MOVERS & SHAKERS

Lindsay Weichert has been appointed senior vice president, commercial banking group manager in Community Bank’s Central New York region. In her new role, Weichert will be responsible for overseeing commercial banking operations for the Central New York region, ensuring that the full value of services and products Community Bank has to offer are provided to the market. Weichert brings 18 years of commercial banking experience to her new role. She joins Community Bank from M&T Bank, where she held various positions, including commercial real estate group manager, and where she managed a sales team originating commercial real estate loans. Prior to M&T Bank, Weichert worked at Fitch Ratings as a director of performance analytics, where she worked on a team that rated commercial mortgage-backed securities and authored research on rated transactions and other topics.

Weichert is president of the Syracuse City Ballet, treasurer of the Downtown Syracuse Foundation, a board member of HumaneCNY and the United Way of Central New York, a committee member of NUAIR UAS Job Fund and a member of the Syracuse Surge Business Development Workgroup. She was named to Central New York Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 list in 2015.

Weichert earned her bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University and majored in multilanguage with minors in economics and mathematics. She graduated from New York University with an M.S. in real estate with a finance and investment concentration. She lives in Syracuse and is married with two children.

Solvay Bank announces appointment

Haley Dubnoff has joined Solvay Bank as vice president, business strategy and marketing manager. Prior to joining Solvay Bank, Dubnoff was senior director, marketing, communications and creative services at WCNY. She also held marketing and communications positions at Loretto and United Way of Central New York.

Dubnoff earned a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

First person under 40 ordained in Diocese in many years

In April, The Rt. Rev. Dr. DeDe Duncan-Probe, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York, ordained Meredith Kadet Sanderson to the priesthood. Sanderson is chief of staff and director of communications for the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York. Prior to joining the diocese in 2015, she served as director of programs for Episcopal Charities of New York and as a fundraiser and data analyst with UNICEF USA in New York City. With husband Christopher Carter Sanderson, she is the parent of a preschooler and resides in Liverpool. Sanderson holds a master of divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York City and a bachelor of arts degree from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. She began her ministry as a priest April 24 with the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Jordan. She will also continue her role with the Diocese of Central New York.

Sanderson will be the first person under the age of 40 to be ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Central New York in several years—in a time when religious institutions are facing significant transitions due to the ongoing pandemic and changing attitudes toward religion.

Named controller at DB&B

Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC recently hired Suzanne Stewart as a controller in the Syracuse office.

Stewart received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Applications from State University of New York College at Brockport. She has more than 20 years of administrative experience including human resources management, payroll, and executive admini-stration. Suzanne resides in East Syracuse.

OB-GYN joins St. Joseph’s Health Women’s Health

Longtime obstetrician and gynecologist Cynthia Fraser, MD, has joined St. Joseph’s Health Infant Services. In her new role, Dr. Fraser joins a team of diverse and highly qualified physicians who provide specialized care to women in our community.

Dr. Fraser is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist with more than 25 years of clinical experience. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, Dr. Fraser was a laborist at Community General Hospital in Syracuse, where she assisted with deliveries and provided general consultations associated with pregnancies and childbirth.

Dr. Fraser was also the attending physician with full admitting and surgical privileges at Lewis Country General Hospital in Lowville from 2010 to 2016. Prior to that, she saw patients at a small private practice in the Finger Lakes region while serving as the attending physician with full admitting and surgical privileges at F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua.

Dr. Fraser is passionate about the adequate distribution of health care to the LGBTQA+ community, women veterans and women with disabilities. An active volunteer of the Central New York Medical Reserve Corp., Dr. Fraser has volunteered her time to assist with COVID-19 testing and vaccination. She is thrilled to join St. Joseph’s Health and to continue to provide health care to the women of Central New York.

Dr. Fraser holds a bachelor of science in mathematics from Cornell University and a medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University where she was a nominee for an American Osteopathic Association Award. She completed her residency at Albany Medical Center.

Dr. Fraser is currently welcoming new patients at: 615 N. Seward Ave., Auburn, N.Y. and performing deliveries at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital in Syracuse.

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