Erin Lagano
EGC Group, a Melville-based integrated marketing agency, hired Lagano as associate creative director. She previously worked at EGC Group as a graphic designer, worked her way up to art director, joined another agency, and became a “boomerang” employee who left and returned to the company.
Marc Soto
Pronto of Long Island, Inc., the nonprofit out reach center whose main mission is to feed the hungry and clothe the needy, named Soto as its new director. He has a law degree from the University of Nebraska and an extensive background in diversity and inclusion, training and development and general law practice.
Danielle Mount
EGC Group promoted Mount to graphic designer. Originally hired as a production artist in 2019, she has become proficient in learning and mastering a variety of software products and tools for print, digital, and video. Mount works on a wide range of projects social media promos and campaigns for many EGC clients, which she finds “creative, fun and challenging.”
Benjamin “Jay” Demetriou
Lorraine Gregory Corporation, a Brentwood-based integrated marketing agency, prompted Demetriou to the title of president. He has occupied the vice president, chief of operations role for years and expertly manages not only the people in his charge but the overall well-being of the company. He has been directly responsible for melding three acquired companies into one cohesive unit.
Tina Zhen
EGC Group promoted Zhen to account supervisor. She joined EGC Group in 2014 as
an account manager. Tina’s time at EGC gives her the opportunity to handle many different facets of marketing in the transition away from traditional media.
Robert Larocca
SterlingRisk Insurance, one of the nation’s top independently owned insurance brokerages, promoted Larocca to chief strategic relations officer. Larocca, who began his career at SterlingRisk in 1999 and enjoys strong ties throughout the insurance community, will retain his title of executive vice president and continue to report directly to SterlingRisk CEO David Sterling.
Courtney Hanusch
EGC Group hired Hanusch as a marketing analyst. She previously managed social media for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and went on to pursue a Master of Business Administration at Hofstra University. She first joined the EGC team as an MBA intern on the digital media team in 2020.
Majid Ali Mahmood
Mahmood was hired as an architect with Woodbury-based D&B Engineers and Architects. He is a graduate of New York Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Architecture. Prior to D&B Engineers and Architects he worked as an Architectural Technician/Assistant Project Manager at Swartz Architecture, D.P.C. in Poughkeepsie.
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