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CHRO Moves – week ending June 7, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

UPS IEX Group, Inc. True Food Kitchen
AllianceBernstein L.P. Symetra Life Insurance Company Stoneridge, Inc.
Absolute BlueVine

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UPS [ATLANTA] (NYSE: UPS) announced the appointment of Charlene Thomas as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective July 1, and the retirement of Teri McClure. Charlene began her career at UPS in 1989 and has progressed through successive leadership roles at the company. Charlene also served in roles in global marketing, and in corporate learning and talent development as the U.S. operations training director. Later in her career at UPS, Charlene joined the Desert Mountain District as the West Operations package operations manager. Charlene was subsequently promoted to President, Mid-South District, and later, President of the Atlantic District and later, President, West Region.

Andrea Ledford

IEX Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that it has hired Andrea Ledford as Chief People Officer (CPO). Ms. Ledford joins IEX following 12 years at NCR, most recently as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer.

Peggy Rubenzer

True Food Kitchen [PHOENIX] announced that Peggy Rubenzer has been named chief people officer. Rubenzer most recently served as senior vice president of people resources for Shake Shack for the past eight years.  Before joining Shake Shack in 2011, Rubenzer held leadership positions at P.F. Chang’s China Bistro – first, as vice president of people services from 2002 to 2007, before taking on the role of vice president of training and development from 2007 to 2011.  She began her human resources career in 1989 with Southwest Airlines, where she spent 10 years developing an expertise in the selection and training of service employees and corporate management.

AllianceBernstein L.P. and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AB) announced that Kate Burke, previously Chief Talent Officer and Head of Human Capital, has been appointed Chief Administrative Officer (“CAO”).

Anne-Marie Diouf

Symetra Life Insurance Company [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Anne-Marie Diouf as senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective July 1, 2019. She will succeed Chris Katzmar Holmes, currently senior vice president, human resources and administration, who will be retiring from Symetra. Diouf joined Symetra in 2000 as a human resources representative. She was promoted to vice president in 2010. Prior to Symetra, Ms. Diouf held HR roles in retail and manufacturing organizations.

Susan Benedict

Stoneridge, Inc. [NOVI, Mich.] (NYSE: SRI) announced Susan Benedict as its new chief human resources officer and assistant general counsel – labor and employment (CHRO). Benedict joined Stoneridge in November 2017 as director of legal. Benedict has experience in automotive manufacturing operations and non-profit programs management. After becoming a lawyer, she served as corporate counsel for Guardian Industries.

Absolute [VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (TSX: ABT) announced the appointment of John Robinson as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). John is a former U.S. Marine with a long and successful career in human resources, most recently at Tapestry Solutions, a software subsidiary of Boeing. Prior to that, Robinson was the global HR director for a large division of the global engineering company, Black & Veatch.

Gianna Driver

BlueVine [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Gianna Driver as Chief People Officer. Before joining BlueVine, she served as Vice President of HR and People Operations at Aristocrat.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 31, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

BMO Financial Group Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Worldwide Clinical Trials, Inc.
Jvion CipherHealth International Car Wash Group

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Mona Malone

BMO Financial Group [TORONTO] (TSX: BMO, NYSE: BMO) announced Mona Malone has been appointed Head of People & Culture and Chief Human Resources Officer and will join the bank’s Executive Committee.  Mona joined BMO in 1996 and has held senior roles in HR in addition to key business appointments. Most recently, she was Deputy Head of HR and Chief Talent Officer for BMO. Following his long and very successful tenure as Chief Human Resources Officer, Richard Rudderham will undertake a new role as Head, Business Technology Integration.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ALNY) announced the appointment of Kelley Boucher as the Company’s Senior Vice President (SVP), Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently, Boucher was the Vice President (VP) and Head of Global Human Resources for Abiomed. Prior to this, she was VP, Head of Human Resources for Corporate Divisions at Shire Pharmaceuticals where she spent 10 years holding multiple positions of increasing responsibility. Earlier in her career, Ms. Boucher was a Principal Consultant for Clockwork Consulting and held Human Resources roles at Syntonix Pharmaceuticals and Digitas.

