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CHRO Moves – week ending November 2, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Livent Corporation Dana Incorporated AllianceRx Walgreens Prime
Grainger Qumulo RealWear, Inc.
Namely Pacific Market International

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Kathleen Weslock

Livent Corporation [Philadelphia, PA] (NYSE: LTHM), hired Kathleen Weslock as Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Livent, Kathleen was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Frontier Communications and held Chief Human Resources Officer positions at Cisco Systems, SunGard Data Systems, Shearman & Sterling, and Covance. Kathleen also held senior Human Resources positions at Deloitte and Lehman Brothers, and began her career with GTE, now known as Verizon.

Dana Incorporated [MAUMEE, Ohio] (NYSE: DAN) announced that Shelley Bridarolli will be joining the company as senior vice president of human resources, effective Nov. 26, 2018.  Ms. Bridarolli comes to Dana from BorgWarner, where she most recently served as vice president of human resources for the company’s PowerDrive Systems group.  Prior to BorgWarner, Ms. Bridarolli served for 13 years in a variety of leadership roles at Eaton Corporation. She began her professional career at the National Fuel Exploration Corporation as leader of human resources and administration.

AllianceRx Walgreens Prime [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced it has named Marcelie “Tuck” Tucker as chief human resources officer. Tucker was most recently vice president of human resources with Dover Corporation’s refrigeration and food equipment segment.

Kathleen Carroll

Grainger [CHICAGO] (NYSE: GWW) announced it has appointed Kathleen S. Carroll as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective December 3, 2018.  Carroll will succeed Joseph High who, as previously announced, retired from Grainger earlier this year. Carroll comes to Grainger from First Midwest Bank, where she served as Executive Vice President and CHRO.  Prior to that, she held a number of leadership positions with Aon Corporation, which included Global Head of Talent Acquisition and HR Lead for Mergers and Acquisitions.  Carroll also had management positions with Sprint and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she began her career in consulting and accounting.

Qumulo [SEATTLE] announced Robyn Singh as vice president of people. Singh most recently served as the director of human resources (HR) for Amazon’s Seller Marketplace. Prior to her position at Amazon, Singh served as the global vice president of HR for Nintex. Singh also served as the executive director of HR at Citrix Systems. Before that, Singh spent more than 12 years in executive HR positions at Microsoft, including director of human resources, where she led the global career development function for Microsoft; director of HR at Xbox, where she led HR for global software and hardware development, as well as the LIVE business; and led HR for the Windows engineering services and solutions organization.

RealWear, Inc. [VANCOUVER, Wash.] announced the hiring of Michael Guerchon as Vice President, Human Resources. Guerchon previously was with Riverbed Technology. Guerchon served as Chief People Officer at Okta and Puppet and was the Vice President of Human Resources for several companies including Lucy Activewear, Hollywood Entertainment, Guess? Inc., and IKON Office Solutions.

Namely [NEW YORK] announced that Lorna Hagen will join as the company’s Chief People Officer. Prior to Namely, Hagen was the CPO at OnDeck . She also held leadership roles at LOFT, Dow Jones, and HarperCollins.

Tammy Perkins

Pacific Market International [SEATTLE] announced that Tammy Perkins joined as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Perkins served as Chief People Offer and Managing Partner of Fjuri. Perkins also held several key, senior leadership human resources roles at Amazon, Microsoft and Appen.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 26, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

FLS Transportation Services LendingTree, Inc. Cubic Corporation
AutoWeb, Inc TaskUs AptarGroup, Inc.
Alexander & Baldwin Impinj, Inc. Zipwhip
Silverline Centric Health Corporation

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FLS Transportation Services [MONTREAL] announced that Nichole Thompson has joined the company as SVP, Chief People Officer. Nichole joins FLS from Benevis LLC. Prior to her time at Benevis LLC, Nichole held management roles in several companies including Target Stores, and Union Pacific Railroad.

LendingTree, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: TREE) announced that Jill Olmstead has been named LendingTree’s Chief Human Resources Officer, a role Previously held by Claudette Parham before her recent retirement. Jill Olmstead most recently served as the founding partner and owner of Charlotte-based Spivey & Olmstead. Prior to this, Olmstead served almost 25 years with Wells Fargo (formerly Wachovia) in various Human Resources roles, most recently as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Human Resources.

