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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 September 7, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Charter NEX Films Viventium Mavenlink
JBG SMITH Properties

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Charter NEX Films [Milton, WI] hired Michael Studdard as the Chief Human Resources Officer.

Pat Wilkinson

Viventium [Brooklyn, NY] announced that Patrick (Pat) Wilkinson has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Pat has over 20 years of experience as CHRO in global firms including Mizuho Capital Markets Corp., HSBC’s Private Bank and PaineWebber Group.  He was also Head of Compensation and Benefits at Lehman Brothers, Bank of Boston and Columbia Pictures following several years in McKinsey & Co’s Executive Pay Practice.

Mavenlink [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the hiring of Pam DeMond as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Mavenlink, DeMond was VP of Human Resources at mophie. Prior to mophie, DeMond led Corporate Human Resources for the global consumer brand Oakley. DeMond has held multiple key leadership roles at other notable global firms, including 13 years leading corporate and field HR teams at Pepsico/Taco Bell, and eight years at Macy’s, where she held several roles in operations and human resources.

JBG SMITH Properties [CHEVY CHASE, Md.] (NYSE: JBGS) announced that Carey Goldberg has joined JBG SMITH as Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Inclusion. Prior to joining JBG SMITH, Goldberg spent the last 14 years at Marriott International, most recently, as the Global Learning & Development Officer. In addition, she served as Global Officer, Human Resources, at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and EDITION Hotels. Prior to Marriott, Goldberg worked at America Online. Goldberg has also worked for KPMG as a Compensation Consultant and at PwC in their Strategic and Organizational Change Practice.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 31, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Foot Locker, Inc. U.S. Bank El Pollo Loco, Inc.
Orchard Therapeutics Confirmit Aqua Metals, Inc.

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Foot Locker, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: FL) announced the appointment of Elizabeth S. Norberg as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer effective September 17, 2018.  Norberg joins Foot Locker most recently from Loews Hotels & Co., where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Loews, Norberg held leadership roles within human resources for RLH Corporation, Dolce Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc, and Northwell Health.

U.S. Bank [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Ismat Aziz will become its new chief human resources officer (CHRO). Aziz has more than 20 years of HR experience, most recently serving as the CHRO at Sprint. Prior to that role, she held senior HR positions at several other large, global companies.

Jennifer Jaffe

El Pollo Loco, Inc. [COSTA MESA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: LOCO) announced the appointment of Jennifer Jaffe as Senior Vice President and the company’s first-ever Chief People Officer. Ms. Jaffe comes to El Pollo Loco from Estée Lauder, where she led the human resources function for Too Faced Cosmetics and oversaw the company’s acquisition by Estée Lauder in 2016. Prior to Estée Lauder, Ms. Jaffe was Vice President of Human Resources at AT&T, where she served on an HR leadership team. Before that, she was the Vice President of Talent Development at DIRECTV prior to its merger with AT&T.

Orchard Therapeutics [BOSTON and LONDON] announced the appointment of John Cerio as senior vice president, global head of human resources. Until recently, Cerio served as vice president of human resources and administration for Agenus. Prior to Agenus, he was vice president of global human resources for PerkinElmer Life Sciences division. Previously, John spent nearly a decade with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in roles of increasing responsibility and leadership, including director of organizational development for US Medicines and head of human resources for the oncology and immunology division.

Confirmit [NEW YORK and LONDON and OSLO, Norway] promoted Heidi Brumbach to the role of Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources. Brumbach has been part of the Confirmit team for 13 years.

Aqua Metals, Inc. [ALAMEDA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AQMS) announced the appointment of Terri Bradfield as Vice President of Human Resources. Bradfield joins Aqua Metals from Klondex Gold & Silver Mining, where she spent two years as Director of Human Resources. Bradfield also spent seven years with HR Consultants, and six years at NV Energy, first as Managing Strategic Business Partner of Human Resources and then Manager, Employee and Labor Relations.  Prior to that Bradfield held the title of VP of HR for North American Operations at Firth Rixon-Viking, a manufacturing business acquired by Alcoa. Bradfield began her career as HR Manager at GD Resources.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 24, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Vlocity Sprint Purchasing Power, LLC
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. Northwestern Mutual The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Agrinos NSF International

