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CHRO Moves – week ending August 16, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. AVROBIO, Inc.
Surterra Wellness North Highland Jewish Family & Career Services Atlanta
Benson Hill Biosystems The National Geographic Society Seaspan ULC
Mohawk Valley Health System

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Simon King

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. [BASKING RIDGE, N.J.] announced the appointment of Simon King as Chief People Officer. Simon joins Daiichi Sankyo from Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he was most recently the Global Head of Talent and Workforce Innovation. He was also Head of HR Global Research & Development. Prior to joining Bristol-Myers Squibb, King held several positions of increasing responsibility at AstraZeneca, including Global Head of HR for Research & Development.

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: MRTX) announced the appointment of Jenny Gizzi as Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Gizzi joins Mirati Therapeutics with over 20 years of experience in human resources, most recently serving as the Head of Strategy & Operations, Business Insights and Analytics at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Earlier in her career at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gizzi served as Head of Human Resources for the Bay Area and Cambridge, and Head of Global Talent for European Markets, Australia and Canada. Prior to her time at Bristol-Myers Squibb, she was Head of Global Talent Acquisition for Illumina, Inc.

Georgette Verdin

AVROBIO, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AVRO) announced the appointment of Georgette Verdin as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Verdin joins AVROBIO from the Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge MA. Verdin was also previously at Biogen Idec, and other major companies including Amazon and Microsoft.

Stevens J. Sainte-Rose

Surterra Wellness [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Stevens J. Sainte-Rose as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Sainte-Rose brings more than two decades of experience in international human resources roles of increasing responsibility at large, global consumer goods companies, including as CHRO at U.S. Walgreens, a division of Walgreens Boots Alliance Corporation; as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Coca-Cola International; and most recently leading HR at Dawn Foods. Prior to Dawn Foods and U.S. Walgreens, Sainte-Rose spent 10 years at Coca-Cola Company with the majority of time being with Coca-Cola International.  Earlier in his career, Stevens served in field HR leadership roles at Aramark Corporation, Pier 1 Imports, Burger King Corporation and Millennium Broadway Hotel.

North Highland [ATLANTA] announced that Jennifer Mancuso has joined the firm as its new vice president of Human Resources. Most recently, Mancuso led the HR function for Vero BioTech LLC. Previously, she held commensurately senior roles for a diverse array of national and global companies.

Lisa Bronstein

Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS) Atlanta [ATLANTA] named Lisa Bronstein as the agency’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Bronstein joined the social services agency in 2011 as Director of Human Resources. Bronstein worked in corporate human resources positions for more than 25 years in New York, New Jersey and Atlanta.

Benson Hill Biosystems [ST. LOUIS] announced that Kelly Fischer  joined the organization as Vice President of People. Fischer joins the company from Express Scripts, where she most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources Strategy, Planning and Communications.

Mara Dell

The National Geographic Society [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Mara Dell to the newly created role of chief human resources officer, effective Sept. 9, 2019. Most recently, she served as chief people officer at Conservation International. Previously, she led the HR team at Women for Women International. Dell also spent six years with the Atlantic Media Company (now Atlantic Media), serving as executive director of human resources and administration. Earlier in her career, Dell worked with the Advisory Board Company and Corporate Executive Board where she served in leadership roles in human resources, events, and revenue management. She began her career at National Geographic as a production assistant in the audiovisual department.

Seaspan ULC [NORTH VANCOUVER, BC] announced that Sylvie Normandeau has joined the company as Vice President, Human Resources. Sylvie joins Seaspan from Esterline Technologies where she was Vice President, Human Resources for the Avionics Systems division. Prior to that, Sylvie was Director, Human Resources at Bombardier.

