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CHRO Moves – week ending April 13, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Flowserve Corporation RLH Corporation Tyler Technologies, Inc.
The Financial Accounting Foundation Aerojet Rocketdyne Aegis Living
Medallia, Inc.

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Elizabeth Burger

Flowserve Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: FLS) announced that Elizabeth Burger joined as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Burger joins Flowserve from HanesBrands Inc. where she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer between 2013 and 2017. Before joining HanesBrands, she worked at Monsanto Company in various roles of increasing responsibility, and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Global Business Operations.

RLH Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced the addition of Kristin Thielking as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Thielking joins RLH Corporation from SquareTwo Financial, where she was Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Organizational Development and Administration for the past seven years. Prior to SquareTwo Financial, Thielking was Senior Director, Human Resources for eight years at Orbitz Worldwide.

Kelley Shimansky

Tyler Technologies, Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: TYL) announced that Kelley Shimansky has joined Tyler as the company’s new chief human resources (HR) officer. Kelley is assuming the role vacated by Bob Sansone, who recently retired after 23 years with Tyler, including serving as chief HR officer for the past nine years. Kelley will be based out of Tyler’s Yarmouth, Maine, office, home to its ERP & Schools Division. Most recently, Kelley served as vice president of human resources, North America for Dechra Pharmaceuticals from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, Kelley served as vice president of human resources for Putney, Inc. She also held several HR positions at WEX, which is traded on the NYSE, from 1997 to 2014.

Elizabeth Ann Garti

The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) [NORWALK, Conn.] announced that Elizabeth Ann Garti has joined the organization as vice president, human resources. Garti most recently served as associate vice president of human resources at Pace University. Previously, Ms. Garti served as a senior human resources manager at Lillian Vernon Corporation. Earlier, she served as a human resources manager at Caldor, Inc. Ms. Garti began her career in human resources at United Parcel Service.

Natalie Schilling

Aerojet Rocketdyne [SACRAMENTO, Calif.] announced that Natalie Schilling joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer, and will serve as one of the officers of parent company Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD). Schilling most recently served as vice president of Human Resources for Arconic’s (formerly Alcoa) Corporate Resource Units, and was also the global director of Compensation and Benefits.

Sandra Preyale

Aegis Living [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Sandra Preyale as the new chief people officer. Prior to joining Aegis Living, Preyale served as vice president of HR Global Sellers Businesses at Amazon.com. Prior to Amazon.com, during her five-year tenure at Coach, Preyale built human resources teams in Asia, Europe and New York. Earlier in her career, she held regional and global positions for the LVMH Group; the L’Oréal Group; and served in sales and merchandising with Danone Group.

Medallia, Inc. [SAN MATEO, Calif.] appointed Susan Lovegren as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Medallia, Lovegren served in Chief People Officer roles at AppDynamics, (acquired by Cisco), Juniper Networks, and Plantronics.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 6, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

3M Unisys Corporation Atlas Air Worldwide
TreeTown USA Gainsight Grainger

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3M [ST. PAUL, Minn.] announced that Kristen Ludgate is appointed senior vice president, Human Resources, effective July 1, 2018. She most recently served as senior vice president, Corporate Communications and Enterprise Services. Prior to her current role, Ludgate was vice president of Global Human Resources Business Operations. Ludgate has also served as chief compliance officer, following her role as chief employment counsel. Previous to 3M she was a business lawyer in private practice and also held multiple positions in higher education. Ludgate will succeed Marlene McGrath, who announced her intention to retire, effective July 1, 2018.

Unisys Corporation [BLUE BELL, Pa. and DALLAS] (NYSE: UIS) announced that Katie Ebrahimi has joined the company today as its next senior vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ebrahimi’s appointment is effective April 26. She will succeed Dave Loeser, who has served in the role for five years. Ebrahimi joins Unisys from DXC Technology, where she served as vice president of Human Resources, Global Delivery. Prior to joining DXC, Ebrahimi served as vice president of Human Resources, Enterprise Services, Global Practices & Solutioning for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Previously, she served in increasingly senior roles with Cisco Systems, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc. and McAfee, LLC.