Grace Lee

Cubic Corporation [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE: CUB) announced the appointment of Grace Lee as senior vice president and chief human resources and diversity officer. Prior to joining Cubic, Lee was senior vice president of global human resources for Charles River Laboratories. She has also previously held the top HR role at Beckman Coulter, TTM Technologies and IMI Severe Service.

AutoWeb, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AUTO) appointed Sara Partin as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently, she served as CHRO of the Yellow Pages (YP) during the company’s significant business transformation in 2017. Prior to YP, Partin led the human resources team for Cox Automotive Media Solutions Group, which includes Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Dealer.com.

TaskUs [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced it has tapped Mike Ferguson to be TaskUs’ first Chief People Officer. Ferguson comes to TaskUs after spending 12 years with Chipotle Mexican Grill, where he was the Head of People Support.

Shiela Vinczeller

AptarGroup, Inc. [CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.] (NYSE: ATR), announced that Shiela Vinczeller was named Chief Human Resources Officer. Shiela will join Aptar on November 1, 2018. Prior to joining Aptar, Shiela spent 12 years in Human Resources leadership roles at International Paper. Prior to joining International Paper, Shiela held senior Human Resources positions with the Belgian Lhoist Group and prior to that with General Electric’s Lighting division.

Alexander & Baldwin [HONOLULU] (NYSE: ALEX) named Alexina Chai as senior vice president, human resources. Chai comes to A&B from UnitedHealth Group, where she served as senior director of business and clinical strategy and as senior director, human capital business partner. She also served as senior vice president, human resources director for American Savings Bank. Prior to that, Chai held human resources and managerial positions with American Express, The St. Paul Travelers, Inc. and Aon Hewitt.

Impinj, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: PI) announced that Bob Hargadon has joined the company as senior vice president of people and culture. Most recently, he was senior vice president of human resources at Alere (now part of Abbott Labs). Prior to that, he held senior HR and talent management roles at Microsoft, drugstore.com, Boston Scientific, and Fidelity Investments. His experience includes 12+ years consulting with firms including RBL, Novations Group and Harbridge House (acquired by PWC).

Zipwhip [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Kirsten Spoljaric as Senior Vice President (SVP) of People. Spoljaric joined Zipwhip in a consultancy role earlier in 2018. Spoljaric previously co-founded both a global SaaS organization Mashery, and boutique strategy, business development and HR consulting firm Cloudery.

Silverline [New York] announced the addition of Lisa Dallenbach, Silverline’s first Chief People Officer. Dallenbach served most recently as the Chief Talent Officer & Chief Human Resources Manager at Mindshare.

Centric Health Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: CHH) announced that Nina Freier has joined Centric Health as Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, she was Vice President, Human Resources at Sienna Senior Living.  She also had previous experience at Rexall.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 19, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Coca-Cola Company BlackLine, Inc. Chef
League Inc. Timbercon Blucora, Inc.
Diversified Trust Coastal Financial Corporation The Williams Companies, Inc.
NetApp

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Jennifer Mann

The Coca-Cola Company [ATLANTA] announced that Jennifer Mann, the company’s Chief People Officer, will take on additional duties as president, Global Ventures. In this newly created position, Mann and her team will focus on globally scaling acquisitions and brands, such as Costa Limited, which is pending acquisition, and Coca-Cola’s investment in Monster Beverage Corp. Coca-Cola plans to announce the election of a new Chief People Officer at a future date. All changes take effect Jan. 1, 2019.

BlackLine, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: BL) announced that Susan Otto has joined as the company’s first chief people officer.  Otto most recently was chief human resources officer at TrueCar.  Prior to TrueCar, she spent four years as chief people officer at ModCloth.  Previously, Otto held senior human resource leadership positions with Electronic Arts and Medtronic.

Jenny Armstrong-Owen

Chef [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Jenny Armstrong-Owen as Vice President of People. Armstrong-Owen most recently served as vice president of people, environment and culture at Impinj. She previously served as chief human resources officer at both Branded Entertainment Network and Corbis, after serving in increasingly senior roles at RealNetworks and Group Health Cooperative.

League Inc. [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Kim Tabac as Chief People Officer. Previously, Tabac served as Partner and Chief Talent Officer of Deloitte Canada. Her career has spanned a variety of industries including healthcare, retail, financial services and professional services.

