Matthew Godino has been promoted to supervisor at Sullivan & Co. more

When the recent blizzard dumped more than two dozen inches of snow in parts of Rhode Island, it wasn’t just local municipalities and the state government that sprang into action to help with the cleanup. Just as they did after Tropical Storm Irene, Superstorm Sandy, and now Winter Storm Nemo, the Rhode Island National Guard was called in to help provide essential services, such as transportation, snowplowing and debris removal to help state agencies and local power companies. more

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts has created the James J. Karam Scholarship Fund for SouthCoast students to attend any UMass campus, in honor of the UMass Dartmouth graduate. more

George Canellos, 48, has one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s top jobs. The SEC’s new chairman, Mary Jo White, appointed him as co-director of the enforcement division, along with Andrew Ceresney, a former partner of White’s at Debevoise & Plimpton. more

John A. McLaughlin has been appointed director of admissions at Rhode Island College. more

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island School of Design students in the school’s furniture-design program this semester are getting a chance to develop case designs for Steinway & Sons, the famous New York piano manufacturer. more

Rhiannon A. Campbell has been named an associate in the litigation and environmental group at Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP. Her practice will focus on all areas of litigation and environmental law. Campbell received her J.D. from Cornell Law School, from which she graduated cum laude. more

Mike Watkinson has ben appointed senior vice president of the New England retail division of Embrace Home Loans. more

Alison Albanese has been appointed counsel at Adler Pollock and Sheehan, where she concentrates on commercial real estate law. Albanese represents commercial developers in the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing, permitting and development of commercial projects. more

Shawmut Design and Construction recently presented Amos House, a nonprofit organization that serves food to Providence’s homeless, with a check for $10,000. more