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CHRO Moves – week ending November 29, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Condé Nast Ceros Westland Insurance Group Ltd.
Cambridge Resources, Inc. CentralSquare

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Stan Duncan

Condé Nast [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Stan Duncan as chief people officer. Most recently, Duncan was the chief human resources officer for Raymond James Financial. Prior to that, he served as senior executive vice president, global head of human resources and management for Westfield Group. Before Westfield, Duncan held various HR leadership roles at Aramark, Sterling/Eastman and PPG.

Ceros [NEW YORK] announced the hire of Jennifer Schwalb as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Ceros Jennifer was most recently Global Head of Talent and Human Resources at Redscout. Previously, she served as the Director of Talent and Growth at the global branding agency CBX. Jennifer built out the HR function of advertising agency Nitro USA, before the company’s acquisition by global advertising agency Sapient to form SapientNitro Group. She also worked at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners.

Westland Insurance Group Ltd. [SURREY, British Columbia] announced Keri Fraser as Chief People Officer (CPO) effective November 12, 2019. Keri joins Westland Insurance Group Ltd. from Colliers, where she spent the past 10 years.

Cambridge Resources, Inc. [HAZLET, N.J.] announced the appointment of Nick F. Perrine as Chief People Officer.

CentralSquare [Lake Mary, Fla.] announced the appointment of Todd Shaw as chief human resources officer. Shaw was previously CentralSquare’s interim chief human resources officer. Todd was the CHRO at Verifone. Prior to Verifone, he served as an HR vice president at PayPal and as an HR executive at Bank of America. Earlier in his career Shaw worked at the Taco Bell division of PepsiCo and at NCR.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 22, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The National Football League Rentschler Biopharma SE WSP
Algolia BrightView Holdings, Inc. Wingstop Inc.
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. LegalZoom Button
KushCo Holdings, Inc.

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Dasha Smith

The National Football League [NEW YORK] named Dasha Smith as its Chief People Officer. Smith joins the NFL from Sony Music Entertainment, where she was the Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Sony Music, Smith was Managing Director, Office of the Chairman and Global Chief Human Resources Officer for a global alternative investment firm. Prior to that, she served as Time Inc.’s Global Head of Employee Relations and Chief Labor & Employment Counsel.

Rentschler Biopharma SE [LAUPHEIM, Germany and MILFORD, Mass.] announced the hiring of Lorraine Blackman as Head, Human Resources, US. Prior to joining Rentschler Biopharma, Lorraine was Director, Human Resources, North America at a biopharmaceutical CDMO.  She previously worked as an HR executive at a variety of firms and has experience building the HR function during a time of rapid expansion.

Zoe Nutten

WSP [MONTREAL announced the appointment of Zoe Nutten as Chief People Officer. Most recently Nutten was Vice President of Talent Strategy for Barrick Gold.

Algolia [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Kristie Rodenbush as Chief People Officer. Rodenbush has 20 years of experience in HR at public and private technology companies in Silicon Valley as well as in HR strategy consulting. She has helped companies such as Alphabet, Imperva, HP and Yahoo!

Amanda Orders

BrightView Holdings, Inc. [BLUE BELL, Pa.] (NYSE: BV) announced that Amanda Orders, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the company’s Maintenance Services segment, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Orders started with the company in 2012 as Human Resources Vice President. She was promoted to Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Maintenance Services in 2016. Prior to joining BrightView, Orders held leadership positions in Human Resources at Alliance Data, and the ScottsMiracle-Gro Company.

Wingstop Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: WING) announced the appointment of Donnie Upshaw as Senior Vice President of People, previously Vice President of Human Resources. Donnie joined Wingstop in 2018.

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. [ANKENY, Iowa] (NASDAQ: CASY) announced that Chad Frazell will join the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. Frazell joins Casey’s from Tractor Supply Company where he was Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to Tractor Supply Company, he served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Shopko and Vice President of Human Resources at Kohl’s Department Stores. Frazell began his career working in a variety of store management roles at Target and Walmart.

LegalZoom [GLENDALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Anna Meyer as Chief People Officer. Anna Meyer joins LegalZoom from AppDirect, where she served as Global Head of People. Prior to AppDirect, Anna has held of variety of People leadership roles in companies such as Intuit, GE and SmartThings.

Button [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Stephanie Mardell as Chief People Officer. Stephanie was previously the Vice President of People at Button. Prior to joining Button, Stephanie worked at Square, Airtime, and Isaacson Miller.