Wayne A. Rustin

Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) [UTICA, N.Y.] announced that Wayne A. Rustin has been named Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) and Legal Counsel for Labor Relations. Rustin has been serving as Acting CHRO for the past several weeks, and joined MVHS in late 2018 as an assistant vice president in the HR department, serving as legal counsel for labor relations. Rustin has held senior HR roles at organizations like St. Vincent’s Health Services (part of Ascension Health), Comcast, IBM, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. and the City of New York.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 9, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Albertsons Companies Acreage Holdings, Inc. Databricks
LSI Industries Inc. Matrix Medical Network Juvly Aesthetics

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Albertsons Companies [BOISE, Idaho] announced that Mike Theilmann has been named EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, effective August 19, 2019. Theilmann joins Albertsons Cos. from Heidrick & Struggles, where he served as the Global Practice Managing Partner, Human Resources Officers Practice. Andy Scoggin, who has served Albertsons Cos. as Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Public Affairs, Government Relations and Labor Relations since its founding in 2006, has announced his plans to leave the company at the end of the calendar year. Theilmann amassed a wealth of experience in human resources over his nearly 30-year career with Diageo, PepsiCo, Yum and JC Penney.

Acreage Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (CSE: ACRG.U, OTCQX: ACRGF) announced the hiring of Steve Hardardt as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer and Administration (CPO). For five years prior to joining Acreage, Hardardt owned and operated Noble Coaching & Consulting. Prior, he served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Business Administration at tw telecom from 2007 to 2014.  He was Vice President, Human Resources & Communications, at Johns Manville from 2003-2007. Hardardt also spent time at Honeywell, Monsanto, Hasbro, Frito-Lay and Dow Jones.

Databricks [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Amy Reichanadter as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Databricks, Reichanadter served as Chief People Officer for Adaptive Insights. Preceding this, Reichanadter was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at E2open for nearly nine years.

LSI Industries Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NASDAQ: LYTS) announced the appointment of Thomas A. Caneris as Senior Vice President – Human Resources and General Counsel. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for PharMerica Corporation from 2007 through 2019. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Caneris was employed by Convergys Corporation as a Senior Attorney.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Caneris served as Commercial Affairs Counsel for AK Steel Corporation.

Matrix Medical Network [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Jill Patterson has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Patterson most recently served as HR Strategic Advisor and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer for Kalispell Regional Healthcare. Prior to consulting, she served as Vice President, Human Resources – Delivery Operations for Banner Health. She also served as Executive Director, Human Resources at the Cleveland Clinic. Ms. Patterson also has HR leadership experience in the banking industry and was a practicing attorney.

Erin Sutley

Juvly Aesthetics [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Erin Sutley as its Chief People Officer. Most recently, she spent four years as VP of Operations for FlyCleaners. Between 2013 and 2015, Sutley found herself helping online retail start-ups transform their service and operations functions to deliver best-in-class customer experience. In 2008, she was among the first employees at flash-sale sensation Gilt Groupe.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 2, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Teradata Domino’s Pizza Combined Insurance
Black Bear Diner Recursion Achievers

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Kathy Cullen-Cote

Teradata [San Diego, CA] (NYSE: TDC) announced that it has appointed Kathy Cullen-Cote as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Laura Nyquist, who previously held dual roles of General Counsel and CHRO, will continue in her role as General Counsel. Cullen-Cote joins Teradata from PTC, where she was serving as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to PTC, she served in HR leadership roles at Johnson and Johnson, Raytheon, Imark Communications and Barry Controls.

Domino’s Pizza [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] (NYSE: DPZ) announced that Lisa V. Price will be joining the company as executive vice president, chief human resources officer, effective Aug. 26. Price joins Domino’s from Nordstrom, where she most recently served as senior vice president of human resources. From 2000-2015, Price had progressively more responsible roles in human resources at Starbucks Coffee Co., most recently as vice president of partner resources. With the exception of a year at Nordstrom in 2000, Price spent most of her career at Starbucks, joining the brand in 1994.

Combined Insurance [CHICAGO], a Chubb company, appointed Frank Rockett as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Previously, Rockett spent 30 years at Chubb in various operations management and business partner roles, with more than 17 years of experience in human resources.

