STAATSBURG â Anderson Center for Autism announced that it has named resident of Staatsburg and longtime member of its team, Anne Jordan, the new Director of Human Resources. Jordan will develop, coordinate, and lead all activities for the organizationâs Human Resources department, including employee relations, professional development initiatives, recruitment efforts, hiring, benefits packages, and Andersonâs talent strategy for its roster of nearly 900 employees.
Jordan, who obtained a Master of Library Science from Southern Connecticut State University (2013), is a graduate of Empire State College (Bachelor of Science, Business Management and Economics, 2012; Advanced Certificate in Human Resource Management, 2015). A Certified Professional with Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), the newest member of Andersonâs leadership team also holds certification as a public librarian with the New York State Education Department. Anne also completed an Executive
URBANA â Nelly Sfeir Gonzalez, 90, died at 9:56 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2020, from respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 after fighting valiantly for two weeks at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
Nelly was exemplary at all the stages of her life, being at different times a fun playmate to her siblings and neighborhood children, a student leader in her university days, a supportive wife to her civil engineer husband Walter, a dedicated mother to her five sons (Walter Ramiro, Mauricio, Javier, Fernando and Sergio), a nationally-recognized librarian and award-winning bibliographer at the University of Illinois, a doting grandmother to 11 grandchildren (two of whom died prior to puberty) and one great-grandchild, and a fearless elderly person who faced the challenges of aging with serenity. A consummate oral storyteller, she had a winning smile, charming wit, and the gift of making and cultivating friends of all ages, and all social backgrounds, for the long haul. At a fe