David R. Caruso has been appointed vice president and director of business development at Freedom National Bank. more

Stephanie A. Blanchard has been named marketing director of Merchants Overseas Inc. She will help grow the business by developing and implementing marketing, branding and social media strategies. more

Adrian Rawn has been promoted to vice president, cash management sales officer in Providence by TD Bank. more

Soren Sorensen has been named director of external communications by Rickman Group. more

Dave Fallon has been named “All Things Considered” host on Rhode Island Public Radio. more

Martha Pughe has been named executive director of the North Kings-town Chamber of Commerce. more

Rebecca Neveux has been named communications associate at Visiting Nurse Home Care. more

Dr. Donald L. Bigwood has been named child/ adolescent psychiatrist and medical director at Saint Vincent’s. 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

Ian Prior has been named a staff member of Congressional candidate Brendan Doherty’s campaign. more