Black Bear Diner [REDDING, Calif.] announced that Tammy Johns has joined the company as its first Chief People Officer (CPO). Johns was previously Chief People Officer for Farmer Boys Foods, Inc. Prior to that, Johns led the people strategy for Lemonade Restaurant Group as the Vice President of Human Resources, as well as at two franchise holding companies, which owned a large number of Burger King restaurants and various TGI Fridays (SRAC Holdings I, Inc.) and Chili’s Grill & Bar locations (Snowstate Restaurant Corporation).

Recursion [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Heather Kirkby as its Chief People Officer. Kirby started her career as a Schlumberger Field Engineer in arctic Alaska, then spent nearly two decades as a product manager at Intuit in Silicon Valley.

Achievers [SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO] announced it has added Shalini Duggal as chief people and culture officer (CPCO). Previously, she served as vice president of human resources for Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). Prior to her work at OTN, Duggal spent over eight years as the vice president of human resources at SCM Insurance Services.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 26, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. IRI®
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. KEPRO Availity
MTPV Power Corporation Johannes Leonardo

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Karen Ling

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AIG) has named Karen L. Ling Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Ling joins AIG from Allergan plc, where for the past five years she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously Ms. Ling was Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Merck & Co., Inc.’s Global Human Health and Consumer Care businesses worldwide. Prior to Merck, she was Group Vice President, Global Compensation & Benefits at Schering-Plough. Ms. Ling also spent 14 years at Wyeth in various positions of increasing responsibility developing HR strategies for business units and working in Wyeth’s Labor & Employment Department.

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. [CANTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DNKN) announced the appointment of Stephanie Lilak as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Lilak comes to Dunkin’ Brands from General Mills where she spent 23 years in executive-level human resource positions. Lilak’s most recent position at General Mills was Vice President, Human Resources, North America Retail. She held previous roles with the company as the Vice President of Human Resources for the U.S. foodservice and convenience stores segments, and she provided human resources leadership for the International and Manufacturing Divisions. Lilak also assumed a cross-functional line leadership role of General Mills’ largest manufacturing plant in the U.S. Prior to General Mills, Lilak worked in human resources for Cooper Industries.

Evan Swidler

IRI® [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Evan Swidler as chief human resources officer. Swidler most recently served as chief human resources officer for ATI Physical Therapy. Prior to ATI, Swidler spent nearly five years at The Nielsen Company in various senior HR-focused roles, including chief human resources officer for North and South America, Europe and the Pacific. Earlier in his career, Swidler spent 12 years at Accenture in its management consulting practice.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CRESTWOOD, Ky. and WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: APLS) announced the appointment of Lucia Celona as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Apellis, Celona worked at Bioverativ where she was the Chief HR and Communications Officer. Prior to Bioverativ, she was at Biogen for 12 years holding numerous HR related positions including Vice President, Human Resources for Biogen’s Pharmaceutical Operations and Technology Organization. Prior to Biogen, Celona held numerous HR leadership positions in companies such as Hewlett Packard, Philips Medical Systems, including CHRO for a start-up company, Sentillion.

John Malanowski

KEPRO [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced the addition of John Malanowski to the company’s executive leadership team as chief people officer. Most recently, he served as interim chief human resource officer for Virence Health Technologies and University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center.

Availity [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] named Jessica Micciche its new Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.

Robin Hamel

MTPV Power Corporation [AUSTIN, TEXAS and BOSTON, MASS.] announced that it has named Robin Hamel as its new Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Finance. Robin has held roles of increasing responsibility at Sprint/Nextel, Boost Mobile, Dun & Bradstreet, PDI Software, and most recently Agility Recovery Solutions. She previously held HR roles in the Texas Department of Mental Health and the US Navy.

Johannes Leonardo [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Debra Sercy as the agency’s new Chief Talent Officer. Sercy joins the agency after a 7-year tenure at executive search and acquisition company Grace Blue Partnership as Joint-Chief Executive Officer.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 19, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Suffolk George Washington University Public Service Enterprise Group
Catalent Norfolk Southern Corporation Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Cresco Labs Inc. XpresSpa Group, Inc.

