Joseph Morales has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel at Rucker Investments, a firm whose portfolio includes the Worcester Railers Hockey Club, the Worcester Palladium, Off The Rails, Pulse Magazine, and other businesses. Morales joined Rucker Investments from the law firm McLane Middleton, where he served as chair of the firm’s sports practice group.

R. Moses Vargas ’07 has been named president and CEO of the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain. Vargas previously served as the hospital’s chief legal officer and vice president of government affairs. Before joining the organization, he was senior vice president and chief legal officer at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, where he oversaw legal strategy, government relations, corporate compliance, risk management, and insurance.

Luis M. Matos ’90 has been nominated by Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee to serve on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Matos has served as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court since 2012. Before joining the bench, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney and held a variety of roles in public service and private practice.

Julia Nye ’87 has been appointed to the Laconia (N.H.) City Council, representing Ward 5 through January 2028. After earning her J.D. from UConn Law, Nye clerked for Judge William Batchelder on the New Hampshire Supreme Court and later worked as a public defender for more than 30 years.

Carrie Brodzinski ’88 has been appointed chief underwriting officer of MSIG USA. Brodzinski brings nearly 30 years of underwriting and insurance leadership experience to the role. She will lead the company’s underwriting strategy, working across its specialty businesses to govern and drive underwriting performance, portfolio management, and execution.

She joins MSIG USA from The Hartford, where she served as chief underwriting officer for Global Specialty.

Alex A. Toribio ’05, head of Global Litigation and Government Investigations at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., was elected as a new member of the Board of the Urban League of Greater Hartford in June. The local affiliate of the National Urban League is entering its 62nd year of continuous service providing education, employment, housing, and health programs while fighting for social justice.

Eileen O’Shaughnessy ’93 has joined title insurance underwriter CATIC as vice president, managing counsel, in its Rhode Island office. In this role, she will lead CATIC’s Rhode Island team and provide underwriting and educational support for the firm’s Rhode Island agents.

Prior to joining CATIC, O’Shaughnessy was state underwriting counsel for a national title insurance company in Rhode Island. In that role, she advised and educated title insurance agents on real estate transactions and title insurance processes, determined insurability of titles, and reviewed titles for preparation of title commitments and policies for residential and commercial transactions.