Worldwide Clinical Trials, Inc. [MORRISVILLE, N.C.] named Joy Clark as the company’s new Chief Human Resources Officer. Clark joins the company from Valassis Digital (formerly Maxpoint), where she grew the HR function from scratch to a strategic function. Prior to that, Clark led a variety of HR functional areas and initiatives, for companies like Cree, Sony Ericsson, Penske and QVC.

Jvion [ATLANTA] announced the addition of Niki Cook as Chief People Officer. Cook joins Jvion with more than 20 years of senior HR leadership experience in across technology, consumer products and financial industries.

CipherHealth [NEW YORK] announced that Jennifer Compagni has joined CipherHealth as Chief People Officer. Compagni has led HR teams and projects at Warner-Lambert Company, (Pfizer, Adams USA), Antenna Software, Revlon, Alpharma Inc. and The National Research Council of the National Academies. Prior to CipherHealth, Compagni also led the HR organization at SmartLinx Solutions.

International Car Wash Group (ICWG) [DENVER]  announced the appointment of Ivona Adkins as Chief People Officer. She will draw upon 15 years of human resource expertise gained at companies including PepsiCo, where she worked in progressive roles across several countries in Europe and the US; Coffee & Bagel Brands; Arrow Electronics; and Encana Oil and Gas.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 24, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Snap Inc. Dawn Foods Sun Life U.S.
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause FirstEnergy Corp. Encompass Health
Ob Hospitalist Group

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Lara Sweet

Snap Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NYSE: SNAP) announced the appointment of Lara Sweet as Chief People Officer. Sweet was until recently interim CFO and will continue as Chief Accounting Officer until a replacement is named. Sweet joined Snap in 2016 and has served multiple roles in the company’s finance organization, including interim CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, and Vice President, Controller. Prior to joining Snap, Ms. Sweet served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at AOL, Inc., and previously served as Vice President, Internal Audit, and Vice President, Controller. She has also held the positions of Senior Director, External Reporting at Freddie Mac and Manager, Internal Audit at Marriott International.

Dawn Foods [Jackson, MI] announced that Jason Lioy, currently Dawn’s Vice President of HR Services and Labor Relations, has been promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer. Since joining Dawn in 2014, Jason has served as Director of HR for BP Operations, Director of HR for Distribution, and VP HR East and Midwest Regions before transitioning to VP of HR Services and Labor Relations late last year. For the last three months, Jason has supported the HR operations for North America, and represented the HR function at the DLT. Jason’s career has included leadership roles at Phillips, GE, and Armstrong World Industries.

Tammi Wortham

Sun Life U.S. [WELLESLEY, Mass.] announced that Tammi Wortham has been appointed vice president of Human Resources (HR). Most recently, Wortham was vice president of Group Benefits Client Services at Sun Life. Before coming to Sun Life, Wortham held senior positions at Prudential overseeing customer service operations in group insurance and retirement services, and led annuities operations at The Hartford Financial Services Group.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) [CHICAGO] appointed Partner Todd Stokes to lead its people strategy. Stokes most recently served as managing partner of Baker Tilly’s metro D.C. market.

Christine Walker

FirstEnergy Corp. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: FE) announced that Christine L. Walker, vice president, Human Resources, has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective July 1, 2019. She succeeds Charles D. Lasky, who is retiring from FirstEnergy after 33 years of service. Walker began her career with GPU, Inc., in the Information Technology organization and held various positions in Human Resources and Customer Service prior to GPU’s merger with FirstEnergy in 2001. She was promoted to director, Compensation and Retirement programs in 2005, named executive director, Human Resources, in 2011, and executive director, Talent Management, in 2016. She was named vice president, Human Resources, in 2018.

Kim Sullivan

Encompass Health [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] (NYSE: EHC) announced the appointment of Kim Sullivan as chief human resources officer, effective June 10. Since 2017, Sullivan served as vice president and chief people officer for Kaiser Permanente in Seattle, WA. Her extensive career has included senior management positions with The University of Texas System, Walgreens, and Marathon Petroleum.

Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) [GREENVILLE, S.C.] announced the addition of Cheryl Slack as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining OBHG, Slack held human resources leadership roles with Schumacher Clinical Partners and Sound Physicians/Cogent Healthcare.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 17, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Globality IFG Companies Buck
Aphria Inc. Diversified Maintenance MITRE
CBRE | FacilitySource Northern Swan Holdings, Inc. STV
Beam Therapeutics PRGX Global, Inc. CR architecture + design
e-TeleQuote Insurance, Inc. TridentUSA Health Services OnDeck
Mohawk Global Logistics

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Sonia Mathai

Globality [MENLO PARK, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Sonia Mathai to lead the company’s people and talent strategy as Chief Human Resources Officer. Mathai brings a 19-year track record working for technology providers such as Synack and Upwork. She is an advisor and contributor to the Forbes Human Resources Council.

IFG Companies [HARTFORD, Conn.] announced the addition of Stephanie W. Yocum as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer. Just prior to joining IFG Companies, Ms. Yocum was the Chief Human Resource Officer for Numotion in Nashville, Tennessee. Stephanie also held key leadership positions in human resources at such companies as ISO New England, M/I Homes, Inc., The Scotts-Miracle-Gro Company and Polyone Corporation. She started her career at Accenture.

Michael Davidson

Buck [NEW YORK] announced that Michael Davidson was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Davidson is a proven leader in HR, bringing more than 25 years in financial services, telecoms, and manufacturing before joining Buck in 2002.

Diversified Maintenance [TAMPA, FLA.] announced the appointment of Lindsay Raduka as the Company’s new Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Diversified, Raduka’s has held multiple HR leadership positions in a wide range of B2B and B2C industries including technology, telecommunications, consumer durable goods, and diversified industrial manufacturing.

Aphria Inc. [LEAMINGTON, ON] (TSX: APHA, NYSE: APHA) announced the appointment of Maureen Berry as Vice President, Corporate Human Resources. Prior to joining Aphria Inc., Ms. Berry spent 15 years as the Corporate Human Resources Executive at Canada Health Infoway. She’s also held the roles of Vice-President, Human Resources for Certicom Corp., Vice-President of Human Resources for NRX Global Corp. and Vice-President Human Resources Consulting for Mainstream Access Corp.

Gus Bentivegna

MITRE [MCLEAN, Va., & BEDFORD, Mass.] announced Gus Bentivegna as the new vice president of human resources and talent enablement. Bentivegna joined MITRE in April to enhance the talent experience and total rewards compensation and benefits programs. Bentivegna previously served as a client relationship director, senior consultant and led the Talent Line of Business for the New England region at Willis Towers Watson. Prior to his 18 years at Willis Towers Watson, he was responsible for a variety of human resources, change management, and communication roles at Verizon, Citibank, and Nielsen.

CBRE | FacilitySource [PHOENIX] announced the appointment of Lisa Barnhart as Vice President of Human Resources. Barnhart brings over 15 years of strategic human resource experience to her new position. Throughout her career, Barnhart held leadership roles in a variety of industries including financial services, software, retail, and electric utility.

Northern Swan Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Marcelo Fumasoni as Chief People Officer. Fumasoni most recently served as Vice President Human Resources and Marketing Capabilities Lead at Novartis U.S., where he previously served as the Head of Human Resources for Latin America and Canada. Prior to Novartis, Mr. Fumasoni served as the Human Resources Regional Director at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.

Sonja Glatzhofer

STV [NEW YORK] announced that Sonja Glatzhofer has joined as vice president and chief human resources officer. Before joining STV, Glatzhofer was with a large multi-national engineering and construction firm, as the Vice President of Human Resources for its construction services division. Prior to that, she was with a leading construction and project management firm. Additionally, Glatzhofer has held a variety of management roles in finance and insurance, executing both human resources start-up functions and full redesigns of the human resources functions.

Beam Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Susan O’Connor as chief human resources officer. Prior to Beam, O’Connor launched O’Connor & Associates in 2008. She has partnered with several venture capital firms, including Third Rock Ventures, acting as the chief human resources executive for a number of biotech companies, including Celsius Therapeutics, Relay Therapeutics, Blueprint Medicines, Voyager Therapeutics and Fulcrum Therapeutics, among others. Prior to launching O’Connor & Associates, Ms. O’Connor was vice president, human resources at Johnson & Johnson, where she also served as a board member for several operating companies within the medical devices sector of the company.

PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that Lynn Howard has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining the Company, she served as Chief Human Resource Officer for Ciox Health. Previously, she held executive leadership positions with ABILITY Network, Surgical Care Affiliates, and MedAssets.

Meghan Hollan

CR architecture + design [CINCINNATI] announced that Meghan Hollan has joined the firm as Vice President of Human Resources. Hollan has led human resources at several local companies in a variety of industries, focusing on talent acquisition and leadership and organizational development.

e-TeleQuote Insurance, Inc. [CLEARWATER, FLA.] announced Shannon Gougis has been named its Chief People Officer (CPO). Gougis’ previous roles include HR leadership positions at ARDX, Divurgent, PRA Group and others.

TridentUSA Health Services [SPARKS, Md.] announced the appointment of Traci Bowen to the position of Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Bowen joined TridentUSA Health Services in November 2018. Bowen most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer for the OB Hospitalist Group in Greenville, SC. Previously, Ms. Bowen was Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Adeptus Health in Lewisville, TX.

Deb Stroff

OnDeck [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ONDK) announced the appointment of Deb Stroff as the company’s Chief People Officer.  Stroff joins OnDeck from Hogarth Worldwide, where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer. She has more than two decades of experience as a leader spanning various industry sectors — including Marketing Production (Hogarth), Consumer Products (Coty), Media & Entertainment (Time Inc.), Professional Services (EY), and Hospitality (The Ritz-Carlton.)

Mohawk Global Logistics [SYRACUSE, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Alicia Kirkby to the position of Chief People Officer (CPO). Kirkby comes to Mohawk from Mower (formerly Eric Mower + Associates), where she was Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to that, she held senior human resource positions at top architectural/engineering companies, as Director of Human Resources for the C&S Companies and Human Resources Manager for Clough, Harbour & Associates, LLP.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 10, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Apollo Global Management BMO Harris Bank Karma Automotive
EBSCO Information Services ABC Financial Services, LLC

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Matthew Breitfelder

Apollo Global Management [NEW YORK] brought on Matthew Breitfelder as Senior Partner and Global Head of Human Capital. Prior to joining Apollo, he was Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer at BlackRock. Previously, Mr. Breitfelder held talent and strategy roles at Mastercard, PwC, and the Corporate Executive Board. He began his career at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mr. Breitfelder serves on the boards of the Lumina Foundation and the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society program.

BMO Harris Bank [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Tracie Morris as U.S. Chief Human Resources Officer. Morris’ role was previously held by Larissa Chaikowsky, who was recently named Chief Operating Officer, BMO Wealth Management U.S. Morris has been in HR leadership roles for over 20 years, including the last seven with Exelon Corporation and Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd).

Doug Haslam

Karma Automotive [IRVINE, Calif.] hired Doug Haslam as Vice President, Human Resources.  Haslam comes to Karma from Lucid Motors where he served as Vice President, Global Human Resources. Prior to Lucid, Haslam led HR at the GlobalFoundries headquarters site. Prior to GlobalFoundries, Doug led HR functions and provided consulting services to a number of Silicon Valley technology companies, including Rearden Commerce, Silicon Image, Borland Software, and Palm Computing.

EBSCO Information Services [IPSWICH, MASS.] announced the hiring of Patricia Carroll as Senior Vice President of Human Resources (HR). Carroll was most recently the Vice President, Human Resources, at OSRAM Sylvania, Inc. Before her time at OSRAM, Carroll worked in HR at Aspen Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and held earlier positions with Teradyne, UNICCO Service Company and Deloitte & Touche.