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Dennis Berger

Suffolk [BOSTON] has hired Dennis Berger as its Chief Culture Officer. Prior to joining Suffolk, Mr. Berger was a key partner in CDW Corporation’s transformational growth. In addition, Mr. Berger spent more than 12 years in the Pepsi system, most recently as head of U.S. Human Resources at PepsiAmericas, Inc.

Dana Bradley

George Washington University [Washington, DC] announced that Dana Bradley, associate vice president for human resources at Northwestern University, will become GW’s first-ever chief people officer (CPO). Bradley begins Sept. 3.

Public Service Enterprise Group [NEWARK, N.J.] (NYSE: PEG) announced that Margaret “Peggy” Pego, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer, will retire at the end of 2019. Sheila Rostiac, Vice President Total Rewards and Talent Management, will transition to the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer role beginning Sept. 2. Rostiac is in her 19th year with PSEG, serving in her current role since 2016. She also has served as president of the PSEG Foundation and has held a variety of Human Resources, Accounting, and Finance roles. Outside of PSEG, she held key roles in global human resources at Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals and financial roles with Jersey Central Power & Light and Arthur Andersen & Co.

Ricardo Pravda

Catalent [SOMERSET, N.J.] announced it has appointed Ricardo Pravda as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources (HR) Officer. Pravda succeeds Lance Miyamoto who retired on June 30 and is currently serving as an advisor to the company. Since joining Catalent as HR Director for Latin America in 2005, Mr. Pravda held several leadership roles supporting multiple businesses and locations, most recently as Vice President of Human Resources for Catalent’s network of over 30 sites globally. Pravda has more than 25 years’ experience across multiple HR disciplines and has supported businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific, holding roles of increasing responsibility in companies like Abbott Laboratories, Phillip Morris International, Nabisco International, BellSouth International and The Gillette Company.

Anne Melaragni

Norfolk Southern Corporation [NORFOLK, Va.] (NYSE: NSC) announced that Anne Melaragni has been named vice president human resources, effective July 29. Prior to joining Norfolk Southern, Melaragni served for 15 years in various roles of progressive responsibility at a leading global provider of transportation and logistics services.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GILD) announced that Katie Watson, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, will be departing Gilead. Jyoti Mehra has been named Executive Vice President, Human Resources, and will assume responsibility for the worldwide HR function. Effective August 5, Ms. Mehra will be appointed as Ms. Watson’s successor. Ms. Watson will depart Gilead on September 1, remaining with Gilead in an advisory capacity through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition. Ms. Mehra joined Gilead in 2017 as Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining Gilead, she held positions of increasing seniority at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Eli Lilly & Co.

Angie Demchenko

Cresco Labs Inc. [CHICAGO] (CSE: CL, OTCQX: CRLBF) announced that Angie Demchenko has joined the Company as its first Chief People Officer. Ms. Demchenko most recently served as Vice President, Head of Human Resources for Starwood Retail Partners. Prior to Starwood Retail Partners, Ms. Demchenko served as Vice President, Human Resources for GGP (General Growth Properties). From 2008-2016, Ms. Demchenko served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Jones Lang LaSalle. Ms. Demchenko began her career as Human Resources Manager in the Global Business Services Group at Accenture.

XpresSpa Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: XSPA) announced that Scott Milford has joined the Company as Chief People Officer. Most recently, he served as VP, People Operations at SoulCycle. Prior to that, he served as Chief People Officer for Bayada. Previously, he was Senior Vice President – Human Resources for Le Pain Quotidien. His other relevant experiences include senior Human Resource leadership positions at Town Sports International, Starbucks Coffee Company, Universal Music Group, Viacom, and Blockbuster Entertainment.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 12, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

BNY Mellon Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Q-Centrix
Merrill Corporation Cerner Corporation Solotech
Oh My Green The National Restaurant Association Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel)

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BNY Mellon [NEW YORK] appointed Jolen Anderson as Global Head of Human Resources.  Ms. Anderson will join the company on September 2, 2019. Ms. Anderson joins BNY Mellon from Visa, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer and Chief Counsel, Employment and Social Responsibility. During her Visa tenure, Ms. Anderson also held the position of Chief Human Resources Officer for the Client Organization. Prior to joining Visa, she practiced law at a Chicago law firm where she represented parties in labor and employment matters.

