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

Pentti Tofte has been named assistant vice president, assistant manager of corporate reinsurance at FM Global. more

Dr. Tsewang Gyurmey has been named an attending physician at Pace Organization of Rhode Island, where he will serve as a member of the clinical team, contributing to the medical care of older adults. more

Dr. Peter Graves has been named chief of emergency medicine at Kent Hospital, where he has served as interim chief of emergency medicine since March.. more

Brian J. Murphy, president and CEO of Home Loan Investment Bank, has been appointed to the board of directors of The Business Development Co. more

Patricia Carlin has been appointed to vice president and assistant controller at Bank -Newport. more

Bill Reed, a chair with Vistage International, was one of five CEOs and peer-group facilitators who recently participated in a forum on the benefits of peer groups. Held in late September at Babson College, “The Power of Peer Groups to Support Growth and Change,” offered attendees an overview of the benefits of peer groups. Reed has been a chair with Vistage for several years and also serves as a partner at School Street Capital Group. He is a former CEO and currently chair’s Vistage’s CEO Peer Advisory Board and a Vistage Key Executive Group, which are comprised of leaders from enterprises in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. more

It’s a recipe for economic stagnation business leaders in Rhode Island know only too well – companies with jobs open, a lack of skilled workers to fill them and a stubbornly high unemployment rate, currently at 10.4 percent. more

The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has announced Elizabeth Francis as its new executive director. more

New England’s unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percentage points from October to November to 7.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday. more