Businesspeople on the shift in RI, week of Feb. 7

Persons ON THE Shift

Partners Insurance policy Group 

Bernard J. McDonald, of Drop River, Massachusetts, recently was promoted to Partners Insurance plan Group LLC, an independent insurance plan agency with locations in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In this job, McDonald focuses on driving new business small business though sustaining and servicing existing business interactions. 

YMCA of Pawtucket 

Jeff Smith, of Coventry, not too long ago was named the government director of the YMCA of Pawtucket Westwood branch in Coventry. Smith served as the overall health and wellness director at the MacColl YMCA from February 2019 to March 2020 and was the senior system director at MacColl until eventually past December. 

Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank 

Shaun O’Rourke, of Providence, recently was promoted to managing director, software and business development at Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, replacing Michael Baer, who is leaving to pursue a new position in the non-public sector soon after six years of service. O’Rourke most just lately served 4 many years as the bank’s director of stormwater and resiliency.  

BayCoast Bank 

Carlos Viana, of Slide River, Massachusetts, not long ago was promoted to vice president of safety at BayCoast Lender. In this role, he is liable for protection through the financial institution and its affiliate marketers, such as digicam devices, fire alarms, perimeter and accessibility control programs as very well as fraud administration and improvement of all procedures and strategies associated to the bank’s protection protocols and compliance with point out and federal restrictions. 

The Groden Network 

Michael L. Pearis, of East Providence, not long ago was named CEO of The Groden Network. Pearis joined the firm in January 2020 as director of administration and has held government positions at Wediko Children’s Solutions and The Household for Little Wanderers in Boston, Child & Family members in Newport, About Households LLC in Pawtucket and Conference Street in Providence. 

Norman Hen Sanctuary 

Norman Chicken Sanctuary in Middletown a short while ago welcomed a few new staff. 

Tom Borden, of Newport, recently acknowledged the freshly created situation of director of finance and administration. Most recently, Borden served as the software director for the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program. 

Madison Williams, of Middletown, was employed as the marketing and communications assistant. She has earlier labored for risingT Media and Marketing as a key author and served as a contributing editor at Ohio Wesleyan University’s Sturges Script. 

Tess Kostisin, of Newport, will serve as a teacher naturalist. Kostisin’s professional encounter contains the Roger Williams Park Zoo, Rhode Island Section of Environmental Management and the College of Rhode Island. 

Rhode Island Hospital 

Saul N. Weingart, of Newton, Massachusetts, lately was named the new president of Rhode Island Healthcare facility and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. He most not long ago served as medical officer and senior vice president of healthcare affairs for Tufts Healthcare Center and Tufts Children’s Hospital in Boston, as very well as professor of medicine, public wellbeing and group medication at Tufts University Faculty of Medicine. 

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