Earns real estate license

Allison Carlos recently earned a real estate salesperson license, completing training with Kaplan Professional Schools.

Ms. Carlos is a 2012 graduate of Jefferson Community College, where she earned an associate’s degree in humanities and social science, and a 2010 Watertown High School graduate.

While a student at JCC, she opened a dance and gymnastics supply store, Dance Alley, 345 Factory St., Watertown. She also opened a photo booth business, Allie-Kat Photo Booth, with business partner Kathryn Sparacino.

She is employed with Elliott Realty, Watertown, and continues to manage Dance Alley and Allie-Kat Photo Booth while also teaching dance classes for In Motion School of Dance.

She is the daughter of Louis and Shelly Carlos, Watertown.

Named law partner

Conboy, McKay, Bachman & Kendall LLP has announced Victoria “Torie” Hasseler Collins as partner in the firm, as of April 1. Ms. Collins joined the firm as an associate attorney in April 2010.

She is the daughter of Larry and Ginny Hasseler and a native of Carthage. She attended SUNY Cobleskill for agricultural business and graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Cortland in 2003, where she was ranked in the top 10 of her class, with a bachelor’s degree in political science with a concentration in environmental policy.

She received a juris doctorate, graduating summa cum laude and eighth in her class, from Albany Law School with a concentration with high honors in estate planning. Before joining Conboy, she worked as an associate attorney with Weber, Perra & Munzing P.C. and then Potter Stewart Jr. Law Offices P.C., both located in Brattleboro, Vt.

Ms. Collins practices in the firm’s Watertown and Carthage offices. She is a member of both the estates and business practice groups, and her areas of practice include estate planning, probate and estate administration of estates, real estate and social security disability. She is a member of the board of trustees of Meadowbrook Terrace Inc. and has volunteered with Literacy of Northern New York.

Joins architecture firm

Francis A. “Ike” Cook, a former employee at Bernier, Carr & Associates, has joined MRB Group, Engineering, Architecture, Surveying, P.C., located in the Key Bank Building at 200 Washington St., Watertown.

The Adams resident will serve as a project manager at the Watertown location for the Rochester-based firm. He will specialize in water and wastewater treatment and system design, serving the firm’s clients in Northern New York and the Adirondack Park regions.

Clarkson names new business school dean

Dayle M. Smith has been named dean of the School of Business at Clarkson University, effective July 1.

Ms. Smith is a professor of management at the University of San Francisco’s McLaren School of Business and has held a number of leadership roles during her 20-year tenure at the institution, including current service as the director of the business honors program.

She holds her doctoral degree in organizational communication and organizational behavior from the University of Southern California, and has also taught at the University of Southern California and Georgetown University.

Timothy F. Sugrue, who has been the dean of the business school since 2000, will step down June 30 to focus on serving as CEO of the Clarkson subsidiary Beacon Institute, Beacon, which he has led since 2011.

Insurance agents take education course

Twenty four local insurance agents recently learned about fungal remediation practice and guidelines during a continuing education training course taught by Rainbow International of Watertown, a firm owned by Betty Grandjean. Continuing education class credits are required every two years for agents to keep their licenses.

The class, taught by Ron Clawson, Rainbow International System Sales Manager, was in conjunction with the Professional Institute for Real Estate Training.

Named senior fellow

Steven G. Horwitz, Canton, a St. Lawrence University economics professor, has been named a senior fellow for the Fraser Institute, an independent conservative think-tank based in Canada.

Mr. Horwitz, who also serves as the economics department chair at St. Lawrence, is the author of two books: “Monetary Evolution, Free Banking and Economic Order” and “Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective.” He has written extensively on political economy, economic and social theory of the family, monetary theory and macroeconomics. He is also a contributing editor at The Freeman and recently received honorable mention in the Reason Foundation’s 2012 Bastiat Prize for Journalism.

The Fraser Institute has active research ties with similar independent organizations in more than 80 countries around the world and publishes peer-reviewed research into critical economic and public policy issues including taxation, government spending, health care, school performance and trade.

Peebles Realty news

Jessica Dorr, a license real estate salesperson at Peebles Realty Inc., Adams, has been awarded the Housing Our Military with Excellent Service certification by the New York State Association of Realtors. She received the certification after successfully completing 15 hours of real estate education developed specifically to train Realtors to assist military personnel, families and veterans in securing suitable and affordable housing.

Peebles Inc. also hired two real estate salespersons. Lisa Lowe, Adams, a native of Palmerton, Pa., and Ryan West, Sandy Creek, a native of Henderson, have joined the firm.

Mrs. Lowe received a degree in journalism and marketing from Lock Haven (Pa.) University and has lived in Adams with her husband, Lt. Col. Erik Lowe, since 2005. They have three children. She will specialize in real estate in the Southern Jefferson County area.

Mr. West is a graduate of SUNY Oswego and a former carpenter and fine home builder specializing in Jefferson, Lewis and Oswego counties. He lives in Sandy Creek with his wife, Leann.

CPH adds specialist

Dr. Mohammed “Zaman” Aktaruzzaman has joined Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam, as an allergy and immunology specialist.

He began treating patients at the CPH Allergy, Asthma and Sinus Center at E.J. Noble Professional Building, Canton, in mid-March. Dr. Aktaruzzaman received his medical degree in Bangladesh and treated patients in rural areas of the country, serving as medical officer in a rural medical complex. Following his medical studies, Dr. Aktaruzzaman completed a residency and fellowship training in pathology and immunopathology at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in New York City. He then completed his residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center/Case Western Reserve in Ohio, followed by a fellowship in allergy/immunology at East Carolina University Medical School in Greenville, N.C.

Dr. Aktaruzzaman is board certified and joins CPH from an allergy and immunology group practice in Missouri. Prior to that he was in private practice in Raleigh, N.C., and Vero Beach, Fla.