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CHRO Moves – week ending April 12, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Hitachi Vantara Transaction Data Systems (TDS) Equifax Inc.
Blink Health Veracode Gusto
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation PGi

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Hitachi Vantara [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. announced the appointment of its new Chief Human Resources Officer, Kristin Machacek Leary. Leary joins Hitachi Vantara from Forcepoint where she served as vice president and CHRO. Previously, Leary held HR leadership roles at Alphatec Spine, Quintiles, HP and Boston Scientific.

Transaction Data Systems (TDS) [OCOEE, Fla.] announced that Maureen Brennan has been named the company’s Chief People Officer (CPO). Brennan most recently served as a Chief Human Resource Officer for Informatica. Prior to Informatica, she was the Chief People Officer for TriZetto, where she led Human Resources for over a decade. Brennan also worked at AT&T during her career.

Carla J. Chaney

Equifax Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE:  EFX) named Carla J. Chaney as its new Chief Human Resources Officer, replacing Coretha M. Rushing who is retiring after 13 years with the company. Chaney joins Equifax from Graphic Packaging International where she served as executive vice president of human resources and communications. Chaney joined Graphic Packaging International in 2013. Prior to her work with Graphic Packaging International, Chaney held leadership positions with Exide Technologies, Newell Rubbermaid and Georgia-Pacific Corporation.

Blink Health [NEW YORK] announced that Madan Nagaldinne has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Nagaldinne joins Blink Health from Compass, where he served as Chief People Officer. Prior to his tenure at Compass, Nagaldinne spent over ten years developing workforces at some of the most notable companies in the world, including Facebook and Amazon. Nagaldinne is on the advisory board for Knotel, Career List and Better Mortgage.

Veracode [BURLINGTON, Mass.] announced that Catherine Reid has joined the Veracode team as Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, Reid was head of human resources for EBSCO Information Services and previously held HR leadership positions with Thomson Reuters in London, Boston and Washington, D.C. Previously, she was HR Manager for LM Ericsson in Dublin and worked as a Compensation and Benefits Consultant for Mercer.

Danielle Brown

Gusto [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Danielle Brown will join the company as chief people officer. Brown most recently was vice president, employee engagement at Google. She also served as Google’s chief diversity and inclusion officer. Before joining Google in 2017, Brown was vice president and group chief human resources officer at Intel Corporation. Prior to that, she served as vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer and was also chief of staff to Intel’s chief executive officer. Brown began her career as a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and also spent nearly a decade in the biotechnology industry in sales and marketing roles.

Lisa Amaya Price

Scholar Rock Holding Corporation [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: SRRK) announced the appointment of Lisa Amaya Price as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Amaya Price joins Scholar Rock from Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Ltd., where she led the organizational design and talent selection related to the company’s acquisition of Shire Pharmaceuticals.  Previously, she was Global Head of Human Resources for Takeda’s vaccine business unit.  Before joining Takeda, Ms. Amaya Price served in various positions of increasing responsibility at Biogen, Inc. from 2008 to 2016, including most recently Senior Director, Human Resources of R&D.  Earlier in her career, she held human resource leadership positions at Interpublic Group, Inc., Metro International S.A., and American Financial Systems, Inc.

PGi [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Francoise Caraguel as Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously she was with CSM Bakery Solutions.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 5, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

WW Graphic Packaging Holding Company BorgWarner
The Trade Desk CoolSys FanDuel Group
Windstar Cruises MedeAnalytics American Construction Source (ACS)

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Kim Seymour

WW [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: WTW) – the new Weight Watchers –announced that Kim Seymour has joined the Company as Chief People Officer, to lead the Company’s People function globally. Most recently, Seymour served as Senior Vice President and HR Business Partner at American Express, where she supported the former Vice Chairman (now CEO), the CFO and the Presidents of two separate lines of business. During her tenure, Seymour also led Executive Talent Management for American Express globally. Before joining American Express, she spent time with Home Depot and General Electric in Appliances, Capital and Energy in positions of increasing responsibility.

