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Tracking Chief Human Resources Officer Moves across the USA

CHRO Moves – week ending January 10, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Invitation Homes Inc. Pella GODIVA Chocolatier
Bullhorn Avetta, LLC PROS
Medidata OCC Weave
Vor Biopharma

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Elizabeth Galloway

Invitation Homes Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: INVH) announced that Elizabeth Galloway has joined the company as executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO).  Prior to joining Invitation Homes, Galloway was CHRO of home décor retailer At Home. Previously, she held human resources leadership positions with PepsiCo, Owens Corning and Marathon Petroleum Company.

Pella [Pella, Iowa] appointed John Bollman as Chief Human Resources Officer. Bollman comes to Pella from Cooper Tire & Rubber Company where he was the Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer.

Amy Zuckerman

GODIVA Chocolatier [NEW YORK] announced that Amy Zuckerman has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Zuckerman joins from Salvatore Ferragamo where, during her nearly 20-year tenure, she built the North American HR infrastructure.

Bullhorn [BOSTON] announced that Kristin Machacek Leary has joined the company as its Chief People Officer. Leary joins Bullhorn from Hitachi Vantara, where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously, Leary spent more than two years as Chief Human Resources Officer at Forcepoint. Leary has spent her career primarily leading people functions at companies including Alphatec Spine, Boston Scientific, and Hewlett-Packard.

Aaron Wattam

Avetta, LLC [OREM, Utah] announced the appointment of Aaron Wattam as chief human resources officer. Most recently, he served as VP – Global Human Resources at Paradigm Ltd. for almost a decade, including 2 years spent post-acquisition by Emerson Electric to create Emerson’s E&P Software group. 

PROS [HOUSTON] (NYSE: PRO) announced that Nikki Brewer has been appointed as Chief People Officer. Brewer joined PROS in 2017 as Vice President of Total Rewards.

Naveen Bhateja

Medidata [New York] appointed Naveen Bhateja to SVP, Chief People Officer. Bhateja most recently served as People Business Partner at Medidata until his appointment in to Chief People Officer in Oct. 2019. Prior to joining Medidata, he was global vice president of HR for Juniper Networks for five years. Bhajeta’s career spans nearly 25 years at companies including GE, JP Morgan Chase, Experian and Amazon.

OCC [CHICAGO] announced that Carla Dawson, previously First Vice President, Talent Management, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining OCC in 2017, Dawson served for nearly 20 years in a series of roles of increased responsibility at Driehaus Capital Management, LLC, including as the Managing Director, Human Resources. Previously, Dawson worked for two executive search firms; Heidrick & Struggles, and Korn Ferry, as well as the financial services firm of Abaco De Bolsa.

Angie Balfour

Weave [LEHI, Utah] announced that Angie Balfour has joined as the company’s first Chief People Officer (CPO).Prior to joining Weave, Angie spent over five years at Instagram and Facebook. Most recently, she served as Head of Instagram Human Resources and Director of Human Resources at Facebook. Prior to that, Angie spent over a decade at Fairchild Semiconductor as a Senior Global Human Resources Manager and Human Resources Business Partner.

Vor Biopharma [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Tania Philipp has joined as Vice President of People. Prior to joining Vor, Philipp was Vice President and Head of Human Resources at Tango Therapeutics. Tania has held various senior human resources positions for Bavarian Nordic, Mendel Biotechnology, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Pearl Therapeutics (acquired by AstraZeneca) and Protein Design Labs.

CHRO Moves – week ending January 3, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Hershey Company CHA Consulting, Inc.

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The Hershey Company [HERSHEY, Pa.] (NYSE: HSY) announced that Chris Scalia, currently Vice President, Global HR, has been promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).  Scalia joined the company in 2005 in the legal department with an expertise in labor relations and transitioned to Human Resources in 2011. Scalia succeeds Kevin Walling, who is leaving the company to join a Fortune 200 company as CHRO early next year.

Jennifer Chatt

CHA Consulting, Inc. [ALBANY, N.Y.] (CHA) announced the promotion of Jennifer Chatt to Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer. Chatt has served as CHA’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources since July 2017.

CHRO Moves – week ending December 20, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Nielsen Welbilt, Inc. Encompass Health
Encoded Therapeutics, Inc. PPG Smokey Bones
LandrumHR Fairview Health Services

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Laurie Lovett

Nielsen [NEW YORK] (NYSE: NLSN) named Laurie Lovett as Chief Human Resources Officer effective January 13, 2020. Lovett previously spent over 20 years with Accenture holding various leadership roles. She then moved on to Verisk Analytics as the Global Chief Human Resources Officer.