Laura McKinney

Timbercon [TUALATIN, Ore.] announced its appointment of Laura McKinney as Vice President of People. Laura comes to Timbercon from the Oregon Institute of Technology, where she held the position of Vice President, and from the Oregon University System, where she held the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Industry Partnerships.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Transient (Tran) Taylor has joined the company as the Chief Human Resources Officer. Taylor joins Blucora after nearly four years as the Chief Human Resources Officer with Mr.Cooper/Nationstar, six years as Chief People Officer at Travelocity, and three years as the Executive VP of Human Resources at Alliance Data.  Taylor’s earlier experience also includes roles with Home Depot, Raytheon Telecommunications and Westinghouse.

Cindy Cleveland

Diversified Trust [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] announced that Cindy Cleveland has joined the firm as principal and chief talent officer. Prior to joining Diversified Trust, Cindy served as the vice president of talent management and leadership development at First Tennessee Bank. Previously, Cindy was a student affairs professional at Rhodes College and Colorado College.

Coastal Financial Corporation [EVERETT, Wash.], the bank holding company for Coastal Community Bank, recently hired Erika Heer as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.  Since 2012, Erika has been the Vice President of Human Resources and Executive Team Member for ABODA by RESIDE.  Previously, she served seven years at Opus Bank, formerly Cascade Bank, as Assistant Vice President, Executive Support Officer and Assistant Corporate Secretary.  She also spent time working for Waldron & Company, the West Coast’s largest independent human resources consulting firm.

Debbie Cowan

The Williams Companies, Inc. [TULSA, Okla.] (NYSE: WMB) announced that Debbie Cowan has been appointed senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Oct. 29, 2018. Cowan is joining Williams from Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC, a division of Koch Industries, Inc., where she served as global vice president of Human Resources. In addition, she previously served as global director of Human Resources for John Zink Company, also a division of Koch Industries. She served as manager, Human Resources for Aircraft Fueling Systems prior to her John Zink Company tenure after beginning her career in 2000 as staffing manager at Robert Half International.

Debra McCowan

NetApp [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced the appointment of Debra McCowan as senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO) at NetApp. McCowan will be replacing Gwen McDonald, who is retiring after 14 years. Most recently, McCowan served as the executive vice president and CHRO at Equinix. She has also held executive leadership roles at Accelerance, Avago Technologies, and Hitachi Data Systems.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 28, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Nubank Northrop Grumman Corporation Caesars Entertainment Corporation
The Securities and Exchange Commission Liberty Lending

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Nubank [São Paulo, Brazil] recently hired Renee Mauldin as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Renee served as CHRO at Twitter Inc. as well as Head of People and Places at Uber Technologies. Prior to joining Uber, Renee led the Human Resource Business Partner team at Google for the Ads and Finance teams. Previously Renee worked at Capital One where she was part of the Mergers & Acquisitions group, as well as the human resources leader for several business units.

Ann Addison

Northrop Grumman Corporation [FALLS CHURCH, Va.] (NYSE: NOC) announced that it appointed Ann Addison as corporate vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Addison will succeed Denise Peppard, who has announced her intention to retire in March 2019. Addison joins Northrop Grumman from Leidos, where she was executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Addison will join Northrop Grumman on Oct. 22, 2018 in a transitional role as corporate vice president.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: CZR) announced the appointment of Monica S. Digilio as Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Digilio joins Caesars from Montage Hotels and Resorts where she has served in the same capacity since 2012. In addition to her leadership role at Montage, Ms. Digilio spent 12 years as Executive Vice President for Global Human Resources for Kerzner International. Prior to that, she served for ten years at ITT Sheraton Corporation where she held several roles, including Vice President, Human Resources, North America and Franchise Divisions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission [Washington D.C.] announced that Lacey Dingman, the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) and Director of the Office of Human Resources (OHR), will leave the agency at the end of September. With Ms. Dingman’s departure, James “Jamey” McNamara will serve as the Acting Chief Human Capital Officer. Mr. McNamara has served as Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer since July 2014. Prior to joining the Office of Human Resources, Mr. McNamara was the Managing Executive for the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets. He earlier served in several leadership roles in the SEC’s Office of Financial Management and Division of Trading and Markets. Mr. McNamara began his federal career at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he held positions in human resources management and budget formulation in Justice Department’s Civil Division.

