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CHRO Moves – week ending Feburary 8, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Waste Management Boardwalk Pipeline Partners The Trade Desk
EnsembleIQ Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Dynata
Cedilla Therapeutics Clinical Innovations Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc.
Eta Compute Inc. Cetera Oportun

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Waste Management [HOUSTON] recently hired Tamla Oates-Forney as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to WM, Forney served in numerous positions throughout her 20 years at General Electric including the Senior Executive and Human Resources Director for GE Africa, Chief Diversity Officer for GE Appliances & Lighting, and most recently, Vice President of Human Resources for GE Energy Connections.

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners [HOUSTON] announced that Mercy Kamps has been promoted to the Senior Management Team, where she will serve as Boardwalk’s Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Communications and Investor Relations. Mercy previously served as Boardwalk’s Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and led the Legal Operations team.

The Trade Desk [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: TTD) announced the appointment of Shelley Zajic as Chief Talent Officer. Previously, she served as Global Head of Human Resources at the Patrón Spirits Company. Prior to Patrón, Shelley held human resource leadership roles at Apollo Education Group, Schottenstein Stores Corporation, and UnitedHealth Group, among others.

EnsembleIQ [CHICAGO] announced that it has appointed Ann Jadown as Chief Human Resources Officer. Jadown joins EnsembleIQ from Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: ECHO) announced that Paula Frey has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to working at Echo, Ms. Frey worked at the Education Corporation of America as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer. From 2008 to 2015, Ms. Frey worked at Sears Holdings Corporation in multiple roles, including Senior HR Business Partner and Vice President of Human Resources, as well as Interim Chief Human Resources Officer. For 19 years, Ms. Frey was Senior Director of Human Resources at Motorola, where she worked in Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Management.

Dynata [DALLAS] announced that Dawn Hirsch is joining the company as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Before joining Dynata, Hirsch was Chief Human Resources Officer at HireRight. She also held senior positions at inVentiv Health, Lend Lease and Thomson Reuters.

Cedilla Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Andrew Dawson as chief human resources officer. Dawson joins Cedilla after having served in senior roles of increasing scope and responsibility at Shire, Roche, Novartis, Eli Lilly and TripAdvisor. Most recently, he was a senior vice president and head of human resources at Enzyvant.

Clinical Innovations [SALT LAKE CITY] announced it has hired Jason Whetstone as vice president of human resources. Whetstone was most recently the senior director of human resources for Polaris Industries’ Engineering and Lean organizations. He previously worked in HR for General Mills for more than a decade.

Jeff VanHaitsma

Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc. [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] (OTCQX: MHGU) announced the promotion of Jeff VanHaitsma to Vice President of Human Resources. VanHaitsma joined Meritage in 2014 as Director of Organizational Development.  He grew his talent management and human resources experience at Herman Miller, Family Christian Stores and Amway.

Eta Compute Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] announced that Leon Bezdikian joined the company as vice president of human resources. During his career he held vice president, human resources positions with InvenSense, Inc., Inphi Corporation, SiBEAM, and other fast-growing technology companies.

Cetera [LOS ANGELES] appointed Jeannie Finkel as Chief Human Resources Officer. Finkel most recently held the position of Chief Administrative Officer at Cydcor. Jeannie has previously served as a senior HR leader, business focused executive team member and trusted advisor to senior management for companies such as Charles Schwab, Countrywide Financial and Trust Company of the West.

Oportun [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] announced it has appointed Robin Lykins as its Chief People Officer. Lykins joins Oportun after having served in a number of senior roles at Verifone, most recently as Chief People Officer. Prior, she held executive leadership positions at Risk Management Solutions (RMS), MegaPath, California Eastern Laboratories, Trazar Corporation, and Applied Materials. She began her career in HR roles with Nordstrom and Macy’s.

CHRO Moves – week ending Feburary 1, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

World Fuel Services GE Maine Pointe
PCI Coursera Tilray, Inc.
Snow Software OppLoans CHA Consulting, Inc.
NFP Gilbane Building Company

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Fernando Casadevall

World Fuel Services Corporation [MIAMI] (NYSE: INT) announced that Fernando Casadevall has joined as Chief Human Resource Officer.   Fernando has been Chief Human Resources Officer for Qatar Airlines Group since 2016.  Fernando has also held executive HR roles with Al-Futtaim Group Companies in Dubai, Citigroup in London, Baltimore and New York and Spear, Leeds & Kellogg.

GE [BOSTON] (NYSE: GE) announced that L. Kevin Cox will join GE as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective February 25, 2019. Cox joins GE from American Express, where he was the Chief Human Resources Officer. Cox succeeds Raghu Krishnamoorthy who will be retiring from GE after 25-years of dedicated service. Cox joined American Express in 2005 after 16 years at Pepsi-Cola and the Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), where he held positions leading strategy, business development, technology, and Human Resources.

Mary Lyons

 

Maine Pointe [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Mary Lyons as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

PCI [Philadelphia, PA] announced the appointment of Angi Calkins as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Calkins served in senior leadership roles at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Rich Jacquet

Coursera [Mountain View, CA] announced that Rich Jacquet has joined as new Chief People Officer. Most recently, he was the Chief People Officer at Gigamon. He also held leadership positions at companies like Packeteer, Bay Networks, eBay and Yahoo!

Tilray, Inc. [NANAIMO, British Columbia] (NASDAQ: TLRY) announced the hire of Rita Seguin as EVP of Human Resources. Seguin served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Diageo North America and most recently as Vice President of Human Resources for Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits Distributors.