Atlas Air Worldwide [PURCHASE, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: AAWW) has appointed Patricia Goodwin-Peters as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Ms. Goodwin-Peters joins Atlas Air with more than 15 years of human resources experience. Most recently, she was the Head of Human Resources North America for Kate Spade & Company. Prior to Kate Spade, Ms. Goodwin-Peters held senior HR positions with Aeropostale, Inc. and Ralph Lauren Corporation.

TreeTown USA [HOUSTON] announced the promotion of Terri Cook to the new position as corporate vice president of human resources. Previously, Cook was Village Nurseries’ vice president of human resources and risk management.

Gainsight™ [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the addition of Carol Mahoney as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Carol was SVP of People and Culture at Zoosk. Prior to Zoosk, Carol held HR leadership roles for hyper-growth companies including LivingSocial, Yahoo, and Intuit. In 2009, she founded her own firm, Talent Acquisition On Demand, Inc., where she helped build talent acquisition capability and programs for clients including Meebo, Logitech, and OPOWER.

Grainger [CHICAGO] (NYSE: GWW) announced that Joseph High has decided to retire as Grainger’s Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 30, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Owens & Minor, Inc. Everspin Technologies, Inc. Splashlight

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Shana Neal

Owens & Minor, Inc. [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: OMI) announced that it has appointed Shana Neal as Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer. Neal joins Owens & Minor from Becton Dickinson, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, with oversight of the Life Sciences Segment. Additionally, Neal led the organization and talent integration of several large acquisitions for Becton Dickinson.

Everspin Technologies, Inc. [CHANDLER, Ariz.] (NASDAQ: MRAM) announced that it has promoted Jim Everett to Vice President of Human Resources. Jim Everett was Everspin’s first director of human resources and served in that capacity for three years. Prior to joining Everspin, he held executive HR management positions at NextIO, Teralliance Technologies, and Advanced Micro Devices.

Splashlight [NEW YORK] announced Bijou Summers as Vice President of Human Resources. Summers spent over ten years with XO Group Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 23, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

General Motors Ford Motor Company Exostar
Tidewater Inc. Tenable®, Inc. Brown-Forman Corporation

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Kimberly Brycz

General Motors [DETROIT] (NYSE: GM) named Kimberly Brycz as senior vice president, Global Human Resources. Brycz, who has served as executive director of Global Product Purchasing since 2013, succeeds Jose Tomas, who left GM to pursue other interests. Brycz began her GM career in 1983 with the Cadillac Motor Car Division in Detroit. Since then she has held various positions in GM’s Global Purchasing organization, including serving as the Global Purchasing lead for electrical systems, batteries and hybrids and interiors. Prior to her most recent role, Brycz served as executive director, Global Purchasing, Indirect Materials, Machinery and Equipment.

Kiersten Robinson

Ford Motor Company [DEARBORN, Mich.] announced Kiersten Robinson is elected Ford group vice president and appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. The appointment is effective April 1, 2018. Robinson previously served as the company’s interim Human Resources leader and brings a wealth of global experience in human resources spanning more than 23 years, including serving in Europe, Asia Pacific and most recently in the Americas. She joined the company in 1995 as a labor relations representative in Ford of Australia and quickly rose through the ranks, serving in the first of several international assignments in 1997 with the Ford of Europe manufacturing organization. Following two additional positions in Australia, Robinson moved to Ford’s headquarters in 2002 to hold a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, culminating in her appointment to vice president of Human Resources for Ford in Asia Pacific in 2010. In 2016, Robinson was appointed to lead human resources for The Americas, and in early 2017 her role was expanded to include Global Markets; a role in which she served until her appointment to interim leader of Human Resources in November 2017.

Exostar [HERNDON, Va.] announced the newest addition to its executive team, promoting Venencia Magnusen to the position of Vice President, Human Resources. Magnusen came to Exostar in 2015 from Harris IT Services Corporation. Prior to Harris, she served as HR Business Partner at Data Systems & Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce. Earlier in her 20-year career, Magnusen worked as an Administrative Program Specialist for the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Tidewater Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: TDW) announced the appointment of David Darling as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Darling most recently was Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., where he was the Human Resource Director since 2007.  Prior to Gulfmark, he served in executive human resources roles with Rigdon Marine and a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. Mr. Darling has additional offshore vessel industry experience as a Vessel Master and Operations Manager.

