PROFILE: Sharon Bauer-Aldrich
The president of the Hastings Lions Club is a driving force behind the annual Central Square Apple Festival. The event attracts around 20,000 people each year By Stefan Yablonski Sharon…
Marcy Korczakowski and her husband, Michael, opened their Bernhards Bay business, North Shore Coffee and Tea Company, in September 2022.
BUSINESS UPDATE: Couple Finds Niche on the North Shore of Oneida Lake
North Shore Coffee and Tea Company is more than just a café By Stefan Yablonski It’s not the same old grind. North Shore Coffee and Tea Company has been perking…
SUNY Morrisville students work on a wind turbine. Photo by Allisa Coomey
SPECIAL REPORT: Blue-collar Work Becoming Cool Again
Business is booming at vocational institutions that make students job-ready in a matter of months, not years By Aaron Gifford Gen Z is making blue-collar cool again. While many traditional…
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…