Graphic Packaging Holding Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: GPK) announced that Stacey Panayiotou will join the company as executive vice president, human resources. Panayiotou joins Graphic Packaging from The Coca-Cola Company, where she was most recently Global Vice President of Talent and Development and Vice President, Human Resources for Europe, Middle East & Africa. Prior to that, she held positions within The Coca-Cola North America Group, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and Pactiv Corporation in a wide range of human resources and organizational development capacities.

Felecia Pryor

BorgWarner [AUBURN HILLS, Mich.] announced the appointment of Felecia Pryor to Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).  Pryor joined BorgWarner in October 2018 and currently serves as Vice President, Global Human Resources for BorgWarner Morse Systems. Her prior experience includes sixteen years of human resource experience with Ford Motor Company across a multitude of areas with increasing levels of responsibility. She came directly to us from serving as Global Human Resources Director – Global Personnel, Organization & Planning and prior to this served as Vice President of Human Resources for Ford ASEAN (Bangkok, Thailand) and Human Resources Director Ford Asia Pacific (Nanjing, China).

The Trade Desk [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: TTD) announced the appointment of Vina Leite as Chief People Officer. Previously, she served as Chief People Officer at Cylance Inc., which was recently acquired by BlackBerry. Prior to Cylance, Vina held several other HR leadership roles in the technology sector, including as Chief Human Resource Officer at QLogic, VP of HR at EMC, and CHRO at Unicom.

Beth Goldstein

CoolSys™ [BREA, Calif.] announced that Beth Goldstein has been promoted to the role of chief human resources officer (CHRO). Previously she was executive vice president, human resources. Prior to joining CoolSys, Goldstein founded her own consulting practice and previously was the senior vice president of human resources for Smile Brands, Inc. and the vice president of organizational development at Borders Books, Music and Café.

FanDuel Group [NEW YORK] announced that Lainie Cooney will join the company in the newly created role of Chief People Officer. Cooney most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Blue Apron. Before joining Blue Apron in 2017, Cooney was Chief Human Resources Officer at DPI Specialty Foods. Prior to joining DPI Specialty, Cooney served as Vice President of Human Resources at State Street Investment Management Services from 2005 to 2012. Before State Street, Cooney worked for five years with The Home Depot.

Toby Skey

Windstar Cruises [SEATTLE] named Toby Skey as vice president of human resources. Skey was most recently the director of human resources at PACCAR Inc., and previously worked as managing director for human resources operations, among other positions, for Seattle-based Alaska Airlines.

MedeAnalytics [RICHARDSON, Texas] announced the appointment of Melissa Green Dexter to its executive leadership team as vice president of human resources. Prior to joining MedeAnalytics, Dexter was the vice president of human resources at Med Fusion, owned by Quest Diagnostics. She has also held leadership roles at JP Energy and STA Travel.

Randi Moran

American Construction Source (ACS) [SPRINGFIELD, Mo.] announced Randi Moran has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining ACS, Randi Moran served in senior leadership roles at Elo Touch Solutions, GE Power, Vought Aircraft, Boeing, Hughes Space & Communications, and Allied Signal.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 29, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Impec Group

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Christina Hudnall

Impec Group [Santa Clara, CA] announced the addition of Christina Hudnall as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Staffing. Christina honed her skills at such companies as Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and Torchmark Corp.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 22, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

360training.com Transplace Title Alliance
Abt Associates OfferUp Civitas Senior Living
Topgolf Patriot Growth Insurance Services Cantel Medical Corp.
Wave Computing

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Andrew Stross

360training.com [AUSTIN, Texas] welcomed Andrew Stross as the company’s new Chief People Officer. Stross joins with more than 25 years of experience in business and people leadership for companies like Capital One Financial Services and Nationwide Insurance.