ABC Financial Services, LLC [LITTLE ROCK, Ark.] announced the appointment of Rachana Jain as Chief People Officer. Jain has over 20 years of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition experience, notably at Accenture and Emtec Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 3, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Flex Neustar, Inc. Dorman Products, Inc.
Adaptive Biotechnologies Masergy Havertys
Berry Companies, Inc. Vestmark ATI Physical Therapy
DigitalOcean Marketing Management Analytics Cerner

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Phil Ulrich

Flex [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FLEX) announced that Phil Ulrich has been named the Chief Human Resources Officer. Ulrich will be joining Flex on May 13, 2019. Prior to joining Flex, Ulrich was senior vice president, Human Resources, Electrical Sector for Eaton.

Neustar, Inc. [STERLING, Va.] announced the appointment of Carey Pellock as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Pellock has more than 20 years of demonstrated expertise in leading high performance HR teams.

Scott Leff

Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, PA] recently hired Scott Leff as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Dorman, Leff held a variety of Global Divisional Human Resources roles at Hewlett-Packard and Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE), including Pointnext and HPE Financial Services. He also held Chief Human Resources Officer roles for D&M (Bain Capital Portfolio Company), Metrologic (Francisco Partners Portfolio Company acquired by Honeywell) and Divisional HR and Employee Relations roles for GMAC.

Adaptive Biotechnologies [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Francis Lo as Chief People Officer. Lo comes to Adaptive from Whole Foods Market: An Amazon Company, where he was Vice President of Human Resources. Previously, Mr. Lo held leadership roles in Sales, Operations, Corporate Strategy, Consumer Insights, and Human Resources across domestic and international markets at Frito Lay, PepsiCo, and Starbucks.

Maria Gotes

Masergy [DALLAS] announced that Maria Gotes will serve as Masergy’s new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Gotes joins Masergy from TriTech Software Systems, where she served as SVP of Human Resources. Prior to that role, Gotes was the SVP of HR at Tiempo Development. She began her career at Johnson Controls followed by Arizona State University.

Havertys [ATLANTA] (NYSE: HVT and HVT.A) has named Kelly A. Fladger as its new senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO). Fladger will succeed Allan DeNiro who is retiring after 15 years with the company. Fladger comes to Havertys from Perdue Farms, Inc. where he served most recently as vice president of HR services and chief diversity and inclusion officer. Prior to joining Perdue in 2016, he was vice president of people strategy and corporate human resources for Belk, Inc. From 1998 to 2014, he served in human resource capacities of increasing responsibility to include vice president, HR global functions and chief diversity officer for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

Stephanie Farley

Berry Companies, Inc. [WICHITA, Kan.] announced the promotion of Stephanie Farley as Chief People Officer. Farley has served as HR Director for Berry Companies since 2017. Farley’s experience includes roles in human resources and accounting, serving as General Manager of Kansas Operations for Connex International and Regional Director of a large-scale fitness facility in the Topeka/Lawrence area. Prior to joining Berry, Stephanie served as an accountant and HR business partner for a CPA firm in Wichita.

Vestmark [WAKEFIELD, Mass.] announced that Nick Thurlow has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Vestmark, Mr. Thurlow worked for five years as Vice President of Human Resources and Public Affairs at InterGen Services, Inc. Earlier in his career, he spent 15 years at Comverse, Inc. in roles of increasing responsibility, ultimately as Vice President of Human Resources. He also held various roles managing human resources for Boston Technology and Cabletron Systems.

Cedric Coco

ATI Physical Therapy [Bolingbrook, Ill.] announced that Cedric Coco is joining as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Prior to joining ATI Physical Therapy, Coco served as the Chief People Officer for Brookdale Senior Living. Before joining Brookdale, he served in various human resources roles for Lowe’s Companies Inc., culminating as senior vice president of human resources. Before Lowe’s, Coco gained nearly two decades of experience in human resources, learning and development and organization performance at Microsoft Corporation and KLA-Tencor Corporation. He began his career at the General Electric Company, where he held numerous leadership roles in engineering, business development, sales, general management and organizational learning.

DigitalOcean [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Lysa Dahlin as chief people officer. Prior to DigitalOcean, Dahlin spent 11 years at Comcast, where she was senior vice president of human resources. Dahlin left Comcast in 2017 and had since been consulting with mid-size companies on strategic HR projects. Prior to joining Comcast, she spent eight years at AT&T Broadband and previously led HR functions across varied industries throughout her career.