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L. David Kingsley

Vlocity [SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that L. David Kingsley has joined as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer. Kingsley joins Vlocity from MuleSoft where he served as Head of Global People & Places prior to and through the company’s acquisition by Salesforce. Prior to that, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Salesforce where he served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Strategy & Operations as well as Vice President of HR Business Partners for Sales, Technology and Products. Prior to Salesforce, Kingsley spent 13 years in a Talent & Organization leadership capacity in the consulting divisions of Accenture and Booz Allen serving clients in the Government and Communications and High Technology industries. In addition to his private sector work, Kingsley is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Deeanne King

Sprint [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE : S) announced that Chief Human Resources Officer Ismat Aziz has decided to leave the company. The company also named longtime Sprint leader and current Senior Vice President of Omnichannel Operations and Customer Experience Deeanne King as Chief Human Resources Officer. King has been with Sprint for nearly 30 years and has extensive management experience across a variety of business units, including Care, Operations and more than 13 years in Human Resources, where she had executive roles overseeing training, talent development and relationship management.

Racquel Roberts

Purchasing Power, LLC [ATLANTA] announced that Racquel Roberts has been promoted to Chief People Officer. Roberts joined Purchasing Power in June 2006 to build the human resources function, and in 2010 was named vice president of human resources. Prior to joining Purchasing Power, Roberts served as the human resources manager of Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, a human resources manager at CapMark Services, and as a communications manager at Lend Lease.

David Dart

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. [MEMPHIS, TENN.] (NYSE: SERV) announced it has named David Dart as chief human resources officer. Dart joins ServiceMaster from Veritas Technologies where he was senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Previously, Dart was the vice president of human resources for the specialty materials division of Celanese. Earlier in his career he was vice president of human resources at Ecolab. Dart also served in both U.S. and global HR leadership positions at Bissell, ConAgra Foods and Amgen.

Northwestern Mutual [MILWAUKEE] announced the appointment of Don Robertson to senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Most recently, he headed HR at Apttus. Additionally, he spent 14 years at Hewlett-Packard Corporation, where his last role was senior vice president – HR Global Technology & Operations.

Diana L. Scott

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America [NEW YORK] announced that Diana L. Scott will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Scott joins Guardian from Prologis where she served as CHRO. She led human resources for John Hancock Financial, after its acquisition by Manulife Financial.

Valerie Leddy

Agrinos [DAVIS, Calif.] announced Valerie Leddy has joined the company as vice president, global human resources.Prior to joining Agrinos, Leddy served as director of human resources for a global biotech and medical device company.

Karen Kreza

NSF International [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] appointed Karen Kreza to the position of Vice President, Global Human Resources. Kreza comes to NSF International from Honeywell International, where she most recently served as Global Senior Human Resources Director. She also worked at Chrysler LLC and at Robert Bosch LLC.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 17, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

HelloFresh US BorgWarner Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.
VARIDESK Raven Industries First Citizens Bank
Trustwave Clear Capital

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Mark Eberly

HelloFresh US [NEW YORK] announced that Mark Eberly joined as Senior Vice President, People. Since 2015, Mark worked as a SVP for Cablevision and then The Madison Square Garden Company and MSG Ventures. Prior to those roles, he held various HR leadership positions at nationwide omnichannel retailers, Adecco and The Gallup Organization.

Tonit M. Calaway

BorgWarner [AUBURN HILLS, Mich.] (NYSE : BWA) announced that Tonit M. Calaway, the current Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Calaway joined BorgWarner in 2016.  Previously she worked at Harley-Davidson for approximately 18 years serving most recently as Vice President of Human Resources.  Prior to that she served in positions of increasing responsibilities in the Legal Department, including Assistant General Counsel.

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: TCMD) announced that Juleen Krings has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently she was CHRO for AnchorBank, NA.

Megan Detz

VARIDESK [DALLAS] welcomes Megan Masoner Detz as chief people officer (CPO). Megan started her career in sales and business development roles at Electronic Data Systems (now Hewlett Packard). Megan’s experience also includes experience as senior vice president of Human Capital at NTT DATA, Inc.