Welbilt, Inc. [NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.] (NYSE: WBT) announced that Jennifer Gudenkauf has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective January 6, 2020. Gudenkauf most recently served as Vice President, Human Resources – North America for Sykes Enterprises, Inc., since 2017. From 2009 to 2017, she held a variety of human resources leadership roles with increasing responsibility at Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Prior to Bloomin’ Brands, she held a variety of human resources roles for Gentiva Health Services, Inc., from 1997 to 2009.

Anthony “Tony” Hernandez

Encompass Health [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] (NYSE: EHC) announced the appointment of Anthony “Tony” Hernandez as chief human resources officer, effective Jan. 6, 2020. Since 2014, Tony served as executive vice president of human resources for Regions Financial Corp. His experience also includes human resources leadership roles at PharMerica and Citigroup.

Encoded Therapeutics, Inc. [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced Monique Bobadilla as chief people and culture officer. Bobadilla previously spent more than a decade at Genentech, Inc., where she held a series of human resources roles with increasing responsibility, culminating in her most recent position as site lead for the global product development organization. Before that, she held human resource related roles at Biogen, Inc., Digirad Imaging Systems, Inc., and Edwards Lifescience Cardiovascular Resources, Inc.

Kevin R. Walling

PPG [PITTSBURGH] (NYSE: PPG) announced the appointment of Kevin R. Walling as chief human resources officer, effective Feb. 10, 2020. Most recently, he served as chief human resources officer at The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) for almost a decade. Prior to his role with Hershey, Walling held leadership roles with Kennametal Inc.; Marconi Corporation plc.; and Acclaim Entertainment. In addition, he served in management roles with PepsiCo and the Manville Corporation.

Rachael Kelly-Marcus

Smokey Bones [AVENTURA, Fla.] hired Rachael Kelly-Marcus as chief human resources officer. Most recently, she worked in senior level HR positions at Cotton Patch Café and VERTS Mediterranean Grill. Her prior experience includes Senior HR and field operations positions for Sonic Drive-In and 18 years at Pizza Hut.

LandrumHR [PENSACOLA, FL]  announced Bruce R. Lasko as their new Managing Director & Head of Human Resources. Prior to joining LandrumHR, Lasko served as the Vice President of Corporate Human Resources with TriNet. Additionally, Lasko held executive positions leading HR, Finance and Corporate Services functions in the financial services, healthcare and telecommunications industries.

Mary Nease

Fairview Health Services [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Mary Nease has joined as Chief People Officer. Nease recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Thrivent Financial. She spent 10 years advancing the mission of American Public Media in progressive leadership roles. Mary also held roles as Vice President of Human Resources at Travelers and US Bancorp Piper Jaffray.

CHRO Moves – week ending December 13, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

First Solar, Inc. UiPath GitLab
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Vesta SportClips

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Caroline Stockdale

First Solar, Inc. [TEMPE, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: FSLR) announced that Caroline Stockdale will lead the Company’s human resources and communications function. She replaces Chris Bueter, who will continue in an advisory role until his retirement on April 1, 2020. Stockdale most recently served as the CEO for First Perform. She served as chief human resources officer for Medtronic and Warner Music Group among others, and as the senior human resources leader in global divisions of American Express and General Electric.

Mandy Sebel

UiPath [NEW YORK] announced that Mandy Sebel has been promoted to Chief People Officer (CPO), effective January 31, 2020. Marius Istrate, previously CPO for UiPath, will be leaving the company to pursue new opportunities as an entrepreneur and advisor in HR innovation. Sebel previously work with organizations such as CAN Capital and Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. While at Dun & Bradstreet.

GitLab [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Sung Hae Kim to Chief People Officer. Kim was Chief People Officer (CPO) at Wizeline, after serving as Head of People Operations for Pivotal Cloud Foundry. She also spent a good part of her career in the Asia Pacific region working for VMware and HP.

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Debra Canner as the company’s first Global Head of Human Resources. Prior to her CHRO roles at Akamai Technologies, Joslin Diabetes Center and Haemonetics Corporation, Deb was part of Genzyme, now a fully owned subsidiary of Sanofi, and rose to become the number two HR leader there during a period of significant growth. Since 2013, Deb has been a human resources consultant to leaders of public and private small and emerging growth life science companies with a focus on HR leadership across all areas of Human Resources. Past clients include: Gen9 Bio, CeQur, Joslin Diabetes Center, Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Navitor Pharmaceuticals, and CANbridge Pharmaceuticals.

Vesta [LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.] hired Laura Stepp to serve as chief people officer. Stepp joins Vesta from Jama Software, where she was the vice president of people and workplace. Previously, she served as the vice president of people and human resources with Puppet. Additionally, Stepp’s experience spans leadership and organization development roles with Intel, Nike and Mentor Graphics Corp.

SportClips [Georgetown, Texas] appointed Kathy Schaff as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Schaff comes to SportClips from CTI Foods where she was the Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer.

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