Five Star Bank appointed Susan J. Carson vice president. Carson has served as asset compliance manager since 2005, when Financial Institution Inc.’s former banks consolidated into Five Star Bank. She is a graduate of Erie Community College.

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Presbyterian Senior Care of Western New York, a senior housing and health care provider, named Karin A. Ziegler president and chief executive officer. Ziegler, currently vice chairwoman of the Presbyterian Senior Care board of directors, chairwoman of its Quality Assurance Committee and a member of the Executive Committee, most recently was with Erie County Medical Center. A graduate of Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, she earned her MBA from Medaille College.

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The Buffalo law office Goldberg Segalla named Sean P. Beiter and Matthew C. Van Vessem partners and Elisha J. Burkart an associate in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Previously with Jaeckle Fleischmann and Mugel, Beiter, Van Vessem, and Burkart have extensive experience representing employers involved in various labor and employment matters including collective bargaining, contract administration and employment discrimination law. Beiter is a graduate of Canisius College and the University at Buffalo School of Law. He also is a graduate of the Leadership Buffalo Program. Van Vessem earned his bachelor’s and JD at UB. A graduate of the Cornell University, Burkart also earned her JD at UB.

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Brown and Kelly partners Donald B. Eppers, Kenneth A. Krajewski, Andrew D. Merrick, Joseph M. Schnitter and Lisa T. Sofferin were awarded the Super Lawyer designation in the 2010 Upstate New York Edition of Super Lawyers. Eppers, Krajewski, Merrick, Schnitter and Sofferin were also recognized as 2010 Super Lawyers in The Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers, distributed to the top public and private companies across the country.

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Shawn Frier, director of the Accounting and Auditing Department of Freed Maxick and Battaglia, a certified public accounting firm, earned the certified fraud examiner designation through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Frier may now use the CFE credential.

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George W. Collins Jr., a partner in the Litigation Group at the Bouvier Partnership, was selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers In America, a national guide to legal excellence, in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation.

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Northwestern Mutual Financial Network in Fairport named Williamsville resident James Schaefer a financial representative. He will be associated with Northwestern Mutual Financial Network The Greater New York Group—Rochester. Previously, Schaefer worked for M&T Bank and Waterford Village Bank. He graduated from St. John Fisher College.

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The Cassadaga Job Corps Academy named Ben Henry, a home builders institute electrical instructor at the academy, Safety Employee of the Year in recognition of his continued commitment to safety. Henry has worked at the academy for seven years. A graduate of Erie Community College currently studying for his bachelor’s degree at Buffalo State College, he is a NYS certified teacher, an OSHA 500 trainer, and is certified by the Residential Construction Academy to teach residential electrical and electrical principles.

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The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation, an organization dedicated to overseeing the stabilization, preservation and restoration of the Central Terminal, named Michael L. Nisengard to its board of directors. Nisengard is an associate and member of Jaeckle Fleischmann and Mugel’s Real Estate, Affordable Housing and Economic and Land Development practice groups.

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The Federal Women’s Program Network, sponsored by the Buffalo Federal Executive Board, has selected Kathie Rucker, IRS Accounts Management Buffalo call site and Renee Kowalczyk, Internal Revenue Service New York, as this year’s Federal Woman of the Year and the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Outstanding Agency of the Year. Rucker, operation manager for Wage and Investment, is celebrating 40 years of service with the government. Kowalczyk, customer service quality lead, has worked for the federal government for 19 years.

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Tim Schultz, Buffalo staff accountant at Maxick & Battaglia, CPAs, recently passed the CPA exam.

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Anspach Meeks Ellenberger partner Michelle Parker was selected for inclusion in the 2010 Upstate New York Edition of Super Lawyers. Parker is also a part-time town prosecutor in Evans.