Transplace [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Leigh Robinson as the company’s chief human resources officer (CHRO). Robinson comes to Transplace from Lennox International, where she served as vice president of HR and diversity & inclusion officer. Prior to Lennox, Robinson held several leadership positions at Honeywell.

Sharon Lontoc

Title Alliance [Media, PA] announced that Sharon Lontoc has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. Lontoc most recently served as Director of Human Resources at Cozen O’Connor for 7 years. Lontoc has held many positions throughout her career including Vice President of Employee Relations, and Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Business Partner at Merrill Lynch/Bank of America as well as Manager of Strategic Staffing and Employee Relations at Sarnoff Corporation.

Abt Associates [Rockville, MD] announced that Lisa Simeon has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer.  Most recently Simeon served as VP of HR Operations and Programs at Engility-SAIC. Prior to this, she was VP of HR with ITT/Exelis–now Harris.

OfferUp [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Sarah Bilton as Vice President of Employee Experience. Bilton most recently served as the Vice President of People Practices at e-commerce start-ups Julep Beauty and Leafly.

Civitas Senior Living [FORT WORTH, Texas] announced the promotion of Misti Powell to Chief People Officer. Powell is a co-founder of the company and has previously served as its Senior VP of Operations.

Rebecca Fine

Topgolf [DALLAS] hired Rebecca Fine as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Topgolf, Fine spent seven years at Panera Bread as the Chief People Officer. Fine was also a COO of Honolulu Coffee Company. Most recently, Fine led strategies for growth and improvement of day-to-day operations for Lion’s Choice Restaurants.

Patriot Growth Insurance Services, LLC [FORT WASHINGTON, Pa.] announced that Amber Clouse has joined the company as Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, Amber served as Director of Human Resources at Mazars USA LLP.

Cantel Medical Corp. [LITTLE FALLS, N.J.] (NYSE: CMD) announced that Jean Casner has recently been appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Casner joined Cantel in 2017 as Vice President, Benefits, Compensation and HR Operations. Prior to Cantel, she held HR leadership positions at the National Basketball Association (NBA), Merck, The Dial Corporation (now owned by Henkel), Johnson and Johnson and ORC (now owned by Mercer).

Wave Computing [CAMPBELL, Calif.] hired Michael Schroeder as its Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Wave, Schroeder held several senior executive and management roles at high- tech companies, including View, Inc., Rambus, Synopsys and Apple, Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 15, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Sitel Group TMP Worldwide Cantata Health
Kitchen United Optiv Security Gritstone Oncology, Inc.
Frontdoor, Inc. Netsmart Kaiser Permanente
Associated Banc-Corp Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation Cosential

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Jim Flynn

Sitel Group [MIAMI] announced the appointment of Jim Flynn as Global Chief Human Resources Officer. Flynn most recently served as the Vice President of Global HR Strategy and Operations and has held related roles over his tenure at the company including Vice President of Compensation and Benefits and Senior Director of Global Benefits.

TMP Worldwide [NEW YORK] has welcomed Diane Evans as its new Vice President of Human Resources. Diane most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources for The John Gore Organization (JGO). Prior to her time at JGO, Diane served in several senior HR leadership positions at companies such as Questex Media, Advanstar Communications, SIGS Publications and Miller Freeman.

Dr. Timothy J. Giardino

Cantata Health [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced that Dr. Timothy J. Giardino has been appointed vice president of human resources. Prior to being promoted, he served as director of human resources for the company. Before joining Cantata Health, Dr. Giardino was the director of workforce management and support for The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and served in the U.S. Army as a member of the United States Army Human Resources Command.