Liberty Lending [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Glenn Shuster as Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, Glenn served as Vice President of Human Resources for Quorum FCU. Glenn has over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of industries including retail, technology, and hospitality.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 14, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Plantronics K2 LeasePlan USA
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. SafeRack

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Anja Hamilton

Plantronics [SANTA CRUZ, Calif.] (NYSE: PLT) announced Anja Hamilton has joined as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Hamilton joins Plantronics following her role as Chief People Officer at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT). Prior to IDT, she held HR leadership roles at Atmel Corporation, eBay Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and several start-up companies.

K2 [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the hiring of Nellie Thompson as Vice President of Human Resources. Thompson joins K2 after 13 years at Avanade. Her most recent role was Global Head of Talent and Performance Management.

LeasePlan USA [ALPHARETTA, GA.] announced the appointment of Alanna Mahone as senior vice president, human resources. Mahone brings more than 20 years of experience in organizational development to LeasePlan. She joins LeasePlan from Mansfield Oil Company where she also led the human resources function.

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. [MIDDLETON, Wis.] (NYSE: SPB) announced that Stacey L. Neu, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, will be leaving the Company to pursue other interests. The human resource function has been reassigned to Douglas L. Martin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and the newly named Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Ehsan Zargar. These changes are effective October 1, 2018.

Eric Grothaus

SafeRack [ANDREWS, S.C.] welcomed Eric Grothaus as Director of Human Resources. Grothaus joins the SafeRack team after a lengthy career in Human resources working for Cincinnati based companies such as HydroSystems, Quality Logistics, and 3M Precision Optics.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 27, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) FULLBEAUTY Brands Inc. GuideSpark
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. NCR Corporation Cinedigm Corp.
Ankura Abeona Therapeutics Inc. Bird
Pegasystems Inc. Astreya Lithia Motors, Inc.
RPM International Inc.

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Ron Garrow

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) [WILMINGTON, N.C.] has named Ron Garrow executive vice president and chief human resource officer (CHRO). Garrow joins PPD from Belk, where most recently he served as chief human resource officer. Prior to joining Belk in 2016, he spent six years with Mastercard and served as its chief human resource officer starting in 2013. Before joining Mastercard, Garrow served as the chief learning officer for Bank of America. Prior to that, Garrow served as the HR executive for Bank of America’s chief financial officer group. Garrow joined Bank of America after 19 years at Wachovia, where he held various positions of increasing responsibility, his last role being chief learning officer.

FULLBEAUTY Brands Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Robert Lepere as Chief People Officer. Lepere  previously worked as the VP of Talent Strategy for Ascena Retail Group, and prior to that held a variety of human resources positions within Ann Inc. Lepere also served as the Head of HR & Stores for Charlotte Russe and was the HR Director for Old Navy.

GuideSpark [REDWOOD CITY, CALIF.] announced the appointment of John Staines, CHRO and SVP People & Culture. John is a seasoned HR leader with global executive experience at nationally recognized companies like PepsiCo, Mattel, The Gap, and Cigna.

Jennifer Greenwald

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Jennifer Greenwald to the position of Senior Vice President of People. Ms. Greenwald comes to Playboy after nearly a decade at RED, most recently serving as Vice President of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition.

NCR Corporation [ATLANTA] (NYSE: NCR) announced the addition of Debra Bronder, who joins as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Bronder most recently led Human Resources for Cardtronics. Previously, Bronder was the Executive Vice President, HR Operations for Metavante.

Cinedigm Corp. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced that Mark Torres has been hired as Vice President of Human Resources. Torres has served as a senior Human Resources executive with such companies as Sony Pictures Entertainment, Ticketmaster and Reed Elsevier/Variety, as well as several technology and media start-up companies. Mark also served as SVP of People & Culture at AdTec/Rubicon Project. In addition to consulting with several start-up media organizations, Mark served as the VP of HR and Administration at phenomenon.

Angela L. Cinefro

Ankura [WASHINGTON D.C.] announced the appointment of Angela L. Cinefro as its new Chief People Officer. Ms. Cinefro joins Ankura from Clarity Insights where she was Chief Operating Officer and former Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Clarity Insights, Angela held the positions of Chief Human Resources Officer at MedExpress and Operations Vice President of Business Solutions at Hewlett-Packard. Additionally, she served as the Chief People Officer for Knightsbridge Solutions, and held several leadership roles at IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Abeona Therapeutics Inc. [NEW YORK and CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: ABEO) appointed Kristina Maximenko as Global Head of Human Resources. Ms. Maximenko most recently served as the Global HR Director for Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAAP), a Novartis company.

