KeyBank has promoted RANI RISTAU to area retail leader. She will oversee 15 branches in Onondaga and Jefferson counties. Ristau has been with KeyBank for 19 years, starting as a relationship manager at the Syracuse main branch and then moving into a branch manager role at the Camillus branch. For the past 12 years, she has managed KeyBank’s Nottingham branch. Prior to joining KeyBank, Ristau spent two years with Green Tree Financial Services.

CHA Consulting, Inc. (CHA) has hired CASSONDRA RASMUSSEN as an assistant system analyst to work on electric distribution design projects. She is experienced with GIS applications and GPS technology in both academic and professional settings and a certified notary public. Rasmussen received her bachelor’s degree in environmental science from SUNY Plattsburgh.

FAHRIDA MUJIC has joined JAS Recruitment as a recruitment and account manager in the Syracuse office. She brings extensive knowledge of human resources, customer service, and business administration. Mujic earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in psychology from Elmhurst College.

MARIO BENEDETTI has joined JAS Recruitment as a recruitment and account manager in Syracuse. He brings extensive knowledge of leadership, procurement, and construction contracting. Benedetti earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in logistics, materials, and supply chain management from Clarkson University. 

KATHLEEN RYAN-MCLAUGHLIN has joined D.K. Griffith & Company as client-services manager. She brings four years of experience having most recently worked with another local investment advisory and financial planning firm and also has extensive experience in the insurance industry having worked for Utica National Insurance for more than 20 years. Ryan-McLaughlin is a graduate of SUNY Poly.

Oneida County has appointed PATRICK D. CADY as director of probation. He has been with the Probation Department for 24 years. Cady began his career with the Oneida County Probation Department in 1994 as an adult supervisor officer, and then spent time as a juvenile supervisor officer and supervisor before being named deputy director of the department in 2013. Prior to his county employment, Cady worked as a PINS Diversion counselor at Family Services of Greater Utica Inc. and as a senior child care worker at the House of the Good Shepherd. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the State University College at Buffalo with a minor in juvenile delinquency. 

Tops Friendly Markets recently promoted CHRIS CLARY, TOM SULSKI, MATT ROOT, and LACEY KLINKBEIL.

Clary, formerly assistant store manager at Tops in Pulaski, will now serve as store manager for the Hannibal Tops. He began his career in the grocery industry in 2000 as a cart clerk for the Fairmount P&C and then joined Tops in 2010 as an operations manager and has held several positions over the years.

Sulski joins the corporate team as category business manager of the natural/organic category. He was previously general manager of Orchard Fresh. Sulski joined Tops in 2000 as a cart associate at the Tops located at Delaware/Sheridan and worked his way up through the ranks to hold positions as grocery manager, non-perishable operations manager, and assistant store manager. 

Taking on the role of store manager at the North Boston, New York Tops is Matt Root of West Seneca. He was previously assistant store manager of the Tops on Maple Road in Amherst. Root has been an employee of Tops since 2004 where he started his career as a produce clerk. Since then he has held numerous positions in a variety of departments.

Klinkbeil joined Tops in 2008, working her way through store operations holding various management positions at stores throughout the chain in the front end, office, bookkeeping, price discipline, and floral departments. She brings a great deal of store experience to her new role as labor management scheduling specialist, overseeing the day to day management of the scheduling and functions of Tops labor management system. Klinkbeil holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Buffalo State College and an associate degree in criminal justice from Genesee Community College.

ANDREA GODFREAD-BROWN has joined the Harris Beach office in Syracuse after more than 10 years in private practice and another seven years as an in-house immigration counsel at Syracuse University. She is joining an immigration law team. In recent years she has specialized in representing hospitals and medical practice groups when they hire foreign-trained nurses, physicians, physician assistants, and other allied health professionals. Godfread-Brown earned her juris doctorate from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.