Rhiana Barr

KushCo Holdings, Inc. [CYPRESS, CA] (OTCQX: KSHB) announced that it has appointed Rhiana Barr as the Company’s Chief People Officer. Barr previously served as the Head of HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition at Cetera Financial Group. Prior to Cetera, Barr served as the Director of Human Resources at Clearwater Paper Corporation. Barr also spent nearly five years at Nestle USA.

 

CHRO Moves – week ending November 15, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Mitel DS Smith Performance Food Group Company
Progress iCIMS, Inc.

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Billie Hartless

Mitel [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Billie Hartless as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently, she served as CHRO at Polycom, where she led the HR function globally across 40+ countries. Prior to Polycom, she was Head of Human Resources at HERE. Hartless also previously held multiple senior HR positions at Nokia, including Vice President of HR for Nokia’s Services business, Corporate Development Office and Enterprise Solutions business.

DS Smith [LONDON & ATLANTA] announced that Monica Anderton has been named Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) for North American operations. Prior to joining DS Smith, Monica was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Mondi North America.   Anderton has held increasingly a wide range of senior HR positions with companies including:  Novelis, SecureWorks, Silverton Bank, The Home Depot, and BellSouth.

Performance Food Group Company (PFG) [RICHMOND, Va.] (NYSE: PFGC) announced the appointment of Erika Davis as PFG’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Davis joined PFG in the role of CHRO in July after a 26-year career with Owens & Minor. She served in senior leadership roles for nearly 20 years, including as Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Chief of Staff, Senior Vice President Operations & Administration and Senior Vice President Human Resources – a position she held for 12 years.

Progress [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: PRGS) announced the appointment of Katie Kulikoski to the role of Chief People Officer (CPO). Previously, she led the talent strategy for Brightcove as its Chief People Officer and Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Kulikoski has also held leadership positions at Optaros, CIDC and ConnectEDU.

iCIMS, Inc. [Holmdel, NJ] announced the appointment of Irene DeNigris to Chief People Officer (CPO). DeNigris joined iCIMS in 2013 and most recently served as the company’s Vice President of Talent. DeNigris previously worked in human resources at Dolce Hotels and Resorts corporate headquarters, as well as Johnson & Johnson’s corporate headquarters.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 8, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

C&S Wholesale Grocers Sompo International Holdings Ltd. The Service Companies, Inc.
SugarCRM Inc. Eventbrite Edward Jones
ExpressJet Airlines InterDigital, Inc. Namely
Relay Therapeutics John Wiley & Sons, Inc. BeyondSpring Inc.
Fringe Benefit Group Albireo Pharma, Inc. Virtual, Inc.
ThetaRay Great Panther Mining Limited

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Miriam Ort

C&S Wholesale Grocers [Keene, N.H.] announced that Miriam Ort will become the next Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective December 2, 2019. She succeeds CHRO, Asad Husain, who is retiring as of December 31, 2019. Since 2017, Miriam has been Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Americas at Avis Budget Group. Prior to this, she held positions of increasing responsibility at PepsiCo and Avon Products.

Sompo International Holdings Ltd. [PEMBROKE, Bermuda] announced that Harriet Harty has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for Sompo International’s Commercial P&C operations. Harriet joins Sompo International with over 23 years of Human Resources experience, most recently serving as Chief Human Resources Officer for Allstate Insurance Company.

Dan Best

The Service Companies, Inc. [Miramar, FL] announced the appointment of Dan Best as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining The Service Companies, Mr. Best spent nearly 7 years with AutoNation. Prior to AutoNation, Mr. Best held Human Resources leadership roles with Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

SugarCRM Inc. [CUPERTINO, Calif.] announced the addition of Shana Sweeney as Chief Human Resources Officer.Sweeney joined SugarCRM in 2015 as Director of Human Resources. In 2019, she was promoted to the VP level. Sweeney spent four years in the co-founder role at Nuna prior to coming to Sugar and was the Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Xactly. In addition, she has worked in compensation and benefit positions at Google and Severn Trent Services.

David Hanrahan

Eventbrite [SAN FRANCISCO] welcomed David Hanrahan as Chief Human Resources Officer. Hanrahan joins Eventbrite from Niantic where he was VP, People and Places. Prior to this, he served as VP, People at Zendesk, and Director, Human Resources at Twitter. Hanrahan has worked at companies including Electronic Arts and Universal Pictures, and mentors human capital start-ups as an advisor with People Tech Partners.

