The Sarasota investment advisory firm Path Financial last month hired Oxana Saunders as its vice president. The firm was founded by president and chief investment officer Raul Elizalde. Saunders will focus on business development, client relations and portfolio management; she holds a North American Securities Administrators Association Series 66 Investment Advisor Representative license. She and Elizalde provide clients with 47 years of investment expertise honed during careers on Wall Street.