Jim DiMarino, president of the Rhode Island PGA and the 2011 New England PGA Golf Professional of the Year, has been named director of golf and head golf professional at The Carnegie Abbey Club. more

Kristin Fraser has been re-elected treasurer of the board of Junior Achievement Rhode Island. more

Linn Foster Freedman has been appointed to the advisory board of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship New England. more

Sherri Carrera has been appointed corporate secretary of the board of Junior Achievement Rhode Island. more

Denise Hempe has been named vice president, human resources division manager at FM Global, where she will be responsible for providing managerial leadership of the human resources division. more

Emilio DiSpirito has been named a member of the sales team at Weichert Realtors – Cress and Co. more

Richard Simone III has been appointed chairman of the board of Junior Achievement Rhode Island. more

Nancy Mullen was recently honored as Education in Action’s 2012 Educator in Action for her support of the organization’s Exchange City Program. Exchange City is an experiential-learning program that offers students a basic understanding of government, economics, financial literacy and workforce skills. Mullen, who began teaching in the 1970s, most recently served as principal of Matthew J. Kuss Middle School in Fall River, where she worked to turn the once-struggling school around. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English and education from the University of Rhode Island, in addition to a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from Boston University. more

Hasbro Inc. was recognized in The Civic 50 survey as one of the country’s most community-minded companies along with companies such as IBM, Citigroup and AT&T. more

Sitting a few steps away from a black marble memorial to his friend Mickey, who was stabbed to death two years ago at age 15, Ronald Ramos looks bewildered when asked why he didn’t take the SAT, seek financial aid and apply to college after graduating from high school. more