Rhonda Turner

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. [TEMPE, Ariz.] (NYSE: BHE) announced the appointment of Rhonda Turner as chief human resources officer (CHRO). Turner most recently served as senior vice president of human resources for Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Prior to that, she held various human resources leadership roles at leading companies such as ConocoPhillips, Circle K and Main Street Restaurant Group, a TGI Friday’s franchisee.

Q-Centrix [Chicago] announced the addition of Elizabeth A. Hayden to the company’s new position of Chief People Officer. Hayden most recently held the role of Senior Vice President of People and Development for more than three years at Backstop Solutions Group. Before that, she was Chief Human Resources Officer for the Americas Region for JLL in Chicago.

Deborah LaMere

Merrill Corporation [St. Paul, Minn.] announced the appointment of Deborah LaMere as Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, she served in senior employee engagement roles at Ceridian. These roles included Employee Engagement Product Management Manager and Vice President, Employee Experience & Culture. Prior to that, she was a Senior HR Consultant at Lawson Software and held several HR roles at Allina Hospitals & Clinics in Minneapolis.

Cerner Corporation [North Kansas City, Missouri] announced that Tracy Platt will join the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Platt joins Cerner after spending nearly 10 years in executive HR roles at Medtronic. She was also previously with Cardinal Health and GE Healthcare. Platt succeeds Julie Wilson who spent 24 years at Cerner before retiring on June 30.

Claudine Ricard

Solotech [MONTREAL] announced the appointment of Claudine Ricard as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective August 6, 2019. Ricard joins Solotech with 25 years of experience in various human resources roles in large publicly traded organizations. In her most recent role, she was Vice-President Culture and Talent at TC Transcontinental. Prior to TC Transcontinental, she worked 19 years for CGI in various HR leadership positions including as Vice-President Culture and Experience, Vice-President Organizational Development and Leadership Institute and Vice-President HR Integration Center of Expertise, where she led all HR aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ricard also worked at Honeywell Aerospace.

Oh My Green [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Craig Simmons has been appointed the company’s new Chief of Human Evolution (CHE), or more commonly known as Chief People Officer. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Oakwood Worldwide. Prior to that, Craig served as CHRO for American Apparel. Earlier in his career, he served as an executive leader for the Screen Actors Guild Pension and Health Plans, Catholic Healthcare West (now Dignity Health), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Nestlé.

Yvonne Wolf

The National Restaurant Association [Washington, D.C.] announced the addition of Yvonne Wolf as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, Yvonne held leadership roles with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Yvonne joined GSK through the Novartis Vaccines acquisition as Global Head of HR for Manufacturing and Quality, where she led an HR team across six countries.  At Novartis, she also served as Global Head of Leadership Development and Diversity & Inclusion.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. [BOSTON] (NYSE: BHLB) announced the promotion of Jacqueline Courtwright to Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Berkshire Bank. Courtwright previously served as SVP, Human Resources Business Partner Leader at Berkshire Bank. Prior to joining Berkshire in 2012, Ms. Courtwright was VP, Human Resources Business Partner at Citizen Bank. She also held senior human resource roles during her 20 years at KeyBank.

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) [EDINBURG, Va.] (NASDAQ: SHEN) announced that Heather K. Banks has joined the Company as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Banks most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer of American Woodmark. Prior to joining American Woodmark, she served as Vice President, Human Resources with Carlisle FoodService Products, a division of Carlisle Companies; and as Director of Human Resources with UTC Aerospace Systems and Goodrich Corporation.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 5, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

SCAN Health Plan Planet Fitness, Inc.