Tenable, Inc. [COLUMBIA, Md.] announced the appointment of Bridgett Paradise to the role of Chief People Officer. Paradise joins the company from Citadel Securities, where she held the role of Chief People Officer. Before that, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She spent more than 20 years at Microsoft Corporation, where she last held the role of General Manager, Human Resources for the Worldwide Services division.

Brown-Forman Corporation [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NYSE: BFA, BFB) announced that Tracy Skeans has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Skeans is Chief Transformation and People Officer of Yum! Brands, Inc. Prior to assuming her current position, Skeans was President of Pizza Hut International. Before that, Skeans served as Chief People Officer of Pizza Hut Global.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 16, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Healogics, Inc. Phenom People PulteGroup, Inc.
Selective Insurance Company of America Waypoint Residential

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Lynn Merritt

Healogics, Inc. [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] announced that it has appointed Lynn Merritt to serve as Chief Human Resources Officer. Merritt joined Healogics in 2015 as Vice President, Learning and Development. Most recently, Merritt served as Executive Director, Human Resources at Aetna where she was responsible for providing HR leadership in all aspects of their commercial business and accountable for the creation and build of their HR analytics department. Prior to Aetna, Merritt spent several years at both Cigna and The Hartford.

Brad Goldoor

Phenom People [HORSHAM, Pa.] announced it has named Brad Goldoor as its first Chief People Officer. Goldoor co-founded Phenom People in 2010 and held multiple roles within the organization. Prior to founding Phenom People, Goldoor was the President at a marketing & advertising agency, Sales Director at CareerBuilder and Gannett, and Co-Founder with Phenom People’s CEO and COO at SnipSnap.

Michelle Hairston

PulteGroup, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: PHM) announced that Michelle Hairston has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Human Resources, effective April 2, 2018. Hairston succeeds James Ellinghausen, who is retiring from PulteGroup after 13 years.   Prior to joining PulteGroup, Hairston worked at CIGNA Corporation for four years.

Selective Insurance Company of America [BRANCHVILLE, N.J.] , a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGI), announced the appointment of Charles Musilli to Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Mr. Musilli first joined Selective in 1981 as an insurance trainee and has held a variety of regional and corporate strategic and leadership positions, most recently as Senior Vice President, Distribution Strategies.

Gina Lujan

Waypoint Residential [BOCA RATON, Fla.] appointed Gina Lujan as Vice President of Talent. Lujan brings more than twelve years of experience to her new role, including serving as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Jones Lang LaSalle and Director of Human Resources for Tishman Speyer.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 9, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

HealthPartners Ansira Church’s Chicken
TricorBraun Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC

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Anahita Cameron

HealthPartners [Bloomington, MN] announced that Anahita Cameron will join HealthPartners in April as our Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, she was Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Target Corporation, where she served 15 years in progressively broader roles in the Twin Cities, the West Coast and in Bangalore, India. She served as Vice President of People at Banfield Pet Hospitals.

Ansira [ST. LOUIS and DALLAS] announced the appointment of Cindy McEntire as Chief People and Culture Officer. Prior to joining Ansira, she worked for Sabre Corporation and Nortel, where she led teams focused on talent acquisition, talent management, learning and development, M&A, and cultural transformation initiatives.

Church’s Chicken [ATLANTA] hired Karen Jean Viera as its new Vice President and Chief People Officer. Her most current role was SVP and Chief Human Resource Officer for MCIC Vermont. She also formerly worked with Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.

Becky Giessel

 

TricorBraun [ST. LOUIS] announced that Becky Giessel joins as senior vice president, HR and chief people officer. Most recently, she was responsible HR at Medline Industries. Prior to Medline, Becky held a number of senior HR leadership roles with Grainger.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] announced that Greg Wagner, vice president of Human Resources, will retire from the company after 35 years of distinguished service with Chevron Phillips Chemical and Chevron Corporation. The company also announced that Maricela Caballero will replace Mr. Wagner effective May 16, 2018. Caballero, previously general manager, Human Resources Strategic Business Partnerships and Talent Management Execution, has 30 years of service with Chevron Phillips Chemical and Chevron Corporation.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 2, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

General Motors Quest Diagnostics Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.
Sprinklr Oak Hill Capital Partners IV Western Digital Corp.
US Foods Holding Corp. H&R Block, Inc. Couchbase

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Cecilia McKenney

General Motors announced that Jose Tomas, senior vice president of global human resources, has left the role. Tomas was appointed in July 2017.

