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Boston Scientific promoted Joseph M. Fitzgerald, currently head of its Cardiovascular group, to executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective January 1, 2027. He will oversee global operations as the medical device maker reorganizes into three business segments.

MIT gave Chris Bourg, director of the MIT Libraries, the additional title of vice provost, recognizing her work on open scholarly publishing and data-intensive research support.

Nutter McClennen & Fish attorney David Ferrera was elected president of the Boston Bar Foundation.

Boston employment lawyer Elizabeth Sullivan, who co-chairs Rubin Rudman's labor and employment practice, was named to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 list of leading corporate employment lawyers.

Boston employment lawyer Jeffrey Dretler, who co-chairs Rubin Rudman's labor and employment practice, was named to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 list of leading corporate employment lawyers.

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital named David Sanville interim chief executive while its board searches for a permanent leader, succeeding two acting co-CEOs who had served since October 2025.

Longtime St. Mary's Credit Union executive Jim Petkewich is retiring from the Marlborough institution in February and will serve as a special advisor until then.

St. Mary's Credit Union named Brenda Diepold, a longtime HarborOne Bank executive, as its next president and chief executive, effective October 5.

The Hartford's longtime chief executive Christopher Swift will step aside on March 1, 2027, moving into the role of executive chair and remaining as an adviser to his successor.

The Hartford named company president Mo Tooker to succeed Christopher Swift as chief executive, effective March 1, 2027.

Dennis Duquette is retiring from MassMutual after a decade leading the company's foundation and community responsibility work.

MassMutual promoted Mo McNally to head of community responsibility and president and chief executive of the MassMutual Foundation, effective January 1, 2027.

Boston University named Dr. Geeta Swamy, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist moving from Duke University, as dean of its Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, effective January 1, 2027.

.406 Ventures, the Boston venture capital firm marking its 20th year, promoted Kathryn Taylor Reddy to partner.

Brown University promoted longtime Investment Office staffer Peter Levine to deputy chief investment officer as part of a leadership transition in its endowment office.

Brown University named longtime Investment Office staffer Joshua Kennedy as chief investment officer, succeeding Jane Dietze, who is leaving to lead investments at the Fund for Science and Technology.

Greenberg Traurig's Terence McCourt, co-managing shareholder of the firm's Boston office, was inducted into the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame.

Cambridge Savings Bank president and chief executive Ryan Bailey took on a new advisory role with Fibr AI, a website-technology startup, to help banks adapt their sites for AI-driven customers.

F.L.Putnam Investment Management hired marketing veteran Daniel Darst as chief marketing officer, effective July 1.

Point32Health, the parent of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, appointed Todd Walthall, a former chief growth officer at Optum Health, to its board of directors.

Liberty Mutual Insurance elected Scott M. Sperling, co-chief executive of Boston private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, to its board of directors.

Harvard University named political scientist Dustin Tingley as its vice provost for advances in learning, overseeing digital education and teaching innovation across the university.

Beth Israel Lahey Health hired Dr. Caesar Gonzales, a board-certified anesthesiologist and physician executive, as its system chief medical officer.

Dr. Bradley Hyman, a Massachusetts General Hospital neuroscientist and Harvard Medical School professor, joined the advisory board of the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust to help guide brain-health research funding.