Meet the Team

Nadia Gruzd is one of the nation’s top global healthcare talent acquisition and recruiting experts. Her expertise enables her to work with hiring managers to help healthcare organizations develop staffing strategies in order to achieve their business objectives.

Nadia has built a unique recruitment methodology based on what she has learned over the past 30 years and she teaches her methodology to in-house recruiters – new and experienced – to enable them to become more confident and professional and fill more direct hire vacancies in a shorter time frame, thereby producing the highest productivity at the lowest cost.

Nadia also teaches hiring managers how to hire, train and manage recruiters to ensure the best results for you and your team.

Accomplishments include:

• Nadia was selected for membership in the Pinnacle Society, a recruiting industry honor society recognizing 75 of the top executive recruiters worldwide
• She was recognized by the California Staffing Professionals Association as California's Staffing Professional of the year
• Nadia received The National Association of Professional Business Women award that recognizes her excellence within the Healthcare Recruitment Industry
• Nadia served on the Board of Directors of NAPS for 2 years. She is a Certified International Personnel Consultant and Certified Employee Retention Specialist.
• Nadia was inducted in the International Professional Business Woman's Hall of Fame for outstanding achievements in Human Resources, Recruitment and Personnel
• Nadia was awarded the honor of Woman of the Year by the American Biographical Institute & its Board of International Research

Marni has grown up around healthcare recruiters and has an excellent understanding of what it takes to make a successful placement. She is very organized and passionate about every task she tackles. She has experience in event planning, and loves working with wild animals at Helen Woodward Animal Shelter and the San Diego Safari Park in her spare time. 

Jon Allon is from Los Angeles, CA originally and now calls San Diego home. He has a natural love for connecting with people, talking, learning, and creating relationships. He is a dedicated professional with a solid background in high-volume office environments, focused on delivering exceptional support for healthcare professionals. He is a personable and communicative individual with a friendly demeanor and sound judgment to handle diverse daily tasks with minimal oversight.

Jon is very excited to work with an industry leader like All Med Search who he believes has the same goals and values that are instilled in him: Quality, passion, strategic intent, persistent sourcing, service excellence and social responsibility.  To Jon, success is setting a goal, committing to that goal, developing your skills to reach that goal, doing your very best and not stopping once the goal is reached.

In the business world, having a strong, clear relationship with your clients is critical to overall success. Bonnie Cirino brings her skills in communication, negotiation and account management to advocate for her client's goals and support their success.

Bonnie's diverse experience includes over 10 years of high-level sales in home security and later in laboratory services.  Her results always exceeded expectations and her success was due to her genuine focus on the needs of her clients and not just the 'sale.'

Her two adult sons are the source of much pride and making homemade bread and pastas with them brings her much joy. Bonnie is an accomplished singer/songwriter and her hobbies include land and seascape photography. 

Bonnie believes in cultivating trust in relationships by listening to accurately understand the needs of both the organization needing to fill a position and the qualified candidates. She believes that successful matches ensure happy employees and employers.

Christina Hernandez was destined to become a healthcare recruiter. She is a dedicated and hardworking individual with 16+ years of experience in the medical field; most recently as patient services site manager for a full service Diagnostic Medical Laboratory.

Christina’s educational and professional career began in New York City, "The City That Never Sleeps." She has held positions in Medical Assistance, Phlebotomy, Direct Patient Care, and Staff Management. She is a natural educator with experience in home schooling, lactation consulting, childbirth education, and currently working towards becoming a phlebotomy instructor. As a native New Yorker, her work ethic and multicultural diversity will be an asset to your continued success. She is also bilingual and a native Spanish speaker.

Outside of work, Christina loves to spend time with her four beautiful children, family and friends. She aspires to return as a permanent resident of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico after being displaced during Hurricane Maria. Life has shown her how to appreciate all the little things in life and live life to the fullest

Mark comes to All Med Search with extensive recruiting experience in the Education, Retail, Federal, and Healthcare fields. Mark started his career working in International Programs, recruiting students from around the world to private schools in the U.S. He then worked as the Talent Acquisition Manager for a retail chain in California, which grew from just 4 locations to over 25 during his time there. As a Healthcare recruiter, Mark has experience hiring medical staff for government facilities located along the US/Mexico border.

Mark currently lives in the Orlando, FL area, with his wife and 4-year old daughter.

Terry Sneed is a Louisiana native who now lives in Atlanta, GA. He is a father, a veteran, and just an all -around good guy that loves life.

His passion for recruiting started when he was a sergeant in the United States Army. While servicing his country for over eighteen years and retiring as a Master Recruiter, he comes to All Med Search with an enormous amount of experience, skills, and devotedness. He puts a smile on his face, by changing people’s lives with new careers and opportunities, which puts a smile on their face.