Bird [VENICE, Calif.] announced Taylor Rose joined as the company’s Director of People. Rose previously led people programs for a range of early to late stage technology companies in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Adriana Bokel Herde

Pegasystems Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: PEGA) announced it has appointed Adriana Bokel Herde as chief people officer and senior vice president. Ms. Bokel succeeds Jeff Yanagi, who will be retiring from Pega. Most recently, Ms. Bokel Herde was chief people officer and chief evangelist officer at PeopleDoc. Prior to that, she was vice president of people services at Biogen.

Astreya [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Kris Hamner as Vice President of Global Human Resources. Kris joins from Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) where he led HR; prior to FIT, Kris held various global HR executive roles at HP, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Avago Technologies (now Broadcom), and Canon, among others.

Lithia Motors, Inc. [MEDFORD, Ore.] (NYSE: LAD) announced Erik Lewis as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Lewis assumes oversight of Human Resources from Chris Holzshu, Lithia’s Executive Vice President. Erik most recently served as the CHRO of Apple Leisure Group and has held related roles at Walmart stores and Sysco Corporation. Previously, he consulted for numerous organizations while working at PwC and Andersen LLP.

Randell McShepard

RPM International Inc. [MEDINA, Ohio] (NYSE: RPM) announced that Randell McShepard has been named Chief Talent Officer. He will continue to serve as vice president – public affairs, a position he has held for more than 10 years. McShepard joined RPM in 2001 as director of community affairs. Previously, he served as executive director of City Year Cleveland and, before that, as assistant director of administration and program development for the Cleveland Bicentennial Commission.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 13, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Flowserve Corporation RLH Corporation Tyler Technologies, Inc.
The Financial Accounting Foundation Aerojet Rocketdyne Aegis Living
Medallia, Inc.

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Elizabeth Burger

Flowserve Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: FLS) announced that Elizabeth Burger joined as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Burger joins Flowserve from HanesBrands Inc. where she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer between 2013 and 2017. Before joining HanesBrands, she worked at Monsanto Company in various roles of increasing responsibility, and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Global Business Operations.

RLH Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced the addition of Kristin Thielking as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Thielking joins RLH Corporation from SquareTwo Financial, where she was Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Organizational Development and Administration for the past seven years. Prior to SquareTwo Financial, Thielking was Senior Director, Human Resources for eight years at Orbitz Worldwide.

Kelley Shimansky

Tyler Technologies, Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: TYL) announced that Kelley Shimansky has joined Tyler as the company’s new chief human resources (HR) officer. Kelley is assuming the role vacated by Bob Sansone, who recently retired after 23 years with Tyler, including serving as chief HR officer for the past nine years. Kelley will be based out of Tyler’s Yarmouth, Maine, office, home to its ERP & Schools Division. Most recently, Kelley served as vice president of human resources, North America for Dechra Pharmaceuticals from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, Kelley served as vice president of human resources for Putney, Inc. She also held several HR positions at WEX, which is traded on the NYSE, from 1997 to 2014.

Elizabeth Ann Garti

The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) [NORWALK, Conn.] announced that Elizabeth Ann Garti has joined the organization as vice president, human resources. Garti most recently served as associate vice president of human resources at Pace University. Previously, Ms. Garti served as a senior human resources manager at Lillian Vernon Corporation. Earlier, she served as a human resources manager at Caldor, Inc. Ms. Garti began her career in human resources at United Parcel Service.

Natalie Schilling

Aerojet Rocketdyne [SACRAMENTO, Calif.] announced that Natalie Schilling joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer, and will serve as one of the officers of parent company Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD). Schilling most recently served as vice president of Human Resources for Arconic’s (formerly Alcoa) Corporate Resource Units, and was also the global director of Compensation and Benefits.

Sandra Preyale

Aegis Living [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Sandra Preyale as the new chief people officer. Prior to joining Aegis Living, Preyale served as vice president of HR Global Sellers Businesses at Amazon.com. Prior to Amazon.com, during her five-year tenure at Coach, Preyale built human resources teams in Asia, Europe and New York. Earlier in her career, she held regional and global positions for the LVMH Group; the L’Oréal Group; and served in sales and merchandising with Danone Group.

