BROKERED TRANSACTIONS CB Richard Ellis/Robert Cohn brokered the sale of 10 Arrowhead Lane in Colonie to Patterson Medical Inc. of Troy. The 9,600-square-foot warehouse/storage building was purchased for $275,000 from the Scott Bobrow Revocable Trust. The building will be used for storage of medical supplies. Ann St. Peter and Eileen Lindburg of CB Richard Ellis/Robert Cohn represented the seller, and Peter Redmond, also of CB Richard Ellis/Robert Cohn, represented the purchaser. CB Richard Ellis/Robert Cohn brokered the lease of 16,564 square feet at 16 Corporate Woods Blvd. in Colonie to Verizon -- New York Directory Sales Co. Verizon will use the space for telephone book advertising. JMR Development Co. LLC is the landlord. Peter Redmond of CB Richard Ellis/Robert Cohn was the broker of record. RLF Realty brokered the sale of 55 Colvin Ave. in Albany to the NYS Law Enforcement Officers Union Council 82 ASFCME, AFL-CIO. The office building was purchased for $350,000 from the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Inc., which will relocate. Robert L. Freedman of RLF Realty was the broker of record. CHAMBER NEWS A graduation ceremony was held for 21 members of Leadership Schenectady 2001, a program sponsored by the Business Education Foundation in Schenectady County Inc., an affiliate of the Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce Inc. Graduating were: Glenn Allen, Contec; Jennifer Blessing, Bechtel MAO; Teresa Dangwa, Hamilton Hill Arts Center; Amy Davis, Kathleen Milne and Tom Mason, 109th Airlift Wing; Leroy Fogle, Schenectady Family Health Services; Robert Frederick, Schenectady County Community College; Shelly Freeman and Gerard Havasy, GE Power Systems; Robin Granger and Susan Rank, Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce; Cybele Hijar, Shari Sterling and Alex Owusu, Lockheed Martin/KAPL Inc.; Jackie McDonough, Schenectady YMCA; Mark Sheehan, Schenectady Association for Retarded Citizens; Mike Sterthous, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna; Kathy Urbanski, MVP Health Plan; Michelle Wildgrube, Carpenter & Cioffi P.C.; and Carol Williams, St. Clare's Hospital. GRAB BAG Mary Alice Russo of East Greenbush, executive director of the Seton Health Foundation, was elected treasurer of Ascension Health's Council on Philanthropy. St. Louis-based Ascension, a national sponsor of Seton Health, is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the country; its council has development professionals raising money for their respective Ascension Health facilities. Paul Cuda, a certified public accountant with Cusack & Co. Certified Public Accountants LLC in Latham, has completed state insurance and NASD series 6 and 63 licensing requirements. Cuda, now a registered representative offering securities and financial planning through WS Griffith and Co. Inc., will administer the services through Alliance Personal Planning Advisors LLC, a related entity he manages. TJ Lyons of Old Chatham, an environmental manager working out of the Brunswick office of Rifenburg Construction Inc., has become a certified safety professional. The CSP designation is awarded to those meeting professional safety experience requirements and passing two five-hour exams. IT'S AN HONOR The Hudson-Mohawk Chapter of the American Society of Training & Development recognized five area training teams as part of its third annual Trainers' Awards Dinner. Winners were: Elizabeth Heilpern, owner of Elm Associates, Albany -- Independent Entrepreneurial Trainer of the Year; Christine Katchmar, director of corporate communications, training and development, Trans World Entertainment Inc. -- Corporate Trainer of the Year; FairPoint Communications Learning & Development Corporate Team -- Corporate Training Team of the Year; Peter Casale, director of training and organizational development, state Department of Environmental Conservation -- Public Sector Trainer of the Year; and Agencies In Partnership for Training -- Public Sector Training Team of the Year. Four professionals at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy were given the State University of New York's highest honor, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence. Honored with the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching were: Linda Adamchak of Delmar, an assistant professor of biology at HVCC; Melanie Bleich of Clifton Park, a professor of academics at the Capital District Educational Opportunity Center; and Mary Gillespie of Saratoga Springs, an associate professor of human services at HVCC. Louis Coplin of Glenmont, HVCC's director of student life, was presented the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service. Charles O'Donnell of Albany was named New York State Government Engineer of the Year at the New York State Society of Professional Engineers' 75th anniversary celebration. Kathleen Lill of Loudonville, a registered nurse at the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, has received the Clinical Nurse of Excellence Award from the Capital District No. 9 -- New York State Nurses Association. Lill has been a registered nurse care manager in the VA's General Internal Medicine Primary Care Clinic for the past four years.The Associated General Contractors of America awarded four general contractors in the Capital Region certificates of commendation