CHRO Moves – week ending November 22, 2019

CHRO Moves this week include:

The National Football League	Rentschler Biopharma SE	WSP
Algolia	BrightView Holdings, Inc.	Wingstop Inc.
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.	LegalZoom	Button
KushCo Holdings, Inc.

Would you like to receive our weekly CHRO Moves directly in your email? Click the SIGN ME UP! button on the right of the blog page.

Should you have any CHRO Moves to report, please email us.

NOTE: CHRO Search Report available monthly to CHROs only. Read more here.

CHRO Moves is published by Samuel Dergel (Executive Search Consultant with Dergel Executive Search). Samuel can be reached by email at samuel@dergelsearch.com or by phone at +1 (415) 738-2070.

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

The National Football League [NEW YORK] named Dasha Smith as its Chief People Officer. Smith joins the NFL from Sony Music Entertainment, where she was the Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Sony Music, Smith was Managing Director, Office of the Chairman and Global Chief Human Resources Officer for a global alternative investment firm. Prior to that, she served as Time Inc.’s Global Head of Employee Relations and Chief Labor & Employment Counsel.

Rentschler Biopharma SE [LAUPHEIM, Germany and MILFORD, Mass.] announced the hiring of Lorraine Blackman as Head, Human Resources, US. Prior to joining Rentschler Biopharma, Lorraine was Director, Human Resources, North America at a biopharmaceutical CDMO.  She previously worked as an HR executive at a variety of firms and has experience building the HR function during a time of rapid expansion.

WSP [MONTREAL announced the appointment of Zoe Nutten as Chief People Officer. Most recently Nutten was Vice President of Talent Strategy for Barrick Gold.

Algolia [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Kristie Rodenbush as Chief People Officer. Rodenbush has 20 years of experience in HR at public and private technology companies in Silicon Valley as well as in HR strategy consulting. She has helped companies such as Alphabet, Imperva, HP and Yahoo!

BrightView Holdings, Inc. [BLUE BELL, Pa.] (NYSE: BV) announced that Amanda Orders, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the company’s Maintenance Services segment, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Orders started with the company in 2012 as Human Resources Vice President. She was promoted to Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Maintenance Services in 2016. Prior to joining BrightView, Orders held leadership positions in Human Resources at Alliance Data, and the ScottsMiracle-Gro Company.

Wingstop Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: WING) announced the appointment of Donnie Upshaw as Senior Vice President of People, previously Vice President of Human Resources. Donnie joined Wingstop in 2018.

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. [ANKENY, Iowa] (NASDAQ: CASY) announced that Chad Frazell will join the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. Frazell joins Casey’s from Tractor Supply Company where he was Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to Tractor Supply Company, he served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Shopko and Vice President of Human Resources at Kohl’s Department Stores. Frazell began his career working in a variety of store management roles at Target and Walmart.

LegalZoom [GLENDALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Anna Meyer as Chief People Officer. Anna Meyer joins LegalZoom from AppDirect, where she served as Global Head of People. Prior to AppDirect, Anna has held of variety of People leadership roles in companies such as Intuit, GE and SmartThings.

Button [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Stephanie Mardell as Chief People Officer. Stephanie was previously the Vice President of People at Button. Prior to joining Button, Stephanie worked at Square, Airtime, and Isaacson Miller.

KushCo Holdings, Inc. [CYPRESS, CA] (OTCQX: KSHB) announced that it has appointed Rhiana Barr as the Company’s Chief People Officer. Barr previously served as the Head of HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition at Cetera Financial Group. Prior to Cetera, Barr served as the Director of Human Resources at Clearwater Paper Corporation. Barr also spent nearly five years at Nestle USA.