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Celeste Ortiz

SCAN Health Plan [LONG BEACH, Calif.] announced the appointment of Celeste Ortiz, chief people officer of Crossover Health to its board of directors. As chief people officer at Crossover Health, Ortiz has over 20 years of human resources experience. Prior roles include leadership positions at Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.

Planet Fitness, Inc. [HAMPTON, N.H.] (NYSE: PLNT) announced that Kathy Gentilozzi has been appointed Chief People Officer. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources at FULLBEAUTY Brands where she led all Human Resource initiatives. Previously, Gentilozzi served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Aéropostale. Prior to that she served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Macy’s Inc., and has held various leadership positions at The May Department Store Company, including corporate and division roles.

CHRO Moves – week ending June 28, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Coty Inc. ManpowerGroup Ouster
Cambrex Corporation Nevro Corp. Software AG
Ambys Medicines Health Monitor Network

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Coty Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: COTY) announced the appointment of Sophie Hanrot as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Sophie succeeds Sébastien Froidefond who will be leaving Coty for personal reasons. Since 2016, Sophie has been SVP, HR of Coty’s Luxury Division. Prior to that Sophie was Global Head of Talent Management at Louis Vuitton, with previous experience at L’Oréal as well as running her own HR consultancy business. Sophie started her career in retail and marketing before choosing to enter the HR world by joining the global executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates and then Heidrick & Struggles Inc.

Michelle Nettles

ManpowerGroup [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: MAN) announced the appointment of Michelle Nettles as Chief People and Culture Officer, effective July 29, 2019. Nettles will join from Molson Coors Brewing Company, where she is Chief People and Diversity Officer. In her 20 years at Molson Coors/MillerCoors Nettles held various leadership positions across all aspects of human resources including executive compensation, talent management, diversity and inclusion, labor relations and succession planning.  Mara Swan, Executive Vice President Global Strategy and Talent, has announced her plans to retire March 2020.  Until then she will continue her executive leadership responsibilities while ensuring the smooth and successful transition of global HR leadership to Nettles.

Ouster [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that it has appointed Lisa Haugh as its first VP of People. Most recently, she was the Vice President of People and Culture at Juvo. Prior to joining Juvo, she held the dual role of Vice President of People and General Counsel at Udemy and leadership roles at Achievers, Intraware, and OpenTV.

Cambrex Corporation [EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.] (NYSE: CBM) announced that Dottie Donnelly-Brienza has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Brienza joins Cambrex from Cantel Medical where she was most recently Chief Human Resources Officer. She has also held a number of leadership and senior executive roles at Johnson & Johnson, as well as Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Nevro Corp. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NYSE: NVRO) announced the appointment of Lori Ciano as Chief Human Resources Officer.  Prior to joining Nevro, Ciano was Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Dermira.  Prior to Dermira, Lori served as Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Human Resources Officer at Thoratec Corporation leading up to the company’s acquisition.  Ms. Ciano has also led HR organizations at Conceptus, Affymetrix, and Novellus Systems.  She began her career at Varian where she served in marketing and business development roles.

Software AG [RESTON, Va.] announced that it has appointed Dr. Elke Frank as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and a Member of the Executive Board effective August 1st, 2019. Dr. Frank has more than 20 years of international experience in HR leadership roles across a range of sectors including at Daimler AG, Carl-Zeiss Vision, Microsoft and most recently Deutsche Telekom.

Ambys Medicines [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Amanda Valentino as Chief People Officer. Valentino was previously Senior Director of Talent Acquisition and Strategy at Genentech. Prior to joining Genentech, Ms. Valentino served for eight years with the firm Albrecht & Associates Executive Search Consultants.

Health Monitor Network [MONTVALE, N.J.] added Joseph DiCarlo as Chief People Officer. Before joining Health Monitor Network, Joe served as the Chief Talent & Engagement Officer for Westmed Practice Partners. Prior to Westmed, Joe spent 5 years as a Vice President of Corporate Human Resources at Porter Novelli.