Raven Industries [SIOUX FALLS, S.D.] (NASDAQ: RAVN) announced that Janet Matthiesen, Vice President of Human Resources, will retire in April 2019. Matthiesen, who has been with the Company since 2010.

West Ludwig

First Citizens Bank [RALEIGH, N.C.] announced that West Ludwig has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. He replaces Lou Davis, who retired on Aug. 1 after 21 years with First Citizens. Most recently, Ludwig was the head of HR at technology company Machine Zone. Before that, Ludwig served as HR chief operating officer for Fidelity Investments. Prior to his tenure at Fidelity, Ludwig was a member of the HR executive committee for Dell EMC based out of Austin, Texas, where he served in a variety of HR leadership roles. He also spent three years leading HR for Dell South Asia. He began his career as an HR consultant with Aon Hewitt and then moved to Willis Towers Watson.

Trustwave [CHICAGO] announced the addition of Julie Nagle as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to Trustwave, Julie was Head of Human Resources at Harris Associates, LP. Julie also served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Forsythe Technology, Inc.

Sheila Ryan

Clear Capital [RENO, Nev.] announced Sheila Ryan joined the company as Chief People Officer. Before joining Clear Capital, Ryan served as vice president, global people and workplace for Glu Mobile. Earlier in her career, Sheila led human resources and culture efforts at multiple companies, including Practice Fusion, CBS Interactive and CNET Networks.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 10, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Merck Sara Lee® Frozen Bakery Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Gentherm Boston Private Swiss Post Solutions
UserTesting CHS Inc.

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Merck [KENILWORTH, N.J.] (NYSE: MRK) announced the retirement effective November 30, 2018 of its chief human resources officer Mirian M. Graddick-Weir, following 12 years of service with the company. She will be succeeded by Steven C. Mizell, who will join the company in October 2018. Mizell will join Merck from Monsanto, where he served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer since 2004. Prior to his role at Monsanto, Mizell was senior vice president and chief corporate resources officer for Advance PCS. He also was senior vice president and chief human resources and real estate officer for the technology company Zilog, Inc. Mizell is a Board Member of Oshkosh Corporation.

Matt Beliveau

Sara Lee® Frozen Bakery [OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.] announced the appointment of Matt Beliveau as the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Beliveau was at Morton Salt for the past four years. Prior to that he spent 13 years at General Mills, and also served for four years on active duty in the U.S. military as a logistics officer.

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.® [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PTLA) announced the appointment of Ernie Meyer as executive vice president and chief human resources officer, effective August 20. Meyer joins Portola from Celgene, where he spent more than 13 years in positions of increasing scope and responsibility. Most recently, Mr. Meyer served as executive vice president of human resources & corporate services. Prior to joining Celgene, Mr. Meyer held various global rewards leadership roles at Motorola and The Travelers Insurance Company.

Gentherm [NORTHVILLE, Mich.] (NASDAQ: THRM) announced that Barbara J. Runyon will join the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer on August 13th. Runyon joins Gentherm from La-Z-Boy Incorporated where she served as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer from 2015 through 2018. Prior to that she held roles of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo/Pepsi Bottling Group where she served as Vice President of Human Resources for PepsiCo’s Midwest Region. She also served as the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition in Pepsi’s New York Headquarters as well as in a variety of field human resources business partner roles. Before joining PepsiCo, she held various human resources management roles for Prestolite Wire Corporation.

Joy McCune

Boston Private [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Joy McCune as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. McCune will be succeeding Martha Higgins. Ms. McCune was previously Chief Human Resources Officer at Boston Financial Data Services. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President Human Resources at State Street Corporation.

Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Tim Peterson as Chief People Officer (CPO) North America. Before joining Swiss Post Solutions, Tim held the position of Director of Human Resources at a multinational business services company for 11 years, where he led HR operations in the United States, Canada, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Prior to this role, he held various HR management positions at companies such as Prosper Inc., Tiger Consulting and Abbott Laboratories.

UserTesting [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Carol MacKinlay as Chief People Officer (CPO). Carol has held Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) positions at several high-profile and high-potential companies such as Xero, Plantronics, Jawbone, Borland, and Coverity.

