MELISSA HUSBAND, left, is chief of staff and Karen Carlson is chief operating officer at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island. / COURTESY NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN OF RHODE ISLAND
SMITHFIELD – Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island has added to its executive leadership with two new appointments. Melissa Husband, former deputy secretary of state and director of administration, is now Neighborhood’s chief of staff, and Karen Carlson, who comes to Neighborhood from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, is the health plan’s…