CHRO Moves – week ending June 21, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Geron Corporation rue21 Deluxe Corporation
The Mosaic Company Maze Therapeutics Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Varsity Brands GlobalLogic Inc. Joerns Healthcare

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Geron Corporation [MENLO PARK, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GERN) announced the appointment of Shannon Odam as Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to Geron, Ms. Odam was Vice President, Human Resources at BioElectron Technology. Prior to that, Ms. Odam was Market Diversity Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), Silicon Valley.

rue21 [WARRENDALE, Pa.] announced that Brian Rogers has joined rue21 as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Rogers comes to rue21 from Ascena Retail Group, Inc. where he was for nearly seven years, serving most recently as Senior Vice President Human Resources Corporate. He also held leadership positions as Senior Vice President, Talent Acquisition and Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Justice Tween Brands division.  Prior to Ascena, Mr. Rogers was with L Brands where he served as Vice President, International Human Resources for four years and Vice President, Human Resources for nearly four years.  He began his career as a Human Resources Director at Nike and Human Resources Manager as Deutsche Post AG.

Deluxe Corporation [SHOREVIEW, Minn.] announced the hiring of Jane Elliott as Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, she served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Global Payments. She has more than 20 years of experience in payment technology including nine years at First Data. Elliott started at Deluxe in April and will be based in both Atlanta and the company’s headquarters in Shoreview, Minnesota.

The Mosaic Company [PLYMOUTH, Minn.] (NYSE: MOS) announced that it has named Christopher A. Lewis Senior Vice President – Human Resources. Lewis will relocate to Mosaic’s new headquarters in Tampa, Florida. Lewis most recently was Vice President, Project Execution for Spectra Energy Corporation’s merger into Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based Enbridge, Inc. Previously, Mr. Lewis worked for 10 years at DCP Midstream, LLC, a natural gas company based in Denver, where he started as the head of Human Resources while the company was formed as a spinoff from Duke Energy in 2007. From 2010 to 2016, he was DCP’s Chief Corporate Officer, a multi-functional role that included leadership of the human resources function. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lewis held regional and global senior human resources positions at Thomson Multimedia (formerly RCA, GE consumer electronics) and DHL, Inc.

Maze Therapeutics [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Matt Krause as senior vice president of human resources. Krause joins Maze from Global Blood Therapeutics where he served as vice president of human resources. Prior to Global Blood, Mr. Krause held a number of senior director and representative roles in human resources, including at Audience, Inc., Amyris Biotechnology, CV Therapeutics, CopperCom, Gilead Sciences, Bio-Rad Laboratories and DNA Plant Technology.

Farmers & Merchants State Bank [ARCHBOLD, Ohio] announced the appointment of Benét Rupp as the Chief People Officer. Benét most recently served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at ProMedica. Prior to this role, her career included a variety of progressive human resources leadership roles at The Andersons Inc., Therma-Tru Doors, MSC Walbridge Coatings and National City Bank.

Varsity Brands [DALLAS] announced that Martha May has joined the Company as Chief Human Resources Officer.  May joins Varsity Brands from The Freeman Company, where she served as Chief People Officer & Executive Vice President, People and Inclusion. Prior to Freeman, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer at Rockwell Collins. Early in her career, May spent more than 15 years working for American Airlines, moving from employee and labor relations to customer service and, eventually, to organizational effectiveness. In 2006, she joined Bell Helicopter and led all human resources functions.

GlobalLogic Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Amy Hanlon-Rodemich, has joined the company as Chief People Officer (CPO). She replaces Bonnie Helton, who is set to retire this year. Prior to GlobalLogic, she was Vice President of Human Resources at Synopsys. Before Synopsys, Amy worked at Yahoo, where she was responsible for key HR functions including technical and leadership training, organizational development, and all global employee services. In her early career, she was employee 11 at Inktomi during its start-up phase, where she ultimately helped the company expand to more than one thousand employees. After Inktomi, Amy went on to VMware, where she was in charge of HR Shared Services and Global Talent Development Operations.

