Excellus’ Crisis Plan Helps Company Pivot

Working from home, Melissa Gardner, executive vice president, population health engagement at Excellus BCBS, has to juggle work and kids. In a statement, she said: “We are supporting each other more than I would have thought possible,” she said about her colleagues at the insurer. Photo provided.

Excellus’ Crisis Plan Helps Company Pivot

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Feature Stories Healthcare

Nearly entire workforce of 3,600 at Excellus still working from home. ‘We haven’t missed a beat,’ says regional president By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Making an organization-wide shift in basic business…

High-profile Case Shines a Spotlight on Obligation of Nonprofit Directors

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Departments Guest Columnist

By Richard L. Weber, Esq. ‘Nonprofit boards should consider obtaining ‘directors and officers’ insurance coverage (aka “D&O” coverage) and employee “fidelity insurance” in order to protect board members that diligently…

Katie Toomey

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Departments Last Page

Executive director of the Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce on what the organization is doing to work with and help small businesses By Lou Sorendo Q.: As an affiliate of…

Issue 172: February / March 2021

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Archives Business Magazine

Atom Avery celebrates the completion of his most ambitious project to date, the Litatro building in downtown Oswego

What are your main goals this year and how you can make them reality

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Departments On The Job

Interviews by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant “I would say that our top goal always is to be the region’s first choice for quality healthcare. With that, we continue to strategically look…

Matthew Dawson

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Departments How I Got Started

Entrepreneur started his business — mydigitaldiscount.com — in the late ‘90s while in college. It’s still going strong By Lou Sorendo ‘It’s not all rainbows and sunshine. Last year was…

Catherine Gill

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Profiles Special Features

New CEO of St.Luke Health Services, Oswego County’s largest nursing home, takes the helm amid coronavirus pandemic By Ken Sturtz When Catherine Gill arrived at St. Luke 32 years ago…

Publisher’s Note February / March 2021

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Departments Publisher's Note

By Wagner Dotto Paid advertising is key to keeping this magazine going, and we’re thankful so many of our advertisers have continued running ads with us, even during the pandemic.…

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is a functioning mosque constructed between 1609 and 1616. It’s one of Istanbul’s top tourist attraction.

Istanbul, Where East Meets West

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Departments Where in the World is Sandra Scott?

By Sandra Scott Visit two continents but just one city. It is where East meets West. The Bosporus Strait separates the city of Istanbul in Turkey with Asia on one…

The bar at Southern Fare, located on the ground level of Litatro, a building in the heart of downtown Oswego. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Canfield Photography.

New Restaurants Open in Oswego

Post author:Oswego County Business Magazine
Post published:February 15, 2021
Post category:Special Features

Undaunted by pandemic, two Oswego restauranteurs move forward with openings By Payne Horning It’s the story of twin lifelong dreams that met a once-in-a-lifetime moment. Oswego’s two newest restaurants, located…