Bob Griffin has been named the new regional director of the Small Business Development Center at Onondaga Community College.

The office serves a six-county region which includes Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, and Seneca counties. In the last three years the SBDC office at Onondaga Community College has: Served more than 3,400 clients; Helped those clients create or save more than 8,300 jobs; More than 400 of those clients became new business owners; and Clients received more than $63 million in investments including loans, grants, or other sources of funding.

Griffin has lived and worked in Upstate New York for over 25 years. He most recently served as the certified small business advisor at Binghamton University where he worked with hundreds of new and aspiring entrepreneurs, assisting them with acquiring more than $31 million in capital and helping them create or save more than 1,800 jobs.

He is also a certified exit planning advisor, capable of assisting existing business owners navigate the challenges of creating sound strategies for small business succession plans.

Griffin also has more than 20 years of management experience in the hospitality and food service industries including convention and visitors bureaus, hotels, restaurants, casinos, and contract food services.

The Small Business Development Center at Onondaga Community College is located in Mulroy Hall on Route 173.