Kitchen United [PASADENA, Calif.] announced the addition of Janey Chu as Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to Kitchen United, Chu served as Director, People Partners and Operations at OpenX, and previously held senior HR positions at several tech companies including Broadcom, Acer, Gateway and eMachines Computers. She has also served in various HR roles in the entertainment industry at Miramax Films and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Jill Sanford

Optiv Security [DENVER] announced the appointment of Jill Sanford as chief human resources officer (CHRO). Sandord’s previous roles include chief human resources officer at Qwest Communications International, Inc. (now CenturyLink), as well as chief people officer at Coors Brewing Company and McData Corporation. She also served as corporate counsel focused on HR benefits, executive compensation and employee benefit plans for organizations such as U S WEST (also now CenturyLink) and Holme, Roberts & Owen (now Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner).

Gritstone Oncology, Inc. [EMERYVILLE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GRTS) announced that Mike Forcht has joined the company as senior vice president of Human Resources. Forcht joins Gritstone from ADLINK Technology, where he was the vice president of Human Resources. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Forcht was the vice president of HR at Intematix. Previously, he was the senior director of HR Operations and Talent Development at SanDisk where he supported a global R&D organization. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Forcht was the Vice President of HR for Applied Signal Technology. Forcht also held leadership roles at Loral Space Systems, Intuit, Genesys Telecommunications, 3Com Corporation and Apple Computer.

Jennifer Alessandra

Frontdoor, Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: FTDR) announced that Jennifer Alessandra has been named senior vice president and chief people officer for the company. Alessandra most recently served as senior vice president and chief people officer for SolarWinds. Before this, Alessandra held multiple HR leadership roles at Raytheon as part of its Space and Airborne Systems business, and KB Home.

Netsmart [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that Wendy Hill has been named the company’s first chief people officer (CPO). Hill most recently served as a vice president of HR for Cerner.

Tami Lamp

Kaiser Permanente [OAKLAND, Calif.] announced that Tami Lamp has been selected as senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals, known as Kaiser Permanente. Lamp has more than 20 years of experience and joins Kaiser Permanente from her role as chief people officer for Icertis. Previously, Lamp served as executive vice president of human resources for Group Health Cooperative and successfully led the people strategy work before and after their transition to Kaiser Permanente. She also has served as senior vice president and chief people officer at Caradigm and senior human resources director at Microsoft.

Associated Banc-Corp [GREEN BAY, Wis.] (NYSE: ASB) announced that Angie M. DeWitt, currently Associated’s executive vice president and deputy chief human resources officer, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief human resources officer. DeWitt joined Associated in 2008 and has more than 26 years of experience, including multiple leadership roles in finance and human resources services. DeWitt succeeds Judith Docter who retired as chief human resources officer and a member of Associated’s executive committee.

Linda Sanchez

Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation [BRYN MAWR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: BMTC), parent of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company, announced that Linda Sanchez has joined the organization as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Sanchez has great depth of experience in the Human Resources arena, including over six years as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Administrative Officer of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC, and over fourteen years in similar positions at Capmark Financial Group and its predecessor GMAC Commercial Mortgage.

Cosential [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced Cathy Guthrie will serve as the company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, she served as Chief People Officer of AlienVault. Prior to that, Cathy was Vice President of People at SpareFoot. Cathy was also Senior Director of Human Resources at Handango.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 8, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

EmblemHealth Jackson Healthcare CRF Bracket
Aventri Integrity Locums Alfresco Software
Russell Reynolds Associates

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Donna Hughes

EmblemHealth family of companies [NEW YORK] announced that Donna Hughes has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Hughes previously served as SVP, Human Resources, for Impax Laboratories, Inc., where she led the Human Resources and Internal Communications functions, before founding her own Human Resources consultancy company. Before Impax Laboratories, Hughes served on the Global Leadership Team and Human Resources Leadership Team for Actavis, plc.

Jackson Healthcare [ATLANTA] announced the promotion of Robyn Smith to executive vice president of human resources. Smith has been with Jackson Healthcare since 2011. Smith joined Jackson Healthcare following a career leading human resources for high-growth, global organizations in the enterprise software space, and in national healthcare and staffing firms.

