M. Griffith Investment Services has hired AMANDA J. PADUANO as an executive assistant. She previously studied business management at Utica College and gained experience at the Bank of America, AFSN Data Corp., and ACS. The firm has hired SARA M. CUTRIGHT as an administrative assistant. She holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from SUNY Poly. Cutright has prior experience as a special events coordinator at a local independent senior facility, and has worked in a variety of aquatics positions including lifeguard instructor and water safety instructor. KAYLA S. LAIRD is a new member of the operations team at M. Griffith and also the administrative assistant for the firm’s chief operating officer. She brings several years of office-administration experience, including working as a conductor for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Laird holds an associate degree in fine arts from Herkimer Community College.

CRISTY KING has been named the director of crisis and development services at Oswego County Opportunities (OCO). She joined OCO in 2000 as the Services to Aid Families SAF House manager and was named SAF Services coordinator in 2009. Most recently, King served as the intervention services coordinator. Under her supervision, OCO’s SAF program expanded services and increased accessibility to victims of domestic and sexual violence throughout

Oswego County Oswego County Opportunities (OCO) has announced that BRIAN COLEMAN has been named director of OCO Health and Nutrition Services. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Keuka College and joined OCO in 2012 as the agency’s homeless services program manager. Since 2014, Coleman has served as coordinator for the rural health network (RHN), a collaboration consisting of 35 human services, government, and behavioral health organizations. As RHN coordinator, Coleman facilitated planning and development for the health and human service delivery system in Oswego County. In addition to assessing services and identifying gaps, he worked closely with network partners in the areas of care coordination, and education and engagement of providers and consumers.

The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter, has promoted YANIRA SOSA to assistant director of residential services. She attended Keuka College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in social work. Sosa came to The Arc in 2012 by way of a yearlong internship at The Arc’s CollegeWorks program in Rome. She was later hired at The Arc as a per-diem employee and eventually accepted a full-time position as a community integration facilitator. From there, she became a vocational rehabilitation counselor in Employment Solutions, before moving to her most recent position of clinical supervisor in Residential Services. 

ALEX ECKARD has joined Metis Consulting Group as a software-application support specialist. A recent management information systems graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, he will be responsible for triaging and maintaining clients’ enterprise application and support needs.