Sutro Appoints New Vice President in Newport

* James P. Cliffton has been appointed first vice president and branch manager of the Newport Beach office of Sutro & Co. Inc. He joins Sutro from Prudential Securities, where he most recently managed the Pasadena branch office and prior to that, Newport Beach. For 10 years before that, he was Los Angeles regional sales manager for E.F. Hutton, responsible for 26 branch offices.