Company: National Life Group Beth Rusnock has been named president and chief executive officer of the National Life Group Charitable Foundation.

“Beth brings passion and compassion to her new assignment,” said Mehran Assadi, president and CEO of National Life Group. “National Life Group has a long and distinguished history of doing well by doing good. But there is much more we can do.”

National Life Group and the National Life Group Charitable Foundation support a wide range of nonprofits that focus on providing homes, heat, health, education, the arts and recreation.

Bill Labonte has recently joined the business development team at First Choice Communications. Labonte has been in sales for the past 27 years, working in the beverage wholesale, automobile, and retail markets. Labonte is hard working and prides himself on being a man of his word. He has lived in Deerfield Valley all his life and been married for 29 years.

Ken Gibbons, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank is pleased to announce the addition of Joel S. Bourassa to the Bank’s Northern New Hampshire Advisory Board. Bourassa, General Manager of InnSeason Resorts Pollard Brook in Lincoln, NH brings extensive travel and tourism experience as well as strong ties to the community.