Carthage Area Hospital has added JESSICA ROBINSON, a certified family nurse practitioner, and JENNIFER AVERY, a certified physician assistant, to its medical staff.

Robinson started at the Carthage Middle School–based Clinic on Feb. 23 and Avery began at LaFargeville School–based clinic on March 8. Both providers will provide primary and preventive health-care services to school-aged youth enrolled in the School-Based Health Clinic Program. Robinson graduated from Jefferson Community College, Watertown, in 2010 with an associate degree in math & science. Following her associate degree, she attended D’Youville College, Buffalo, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing with a biology minor. Robinson continued at D’Youville College and graduated with her master’s degree in science in nursing where she became a family nurse practitioner (FNP) in 2015. Her FNP career began at Alice Hyde Medical, Malone, working at its urgent-care clinic. After two years at Alice Hyde, Robinson briefly worked at Samaritan Medical Center’s Leray Urgent Care, Evans Mills, before she transitioned to Planned Parenthood of the North Country in Watertown.

In 2000, Avery graduated from Brandeis University with a bachelor’s degree in biology and later completed the Physician Assistant Program with a master’s degree in of health sciences at Drexel University in 2008. Avery began her career as a physician assistant at CSRA Pain Management in North Augusta, South Carolina in 2010 and later worked at Connelly Health Clinic in Fort Gordon, Georgia. Her career took her overseas to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a U.S. military hospital in Germany from 2013-2015 before coming back to the U.S. After a stint at Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, Avery went back to Germany, where she worked for Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and Wiesbaden Health Clinic from 2015-2020. 

Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc. (RMS) has hired MICHAEL BUTLER as its newest research analyst. He comes to RMS with an extensive background in market research and more than a decade of product development and management experience. Most recently, he was a business-affairs specialist, where he honed his project management and research skills within new business initiatives. With an MBA from Le Moyne College and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Alfred University, Butler joins the team in the research analytics department focusing on custom client projects and developing long-term client relationships. He will be responsible for survey design, data analysis, report compilation, and delivery of actionable results. 

DAN KALIL has been promoted to chief commercial officer at Assured Information Security (AIS). In this position, he will lead commercial direction and strategies, focusing on the growth of commercial business within AIS and its family of companies, including GreyCastle Security and AssuredTek. Kalil is a co-founder of AIS and serves as the CEO at GreyCastle Security, headquartered in Troy. He has a bachelor’s degree in economic-crime investigation and a master’s degree in cybersecurity from Utica College.

SALVATORE PALADINO has been promoted to director of accounts management (AM) at AIS. In this position, he will manage corporate AM resources and work closely with the AIS leadership team to establish priorities. Paladino will lead the AM team in developing and executing account-growth strategies. He has been with AIS for eight years. Paladino has a bachelor’s degree in computer security from Utica College and an MBA from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica.

ERIN BUSHINGER has been promoted to director of corporate communications. In this position, she will lead the representation of AIS across all internal and external-communication mediums. Bushinger has been with AIS for four years. She has a bachelor’s degree in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications of Syracuse University and a master’s degree in information design and technology from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica.

PETE HUGGINS has been promoted to VP of operations at AIS. In this position, he will plan, direct, and oversee operations activities at AIS, ensuring the development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems. Huggins will lead cross-functional efforts through effective program-management methodology, ultimately driving improvement across all areas of the organization. Huggins has been with AIS for 10 years. He has associate degrees in educational and instructional-systems design and communications-applications technology from Community College of the Air Force in Montgomery, Alabama.