Kyle Zambarano has been appointed counsel at Adler Pollock and Sheehan, where he specializes in litigating and resolving disputes between competing businesses, employers and former employees implicating trade-secret law and non-competitive provisions. more

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

David Esposito has been appointed assistant vice president, principal enterprise architect by FM Global. more

Claudia E. Swain has been named director of major and planned gifts at South County Hospital. more

Mairead T. Hickey has been named an associate in the real estate law group at Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP. She will focus on all areas of commercial real estate law, including acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing and land use. Her work will involve a broad range of property types. more

Bryant University freshman Ashley Cardona, front, blue T-shirt, joins students and other members of the university community for a one-mile run on campus April 16, in support of those affected by the Boston Marathon attack. Cardona, an international business major, suggested the run to university officials as a unified show of support against violence and for the families affected by the tragedy. Bryant also observed one minute of silence in memory of those lost or injured in the April 15 bombing near the race’s finish line. more

It has been a very busy month and half for Dr. Anne S. De Groot and her team at EpiVax, a bioscience firm based in the Knowledge District, which celebrated its 15th birthday on May 17. more

Angela Yang has been named social media specialist at RDW Group Inc. Yang joins the company after working as a word of mouth marketing and social media strategist for Empower MediaMarketing in Cincinnati, where she helped build the organization’s social media management portfolio. more

Carlos A. Viana has been promoted to assistant vice president of security at BayCoast Bank. more

Kris Holla has been named chief sales officer, data center products, at Nortek Inc. In this newly created position, Holla will be responsible for developing and expanding Nortek’s presence in the mission critical data center and server markets. more