Making improvements

AUBURN - Christopher Szwagiel has returned to his hometown for health reasons, but not his own health. The Auburn native is hoping to help improve that of the whole county.

In October, Szwagiel was named the new executive director for the Cayuga Community Health Network. After years of working for public health departments, he has made the jump to the nonprofit sector in order to improve local access to health services.

“I think it is great to have this opportunity,” Szwagiel said while sitting in the health network office in Auburn. “In my wildest dreams, I never thought I would have been able to advance work in Auburn.”