Excellus BCBS Appoints Andrea MacDiarmid as Community Investment and Partnerships Lead

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has named Andrea MacDiarmid Community Investments and Partnerships Lead in the Utica region. In her role MacDiarmid will work to support Utica Regional President Tony Vitagliano as Excellus BCBS continues to strengthen community relationships, reinforce its commitment to community partners and seek out new and impactful community investments. MacDiarmid will be responsible…

BME Volunteers at Utica Zoo

Business Machines and Equipment (BME) volunteer at the Utica Zoo recently to help them prepare for their AZA Accreditation Inspection which is happening this week. A small team from BME worked hard to improve green spaces and garden areas near the sheep exhibits to prepare for the summer and for the arrival of the inspectors.…

MVHS Graduates Family Medicine Residents

Eleven doctors graduated from the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) Family Medicine Residency Program on Friday, June 28, 2024, bringing the total number of family physicians completing the three-year, postdoctoral training program to 338. The physicians were trained and provided care at the Wynn Hospital, the Sister Rose Vincent Family Medicine Center on Hobart Street,…

Business Ownership Transition Survey – Small Business Owners’ Retirement

The Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, Inc. (MVEDD) is a proud partner organization in the Adirondack North Country Center for Businesses in Transition Partnership. The partnership has recently joined forces with other organizations and initiatives across the Northern Border region in an effort to understand the potential economic impact of Small Business Owners’ Retirement across the…

BME Welcomes Ammiel Fernandez

Business Machines and Equipment (BME) announces their newest member of the BME family, Ammiel Fernandez – Syracuse Sales Manager. As a professional, he has 25 years of sales and management experience supporting Fortune 50 and smaller organizations in every vertical market. He has created and developed strategic partnerships that provided consistent process improvement, efficiencies, and…

CPS Recruitment Announces Staff Promotions

Dan Sanderson, CPC has been promoted to Vice President of Staffing Services. Sanderson joined the company in 2015 as the Director of Strategic Planning and become the Director of Staffing Services in 2020.  Prior to CPS Recruitment, he had an extensive career in sales and management positions.  Sanderson is actively involved in the Syracuse Rugby…

MVHS Welcomes New Primary Care Physician

Antonina L. Calcavecchio, DO, has joined MVHS Medical Group in the Rome Medical Office. Dr. Calcavecchio earned her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania, and her doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania. She completed a residency in Family Medicine at Guthrie Robert Packer…