JULIAN SPRINGER recently joined Colgate University as its new director of physical education and recreation and chair of physical education. Springer — who brings 16 years of higher-education experience within athletics, student affairs, and collegiate coaching — comes to Colgate from Bradley University, after serving two years there as the director of basketball operations. Prior to Bradley, Springer spent time in Birmingham, Alabama, working in student affairs at UAB while also serving as the interim head basketball coach and head men’s and women’s cross-country coach at Lawson State Community College. He also worked for the Southeastern Conference at its headquarters in Birmingham during his time in Alabama. Springer served as the assistant director of student-athlete development/operations for men’s basketball at Northern Illinois University (NIU). Prior to NIU, Springer was director of athletics at Malcolm X College, where he led a department that consisted of eight athletic programs. Springer coached basketball at the collegiate level for 13 years, including five years in Division I. Throughout his career, Springer has also served as a director of academic support services, assistant department chair for physical education, academic advisor, and adjunct professor. Springer, a native of Chicago, has a bachelor’s degree in recreation from Southern Illinois University. He earned his master’s degree from Central Michigan University in athletic administration and another master’s degree in health, physical education, and recreation from Jackson State University. He also earned a doctoral degree in higher education and student affairs from NIU.

JOE ORLANDO has joined S.E.E.D. Planning Group as an investment analyst in the firm’s Binghamton office. Before joining S.E.E.D., he worked at the Vanguard Group as a fixed-income associate. Orlando will be working alongside Fred Costantino, chief investment officer, aiding the investment management team with investment research, reporting, trading, and providing analysis to the financial planners. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Binghamton University and his MBA from Coastal Carolina. 

EMMANUEL NWOGU, D.O. has joined the medical staff of Carthage Area Hospital as an OB/GYN provider. He is located at Women’s Way to Wellness Clinic on North Mechanic Street in Carthage. Nwogu graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008, followed by a residency at St. John Episcopal Hospital in Queens; Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey; and South Nassau Community Hospital on Long Island. Prior to his arrival at Carthage, he worked as an obstetrics and gynecology attending physician at Columbia Memorial Health in Hudson, New York. His other previous work experience includes Massena Memorial Hospital, St. Regis Mohawk Health Center in Hogansburg, and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. 

JENNA HIESTAND, M.D. has joined St. Joseph’s Health on the inpatient psychiatry team. In her new role, she joins a team of physicians to provide psychiatric care to the community. Hiestand is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than 17 years of clinical experience. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, she served as chief medical officer for Alaska Behavioral Health, a certified community behavioral- health center with offices in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska. She also served as the medical director of behavioral-health services at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, where she was responsible for inpatient psychiatry, residential substance-use treatment, and outpatient services. Prior to that, Hiestand spent seven years in Oregon and held supervisory roles at Oregon State Hospital in Salem and Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland. She earned her doctor of medicine degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1999, and her bachelor’s degree in cell and molecular biology from Tulane University in New Orleans. Hiestand completed a psychiatry residency in 2003 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a teaching hospital affiliated with the Washington University School of Medicine. Hiestand is seeing patients at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital.

SARA GIANNI has joined Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Inc. (GKG) of New Hartford as a strategic client manager. Gianni works in the firm’s employee-benefits division. She will work with employers across New York to establish and maintain benefits programs. Gianni brings more than a decade of experience. Prior to coming to GKG, she held industry positions in the Rochester marketplace. KYLE CAIRNS has joined GKG as a client advocate. Cairns joins the firm’s commercial lines division. He brings experience in both workers’ compensation and account management. Cairns is a graduate of Utica College with a master’s degree in health care administration. 

SRCTec, LLC has hired ROBERT CHARLESWORTH as director of life cycle management. In this role, he will lead life cycle management, sustainment, and service activities for all the enterprise’s products and programs and will also be instrumental in fostering continued business expansion and advancing the company’s focus on long-term sustainment. Charlesworth brings years of industry knowledge and military experience and will play an important role in ensuring the safety of U.S. military personnel. He joins SRCTec from the New York Army National Guard, where he served as Commander of the 27th brigade, providing executive management of the organization’s operations, security, and logistics. Charlesworth is also a veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and has extensive experience working with military executives at the Pentagon. He holds a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering and master’s degrees in both project management and national-security strategy. Charlesworth is active in several veterans’ service organizations, specifically volunteering in assisting transitioning veterans.