Member Essentials-CEO Insights December 2025

Posted on December 1, 2025

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Below is a snapshot of the latest news and top headlines from our members. We want to hear from you! You can request your organization's news and events be shared on the CenterState CEO website.   

 

Meg O’Connell will retire as the executive director of the Allyn Family Foundation

Central New York Community Foundation receives $12 million gift from Renzi estate. 

Community Bank expands its footprint in Pennsylvania’s Greater Lehigh Valley. 

Drakos Urgent Care starts seeing patients at its new facility in Camillus. 

Eastern Security Services opens its new headquarters in Franklin Square in Syracuse. 

Gwen Webber-McLeod of Gwen, Inc. hosts Leadership Diva book tour. 

Le Moyne College is getting ready to launch a new degree program in applied physics. 

Oneida Indian Nation celebrates the grand opening of Point Place Casino hotel expansion. 

Rosamond Gifford Zoo Holiday Nights return for 2025. 

St. Joseph’s Health expands orthopedic and spine care with the launch of a new practice. 

Syracuse University’s Whitman School will offer new real estate master’s degree program in 2026. 

Turning Stone Resort Casino’s 2025 Gingerbread Village will take guests “around the world.” 

Upstate Medical University formally opens the Upstate Neurological Institute.  

 

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Harris Beach Murtha Announces AI Team
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Harris Beach Murtha Launches Artificial Intelligence Industry Team

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