Mary Kaul-Hottinger

CHS Inc. [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CHSCP) named Mary Kaul-Hottinger as senior vice president, Human Resources, effective Sept. 10, 2018. Kaul-Hottinger most recently as vice president of human resources for Ecolab. Prior to joining Ecolab in 2007, Kaul-Hottinger served in a variety of human resource leadership roles supporting operating divisions at General Mills and Pillsbury.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 3, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Sony Pictures Entertainment BioScrip, Inc. Cadence Aerospace
AMETEK, Inc. Rockefeller Capital Management Financial Institutions, Inc.
Riskonnect Lottery.com

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Stacy Green

Sony Pictures Entertainment [Culver City, CA] named Stacy Green as Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer. Green will replace George Rose, who has led the group for the last 10 years and will be retiring at the end of the summer. Rose has agreed to stay on as a consultant to ensure a smooth transition when Green starts on September 5. Green is currently Chief People Officer for Group Nine Media. Prior to that, she served for five years as EVP, Global HR & Facilities for A+E Networks leading HR for A&E, History, Lifetime, VICELAND, A+E Studios and A+E International & Digital. From 2008 – 2013, Green was at NBCUniversal, where she served in HR leadership roles for NBC News, NBCU Advertising Sales & Client Partnerships and acted as a key member of the transition team during Comcast’s acquisition of NBCU. Prior to that, Green worked in various capacities at Revlon from 1997 – 2007 transitioning from Senior Tax Counsel to HR leadership during her tenure.

BioScrip, Inc. [DENVER] (NASDAQ: BIOS) announced the appointment of Leslie McIntosh as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company. Most recently, she was Vice President, Human Resources at DigitalGlobe, a business unit of Maxar Technologies.  Prior to that, she was HR Director at Vail Resorts, and held senior HR roles at MWH (now part of Stantec), Janus Henderson Investors and American Century Investments, with ten years at public companies.

Mia Danburg

Cadence Aerospace [ANAHEIM, Calif.] announced the appointment of Maria (Mia) M. Danburg as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Danburg most recently served as Director, Human Resources, at Barnes Aerospace—a segment of Barnes Group Inc.  Prior to joining Barnes Group Inc., Ms. Danburg held progressive leadership positions with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in both its Commercial and Aerospace businesses.  These roles included Manager–Global Talent, Engagement and Inclusion at UTC Climate, Controls & Security, along with numerous appointments at Pratt & Whitney including Human Resources Manager–Module Center Engineering; Manager–HR Operations and Talent Sourcing; Manager–Continuous Improvement & Communications for Commercial Spares; and Human Resources Manager for multiple P&Ls.

AMETEK, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: AME) announced the appointment of John Mockler as Vice President, International Human Resources. Mr. Mockler rejoins AMETEK after serving as Global Human Resources Director for the Precision Engineering Division of IMI plc. Prior to that, he served in an international role for AMETEK as Director, Human Resources. Earlier in his career, John held positions with increasing responsibility at Newell Rubbermaid, AGCO – Massey Ferguson and Dunlop Tyres.

Rockefeller Capital Management [NEW YORK] announced that Jack Ryan has joined the firm as its Chief Human Capital Officer. While at General Electric, he spent the last two years leading Executive Development and serving as the Chief Learning Officer with responsibility for General Electric’s Crotonville Leadership Development Institute. For six years before that, he was the top human resources leader for GE Capital. Ryan starts at Rockefeller Capital Management September 1.

Valerie Benjamin

Financial Institutions, Inc. [WARSAW, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, Scott Danahy Naylon, LLC (“SDN”), Courier Capital, LLC (“Courier Capital”), and HNP Capital, LLC (“HNP Capital”) announced that Valerie C. Benjamin was named Chief Human Resources Executive. Ms. Benjamin most recently serving as Associate Dean and Chief Human Resources Officer (“CHRO”) for Cornell University’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations. She previously served as CHRO at EarthLink, an IT services company. Her career also includes 11 years as a Global Human Capital consultant at Accenture. Ms. Benjamin succeeds Paula D. Dolan, former Director of Human Resources and Enterprise Planning. Ms. Dolan stepped down from her role as Director of Human Resources last month. In support of an effective transition for this important position, she will remain with the Company and continue to serve as Human Resources Project Manager through her retirement on December 31, 2018.

