ALISON BOGHOSIAN has joined the Pinckney Hugo Group as an assistant social media strategist. Prior to Pinckney Hugo, Boghosian gained experience in marketing and social media at the Syracuse Center of Excellence and NYSERNet. She has a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. 

ABC Creative Group recently added JAMIE LYNN PEARCE-ALLEN as an account manager. She is a graduate of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University with a degree in marketing management. Pearce-Allen previously worked in various account-management roles in merchandising, marketing, and design before joining ABC.

JENNIFER TRAN has joined Metis Consulting Group as business intelligence analyst. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College. In addition to her work as a programmer analyst, Tran extends Metis’ mission as a certified benefit corporation to the Syracuse tech community as a teaching assistant at Hack Upstate’s Careers in Code boot camp.

D&B Engineers and Architects, P.C. (D&B) has hired GUNTHER SCHNORR as a senior engineer at D&B’s DeWitt office. He brings more than a decade of environmental-engineering experience that primarily focuses on the investigation and remediation of hazardous-waste sites housing former manufactured gas plants, utilities, and industrial manufacturing facilities. Schnorr has expansive knowledge of both the federal and state environmental regulations governing the management of hazardous waste and hazardous substances that may endanger public health and the environment. He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental resources and forest engineering from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 

MELINDA (MINDY) JOHNSON has been named manager of the Clinical Laboratory at the St. Elizabeth Campus of Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). She previously was a clinical laboratory educator at MVHS. Prior to joining MVHS, Johnson worked in various roles in the clinical-laboratory field including medical technologist and assistant laboratory manager of Centrex at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton. Johnson has 18 years of experience in the field of laboratory medicine. She received her bachelor’s degree from Oswego State University and is a New York State-licensed clinical laboratory technologist.

Six new medical providers have joined ConnextCare.

JULIE DEWEY is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. She completed her nurse-practitioner training at SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2018. Dewey previously worked in medical/surgical stepdown units and spent a number of years working in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. She will be seeing patients at ConnextCare’s Pulaski office.

JESSICA KIMBALL is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. She began her career as a nurse practitioner in primary care, shortly after graduating from Upstate Medical University in 2015. Kimball previously held various roles in the emergency department and medical/surgical floors. She will be seeing patients at the Pulaski office.

BEVERLY AUBIN is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. She recently completed her nurse-practitioner training at Upstate Medical University. Aubin previously worked as an RN for more than 30 years, working in various specialty areas including both inpatient and outpatient settings. She will be seeing patients at the Oswego office.

FAITH SLADE is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. She recently completed her nurse-practitioner training through Upstate Medical. Slade previously worked with patients in the neuroscience intensive care unit. She will be seeing patients at the Fulton office.

KATIE BEEBE is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. She recently completed her nurse-practitioner training through Upstate Medical University. Prior to that, Beebe worked with critical-care patients in the medical intensive care unit. She will be seeing patients at the Oswego office.

ALEXANDER FILIPSKI, DO, FAAFP is a board-certified family physician. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to ConnextCare. Prior to joining ConnextCare, Filipski worked as a faculty educator — educating both family medicine residents and osteopathic students within inpatient and primary care settings. In addition to educating/developing future physicians, he also provided hospitalist and obstetrical services. Filipski will be seeing patients at ConnextCare’s Oswego and Fulton offices.

SARA DOPP has joined the staff of the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) of Oswego County as a case manager. She will assess the needs of children that have been abused and their families. She will also be involved in CAC’s partnership with Cribs for Kids, an organization whose mission is to prevent infant sleep-related deaths by educating parents and caregivers on the importance of practicing safe sleep for their babies.

JENNIFER MEREDITH has joined the Syracuse Orange women’s tennis team this fall as an assistant coach. She replaces longtime associate head coach Shelley George, who recently retired from the program. Meredith joins Syracuse after three years as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri. Before Mizzou, she spent two years with UConn as an assistant coach. As a player, Meredith was a star at the University of Tennessee. In 2011, Meredith graduated from Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in sports management.