Liz Osterhus Fleuette

Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) [NEW YORK], an Ipsos Company, announced that Liz Osterhus Fleuette has been named Chief People Officer. Fleuette most recently served as Interim Head of Human Resources for Ipsos North America.  Prior to joining Ipsos in 2015, Fleuette built the HR function at a financial management consulting firm, Orion Consultants.

Cerner [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] (NASDAQ: CERN) announced that Julie Wilson, chief people officer, is retiring effective June 30, 2019. Julie has spent the past 24 years with Cerner and the last 16 in this executive role.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 26, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

McKesson Corporation TDIndustries ClickSoftware

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McKesson Corporation [IRVING, Texas] (NYSE: MCK) announced that Tracy Faber has been appointed executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), effective October 1, 2019. Faber joined McKesson in 2011 and currently serves as senior vice president, HR for McKesson Corporate and McKesson’s U.S. Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions business as well as the Strategic Initiatives team supporting McKesson’s transformation and strategic growth initiatives. Prior to McKesson, Faber was vice president HR for PepsiCo Sales and Marketing. With PepsiCo for over 13 years, Faber assumed HR roles of progressive responsibility within the organization, including holding the position of vice president HR North Division Sales for Frito Lay North America, as well as vice president Labor for Frito Lay North America. She also worked at Eaton Corporation and Nabisco. Faber succeeds Jorge Figueredo, current executive vice president and CHRO, who is retiring on September 30 after a distinguished 11-year career with McKesson.

Steve F. Cunningham

TDIndustries [DALLAS] hired Steve F. Cunningham as its new Chief People Officer. Previously, Cunningham was Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Essilor of America. Prior to Essilor, Steve spent time in HR leadership roles with Frito-Lay, BCE West, and the Circle K Corporation.

ClickSoftware [BURLINGTON, Mass.] named Jay Schaufeld as the company’s first Chief People Officer (CPO). Most recently, he served as senior vice president of human resources for ownerIQ. Before that, he was vice president of human resources for Meteorix, where he led human resources through high growth and ultimately integration following the company’s acquisition by IBM.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 19, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Cision Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) Uniphore
Intetics Inc. Avamere Family of Companies

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Susan Steele

Cision [CHICAGO] (NYSE: CISN) announced the appointment of Susan Steele as the company’s new global Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining the Cision executive team, Steele served as HR Reinvention Lead for Global Talent and Transformation at IBM. Steele’s 25 years of experience also include HR leadership roles at WPP, Deloitte and Linklaters and earlier investment banking roles at HSBC and JPMorgan Chase.

Robin Hirsch Everhart

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: LPX) announced that Robin Hirsch Everhart has been named to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Transformation Officer. Everhart joins LP from Cintas Corporation, where she served in a variety of strategic and operational leadership roles over the past 14 years, including most recently as senior vice president and chief diversity officer. Prior to Cintas she held senior corporate compliance roles at Winn Dixie and The Home Depot. Everhart fills the vacancy created when Tim Harnett moved to Entekra, a company in which LP is a major investor, where he is a senior vice president of operations.

Annie Weckesser

Uniphore [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Annie Weckesser as Chief Marketing and People Officer. For the past three years, Weckesser was part of the leadership team at NIO. Prior to NIO, Weckesser held various strategic communications and marketing roles for nine years for Cisco.

Intetics Inc. [NAPLES, FLA.] announced that Natalia Sidorenko joined the company as Intetics’s Vice President of Human Resources and Operations Europe. Sidorenko has experience on related positions in Samsung, Epam, and Luxoft.

Dale Fruehauf

Avamere Family of Companies [WILSONVILLE, Ore.] announced that Dale Fruehauf joins the as the Vice President of Human Resources. Fruehauf brings over 25 years of experience in the HR field and over 20 years of providing senior HR leadership in a variety of industries.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 12, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

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

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

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

Carla J. Chaney

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

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

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

Danielle Brown

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

Lisa Amaya Price

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

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

CHRO Moves – week ending April 5, 2019

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

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Kim Seymour

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

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

Felecia Pryor

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

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

Beth Goldstein

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

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

Toby Skey

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

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

Randi Moran

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

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