Oswego Health recently appointed CLARK SARGEANT as its new executive director of mental health and wellness. In this role, he will oversee operations for inpatient, outpatient adult, outpatient youth, school-based, and assertive community treatment services. In addition, he will establish goals, budget, plan, organize, implement, and coordinate all mental-health programs and collaborate with the local governing unit and senior leadership team to ensure that psychiatric needs are being met for the community. Sargeant is a familiar face to Oswego Health, as he previously worked in the medical surgical unit as a senior registered nurse from 2012-2018. Since then, his jobs in Central New York have included serving as nurse manager at Crouse Hospital from 2018-2020 and after that, as director of primary care operations and integrated health at Liberty Resources. Sargeant earned his MBA degree in health care from the Jack Welch Management Institute in Virginia in 2022, his bachelor’s from Utica University in 2017, and his associate degree in nursing from Crouse Hospital College of Nursing in 2012. 

REBECCA H. KINDON was recently named director of the Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library. She had served as interim director since March. Kindon joined the Upstate Health Sciences Library in 2005 as an instruction and outreach librarian. She has served in numerous roles with the library, including as coordinator of library instruction, information resources manager, assistant director for customer services, and associate director of libraries. Kindon holds a master’s degree in library and information science from Syracuse University and earned undergraduate degrees from Le Moyne College and Cazenovia College. The Upstate Health Sciences Library says it is the only medical library in Central New York, attracting users from all across the region and beyond.