Edward Jones [ST. LOUIS] announced that Kristin Johnson, a 24-year veteran of the firm, was named chief human resources officer. Over the past six months, Johnson and Brian Ashworth, another firm principal, co-led the HR division. Ashworth will continue to serve in a senior leadership role in the firm’s HR division. Johnson held leadership roles in internal audit, service, operations and talent acquisition and performance for the firm’s branch office administrators. Johnson replaces Anthony McBride, who retired in April. Johnson joined Edward Jones in 1995 as a member of the Internal Audit department and relocated to the Operations division five years later. She was named a principal in 2006.

Kevin Langford

ExpressJet Airlines, [ATLANTA] a United Express carrier, welcomed Kevin Langford as Vice President of the company’s Human Resources division. Langford joins ExpressJet with 18 years of progressive Human Resources and Labor Relations experience in both corporate and field locations, primarily in the oil and gas and manufacturing industries.

InterDigital, Inc. [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: IDCC) announced the appointment of Melissa Leneis as Chief Human Resources Officer. Leneis joined InterDigital in September 2018 as Vice President, HR Business Partner.  Prior to joining InterDigital, Melissa was a Senior Director, Senior HR Business Partner with Johnson Controls and formerly with Tyco International. Her previous experience also includes positions with MEI, Inc. (formerly Mars) and Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Amy Roy

Namely [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Amy Roy as chief people officer. Roy joins Namely most recently from Ceridian, where she held the title of vice president of people strategy.

Relay Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Andy Porter as executive vice president and chief people experience officer. Prior to Relay Therapeutics, Mr. Porter served for more than five years as the chief people officer at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Before that, he was vice president of human resources and organizational development at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, held roles at Dyax Corp. and held roles in human resources at Harvard-affiliated hospitals.

Danielle McMahan

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. [HOBOKEN, N.J.] (NYSE: JWA, JWB) announced Danielle McMahan as the company’s new Chief People Officer. McMahan most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for York Risk. Prior to joining York Risk, McMahan served in a wide range of human resources, leadership development, talent management and employee engagement senior roles at American Express, ADP and Citibank. She began her career in corporate training and development at Goldman Sachs.

BeyondSpring Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: BYSI) announced that the Company has appointed Gregg Russo as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Most recently Russo served as Head of Human Resources at Chugai Pharma USA, a Roche company. Additionally, Mr. Russo played a critical lead role at Daiichi Sankyo where he was the founding head of the human resources function. Prior to Chugai, Mr. Russo served as Business Development Partner at ExxPharma Therapeutics LLC and Human Resource Lead at Neostem.

Erica Wolff

Fringe Benefit Group [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Erica A. Wolff has joined the company as vice president of human resources (HR). Wolff joined Fringe Benefit Group from Pitney Bowes in Austin. She spent 16 years at the Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin hotel, most recently as Director – Human Resources & Training. She also previously held director level HR and/or accounting positions at Easter Seals-Central Texas, The Driskill Hotel, The Mansion on Turtle Creek, and ZuZu Incorporated.

Albireo Pharma, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: ALBO) announced that Michelle Graham has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. Graham comes to Albireo from TESARO, Inc. where she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to TESARO, Graham spent three years as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Parexel International Corporation. Earlier in her career, she held senior human resources and organizational development leadership positions in the health and medicine industries, including at Integer, Bausch + Lomb and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Virtual, Inc. [WAKEFIELD, Mass.] announced the addition of Bonnie J. Bystrek as the company’s first chief people officer (CPO). Most recently, Bystrek served as a vice president of Human Resources at Steward Health Care. Before joining Steward, she was part of the Global Exchange senior leadership Fintech team at State Street as vice president of Human Resources. Prior to State Street, Bystrek worked for the Tower Group Companies, as vice president of Human Resources.

ThetaRay [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Moran Goldwein to the position of SVP, Human Resources, based out of ThetaRay’s Israel office. Goldwein has 12 years of HR experience, having begun her career in 2007 as a recruiter for Adam Milo. In 2009, she joined software company Conduit, where she held various roles before being named VP Human Resources in early 2015. After Conduit spun off its toolbar business and changed its name to Como, Goldwein served as Como’s VP Human Resources until joining ThetaRay in September 2019.

Great Panther Mining Limited [VANCOUVER] (NYSE American: GPL; TSX: GPR) announced the appointment of Lucie Gagnon as Vice President, People & Culture. Gagnon joined Great Panther in April 2019 as Director of Human Resources. She brings over 15 years of human resources experience focused in the finance and mining industry.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 1, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Tosca Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. Red River
Landec Corporation Personify, Inc.