Riskonnect [KENNESAW, Ga.] announced Kevin Crow has joined the company as its chief human resources officer. Crow most recently served as senior vice president of global human resources at BravoSolution.

Lottery.com [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced that Leah Feingold has been promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer. Feingold began as a Director of Human Resources at Lottery.com.

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 July 20, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Campbell Soup Company Globalive Technology Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide
Littlejohn & Co., LLC Publix

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Xavier Boza

Campbell Soup Company [CAMDEN, N.J.] (NYSE: CPB) announced the appointment of Xavier Boza as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Boza succeeds Robert Morrissey, who will retire from the company after nearly 15 years. Since joining Campbell in 2015, Boza has served as Vice President, Human Resources, Global Biscuits and Snacks. Before joining Campbell, Boza served as Regional Vice President Human Resources and Global Supply Chain for the Kellogg Company. Earlier in his career, he held senior HR roles at Kraft Foods including Vice President-Human Resources for the Oscar Mayer business unit, and Vice President-Human Resources, Central and Eastern Europe Region and Global Sales. Boza previously held positions with Hovensa LLC, Grunenthal Pharmaceutical and Abbott Laboratories. He also served as a United States Air Force Human Resources Officer for nearly 10 years.

Globalive Technology [TORONTO] (TSX-V: LIVE) announced that Sarah Redford has joined the company as Chief People Officer.  Redford has been an originating executive of Avanade during its launch into Canada. She began her career at Deloitte and Accenture.

Paula Huntzinger

Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] (OCHWW), a WPP Health & Wellness company, announced the promotion of Paula Huntzinger to chief talent officer, Ogilvy CommonHealth, US. Ms. Huntzinger began her journey with OCHWW in 2014 when she joined the agency as director of HR and talent acquisition. Ms. Huntzinger joined OCHWW from Mondelēz International.

Littlejohn & Co., LLC [GREENWICH, Conn.] announced that Courtney Hagen has joined the firm as Chief Talent Officer. Courtney was most recently SVP of Human Resources for LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton North America. Prior to LVMH, Courtney led global executive talent acquisition for PepsiCo. Courtney joined PepsiCo from global executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates; earlier, she led business development and marketing strategy for cobranded card partnerships at American Express. She started her career with management consulting firm Bridge Strategy Group/Renaissance Worldwide.

Publix [LAKELAND, Fla.] announced Marcy Benton has been named Vice President of Human Resources. She began her Publix career in 1992 as an accounting clerk. In 1995, she joined human resources, and after holding various positions, she was promoted to director of retail associate relations in 2013. In 2017, she was promoted to her current position, Vice President of Talent Management.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 13, 2018

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Uber

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WernerCo [Greenville, Pennsylvania] announced that Bob Zierk has joined WernerCo as EVP, Global Human Resources. Bob began his career in the commercial and military aerospace industry. He then moved into the semiconductor industry, rising to become Vice President, Human Resources respectively at Avnet, Inc., in 1993 and then at On Semiconductor in 2003. Bob later went on to lead global human resources for the Hardware & Home Improvement Group at Black & Decker, and most recently he served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Sound United.

Brenda Wagner

Grant Thornton LLP [RALEIGH, N.C.] named Brenda Wagner its new chief people and culture officer (CPCO). Wagner joins Grant Thornton after nearly four and a half years at IQVIA (formerly QuintilesIMS), where she led compensation and benefits, global talent, and global talent acquisition. In her most recent role there, she served as the human resources senior vice president of R&D Solutions, IQVIA’s largest business unit. Prior to IQVIA, Wagner had a 20-year tenure at IBM, where she held strategic roles across various business units and centers of excellence, culminating in her appointment as human resources vice president for Global Technology Services North America in 2010.

Ernest W. Marshall Jr.

Eaton [Cleveland, Ohio] announced that Ernest W. Marshall Jr. has joined as its Chief Human Resources Officer. Ernest joins Eaton from GE where he was most recently vice president, Human Resources Leader — GE Aviation. During his 21 years with GE, he also served in a number of other global, functional and business human resources leadership roles.

Uber [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Liane Hornsey, SVP & Chief People Officer, has resigned.

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