Brett Carroll, Damon Hart, Edward "Ted" Hickey, John Kelley, Sean Leonard, James E. "Ted" Long, Jr., Jeffrey Mittleman and David Santeusanio have been named partners at Holland & Knight LLP. They were all previously associates at the firm. And, Roslyn Poznansky, Ken Kozik and Jeff Seul were also named partners. They had previously served as senior counsel at the firm.

Matthew J. Boyle is now a partner at MFA- Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico, LLP, the accounting firm. Boyle will continue to serve as chief marketing and sales officer at the firm. Boyle was previously director of marketing at the firm.

David Cecere was named media relations manager at Cambridge Health Alliance, the regional healthcare company. Cecere was previously senior publicist at MIT Press.

Nancy Spelbrink has been named director of marketing operations at Elderhostel, the non-profit educational travel organization. Spelbrink had been supervisor in the traffic department at Hill Holliday.

Andrew Sudbury is now vice president of Security Metrics Group at ClearPoint Metrics, the software company. Sudbury was previously director of Security Metrics Best Practices at the company.

Geoffrey Wild was added to the board of directors at Axcelis Technologies, the semiconductor manufacturer. Wild is chief executive officer and president of Nikon Precision, and previously was chief executive officer of TheSupply.

Sarah O'Brien has been named manager of architectural and design account development at Peabody Office Furniture, the furniture dealer. O'Brien had previously worked in design and project management at Move Management and Design.

Eigo Ishibashi is now chief executive officer for RISO, the digital printing solutions company. Ishibashi had been executive vice president of the company.

Deborah Nagle was named chief of colon and rectal surgery in the Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Department of Surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Nagle was previously an associate professor of surgery at Cooper University Hospital.

Candida Brush has been named editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, the scholarly journal. Brush continues to serve as the entrepreneurship division chair at Babson College. Brush had previously been professor of strategy and policy at Boston University. Brush was also founder of the council for women entrepreneurship and leadership and research director for the Entrepreneurial Management Institute at the university.

Becky King is now a designer at rattle, the advertising and marketing firm. King was previously junior art director at Davis & Partners.

Fred N. Pratt was named president at Benchmark Assisted Living, the senior living services company. Pratt was previously chief executive officer of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments US.

Jay Waldron is now vice president of sales and business development for Softrax, the software company. Waldron was previously senior vice president and general manager of the Americas at Vision Systems.

Barbara J. Saint Andrč was named senior associate and Peter L. Mello was named an associate at Petrini & Associates, P.C., the Massachusetts municipal law firm. Andrč and Mello were previously associates at Kopelman and Paige, P.C.

Theresa M. Stone has been named executive vice president and treasurer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stone had previously served as chair of the MIT Investment Management Company.

Christopher D. Perry is now senior fiduciary officer of Northern Trust, the financial services company. Perry had been an advisor for the trusts and estates department for Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP.

Mark Prince was named vice president of marketing for Ambient Devices, the electronics company. Prince was previously director of sales and marketing for the electronic musical instrument division of Casio.