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Tommie Kennedy

Tosca [ATLANTA] announced Thomasina (Tommie) Kennedy has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. Kennedy has more than 20 years of experience working with large global organizations such as Coca-Cola and CHEP. Most recently, Kennedy worked at Continental Building Products as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the United States and Canada.

Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. [MONTREAL] (TSX.V: NOU, OTCQX: NMGRF) announced the appointment of Philippe Legault as Vice President, Human Resources. Legault has more than 25 years of experience. After participating in the startup of one of the largest mines in Canada, he has held positions of increasing corporate responsibility in the mining and forest products industries. He then joined an HR consulting firm as a partner.

Red River [CLAREMONT, N.H. & RESTON, Va.] announced that Jennifer Hood has joined the company as its Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, she served as the Vice President of Human Resources for American Renal Associates. She has also worked in key HR roles with market-leading brands like ADP and Timberland.

Landec Corporation [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: LNDC) welcomed Dawn Kimball as senior vice president and chief people officer. Kimball returns to Landec after previously serving as senior vice president of human resources. Prior to rejoining Landec, Kimball served as vice president, enterprise learning and talent management at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and as director of human resources while at Belcorp USA. During her career she held multiple positions during her tenure at Williams-Sonoma, Inc., including vice president human resources, and she worked with J. Walter Thompson Worldwide as director of human resources and organizational development.

Personify, Inc. [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced Cindy Johnson has joined as Global Vice President, People Operations. Johnson was formerly Chief People Officer at Rubicon Project, and Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Concur Technologies, now SAP. Cindy has also held human resources leadership roles at Philips Medical Systems and AGRA Earth & Environmental.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 25, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Akamai Technologies Inc. Terex Corporation The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
Telaria Springs Window Fashions Golden Leaf Holdings

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Anthony Williams

Akamai Technologies Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced that Anthony Williams, current vice president of global talent acquisition and diversity, will succeed James Gemmell as chief human resources officer, effective January 1, 2020. Williams has been with Akamai for almost five years. For the past two years, he has led the human resources function for Akamai’s growing populations outside of the U.S. Williams also serves as Akamai Foundation president.

Amy George

Terex Corporation [WESTPORT, Conn.] (NYSE: TEX) announced that Kevin A. Barr will be stepping down as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer, and leaving the Company effective December 31, 2019.  Amy George will succeed him as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer and will lead the Terex Human Resources function. Ms. George joined Terex in 2007 and has been responsible for Company-wide talent management initiatives and the global diversity and inclusion agenda.  Prior to joining Terex, she held senior HR roles at PepsiCo for nearly 10 years.

Denise M. Lowsley

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. [WORCESTER, Mass.] (NYSE: THG) announced Denise M. Lowsley has been appointed executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Lowsley joins The Hanover from The Navigators Group, where she was senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Before joining Navigators, Lowsley was international vice president, compensation and benefits, at New York Life Insurance Company. She began her career at Liberty Mutual Insurance, rising to the role of global human resources manager.

Tiffany Francis

Telaria [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TLRA) announced the appointment of Tiffany Francis as Chief Human Resources Officer. Francis joins Telaria from 360i where she served as Chief Talent Officer. Prior to 360i, she was the EVP of Talent at Publicis Media.

Tim Oswald

Springs Window Fashions [MIDDLETON, Wis.] announced that Tim Oswald has been named Senior Vice President of Human Resources (SVP of HR). Prior to joining Springs, Oswald was Corporate Vice President of HR and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Regal Beloit Corporation. Before his role as CHRO, he was with Regal for ten years in positions of increasing responsibility. Additionally, Oswald spent nearly a decade with General Motors, where he served as Senior Labor Relations Advisor and a variety of operations positions.

Golden Leaf Holdings [PORTLAND, Ore.] (CSE: GLH, OTCQB: GLDFF) announced the appointment of Jane Sullivan to the newly created role of Chief People Officer.  Prior to joining Golden Leaf, Ms. Sullivan was most recently Senior Director of Global Human Resources for Microsoft, in the Stores division. Prior to Microsoft, Sullivan held roles at Apple, and at Coach and Sunglass Hut.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 18, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Standard Insurance Company Zymeworks Inc. Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.
Angion Biomedica Corp. Amerant American Electric Power
Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC 4Front Ventures Corp.