Quest Diagnostics [Secaucus, NJ] (NYSE: DGX) announced the appointment of Cecilia McKenney as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. McKenney spent more than a decade at Frontier Communications, where she led the telecommunications company’s human resources function, as well as held senior leadership roles leading the Consumer Division and sales, marketing, business operations and customer service. Before Frontier, she served in various HR leadership roles at PepsiCo over a period of 16 years. McKenny is replacing Jeff Shuman who is retiring.

Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (Munich Re America) appointed Cheryl Jones to the Head of Human Resources; she will also join the Munich Re America Executive Leadership Team. Cheryl joined the company in 2014 as a Human Resources (HR) Business Partner after more than a decade in financial services HR roles. In 2015, she was appointed to Head of HR Business Partners with responsibility for leading the talent strategy for Munich Re America and as a member of the US Regional HR Leadership Team.

Diane Adams

Sprinklr [New York] announced the appointment of Diane Adams as Chief Culture & Talent Officer. Adams spent 14-years at Cisco, following which Adams joined Allscripts. Adams went on to serve as Chief People Officer at Qlik, and was, most recently, Chief Culture and Talent Officer for McGraw-Hill Education.

Oak Hill Capital Partners IV [New York, NY and Menlo Park, CA] announced that it has named Ken DiPietro Chief Talent Officer and Senior Advisor. Ken was most recently at Biogen, and previously at Lenovo Group and Microsoft. Ken also held a senior HR leadership position at Dell. Ken began his career at PepsiCo, where he spent 17 years in a range of positions.

Lori Sundberg

Western Digital Corp. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced that Lori Sundberg has joined the company as chief human resources officer. Sundberg succeeds Jackie DeMaria, who is retiring after a 13-year tenure with Western Digital. Sundberg most recently served as senior vice president, Global Human Resources at Jacobs. Earlier in her career, Sundberg advanced through a series of HR leadership roles at American Express and served as senior vice president, Human Resources and Ethics at Arizona Public Services Company.

US Foods Holding Corp. [ROSEMONT, Ill.] (NYSE: USFD) announced that David Works has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Works joins US Foods from Hackensack Meridian Health, where he served as chief human resources officer. Previously, Works led the HR organizations at Windstream and Sears Holdings. He also served as the president of the Enterprise Business Unit at Windstream.

Tiffany Scalzitti Monroe

H&R Block, Inc. [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] (NYSE: HRB) named Tiffany Scalzitti Monroe as its new chief people officer. Monroe most recently served at U.S. Foods as the chief human resources officer. Prior to her position at U.S. Foods, Monroe served at Target Corporation for 15 years where she held a variety of leadership positions. Her most recent role was as the senior vice president for human resources at Target Canada.

Couchbase [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the hiring of Jessica Yuen as Chief People Officer. Jessica Yuen comes to Couchbase from Gusto, where she served as Head of People. Prior to Gusto, she was with Khan Academy. Previous to Khan Academy, Jessica held a variety of leadership roles across HR, recruiting, strategy, business development, operations, and product management at Yahoo! and McKinsey.

Carrie David

Interstate Hotels & Resorts [ARLINGTON, Va.] announced the appointment of Carrie David as chief human resources officer. Most recently she served as senior vice president of operational excellence and general manager support for Caribou Coffee and Einstein Noah Restaurant Group. Carrie was at Delaware North where she served as Head of HR for Australia and New Zealand.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 23, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Southeastern Health TIAA Masonite International Corporation
ClearDATA Capital Senior Living Corporation Johns Manville
FirstEnergy Corp. Innophos Holdings, Inc. DRT Strategies, Inc.
HighPoint Global

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Patrick Ebri

Southeastern Health [Lumberton, NC] announced the appointment of Patrick Ebri as SeHealth Vice President of Talent and Culture, and Chief Engagement Officer. Dr. Ebri worked at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, Ga., for 22 years. For 10 years, he worked there as vice president of human resources.