Susie Robinson

CRF Bracket [LONDON & PHILADELPHIA] announced that Susie Robinson will join the company as Chief People Officer. She has overseen talent management and human capital strategy for companies including B. Braun, Dow Jones and Lumeris.

Aventri [NORWALK, CONN.] announced Miranda DeSantis as their first-ever Chief People Officer. Miranda most recently held the role of Head of HR for Rodale Inc. Prior to Rodale, Miranda served as Pret-A-Manger’s VP of People for their US operation and spent more than a decade at Starwood Hotels & Resorts as a Senior Director and an HR Business Partner (HRBP). She started her career progressing through various people focused roles at Verizon including Training Coach, Recruiting Manager and HR Manager.

Allison Beer

Integrity Locums [DENVER] announced that Allison Beer has joined the company as chief people officer. Allison Beer was previously the president and CEO of Healthcare Staffing Services. She’s also held executive leadership positions at AMN Healthcare, Weatherby Locums, RN Network and CompHealth.

Alfresco Software [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that Brigid MacDonald has joined the company as Chief People Officer. She joins Alfresco from Datawatch Corporation, where she served as Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to that, she led human resources at Empirix Inc., the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Picker Institute.

Eren Rosenfeld

Russell Reynolds Associates [NEW YORK] announced that Eren Rosenfeld has joined the firm as Chief Human Capital Officer. Prior to Russell Reynolds Associates, Rosenfeld was the Global Head of Talent Development at BlackRock. Rosenfeld’s previous work includes serving as a leadership development executive at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York and Hong Kong for close to 10 years. Rosenfeld also spent 13 years serving clients in the Human Performance Practice at Accenture.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 1, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

American Express WPP Arconic Inc.
HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

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American Express [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AXP) announced that Monique Herena will be joining American Express as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective April 1. Monique joins from BNY Mellon, where she was CHRO and Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Marketing and Communications since 2014. Prior to BNY Mellon, Monique was at PepsiCo for 13 years where she served in a number of increasingly senior HR leadership roles, including assignments in Dubai and Chicago, as well as in their Purchase, NY headquarters. Her career also included several years at both Honeywell and The Quaker Oats Company. Monique succeeds Kevin Cox, who recently left the company.

WPP [NEW YORK & LONDON] (NYSE: WPP) announced the appointment of Jacqui Canney as Global Chief People Officer, effective June 1, 2019. Canney is currently Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer at Walmart Inc. Before Walmart, Canney worked at Accenture for 25 years. Canney succeeds Mark Linaugh, who has decided to retire from the business and will stay on until the summer to ensure a smooth handover process.

Neil Marchuk

Arconic Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ARNC) announced that Neil Marchuk joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Marchuk was most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Adient, since 2016. Previously, Marchuk was Executive Vice President of Human Resources at TRW Automotive from 2004 to 2015. He has also previously held various human resources positions at DuPont and SC Johnson.

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. [ASHEVILLE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: HTBI), the holding company of HomeTrust Bank, announced that Paula C. Labian assumed the position of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of both the Company and the Bank effective January 30, 2019.  Labian worked with companies as diverse as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida to Whole Foods to CoBiz Financial. Prior to joining HomeTrust Bank, she served as Senior Vice President, Director of Human Resources at CoBiz Financial, Inc., in Denver, CO.

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced it has named Doug Rose as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining First Midwest, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief HR Officer at Discover Financial Services. He has also held senior HR leadership positions at United Airlines and Capital One.