for safety excellence. Honored by the General Building Contractors of New York State, the New York State Building Chapter of the AGC were: Adirondack Construction Corp. of Glens Falls, Cottrell Hajeck Inc. of North Troy, Kilby Brothers Inc. of Albany and Sweet Associates Inc. of Albany. Douglas Ivey of Schenectady was named recipient of the State University of New York Center for Academic and Work Force Development's Distinguished Alumni Award. Ivey has been a cosmetology instructor at the Capital District Educational Opportunity Center in Troy since 1993. He also is owner/operator of his own salon, Unique Dimensions Hair Design in Albany. Carol Wilsey, marketing consultant with ABC's of Remembrance in Latham, and Barbara King, a partner with The Gordon, Siegel Law Firm in Latham, each received a May Notable Networker award from the Clifton Park/Halfmoon Chapter of Business Network International. Wilsey was recognized for bringing the most visitors to the chapter's meetings; King was recognized for giving the most referrals at the chapter's meetings. Four staff members at the Regional Diabetes Center of Glens Falls Hospital achieved certified diabetes educator status from the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators by meeting professional practice experience and exam certification requirements. Earning their CDE were: Rebecca Mahar, registered dietitian; Joan Butler and Marie Walla-Farrell, registered dietitians/certified nutritionists; and Emily Galindo, nurse practitioner. Dr. John Fulco of Niskayuna, a diagnostic and interventional radiologist with Schenectady Radiologists P.C. since 1978, was named to three posts with the American Medical Association. He was elected chairperson of the Section Council, chairperson of the Vascular Caucus and chair-elect of the Specialty and Service Section. LITERALLY ON THE MOVE Barbara Garro's line of Saratoga Chic, one-of-a-kind signature and collectible jewelry, has moved out of Crafter's Gallery in downtown Saratoga Springs and into Longmeadow Farms Antiques, 1120 Route 29, Schuylerville. Garro also is president of Electric Envisions, a personal growth company in Saratoga Springs.
MEDIA NEWS Smith Mumford & Co., a Germantown marketing communications firm, was retained by the international division of Prudential Financial, a Newark-based financial services company, to develop two newsletters for overseas financial advisers and clients. Global Insights presents perspectives on global asset management, and Portfolio Insights discusses individual securities and their role in portfolio design. Communication Services, an Albany-based marketing/advertising firm, was named agency of record for the Schenectady County Chamber of Commerce's travel/tourism program, which has been focusing on the county's major summer/fall events and family-oriented attractions. Communication Services will be responsible for all print and broadcast advertising and collateral development. ON THE BOARD
Officers and board members were elected for The Community Foundation for the Capital Region. Officers are: Charles Liddle III of Albany, president, Austin & Co. Inc. -- president; Barbara Hoehn of Menands, community volunteer -- first vice president; Phoebe Bender of Menands, community volunteer -- second vice president; Roberta Bastow of Glenmont, senior vice president, Fleet Private Client Group -- treasurer; and Roy Hershey of Niskayuna, community volunteer -- secretary. E. Kristen Frederick of Albany and Barbara Pryor of Albany were elected board members. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region elected officers and committee chairpersons. Included are: Daniel Hurteau of Nixon Peabody LLP -- president; Barbara Milano, National MS Society -- vice president; Bernie Noonan, FYI Images -- treasurer and finance committee chair; Jeff Shinaman, Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce -- secretary and board development chair; and John Reilly, Dynamic Applications Inc. -- immediate past president.
Other committee positions are: Carla Hines, Northeast Health -- personnel committee chair; Paul DeFrancisco, state Senate research -- fund development committee chair; and Ken Baum, John Hancock -- program committee chair.
Re-elected to a new term on Big Brothers Big Sisters' board of directors are: Ed Brown of the state Division of Health Facility Planning; Thomas Donovan of Marvin & Co.; Eugene Hamlett of The Kalee Jamison Consulting Group Inc.; Mark Jarocki of Pioneer Savings Bank; Dan Landauer of Meridian Capital Partners Inc.; Robert McNamara of Capital Education Network; Dave Taillon, Clough Harbour & Associates LLP; and Jeff Weiss of Glennpeter Jewelers. New board members are Timothy Minahan of KeyBank N.A.; Catherine Smith of Trustco Bank N.A.; and Daniel White of KPMG. OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Entertainment Genie Inc. has established http://www.entertainment genie.com as a regional advertising and informational Web portal featuring arts, entertainment and leisure activities. A monthly print publication, EntertainmentGenie Magazine, is planned for September. Timothy L. Carney and John C. Babjeck Jr. own the company, which now employs four and expects to hire four salespeople. The company operates from the Troy Atrium, Suite 2700, 49 Fourth St., Troy. The telephone number is 273-2412. Compiled by Betsy Feldstein
