This summer, Byrne Dairy welcomed four college students to work in different departments. Read on to meet our Summer ’25 interns!
Leo Aviles, IT Intern
School: Syracuse University
Major: Information Management & Technology with a concentration in Cybersecurity
Interests: Golfing, fishing, and giving back to the community
Favorite Byrne Dairy Product: Cookiewich
Leonel Aviles is a Marine Corps veteran who was drawn to Byrne because of our commitment to quality and our role in the Central New York community.
Ethan Penfield, HR Intern
School: SUNY Oswego
Major: Human Resources Management
Interests: Restoring his 1970 Pontiac LeMans, going to the gym, and hiking
Favorite Byrne Dairy Product: Black Raspberry Ice Cream
Ethan has enjoyed gaining hands-on HR experience managing employee data and visiting each of our facilities to help employees.
Preston Clark, R&D Intern
School: Manhattan University
Major: Chemical Engineering
Interests: Traveling and spending time with friends and family
Favorite Byrne Dairy Product: Chocolate Milk
Preston grew up as a Byrne Dairy fan and has enjoyed delving into food science, shelf-life testing, and developing new products in the pilot plant.
Kelsey Rutledge, Sales & Marketing Intern
School: Penn State
Major: Marketing
Interests: Spending time on the lake, cooking, and being with friends and family
Favorite Byrne Dairy Product: Holy Cow Ice Cream
Like the Byrne family, Kelsey is from Skaneateles. Her summer projects for Sales & Marketing have included market research, coordinating food pantry donations, and designing social media content and ads. (She designed the graphics for this post!)
