Michelle L. Hamilton has been named marketing coordinator for the Providence Performing Arts Center and the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. more

After a nationwide search, the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design has named Dominic Molon as the Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art. more

Stonehill College’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to name the school’s current vice president for student affairs, the Rev. John Denning, its 10th president, succeeding current president, the Rev. Mark T. Cregan, who will step down at the end of June after 13 years in the job. more

Nancy Dufresne has been named vice president, small-business relationship manager and commercial lending at Bank Rhode Island, where she is now responsible for managing customer relationships and cultivating new ones. more

Lynne Fraser has been named assistant vice president for development in Providence College’s Office of Institutional Advancement. more

Tracey Colucci has been named chairman of the board of Easter Seals Rhode Island. more

Dev Singh has been named vice president, business and professional banking at Webster Bank in the specialty banking group, where he will serve health care companies, nonprofits, law firms, associations and real estate management companies. more

Lisa Gardner has been named resident care director at Tockwotton on the Waterfront. more

Michael Lester has been appointed to the board of directors of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association. more

Claudia Lowe was recently honored as the 2012 outstanding advocate by the University of Rhode Island’s Council for Exceptional Children. After her daughter, Katie, now 32, was born with Down syndrome, Lowe and other parents and families founded the Down Syndrome Society of Rhode Island in 1982. At the time, no other parent support groups existed. Lowe went on to serve as the organization’s president for three years before becoming the organization’s coordinator. In addition, she’s served on several other boards focusing on disability advocacy. more