Michele R. Kuhrt

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: LECO) announced that Michele R. Kuhrt will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Kuhrt joined Lincoln Electric in 1997 as Director of Taxes and later served as Company Officer and Senior Vice President, Tax. She most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, a position she has held since 2016. Prior to joining Lincoln Electric, Kuhrt was with Elsag Bailey Process Automation (a unit of ABB) and Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 22, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

XCOM BlueCrest March of Dimes
Avnet

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Tamar Elkeles

XCOM [San Diego, California] named Tamar Elkeles as Chief Human Resources Officer. Tamar was recently Chief Talent Executive for Atlantic Bridge Capital. Previously she was the Chief People Officer for Quixey. Prior to those roles, Tamar had a nearly 25 year tenure as a senior HR executive at Qualcomm, including 17 years as their Chief Learning Officer. Tamar is also a member of the Board of Directors for GP Strategies.

Mimi Wood

BlueCrest [DANBURY, CT] announced the appointment of Mimi Wood as chief human resources officer (CHRO). Wood joins BlueCrest after having served in senior roles at MasterCard, Entegris, Beth Abraham Health Services, National Westminster Bank and Macy’s.

Darlene Slaughter

March of Dimes [ARLINGTON, Va.] announced the appointment of Darlene Slaughter as Chief People Officer. Prior to March of Dimes, Slaughter was Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at United Way Worldwide. Slaughter held the same title at Fannie Mae. She also worked at Linkage.

Ken Arnold

Avnet [PHOENIX] (NASDAQ: AVT) announced that MaryAnn Miller, senior vice president, chief human resources officer and global marketing & communications, has been promoted to chief administrative officer. Ken Arnold, vice president of human resources for the Americas, has been promoted to senior vice president and chief people officer. Arnold has been with Avnet for 21 years.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 15, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Coca-Cola Company Chicago Cubs Sonoco
Guidehouse Mr. Cooper Group Inc. Encompass Health Corp.
Black & Veatch

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Lisa Chang

The Coca-Cola Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: KO) announced that Lisa Chang has been named chief people officer. Chang will join the company March 1. Chang most recently served as senior vice president and chief human resources officer for AMB Group LLC in Atlanta. Prior to joining AMB Group in 2014, Chang served as vice president of human resources for international at Equifax. Before joining Equifax, she was senior vice president of human resources at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Prior to Turner, her career included HR roles of increasing responsibility at The Weather Channel Companies, ultimately as executive vice president of human resources. Chang replaces Jennifer Mann, who now serves as president of Global Ventures for the company.

Chicago Cubs [CHICAGO] announced that Ann Weiser, head of HR, is leaving the Cubs and is being replaced by Sara Schultz, who will be Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Sara has worked for the NFL the last four years, first as head of Learning and Development in the NY office and recently, as the head of HR for NFL Media in Los Angeles. Prior to the NFL, Sara worked for Comcast.

John Florence

Sonoco [HARTSVILLE, S.C.] (NYSE: SON) announced that Allan McLeland, vice president of Human Resources, has announced his plans to retire after 25 years with the Company, effective April 1, 2019. Sonoco also announced the appointment of John M. Florence Jr. as vice president of Human Resources, general counsel and secretary, effective following McLeland’s retirement. Florence joined Sonoco in 2015 and currently serves as vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to joining Sonoco, Florence was a lawyer with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, a South Carolina law firm, for more than 10 years.

Todd Cordell

Guidehouse [WASHINGTON] announced that Todd Cordell has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Todd has served in prominent CHRO roles and brings notable industry experience from leading brands such as Starbucks, GE and Merck.

Kelly Ann Doherty

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: COOP) announced the appointment of Kelly Ann Doherty as Executive Vice President and Chief People & Communications Officer. Doherty most recently served as Chief Communications Officer for Mr. Cooper Group, a role she assumed in August 2018. Prior to joining Nationstar in 2016 as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Kelly Ann was Vice President of Corporate Communications at Elevate. She also served as a public relations and affairs consultant for four years and as a strategic communication staffer for a Presidential campaign and within President George W. Bush’s administration with a tour at the White House in Presidential Personnel and N.A.S.A. as a political appointee.

Encompass Health Corp. [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] (NYSE: EHC) announced the planned retirement of Cheryl Levy, the Company’s chief human resources officer of 12 years, effective March 31, 2019.