Medallia, Inc. [SAN MATEO, Calif.] appointed Susan Lovegren as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Medallia, Lovegren served in Chief People Officer roles at AppDynamics, (acquired by Cisco), Juniper Networks, and Plantronics.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 3, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Zynga Inc. Press Ganey Huntington Ingalls Industries
Astreya Avanade Varian Medical Systems

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Jeff Ryan

Zynga Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: ZNGA) announced that the Company has appointed Jeff Ryan as Chief People Officer effective Monday, November 27. Prior to joining Zynga, Ryan served as Senior Vice President of People at GoPro, Inc. Before joining GoPro, Ryan spent three years at CBS Corporation as Senior Vice President of HR for the company’s Digital Media Business. Ryan also spent nearly seven years at Electronic Arts, Inc., where he served as the Head of HR for EA Canada, Vice President of HR for EA Sports, and Vice President of HR for EA’s largest business unit, Publishing and Interactive. Ryan previously held HR leadership positions at Shell Oil Products, and Nestle. Ryan currently serves on the Board of Directors for Magic Memories.

Press Ganey [BOSTON] announced that Joseph Cabral has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer and President, Workforce Solutions. Most recently, Cabral was Chief Human Resources Officer for Partners HealthCare. Prior to Partners HealthCare, Cabral held the title of Chief Human Resources Officer for Cleveland Clinic, and previously for Northwell Health. He has also held Human Resources leadership roles at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston.

Melanie Anderson

Huntington Ingalls Industries [NEWPORT NEWS, Va.] (NYSE: HII) announced the appointment of Melanie Anderson as vice president of human resources at its Technical Solutions division. Most recently, she led human resources for the engineering business of KBRWyle, following KBR’s acquisition of Honeywell Technical Solutions, Inc. Prior to joining Honeywell, she held HR leadership roles of increasing responsibility for The Boeing Co., Harris Corp. and Raytheon.

Dave Gartenberg

Avanade [SEATTLE] announced that Dave Gartenberg has joined the company as Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO). Gartenberg was most recently CHRO for Slalom.

Varian Medical Systems [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NYSE: VAR) announced it has named Terilyn Juarez Monroe as Chief People Officer, senior vice-president, Human Resources.

Terilyn Juarez Monroe

Ms. Monroe is replacing Wendy Scott who is retiring after serving in this same role at Varian for 13 years. Ms. Monroe served the past two years as the Chief People & Culture Officer, SVP HR at Acxiom. Prior to Acxiom, Ms. Monroe spent 13 years at Intuit where she held several HR management roles, including Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Talent Engagement. Before joining Intuit, Ms. Monroe worked in various HR and internal communications functions at Amdocs, Nortel Networks, Bay Networks and Amdahl Corporation.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 27, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Netflix Inc. LyondellBasell The Proximy Group
AppNexus Anika Therapeutics, Inc. Great Lakes Management Services Organization
AMPAC Fine Chemicals Icertis Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.
Diebold Nixdorf Innovari, Inc. Xceligent
Principle Business Enterprises

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Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] announced the promotion of Jessica Neal as Chief Talent Officer. Neal is a Netflix veteran, starting at the company in 2006. In 2013 she left to become head of human resources at Coursera, and later, Chief People Officer at Scopely. She returned to Netflix earlier this year, overseeing HR for the 2000-person product engineering team responsible for continuously improving the Netflix consumer experience.

LyondellBasell [HOUSTON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands] (NYSE: LYB) announced the appointment of Darleen Caron as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Most recently, Ms. Caron was executive vice president of global human resources for SNC-Lavalin, Inc. Previously, she led HR functions for the Dow Chemical Company and ABB, and both HR and environment, safety and health for Alcan.

Debra Phillips

The Proximy Group [LOS ANGELES], parent company of Centinela Feed & Pet Supplies, Lotus Pet Foods, and 1st Care Animal Health Clinic, announced that Debra G. Phillips has been appointed as their first Chief Human Resources Officer. Debra has over 10 years experience in human resources education and leadership development and brings experiences from her previous roles at Lyondell Chemical Company, ODS International, and as Independent Business Consultant.

AppNexus [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Nithya Das to the new role of Chief People and Legal Officer. Das formerly served as AppNexus’ Senior Vice President, General Counsel. Das joined AppNexus in 2011 and served as General Counsel for four years. Prior, she was a lawyer at Goodwin Procter.

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ANIK) announced the appointment of Thomas M. Finnerty as its Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, Mr. Finnerty spent 17 years as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Smith & Nephew. Prior to his time at Smith & Nephew, Mr. Finnerty served as Executive Director of Human Resources at Novartis/Chiron Diagnostics. Mr. Finnerty began his human resources career at The Foxboro Company.

