Jeanine Achin, executive director of the Newman YMCA in Seekonk, has also been named executive director of the East Side/Mt. more

Susan J. Greenhalgh has been promoted to chief operating officer at Rhode Island Public Radio. more

Michael R. Volpe has been named to the real estate sales and leasing team at Coastal Commercial Real Estate. more

Vivian F. Leary has been named to the real estate sales and leasing team at Coastal Commercial Real Estate. more

Christine Noel has been appointed artistic director of the Providence Singers. more

Charles C. Corogenes has been appointed vice president of sales and marketing at Chartwise Medical Systems. more

Merrill W. Sherman, principal at Sherman Consulting LLC and former president and CEO of Bank Rhode Island, has been named as the newest member of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island board of directors. more

Shannon Brawley, Nancy Carriuolo, Roland Fiore, Jason Kelly and George Nee are the latest to be nominated by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee for the R.I. Economic Development Corporation board of directors, Chafee announced Thursday afternoon. more

César Melo, a consumer product industry veteran, took over as CEO of eyewear designer and marketer FGX International on Monday, the company announced. more

James McClure has been promoted to assistant professor of information technology at New England Institute of Technology. more