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Susan Bruechner

Standard Insurance Company [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Susan Bruechner joined the company as vice president and chief human resources officer. Bruechner comes to The Standard from PeaceHealth where her most recent role was senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to her time at PeaceHealth, Bruechner held various human resources leadership roles at Goldman Sachs’ commercial real estate division.

Zymeworks Inc. [VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (NYSE: ZYME) announced the appointment of Kathryn O’Driscoll to the executive team as Chief People Officer (CPO). O’Driscoll has held various senior people-centric roles at Microsoft, including within the Server and Tools Business. Most recently, she served as Vice President of People at Snowflake. Formerly she was the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at PATH.

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: STOK) announced the appointment of Joan Wood as Head of Human Resources. Most recently, Wood served as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Prior to joining Karyopharm, Ms. Wood served as Vice President, Head of Human Resources for Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. Earlier, Ms. Wood was Senior Vice President of Global Leadership Development at Genzyme Corporation.

Angion Biomedica Corp. [UNIONDALE, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Daniel Iazzetti as vice president of human resources. Iazzetti formerly served as the head of human resources for Five Prime Therapeutics. Prior to this, he held human resource leadership positions at Actelion Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Johnson and Johnson) and ZS Pharma (acquired by AstraZeneca). Iazzetti was also a member of the Talent Acquisition team at Gilead Sciences earlier in his career.

Manolo Cuervo

Amerant [MIAMI] announced that Manolo Cuervo has been named Executive Vice President Human Resources. Prior to joining Amerant, Cuervo most recently served as Managing Director of Regional Rewards and Recognition for Citi across the U.S. and 20 international markets. Previously, Cuervo also served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Mexico at Citibanamex. Cuervo has also held various positions at Citi (Citibanamex) in the compensation and benefits areas.

American Electric Power [COLUMBUS, Ohio] (NYSE: AEP) named Julius Cox senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Cox will succeed Tracy A. Elich, vice president, Human Resources, who is retiring Dec. 31 after more than 43 years with the company. Cox was most recently executive vice president and chief transformation officer for Dynegy. Previously, Cox was Dynegy’s chief administrative officer. Cox joined Dynegy in 2001 as a human resources director and held progressive leadership roles in human resources. Before joining Dynegy, Cox was a consultant at Arthur Andersen and worked in human resources roles at Shell Oil and Neiman Marcus.

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC [CHARLESTON, S.C.] and its affiliates announced that Pia Cornejo has joined the firm as Senior Managing Director, Global People & Culture. Cornejo joins Greystar from InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), where she spent the last 11 years. Prior to her role at IHG, she had a diverse career working in human resources, marketing and product development roles for organizations such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.

4Front Ventures Corp. [VANCOUVER and PHOENIX, AZ] (CSE: FFNT, OTCQX: FFNTF) hired Alicia Mandel as their first Chief Human Performance Officer. Mandel has held positions at American Express, Apollo Education Group/University of Phoenix, the U.S. Olympic Committee, and Citi, among others. As a consultant, she’s also worked with companies such as Oracle, Adobe, Nike, and Microsoft.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 11, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. Humana Inc. Athletico Physical Therapy
Medifast

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Angela Justice

TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: TCRR) announced the appointment of Angela Justice, Ph.D., as its first Chief People Officer. Prior to joining the Company, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Surgery Partners, Inc. Before that, Dr. Justice worked at Biogen, Inc. as the Chief Learning Officer. Earlier at Biogen, Angela served as Senior Director of Global Medical Affairs. Previously, she held leadership roles at EMD Serono, the National MS Society and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Humana Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NYSE: HUM) announced that Tim Huval has been named Chief Administrative Officer, with responsibilities for the Corporate Marketing, Human Resources, Workplace Solutions, Inclusion and Diversity, and Safety and Security functions. Huval has served as Humana’s Chief Human Resources Officer since joining the company in December 2012. Prior to joining Humana, Huval spent 10 years at Bank of America in multiple senior-level roles, where he served as Head of Consumer Card Operations, Head of Consumer Service Operations, Head of Mortgage Operations, and as Chief Information Officer for Global Wealth & Investment.

Khymberly Booth

Athletico Physical Therapy [OAK BROOK, IL] announced Khymberly Booth as the organization’s new Chief Human Resource Officer. Booth brings over 20 years of human resources experience, including senior leadership roles at Humana and BP. Most recently, Booth managed a consulting practice focused on developing HR strategies and processes for small to mid-sized companies.

