Starting a Business? Here Are Some Tips on Getting a Loan
By Stefan Yablonski Securing a loan for a new business can seem daunting at first glance. How hard it is to get a business loan depends on how lenders…
Divorce and Social Security: 5 Things to Know
You may qualify for benefits equal to half those of your higher-earning ex-spouse, without needing to tell them about it or seek their permission By M.P. Dunleavey If you’re divorced…
Top women at Pathfinder Bank, from left: Paloma Sarkar, First vice president, enterprise risk manager; Regina Bass, First vice president, corporate controller; and Cassandra Gehrig, First vice president for marketing.
Paloma Sarkar, First vice president, enterprise risk manager, Pathfinder Bank
By Mary Beth Roach “Pressure is a privilege.” This quote, from tennis great Billie Jean King, is one that Paloma Sarkar, first vice president, enterprise risk manager at Pathfinder Bank,…
Top women at Pathfinder Bank, from left: Paloma Sarkar, First vice president, enterprise risk manager; Regina Bass, First vice president, corporate controller; and Cassandra Gehrig, First vice president for marketing.
Cassandra Gehrig, First vice president for marketing, Pathfinder Bank
By Mary Beth Roach “I get to be a forever learner,” said Cassandra Gehrig, first vice president for marketing at Pathfinder Bank. An understatement, perhaps, when one considers that her…
Top women at Pathfinder Bank, from left: Paloma Sarkar, First vice president, enterprise risk manager; Regina Bass, First vice president, corporate controller; and Cassandra Gehrig, First vice president for marketing.
Regina Bass, First vice president, corporate controller, Pathfinder Bank
By Mary Beth Roach Regina Bass, first vice president, corporate controller Pathfinder, came to the bank in January of 2022, bringing substantial financial experience from a career in public accounting…
Top women at Oswego County Federal Credit Union: Ashley Koskowski, President of branch operations, left; and Aimee Glerum, Vice president of lending.
Aimee Glerum, Vice president of lending, Oswego County Federal Credit Union
By Mary Beth Roach Aimee Glerum has spent her entire professional career with the Oswego Federal Credit Union, starting as a part-timer 21 years ago. Today she is vice president…
Top women at Oswego County Federal Credit Union: Ashley Koskowski, President of branch operations, left; and Aimee Glerum, Vice president of lending.
Ashley Koskowski, President of branch operations, Oswego Federal Credit Union
By Mary Beth Roach When Ashley Koskowski started as a teller in a financial institution in Florida in the early 2000s, she had never had a goal of reaching upper…
Lori Teifke, Territory manager/ senior vice president, NBT
By Mary Beth Roach Lori Teifke has been involved in banking for 23 years — the last 16 at NBT Bank — and within the last decade, she said she…
Annette Burns, Chief financial officer, NBT Bank
By Mary Beth Roach This past May, Annette Burns realized both a professional and personal goal when she was named chief financial officer for NBT Bank — the first female…
Sabrina Webster, Senior vice president, CNY Commercial Banking Team, KeyBank
By Mary Beth Roach One of Sabrina Webster’s guiding principles is to be her authentic self. That mindset led the St. Lawrence University graduate into the banking industry, helped her…