Terry has some favorite quotes that he lives by: “Life is too short, so live everyday like it’s your last” and “I'm too blessed to be stressed.”

Outside of the office he enjoys listening to music, traveling, attending live sporting and music events, trying new restaurants, and reading about wealth management and investments. 

During his tenure as an educator, Gerald had the opportunity to teach and/or supervise on elementary, middle, and high school levels. Additionally, Gerald has extensive leadership experience including, but not limited to, building level as well as Central Office K-12. His philosophy of fostering a distributive style of leadership, and facilitating a culture of high expectations for student achievement has been the foundation of my success.

Gerald's expertise lies in overseeing areas such as staff development and training, curriculum development and implementation, financial and budget administration, community partnership building, and policy implementation to realize increased productivity and improved academic performance while containing costs. From conceptualizing and establishing forward thinking development plans to collaborating with teachers and administrators to achieve consensus across multiple levels, Gerald excels at directing strategic enhancements to drive goal achievement while communicating openly and collaboratively with teachers, staff, parents, and principals.

Gerald attended Rutgers University beginning in 1996; completing my studies in 2000 with a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Psychology. In 2001, he went back to school to obtain a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. Completing my Master’s Degree in 2005 from New Jersey City University, obtaining a doctorate was always the next part of the plan. Gerald completed his dissertation and defended on February 4, 2019 from Seton Hall University. My study was as follows: A Comparison of Complex Thinking Required by the Elementary New Jersey Student Learning Standards and Past New Jersey Curriculum Standards 2019 https://scholarship.shu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3696&context=dissertations.

The greatest pleasure of his world is being married to Arlenia Fitzhugh and being a father to his two children, Alyssa Ann and Evan Gerald. Gerald's leadership and vision of being a father drives the concept that all children deserve a great education.

These factors and experiences have enabled him to accomplish the following; please note these are not all of the accomplishments within a span of 22 years within the education arena but I wanted to highlight a few:
- Received an 83% in the Curriculum and Instruction component of NJQAC in the Orange Public Schools; the district had not met the required passing score of 80% in the district’s history. I worked collectively with teacher teams and administrators to make this reality.

- Amassed $24,919,000.00 in scholarships during SY 20-21. This is the largest number of scholarships amassed in Orange Public Schools History. In addition, this all took place during the pandemic

- Continues to work collaboratively with higher education insomuch that we received over $250,000.00 from Apple to expand our Computer Science Tracks at Orange High School, STEM Innovation Academy of the Orange, and Orange Preparatory Academy.

- Received an 81% in the Curriculum and Instruction component of NJQAC in the Hoboken Public Schools; the district had not met the required passing score of 80% in 9 years. I worked collectively with the Superintendent of Schools as the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction.

- Received the Life Changer of the Year Award for SY 2015-2016. Out of over 800 nominations, I was one of the top ten finalists and received the award on March 11, 2016.

Provided instructional leadership and job-embedded professional development to the Focus School’s staff regarding effective implementation of school turnaround principles, which resulted in the following: 

• Thomas G. Connors Elementary School met progress indicators in 8 of the 10 areas in Year 1 as a Focus School and was selected as a model for the implementation of Positive Behavior Supports in School by the New Jersey Department of Education.
• Improved teacher effective practices by 75% at Thomas G. Connors Elementary School as evidenced by the number of observed teachers designated throughout the hierarchy of effectiveness in lesson design and focus, lesson objectives, preparation for instruction, student engagement and using data to guide instruction by the New Jersey Department of Education (CAPA Team), compared to findings from a Regional Assistance Center team review.

- Improved NJASK Student Performance as evidenced by the NJ Performance Report SY 13-14. 100% of targets were met in the areas of Student Growth and Academic Performance. As a result, Thomas G. Connors Elementary was removed from the Focus List as of June 30, 2015.

- Led Chancellor Avenue/Annex School throughout school years 2010-2011and 2011-2012 in making Adequate Yearly Progress in the areas of English Language Arts and Mathematics. This work was predicated through evidenced based instructional feedback as well as individualized professional development across contents.

- Provided professional development to turnaround principals and teachers (April 20, 2015 - Regional Achievement Centers) on the utilization of technology in core content areas through the usage of professional learning communities. Requested by the Assistant to the Commissioner of Education to work with Jersey City Principals on pedagogy and moving schools out of Focus/Priority Status in February 2016.

- Began a consulting company to provide coaching to principals and school teams on: 1) data and using it to strengthen instructional pedagogy, 2) instructional design and implementation and 3) best practices (June 2015). Provided a workshop and follow-up consulting in July 2015 for the Sayreville Public Schools’ full administrative team on the topic of “Putting a Face on Data”.