Medifast [BALTIMORE] (NYSE: MED) announced it has named Claudia Greninger as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Greninger has held positions at companies including Johnson & Johnson, Inc. and Citigroup, Inc. Most recently, Greninger served as Vice President, Corporate HR for Laureate Education, Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 4, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

DXC Technology Nextiva LabCorp
SentinelOne Myers Industries, Inc. Northwest Federal Credit Union
Rafael Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Mary E. Finch

DXC Technology [TYSONS, Va.] (NYSE: DXC) announced the appointment of Mary E. Finch as executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO). Finch joins DXC from AECOM, where she served as CHRO since 2015. Prior to AECOM, Finch served as senior managing director and chief operations officer for Global Human Resources at Accenture.

Nextiva [Scottsdale, Arizona] announced that Mark Green has joined the company’s executive leadership team as Chief People Officer. Green most recently worked as Eastman Kodak’s chief human resources officer. Previously, Green led human resources functions in the telecom sector at UTStarcom and Nortel, as well as in the semiconductor and software space with Applied Materials and Verisign.

Judi Seltz

LabCorp [BURLINGTON, N.C.] (NYSE: LH) announced that Judi Seltz has been appointed its chief human resources officer effective Oct. 15. Seltz replaces Lisa Uthgenannt following her planned retirement. Seltz comes to LabCorp from Diversey Inc., where she was chief human resources officer. Prior to Diversey, Seltz was senior vice president of human resources for the Global Human Health division of Merck. Seltz started at Merck in 2003 and held numerous roles serving emerging markets, corporate, research, and information technology, and lived and worked in Europe for several years. Prior to Merck, she also worked at Hughes Network Systems and ARINC.

SentinelOne [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Divya Ghatak to Chief People Officer. Ghatak recently held the position of Global Vice President of People at Nevro. Prior to Nevro, Mrs. Ghatak was Chief People Officer at GoodData and held global HR leadership roles in a variety of technology companies including Cisco and Tavant.

Myers Industries, Inc. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: MYE) announced that Tom Harmon has joined the Company as Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Harmon joins Myers from Gryphon Investors where he was Managing Director, Human Resources. Previously, he held HR leadership positions with Dawn Food Products, Armstrong World Industries and Pfizer.

Jean Cain

Northwest Federal Credit Union [HERNDON, Va.] hired Jean Cain as its new Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Cain most recently served as Vice President and Chief HR Officer at Noblis, in Reston, VA. Prior to that, Cain’s 30+ years in human resources included management positions at The MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA and Montgomery County Teachers Federal Credit Union in Rockville, MD.

Rafael Pharmaceuticals Inc. [Newark, NJ] announced the appointment of Wendy McDermott as Chief People Officer. McDermott joins Rafael from Sanofi, where she served as Vice President of Human Resources. She also held the position of Senior Human Resources Manager at Schering-Plough Corporation before it was acquired by Merck.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 27, 2019

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HCA Healthcare Americold Realty Trust Covetrus
Obsidian Therapeutics Children’s Minnesota

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Jennifer Berres

HCA Healthcare [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: HCA) announced the appointment of Jennifer Berres as senior vice president and chief human resource officer effective November 1, 2019. She will be replacing John M. Steele, who will retire early next year. Berres has spent her career within the HCA Healthcare family starting with Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in 1993. Over the years, she held a number of human resource roles, including positions in HCA Healthcare’s Physician Services Group, West Florida Division, and currently as vice president, Human Resources Business Partners and HR Strategy.

Americold Realty Trust [ATLANTA] (NYSE: COLD) announced that Khara Julien has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Julien was previously VP and CHRO for Gypsum Management & Supply (GMS).

Dustin K. Finer

Covetrus [PORTLAND, Maine] (NASDAQ: CVET) announced the appointment of Dustin K. Finer as chief people officer (CPO). Finer joins Covetrus from TiVo, where he served for more than six years—first as executive vice president of Human Resources at TiVo’s predecessor company Rovi and, most recently, as chief administrative and internal operations officer. Prior to his time at TiVo and Rovi, Finer was promoted to chief of operations and executive vice president for MySpace, after first serving as chief people officer for the social networking company.

Obsidian Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Erin Boyer as Vice President, Human Resources. Boyer most recently served as the Global Head of Talent Strategy and Planning at Alnylam. Prior to Alnylam, she led Human Resources at both Dyax Corp and Algeta.

Laurin Cathey

Children’s Minnesota [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Laurin Cathey assumed the role of vice president of human resources (HR). Cathey brings more than 20 years of experience in the field, most recently serving as executive director of human resources at St. Paul Public Schools.

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