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Today’s conversation is with Heather Drake Bianchi, CEO and Founder of Drakos Clinical Dynamics, an award winning umbrella organization created as a foundation of innovation to provide accessible laboratory and healthcare resources to all walks of life in Central New York. 

Drakos Dynamics was named the 2024 Centerstate CEO Business of the Year Award in the ‘Fewer than 50 Employees category’ after opening the only standalone pediatric urgent care in the CNY area at Clay Medical Center in Liverpool to address the lack of accessible after-hours pediatric care for children and their families in the area. Following patient demand, Drakos opened a second urgent care location in Cicero that serves patients of all ages. In today’s episode you’ll hear about their team’s plan for an upcoming Camillus location as you get to know our spotlighted member!

(Note: This episode was recorded in August 2024. Since the recording, there have been some changes to the Drakos' expansion timeline. The team is now targeting a year's end of 2024 opening for its Camillus location.)

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We are in the last quarter of 2024, but that doesn’t mean things are slowing down. The team at CenterState CEO is working on numerous projects and events to celebrate and advance Central New York’s economy. 

On this episode of Talk CNY, presented by NBT Bank, we’re catching up on the last few months and looking forward to what 2025 will hold. CenterState CEO President Rob Simpson joins the podcast to discuss everything from microelectronics to the annual Economic Champions event.

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Today's guest of Talk CNY - Quarterly Market Insights presented by NBT Bank is Ken Entenmann, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Economist for NBT Bank.

Ken joins us today to share what's happening in the markets and how it impacts you.

Kenneth J. Entenmann is Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer & Chief Economist at NBT Wealth Management. Ken has over 3 decades of investment experience. Prior to joining NBT Bank, he served as Director of Investment Management at Alliance Bank.

In his current role, he oversees more than $6 billion in assets under management and administration in Trust, Custody, Retirement, Institutional and Individual accounts.

Entenmann graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in Applied Economics and Business Management. He also graduated from William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester with an MBA. He has also earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Ken is a former Board member of the New York Bankers Association and was the Chair of the Trust and Investment Committee. He has served on the board of the Central New York Community Foundation from 2006-2012. He currently serves on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse's Investment Advisory Committee.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives have been declining nationwide over the last few years. But the values of those initiatives are vital to business and overall community success. As Central New York grows and we strive to create a region where all people can prosper, it’s become even more important to prioritize DEI work and create an inclusive economy.

On this episode of Talk CNY, presented by NBT Bank, CenterState CEO’s Senior Vice President of Racial Equity and Social Impact (RESI) Dr. Juhanna Rogers discusses the evolving DEI landscape and why equity work is an important pillar of a sustainable, robust local economy.

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Syracuse’s future ON-RAMP facility needs to be a place where diverse people from across the community can feel welcome to utilize resources that can aid their success. So, a vital part of the ongoing planning and design process of this future workforce training facility is community engagement and input. 

Helping to lead the community engagement portion of the ON-RAMP planning process is the Urban Jobs Task Force Executive Director Tylah Worrell. She’s hosted feedback sessions across the community and collected comments from people the future ON-RAMP facility aims to serve. Tylah joins this episode of Talk CNY, presented by NBT Bank, to discuss what she’s heard so far and how that feedback is being incorporated into what ON-RAMP will become.

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The NY SMART I-Corridor, a consortium of partners from Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, is one of just 12 groups to receive a federal Tech Hub award and the only Tech Hub focused the semiconductor industry. The federal government saw local leaders’ strategy and existing regional assets and determined the NY SMART I-Corridor region has what it takes to be the next globally critical semiconductor industry hub. 

To support this growth, the federal government awarded the NY SMART I-Corridor Tech Hub more than $40 million for initiatives and projects that will help us grow and ensure all residents have access to opportunity. 

On Part 1 of our Tech Hub conversation, CenterState CEO’s Chief of Staff Ben Sio, OneROC President and CEO Joe Stefko and Buffalo Niagara Partnership President and CEO Dottie Gallagher joined Talk CNY to discuss how the NY SMART I-Corridor came to be. On this episode of Talk CNY, presented by NBT Bank, we are joined again by Ben, Joe and Dottie to talk about the projects and work ahead as our region tries to reach its goals.

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Around 400 communities applied to the federal Tech Hubs program, a program designed to support tech-based economies in underinvested areas. Of those, only 12 received a Tech Hub designation and federal dollars to support and implement their strategies.

The NY SMART I-Corridor, a coalition of partners from Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and Ithaca, is one of those 12 Tech Hubs. And it’s the only designated Tech Hub in the US focused on the semiconductor industry. That means 40 million dollars from the federal government and 8 million dollars from the state are coming to upstate New York to support the growth of a world-class semiconductor industry hub right here. 

Building this successful application was no small task. 

On this episode of Talk CNY, presented by NBT Bank, we speak to three people who helped to lead the process: CenterState CEO’s Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of Strategy, Policy and Planning Ben Sio, OneROC’s President and CEO Joe Stefko and Buffalo Niagara Partnership’s President and CEO Dottie Gallagher. They join the show to discuss how the NY SMART I-Corridor came to be and the significance it holds for the regions involved. 

We’ve said it before on Talk CNY, but it’s a really exciting time in Central New York.

So far this summer, a delegation of Taiwanese semiconductor industry and supply chain representatives paid a visit to Central New York, the Central New York Community Engagement Committee released the Community Priorities Document, and the federal government awarded the NY SMART I-Corridor a multimillion dollar award through the Tech Hubs program. And that’s only a portion of what is going on throughout the region. 

CenterState CEO President Rob Simpson joins this episode of Talk CNY, presented by NBT Bank, to talk about the region’s recent accomplishments and milestones, and how they’ll impact us.

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Today's guest of Talk CNY - Quarterly Market Insights presented by NBT Bank is Ken Entenmann, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Economist for NBT Bank.

Ken joins us today to share what's happening in the markets and how it impacts you.

Kenneth J. Entenmann is Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer & Chief Economist at NBT Wealth Management. Ken has over 3 decades of investment experience. Prior to joining NBT Bank, he served as Director of Investment Management at Alliance Bank.

In his current role, he oversees more than $6 billion in assets under management and administration in Trust, Custody, Retirement, Institutional and Individual accounts.

Entenmann graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in Applied Economics and Business Management. He also graduated from William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester with an MBA. He has also earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Ken is a former Board member of the New York Bankers Association and was the Chair of the Trust and Investment Committee. He has served on the board of the Central New York Community Foundation from 2006-2012. He currently serves on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse's Investment Advisory Committee.

When thinking of any bank or financial institution, it’s likely you think of a place to manage your money, maybe a physical building or an ATM. All of that is a part of the banking ecosystem, but it’s not the whole of it. Our financial institutions are involved in much more, from financing the projects that enable us to grow to supporting nonprofits. 

This podcast is an example of that work, with NBT Bank serving as our presenting sponsor.

On this episode of Talk CNY, NBT Bank’s regional president for Central New York and the Mohawk Valley Dave Kavney joins us to discuss all of the roles financial institutions plan in the regional economy and how NBT Bank is an active community member. 

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