TIAA [NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Sean N. Woodroffe to Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective March 1, 2018. Woodroffe will succeed Skip Spriggs, who will be joining The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) as the organization’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining TIAA in 2017, Woodroffe was Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at National Life Group. He has also held senior HR roles at Sun Life Financial, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), and the United Bank for Africa. He started his career at Merrill Lynch & Co. and spent over 18 years there, serving as First Vice President and Head of International Human Resources based in London. He also led HR for Merrill Lynch’s Japan Wealth Management business unit based in Tokyo.

Masonite International Corporation [TAMPA, Fla.] (NYSE: DOOR) announced the appointment of Bob Paxton as Senior Vice President, Human Resources effective February 26, 2018. Bob joins Masonite from Owens Corning where he served in various human resource and operational roles since 2010, most recently as Vice President of Human Resources for Owens Corning’s Composites business. Prior to joining Owens Corning, Bob was the SVP of Human Resources for Broadwind Energy and also held various human resources positions with Whirlpool and BP, including assignments in Asia and Europe.

Sue Darrow

ClearDATA [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of Sue Darrow as senior vice president of human resources (SVP, HR). Darrow brings her expertise as former Chief People Officer at BuildASign.com, as well as her international experience as VP of Global HR for Mozido.

Capital Senior Living Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: CSU) announced that Jeremy D. Falke has joined the Company as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Falke previously served as the Vice President, Talent, Culture and Performance Systems for Tenet Healthcare. Prior to this role, Mr. Falke served from 2004 until 2012 as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Creighton University Medical Center, a part of Tenet Healthcare in Omaha, Nebraska.

Johns Manville (JM) [DENVER], a Berkshire Hathaway company, announced Eric Cremer is the company’s new Chief Human Resources Officer. Cremer has worked for the past two years as Director of Human Resources for JM’s Engineered Products business. Cremer worked at Merck & Co., Agilent Technologies and Kraft Foods before joining Johns Manville in 2004. Over the next eight years he held a variety of HR positions, including North America Director of Human Resources and Labor Relations, Senior HR Manager and Regional HR Manager in McPherson, Kan. Cremer left JM in 2012 to work as Vice President of Human Resources at Vistar in Centennial, Colo. He returned to JM in 2016.

Charles Lasky

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) [AKRON, Ohio] announced that Charles D. Lasky, senior vice president, Human Resources, has been named senior vice president, Human Resources, and chief human resources officer.  Lasky joined the company in 1986.

Innophos Holdings, Inc. [CRANBURY, N.J.] (NASDAQ: IPHS) announced that it has appointed Robert Sklans as SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer. Sklans comes to Innophos from Elementis, where he served as CHRO and led the global HR function, while also serving as Supervisory Board Member for Elementis Specialties, Netherlands BV. Before joining Elementis, Sklans served as VP of HR, North America (NA) Region for Royal DSM. Earlier, he was Director of Talent Management, NA Region, for Evonik Industries. Sklans also served in a variety of leadership roles for Johnson & Johnson, the last as a Director, Global Talent Management, for Medical Device & Diagnostics.

DRT Strategies, Inc. (DRT) [ARLINGTON, VA.] announced that the company has hired Dave Potts as its Chief Talent Officer. Potts comes to DRT with 23 years of experience leading talent, development, and learning functions for several Fortune 100 companies including CenturyLink, Verizon, and Tech Data. Additionally, he led talent management and workforce planning consulting services for Deloitte and BearingPoint. Most recently, Potts served as a Principal with The North Highland Company.

Kristen Mullins

HighPoint Global [Reston, VA] announced the appointment of Kristen Mullins to its executive team as Chief Human Resources Officer. Mullins most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources at Oceus Networks. She has also held senior-level human resources roles at Grant Thornton LLP and BTG, Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 16, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Group Nine Media Nextech Systems Okta, Inc.
Cook Group Ellie Mae Sobi
Omnicom Wildcat Venture Partners

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Group Nine Media [NEW YORK] announced that Stacy Green has joined as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Green served as the Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources and Facilities for A+E Networks. Prior to joining A+E, she held HR leadership roles at NBCUniversal and Revlon.

Nextech Systems [TAMPA, Fla.] announced that Rebecca Sanford, previously the Senior Vice President of Human Resources has been promoted to Chief People Officer. Sanford, who has been with the company for over four years.

Okta, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: OKTA) announced the promotion of Kristina Johnson to Chief People Officer. Johnson has been with Okta since 2015, formerly serving as vice president of people. Before Okta, Kristina led international human resources at EnerNOC and was a strategic business partner at the University of California, Berkeley.

