Long Island hires and promotions: Hope Kinney, Gold Coast Bank

BANKING

Hope Kinney of Setauket has been hired as assistant vice president of business development at Gold Coast Bank in Setauket. She was a relationship banker at Capital One Bank in East Setauket.

COMMUNICATIONS

Donna Fontana of Seaford has been hired as managing director at PR Talent in Manhattan. She was managing director of the health care communications agency Medical Dynamics in Manhattan.

LAW

Nina LaMonica of Oceanside has been hired as an associate in accounting/business professionals at L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini in Garden City. She was a law clerk at Rosenberg & Steinmetz in Valley Stream.

Steven Kay of Roslyn has been hired as a partner in trusts and estates at Moritt Hock & Hamroff in Manhattan. He was a partner at Herzfeld & Rubin in Manhattan.

NONPROFITS

Barbie Vartanian of Short Hills, N.J., has been hired as first executive director of The Viscardi Center’s Project Accessible Oral Health initiative in Albertson. She led the Pacific Dental Services Foundation in Irvine, Calif.

ENVIRONMENT

AARCO Environmental Services Corp. in Lindenhurst has two new hires.

Katherine Jones of Lindenhurst, an executive assistant, was a waitress at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews in West Babylon.

Victoria D. Whelan of Long Beach, director of remediation, was an associate at CA Rich Consultants Inc. in Plainview.

EDUCATION

SUNY Old Westbury has a promotion and two new hires.

Jacob Heller of Stony Brook, associate sociology professor, has been promoted to assistant vice president for institutional research and assessment.

Claudia Marin Andrade of Wheatley Heights, hired as dean of students, was assistant dean of students and director of student advocacy at Hofstra University in Hempstead.

Rossano Rovello of Wantagh, hired as director of advancement initiatives, was associate director of individual giving at St. Francis College in Brooklyn. — DIANE DANIELS

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