Melissa Dabrowski

Great Lakes Management Services Organization (MSO) [GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.] announced the appointment of Melissa Dabrowski as Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, she was Executive Partner with Behringer & Co. based in Caledonia, Mich., where she was the lead consultant on Career Exploration client engagements. Prior to Behringer, Ms. Dabrowski led the global succession planning and talent acquisition process for Federal-Mogul, Motorparts in Southfield, Mich.

Steven Taylor

AMPAC Fine Chemicals (AFC) [RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.] announced the addition of Steven Taylor as Vice President, Human Resources (HR). Steven Taylor brings over 22 years of US and international HR experience with major companies including Union Carbide, British Petroleum, General Electric, and most recently Honeywell International.

Icertis [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Tami Lamp as Chief People Officer. Tami’s previous experience includes over nine years at Microsoft where she was instrumental in building their international development presence in India. Most recently, Tami served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Group Health.

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Lainie Cooney has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. She most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer at DPI Specialty Foods. Previously, Cooney served as Vice President of Human Resources at State Street Investment Management Services from 2005 to 2012 and as a Human Resources Manager and Six Sigma Black Belt Project Leader at Home Depot from 2000 to 2005.

Patricia Lang

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Patricia A. Lang has been promoted to vice president, chief people officer. Lang joined Diebold, Incorporated in 2012 to lead the company’s global rewards, human resources information systems (HRIS) and people analytics organizations. Prior to joining Diebold, Lang worked at Mylan N.V. She has more than 25 years of experience in human resources and related fields, successfully holding various leadership positions in human resources operations and consulting at companies such as Alcoa, Mercer, Conduent and Cigna.

Innovari, Inc. [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Mike Guerchon joined the company as its new Chief People Officer. Mike is an accomplished human resources and workplace executive with over 25 years of experience in both ground level start-ups and global public companies, including most recently at Riverbed Technology. Mike also previously served as Chief People Officer at Puppet and Okta and was the Vice President of Human Resources for several companies including Lucy Activewear, Hollywood Entertainment, Guess? Inc., and Ikon Office Solutions.

Xceligent [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced that Chief People Officer, Erin Curry, will step down.

Rodney Eason

Principle Business Enterprises (PBE), Inc. [DUNBRIDGE, Ohio] announced that Rodney Eason has joined the company as Vice President of Human Resources and Administrative Services. Eason served most recently as the HR Director overseeing the Corporate Services Group with The Andersons.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 29, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Moody’s Corporation Cox Automotive MongoDB Inc.
Ankura Consulting On Tap Credit Union WaveCrest

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Moody’s Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MCO) announced that Melanie Hughes has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer of the Corporation. Prior to joining Moody’s, Ms. Hughes held leadership positions in the US and Europe at companies including American Eagle Outfitters, Tribune, UBS, and Gilt Groupe.

Janet Barnard

Cox Automotive [ATLANTA] named Janet Barnard as chief people officer following the retirement of longtime human resources leader Rock Anderson. During the past three years, Barnard served as president of the company’s Inventory Solutions group. Prior to joining Cox Automotive, Barnard worked at Cox Communications in positions of increasing responsibility and leadership.

MongoDB Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Dan Heasman as Chief People Officer. Heasman joins MongoDB with more than 20 years of culture and HR leadership working with some of the largest companies in the world such as Coca Cola, Illumina and Pfizer. Prior to MongoDB, Heasman spent more than four years with The Rise Group and more than eight years at ?What If! Innovation.

Rachel Platt

Ankura Consulting [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Rachel Platt as a Senior Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Platt joins Ankura with more than 20 years of experience in human resource management and has worked in the professional services, direct response, online, and telecommunications industries.

On Tap Credit Union [GOLDEN, Colo.] announced the appointment of Kellee Barbee as Vice President, Human Resources and Cultural Transformation. Barbee brings more than 20 years of human resources experience to On Tap, having previously served in HR leadership roles for Alcon Laboratories, Inc. – a division of Novartis – and for Toyota Financial Services, Raytheon Company, General Mills, Inc. and Dell Computer.

WaveCrest [CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, and GIBRALTAR] announced the appointment of Leigh AuCoin as Chief HR Officer. AuCoin joins from Cambridge Global Payments. Before that, she worked for JLL.

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