Joerns Healthcare [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the appointment of Julie Wilson as the Vice President of Human Resources. Wilson previously served as the Director for Human Resources at Octapharma Plasma, Inc. Prior to that, she was the Human Resources Manager for Circle K.

CHRO Moves – week ending June 14, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Intel Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. ETQ
The Ford Foundation BitTitan Paradigm
CoStar Group National Vision Holdings, Inc. RV Retailer, LLC
Marqeta

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Sandra Rivera

Intel [SANTA CLARA, Calif.]  announced that Sandra Rivera will take on a new role as the company’s chief people officer and executive vice president. Previously, Rivera was responsible for the Network Platforms Group, and served as Intel’s 5G executive sponsor. Rivera replaces Matt Smith, who announced his retirement after more than 20 years at the company in a variety of HR and legal leadership positions, including most recently serving as Intel’s chief human resources officer.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass. and PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: KDP) announced the appointment of Mary Beth DeNooyer to the position of Chief Human Resources Officer, effective July 8, 2019. DeNooyer was most recently Chief Human Resources Officer at Pinnacle Foods Inc., where she joined the Company in 2013 following its initial public offering.  Prior to Pinnacle Foods, DeNooyer served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Hillshire Brands and, before then, held key HR roles at Sara Lee, The Pepsi Bottling Group and General Mills.  DeNooyer succeeds Meg Newman, who made the decision last month to resign from KDP.

Michelle Roccia

ETQ [Boston] announced it has appointed Michelle Roccia as Chief People Officer. Roccia comes to ETQ from talent acquisition firm WinterWyman, where she spent more than a decade in executive roles, including Executive Vice President of Employee Engagement and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to that, Roccia held executive HR positions at technology companies Authoria and Centive. She started her HR career at Kurzweil Applied Intelligence.

The Ford Foundation [NEW YORK] announced that Diane Samuels will serve as vice president for Talent and Human Resources. Samuels was previously a director in the department and brings over 20 years of experience in the philanthropic, for-profit, and government sectors. She succeeds Samantha Gilbert who served as the foundation’s first vice president in this role. Prior to joining Ford, Samuels served as managing director of operations at the New York State Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery. She also held positions in human resource management at the Rockefeller Foundation for 13 years.

Uzma S. Burki

BitTitan [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the hiring of Uzma S. Burki as the company’s new Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to her new position at BitTitan, Burki held an HR executive role with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Burki worked as an HR consultant with Altvia Consulting. Prior to that, she served in HR executive roles with Battelle, Amtrak Corporation and American Red Cross. Burki has also held management positions with Ameriprise, National City Bank and Citigroup.

Paradigm [WALNUT CREEK, Calif.] announced the appointment of Karen Jones to the newly created role of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Prior to joining Paradigm, Karen was Senior Vice President, HR Business Partner for Experian, Inc.. Karen has also served as head of HR for product development and sales organizations at Hewlett-Packard Company and Avaya, Inc.

CoStar Group [WASHINGTON] announced the hire of Michael Desmarais to serve as the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, Mr. Desmarais served as Head of Human Resources for Engineering and Co-Head of Global Business Partners at Goldman Sachs.

Bill Clark

National Vision Holdings, Inc. [DULUTH, Ga.] (NASDAQ: EYE) announced that Bill Clark has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Clark comes to National Vision most recently from Five Below, Inc. where he served as senior vice president of human resources. Prior to that, he served in a variety of human resources and training capacities at retailers including Dollar General, Sam’s Clubs and Walmart. Clark will succeed Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Jeff Busbee, who is retiring from his role after having served National Vision for 24 years.

RV Retailer, LLC [FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.] announced the appointment of Taylore Elliott as Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer. Elliott’s experience includes over 15 years of human resources leadership roles at the largest automotive retailer in the United States.

Marqeta [OAKLAND, Calif.] announced the addition of Chief People Officer Barbie Brewer to its executive team. Prior to joining Marqeta, she served as chief culture officer of GitLab, spent six years at Netflix as vice president of talent, and was vice president of human resources at Tiburon. She also spent close to a decade working in human resources at Cisco.

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