Cook Group [BLOOMINGTON, Ind.] announced Nicky James as vice president of Human Resources and Talent Development. In 1998, James began her career with Cook Medical on the sales team for Urology in Midlands and North Western United Kingdom. While in Europe, she held positions including sales representative and regional manager of Urology for Northern Europe. In 2006, James moved to the U.S. to serve as a global product manager, followed next by a position as National Sales Manager for North America. James led two of Cook Medical’s business units and served on the executive leadership of a third business unit.

Ellie Mae® [PLEASANTON, Calif.] (NYSE: ELLI) announced that Carina Cortez has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Ellie Mae, Carina led the team of HR Business Partners at Walmart. Before joining Walmart, Carina spent almost nine years at PayPal, where she held a variety of leadership roles. Most recently she served as the Senior Director of Learning and Organizational Development where she reimagined the Global Learning and Organization Development function for the Company. Prior to PayPal, Carina held numerous roles at Visa International, Inovant, a Visa subsidiary, and Visa USA.

Linea Aspesi

Sobi [WALTHAM, Mass.] announced the appointment of Linea Aspesi as vice president of human resources for North America. Aspesi most recently served as head of human resources, Industrial Affairs in the U.S. for Sanofi. Before joining Sanofi, Aspesi held HR positions at multiple organizations including UMass Memorial Medical Center, Partners Healthcare System Inc., Benchmarking Partners Inc., HealthSouth and others.

Omnicom [NEW YORK] (NYSE: OMC) announced the appointment of Torrey La Grange to the newly created position of Chief Talent Officer of its Global Client Leaders (GCL) group. The GCL group is comprised of client leaders responsible for overseeing Omnicom’s top global accounts.  Torrey was most recently Head of Account Management and Global Business Director at BBH New York where she managed global teams in New York, India, Singapore, and South Africa. She joined BBH after three years as a recruiter at Tangerine where she developed relationships with talent on both the agency and client side of the business. Previously, Torrey served as Account Director at JWT and Business Director at Saatchi & Saatchi London. Torrey began her career at agencies including Publicis Seattle, Secret Weapon Marketing, and TBWA\Chiat\Day, where she worked on building the first ever website for Nissan.

Wildcat Venture Partners [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced that Jennifer (JT) Trzepacz has joined the firm as chief people officer and operating partner. JT has more than 20 years of experience implementing HR strategies at several transformative and industry-leading companies, including LivingSocial, Salesforce, Electronic Arts, Yahoo! and CNET Networks. Prior to joining Wildcat, she was the executive vice president at Rocket Fuel.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 9, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

100 Resilient Cities dataxu True Talent Advisory
Syneos Health

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Maria Nielsen

100 Resilient Cities [NEW YORK] announced that Maria Nielsen joined as Director of Human Capital. Prior to joining 100RC, Maria was the Chief Human Resources Officer at The Atlantic Philanthropies  Prior to Atlantic, Maria was the Director of Global Human Resources for Human Rights Watch (HRW). Following her departure from Atlantic, she held a fellowship at InsideNGO.

dataxu [BOSTON] announced the promotion of Tiffany Mosher to Chief People Officer. Mosher joined dataxu in April 2014 as Vice President, People Strategy. She was appointed to Senior Vice President in 2016. Before joining dataxu, Mosher held senior HR roles at Cengage Learning, SharkNinja and Akamai Technologies.

True Talent Advisory [PHILADELPHIA] announced the addition of John Foster as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining True Talent Advisory, John founded Gamut Labs. John has worked with dozens of innovative companies including Earnest, Sonos, Razer, Riot Games, Facebook and Gensler. Prior to Gamut Labs, John led global HR at Hulu. John’s broad experience in leading learning and development includes roles such as Chief Learning Officer at Mercury Interactive, Head of Worldwide Organization Development at Levi Strauss, and VP of Learning and Development at both Fidelity Investments and Citibank.

Syneos Health [RALEIGH, N.C.] (NASDAQ: SYNH) announced the appointment of Lisa van Capelle as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Prior to Syneos Health, she held a senior strategic talent position at what was formerly Quintiles before the merger with IMS Heath.

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