more than 30 years. As managing partner and a member of the executive committee, he has led O’Connor Davies, a certified public accounting and consulting firm with nine offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland to become the largest CPA firm in Westchester County. He is also a director and founder of The Westchester Bank.
Dorf & Nelson names new partner
Nicholas J. Chivily has joined Rye-based Dorf & Nelson LLP as the firm’s newest partner, working in the Rye headquarters. Chivily joined the Dorf & Nelson team after serving as partner and head of the New York office of Mayo Crowe LLC, a Hartford-based firm, for 10 years. Prior to that he was co-managing partner at McCarthy Fingar LLP in White Plains.
Chivily has extensive experience representing lenders and borrowers in all aspects of restructuring, negotiating and documenting loan transactions. He also has experience with commercial loans, mortgage loans, structured finance and asset-based finance, restructures, workouts and problem loans, with an emphasis on bankruptcy considerations.
New executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of FSW
Family Services of Westchester Inc. has appointed Valerie Brown as executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of FSW. A college and career counselor, Brown has been in private practice for more than 20 years. She has extensive corporate employment experience before holding numerous volunteer leadership roles with a focus on youth counseling, mentoring, college and career guidance. She is deeply committed to the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, having served for more than 14 years on the board of trustees for BBBS New York City, most recently holding the position of vice president of the executive committee. Brown currently serves on the National Board of Family Equality Council.
10th anniversary for Green Team
Geoff Green, owner of the Green Team Home Selling System in Warwick, marked the 10th anniversary of his business.
“Because our success is tied so heavily to our local community,” said Green, “I always feel compelled to give back. One of our missions as a company is to be a leader in the community.” Last year The Green Team donated funds to 26 local charities, youth groups and other philanthropic organizations.
Parija joins NYPA
The New York Power Authority in White Plains has named Soubhagya Parija as senior vice president and chief risk officer, to administer all aspects of risk management and insurance at the nation’s largest state public power organization.
Parija joins NYPA from Walmart, where he was a director and oversaw the global compliance risk strategy for the retail giant’s operations in 26 countries. He has also worked in management at two major utilities in the U.S. and India.
Before Walmart, Parija worked at Signet Jewelers Inc., where he developed the company’s enterprise risk-management program, which included regulatory compliance, and he spent six years at Duke Energy, the nation’s largest electric power holding company. Parija also worked at NTPC, India’s largest utility.
Golf tourney raises $240,000
Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation in Middletown recently held its annual golf tournament raising $240,000 in net proceeds to benefit ORMC’s new medical office building and Spagnoli Family Cancer Center. The event, headed by Ray VanVoorhis and Jake Kriney, hosted 248 golfers at the Wallkill Golf Course and West Hills Country Club.
Orange Regional Medical Center has begun construction on a 153,000-square-foot, five-story medical office building and a 26,000-square-foot, single-story Spagnoli Family Cancer Center at the hospital’s main campus. When completed in the fall of 2016, the $99 million project will help relocate many outpatient services currently provided at other off-campus locations.
C&Wwelcomes Ruoff
Cushman & Wakefield announced the addition of senior director Craig Ruoff to its White Plains team.
Ruoff specializes in both tenant and landlord representation services in Westchester and Fairfield counties, as well as on a national and international basis. He has 25 years of professional real estate experience.
Prior to joining C & W, Ruoff was an associate broker at Rakow Commercial Realty Group for 12 years.
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