- Presented at the Edcamp Newark Leadership Series as well as the Plainfield EdCamp Leadership Series on the topic of “The Road to the Principalship” (September 2017 and September 2019).

- Developed a new high school, full-year elective course entitled “Black History and Experiences” in America for 1012 grade students that was implemented in SY 18-19.

- Worked with teacher teams to reconstruct district curriculum in all content areas including related arts (FebruaryAugust 2017); aligned curriculum to ensure areas of diversity were indicated. The work continued the following year as well (March 2018-July 2018.)

Brent McKenzie has over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, starting with his family resort. From there, he worked in every aspect of restaurants, starting as a dishwasher.

Since then, Brent has added more than 10 years of management experience. His management experience helps him identify qualified candidates and match them to the needs of clients. He has experience opening several new businesses, both large and small. These challenges make him a sharp eye for the type of skills that hard-working professionals should bring to the table. It also makes him exceptional at noticing talent that is ready for further development.

Brent is very dedicated to completing any task and brings that passion to his clients and candidates. His attention to detail and constant drive are an asset to any career or talent search.

Originally form Maryland, Anthony now resides in the great state of North Carolina with his family.

Anthony is a full cycle recruiter with over 10 years of experience primarily in the Healthcare Sector. He prides himself in his ability to truly understand the needs of the Hiring Managers he serves.

With an extensive understanding of Behavioral Interviewing techniques, performing position surveys and identifying core competencies for new positions, Anthony strives to use proven best practices to achieve his career goals.

In his free time, Anthony enjoys reading, traveling and doing outdoor activities.

April has been in Staffing and Recruiting since earning her Bachelors degree in Communication in 2016 from the University of Memphis.

April recently moved to the Atlanta, GA area with her husband and son. She enjoys renovating her home, eating great food, and traveling.

James Branch is from Douglasville, Georgia. He hass spent the past 5 years in logistical sales . He enjoys spending family time with his wife of 10 years and 5 year old son .He believes living his life by this quote “Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.” – David Maister.

Stephen is an international recruiter focused on Canadian RN's. His network also includes contacts in Mexico, the UK and Philippines.

He has a lifetime of experience in sales: direct, channel and association sales from the finance, IT and recruiting industries. This includes tenure as account manager with multinationals like IBM and Equifax. As a Registered Professional Recruiter (Institute of Professional Management), Stephen brings a wealth of experience placing healthcare professionals in both Canada and the USA.  

In his spare time he enjoys travel, scuba diving (formerly a PADI instructor), tennis and golf.

With Stephen's depth and breadth of experience and his attention to detail, he will not disappoint in finding you "the right fit" for your next search.

Will is a dynamic recruiter with 13 years experience, which has demonstrated a record of success recruiting candidates for industries such as healthcare, information technology, and administration. He is skilled at reviewing and pre-screening applicants, setting up employer interviews and preparing contracts.

Carli Press is a seasoned equipment leasing executive with over 8 years of experience in lending and financial services. With her background in education, Carli can clearly communicate and tailor solutions to both clients and candidates, helping to build strong, lasting relationships.

Carli holds a Bachelor of Education from Tyndale University and a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the University of Guelph. Additionally, she has completed a Leadership Excellence Certificate Program, equipping her with critical skills in strategic problem-solving and effective communication.

With a commitment to customer success and operational excellence, Carli is excited to make significant contributions in the recruitment industry.

After 20 years of working in higher education as a faculty member, Academic Dean, and interim Campus President, Beth E. Wood, M.Ed., came into healthcare recruiting. Beth has worked in nursing colleges with healthcare professionals all these years, overseeing healthcare programs and recruiting and hiring nurses and other healthcare professionals to oversee various programs in healthcare and other disciplines. Prior to her many years in higher education, Beth was a health educator in middle schools for hospitals and owned a successful Medical Transcription business. In addition, she worked in the Department of Radiology at a local hospital as a medical transcriptionist for several radiologists.

Beth is a masters-prepared professional, having earned her Master of Arts degree in Educational Administration and her Bachelor of Science degree in Education with a concentration in Nursing and Health Education. She has honed her medical knowledge, business skills, relationship-building skills, and recruiting skills by sourcing, interviewing, and hiring high-quality teams in the colleges where she worked all these years. Beth knows first-hand how vital it is to place the right person in the right position! 

Joe Weaver has been working as a Health Care Recruiter for the past 30 years, both within corporate and hospital settings, as well as being self-employed.

He is an enthusiastic, self-motivated, reliable, responsible, and hardworking individual. As a mature team worker, Joe is adaptable to all challenging situations and is able to work well both in a team environment and using his own initiative. He thrives under pressure and adheres to strict deadlines.

Joe's aspiration is to become a valued asset to All Med Search, working in harmony with fellow recruiters and forging long-lasting, respectful business relationships with clients.