After a national search, Laura Azzarella has been named the new associate vice president for employee engagement at Daemen. 
Azzarella will start at the college on January 3.
With more than a decade of diverse human resources experience from the legal, banking and corporate sectors, Azzarella most recently served as senior human resources manager for Cascades, a Canadian-based paper manufacturing company, at its Niagara Falls campus.
“We are excited to have Laura join Daemen,” said Gary Olson, president of Daemen. “Please join me in welcoming Laura to our campus and community.”
Azzarella earned a bachelor’s degree in media relations from the University at Buffalo and a master’s in human resources management from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
She also earned a professional in human resources certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute.