Brad A. Alford was elected to the board at Avery Dennison. He is the chairman and CEO of Nestle USA.
AcademixDirect has appointed Karen C. Francis as chairman and CEO. Francis was formerly chairman and CEO of Publicis & Hal Riney.
David H. B. Smith was elected to the board at Northern Trust. Smith is executive vice president of policy and legal affairs and general counsel at the Mutual Fund Directors Forum.
Vermillion named Sandra A. Gardiner vice president and CFO. Gardiner served as CFO of Bend Research.
Adriana Pozzani Lynch, founder of Pozzani & Associates, joined Arbonne International as senior vice president and chief marketing officer.
Urastar Energy has appointed Charles W. Reed to its board. Reed is a registered professional geologist with more than 40 years of work experience in the mining industry.