Cheryl Levy

Black & Veatch [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that Stephanie Hasenbos-Case has been named President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Hasenbos-Case comes to Black & Veatch from Grant Thornton International.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 8, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Waste Management Boardwalk Pipeline Partners The Trade Desk
EnsembleIQ Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Dynata
Cedilla Therapeutics Clinical Innovations Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc.
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Waste Management [HOUSTON] recently hired Tamla Oates-Forney as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to WM, Forney served in numerous positions throughout her 20 years at General Electric including the Senior Executive and Human Resources Director for GE Africa, Chief Diversity Officer for GE Appliances & Lighting, and most recently, Vice President of Human Resources for GE Energy Connections.

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners [HOUSTON] announced that Mercy Kamps has been promoted to the Senior Management Team, where she will serve as Boardwalk’s Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Communications and Investor Relations. Mercy previously served as Boardwalk’s Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and led the Legal Operations team.

The Trade Desk [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: TTD) announced the appointment of Shelley Zajic as Chief Talent Officer. Previously, she served as Global Head of Human Resources at the Patrón Spirits Company. Prior to Patrón, Shelley held human resource leadership roles at Apollo Education Group, Schottenstein Stores Corporation, and UnitedHealth Group, among others.

EnsembleIQ [CHICAGO] announced that it has appointed Ann Jadown as Chief Human Resources Officer. Jadown joins EnsembleIQ from Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: ECHO) announced that Paula Frey has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to working at Echo, Ms. Frey worked at the Education Corporation of America as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer. From 2008 to 2015, Ms. Frey worked at Sears Holdings Corporation in multiple roles, including Senior HR Business Partner and Vice President of Human Resources, as well as Interim Chief Human Resources Officer. For 19 years, Ms. Frey was Senior Director of Human Resources at Motorola, where she worked in Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Management.

Dynata [DALLAS] announced that Dawn Hirsch is joining the company as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Before joining Dynata, Hirsch was Chief Human Resources Officer at HireRight. She also held senior positions at inVentiv Health, Lend Lease and Thomson Reuters.

Cedilla Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Andrew Dawson as chief human resources officer. Dawson joins Cedilla after having served in senior roles of increasing scope and responsibility at Shire, Roche, Novartis, Eli Lilly and TripAdvisor. Most recently, he was a senior vice president and head of human resources at Enzyvant.

Clinical Innovations [SALT LAKE CITY] announced it has hired Jason Whetstone as vice president of human resources. Whetstone was most recently the senior director of human resources for Polaris Industries’ Engineering and Lean organizations. He previously worked in HR for General Mills for more than a decade.

Jeff VanHaitsma

Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc. [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] (OTCQX: MHGU) announced the promotion of Jeff VanHaitsma to Vice President of Human Resources. VanHaitsma joined Meritage in 2014 as Director of Organizational Development.  He grew his talent management and human resources experience at Herman Miller, Family Christian Stores and Amway.

Eta Compute Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] announced that Leon Bezdikian joined the company as vice president of human resources. During his career he held vice president, human resources positions with InvenSense, Inc., Inphi Corporation, SiBEAM, and other fast-growing technology companies.

Cetera [LOS ANGELES] appointed Jeannie Finkel as Chief Human Resources Officer. Finkel most recently held the position of Chief Administrative Officer at Cydcor. Jeannie has previously served as a senior HR leader, business focused executive team member and trusted advisor to senior management for companies such as Charles Schwab, Countrywide Financial and Trust Company of the West.

Oportun [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] announced it has appointed Robin Lykins as its Chief People Officer. Lykins joins Oportun after having served in a number of senior roles at Verifone, most recently as Chief People Officer. Prior, she held executive leadership positions at Risk Management Solutions (RMS), MegaPath, California Eastern Laboratories, Trazar Corporation, and Applied Materials. She began her career in HR roles with Nordstrom and Macy’s.

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