Robert P. Brooks has been named managing partner at Adler Pollack & Sheehan P.C. Brooks is a chair of the firm’s labor and employment group and has served on the firm’s executive committee for 10 years. more

Nicole M. Sheusi has been named director of marketing at Tockwotton on the Waterfront. more

Anne Murphy has been named Courtyard program director at Tockwotton on the Waterfront, where she will be responsible for providing leadership and coordination to the Courtyard Memory Care team. more

Ted Witkowski has been named vice president, business development, for Rhode Island at Right Management. more

Ashley Ricamo has been promoted to senior staffing consultant at AccountSearch, a division of The Greysmith Cos. Ricamo has more than six years of accounting and finance staffing experience. more

Jennifer (Kail) Mega has been promoted to senior staffing consultant at AdminSolutions, a division of The Greysmith Cos. Mega specializes in large volume corporate staffing, representing clients in the manufacturing, health care and financial services industries. more

Matthew R. Plain has been named a partner at Taylor Duane Barton & Gilman LLP, where he focuses on labor and employment law, professional liability, general liability, contract disputes and administrative law. Prior to attending law school, Plain worked as a teacher. more

Jamie Lohr, a co-owner of Guardian Fuel in Westerly, was recently named 2012 marketer of the year by the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association. The award recognizes her involvement with industry-related issues and her ability to serve as an active and articulate marketer, unafraid to address legislators. Lohr is a resident of Stonington, Conn., a lifelong environmentalist and an advocate for the use of biofuels. more

Unemployment rates were lower in December in 290 of the nation’s 372 metropolitan areas, including the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metro area, according to non-seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. more

The Segal Co., a Washington-based consulting firm hired by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee in June, released its report recommending an overhaul of the state’s human resources and personnel structure. more