Rachel Mooney

Snow Software [STOCKHOLM & AUSTIN, Texas] announced the appointment of Rachel Mooney as Chief People & Culture Officer. Mooney from Vodafone, where she led strategic and operational HR for group corporate functions and global shared services. Previously, Mooney led organizational culture for Google across EMEA as well as the company’s human resources function in Ireland.

Karishma Patel Buford

OppLoans [Chicago] announced the appointment of Karishma Patel Buford to the new role of Chief People Officer. Karishma joins OppLoans after a successful tenure as Head of Global Talent Management at Groupon. She has previously held leadership roles at BAE Systems Inc and Korn Ferry.

Jennifer Chatt

CHA Consulting, Inc. [ALBANY, N.Y. and BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] announced the appointment of Jennifer Chatt as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Jennifer joined CHA in July 2017 to lead human resources. She previously held senior human resource management positions at Key Bank, NYISO, Northeast Parent and Child Society and Angiodynamics.

NFP [NEW YORK] announced that Kim Davis, formerly NFP’s chief human resources officer, is joining NFP’s board of directors. In addition, Davis will take on the newly created role of chief diversity and inclusion officer. Ginnette Quesada-Kunkel and Mary Steed will join NFP’s Executive Management Committee as chief human resources officer and chief people officer, respectively. Quesada-Kunkel, currently senior vice president of HR, will become executive vice president and assume oversight for the HR function as chief human resources officer. Steed, currently senior vice president of HR, assumes the newly created role of chief people officer.

Katherine Johnson

Gilbane Building Company [PROVIDENCE, R.I.] announced that Katherine Johnson joined the company as senior vice president and chief human resources officer, succeeding Pierre LaPerriere as he retires at the end of 2019. In her most recent role, Ms. Johnson served as global vice president and head of human resources for buildings, infrastructure and advanced facilities for Jacobs in Englewood, Colorado. She also held a range of domestic and international human resources management roles of increasing responsibilities at CH2M over a span of twenty-four years.

CHRO Moves – week ending January 25, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Acushnet Holdings Under Armour, Inc. JLL
Papa John’s International, Inc. CopperPoint Insurance Companies Carbon Black

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Brendan Reidy

Acushnet Holdings [FAIRHAVEN, Mass.] (NYSE: GOLF) announced Brendan Reidy as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).  Prior to joining the Company, he was Vice President HR – Organizational Effectiveness at Biogen.  In his 7 years at Biogen, he also led HR for the global R&D organization and Global Commercial Operations.  Prior to Biogen, he worked at P&G and Gillette in various HR roles across a number of geographies and businesses.

Under Armour, Inc. [BALTIMORE] (NYSE: UA, UAA) announced the appointment of Tchernavia Rocker as its new Chief People and Culture Officer. Rocker joins Under Armour from Harley-Davidson, Inc. where she spent more than 18 years in HR leadership roles, most recently as the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to that, she served in various HR and operations roles at Goodyear Dunlop North America Tire Inc. Rocker will join Under Armour in February 2019.

Mary Bilbrey

JLL [CHICAGO] (NYSE: JLL) announced that Mary Bilbrey has been promoted to Global Chief Human Resources Officer from her current role as Americas CHRO. The change is effective February 1, and she will continue to oversee human resources in the Americas region until her successor is named. Bilbrey succeeds Trish Maxson as Global CHRO. Maxson maintains her roles as Chief Administrative Officer and interim CFO. Bilbrey joined JLL in early 2016 as CHRO for the Americas. Prior to joining JLL, Bilbrey held a succession of senior HR leadership roles for HSBC, based at different times in the U.S. and in Europe. She was the Head of Human Resources for HSBC USA and, prior to that, held several leadership roles in HSBC’s London headquarters. Previously, she held various positions focused on compensation, benefits, and mergers and acquisitions.

Papa John’s International, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NASDAQ: PZZA) announced the appointment of Marvin Boakye as its first Chief People Officer. Boakye joins Papa John’s after serving as vice president of human resources at Andeavor. Prior to Andeavor, he was chief human resources officer for MTS Allstream, and held senior human resources positions at Goodyear, Pulte Group and The Home Depot. Boakye replaces Senior Vice President of People Operations Bob Smith, who retired from Papa John’s in August 2018 after serving 15 years with the company.

Rachel Davis-Schultz

CopperPoint Insurance Companies [PHOENIX] announced that Rachel Davis-Schultz has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. For the past 10 years, she has been with Express Scripts.

Carbon Black [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CBLK) announced that Sandra O’Sullivan has been appointed Chief People Officer (CPO). O’Sullivan joined Carbon Black in 2012, most recently serving as the company’s Vice President of Customer Success. Prior to Carbon Black, O’Sullivan launched and was President of Ametros Financial. O’Sullivan steps into the CPO role as Amy Robinson, former Carbon Black CPO, establishes a new function within Carbon Black focused on leadership coaching.

CHRO Moves – week ending January 18, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Panera Bread Mimecast Limited Airgain, Inc.
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company SmileDirectClub Torchy’s Tacos
Sterling Construction Company, Inc. Pacific Western Bank BetterCloud

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Panera Bread [ST. LOUIS] announced that Anita Vanderveer has recently joined the company’s senior management team as SVP, Chief People Officer. Most recently, Anita served as senior vice president of people for the national headquarters of SONIC®, America’s Drive-In®. Vanderveer began her career with Pizza Hut/Yum! Brands more than 25 years ago in restaurant operations and has served in a variety of human resources executive positions.

Mimecast Limited [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MIME) announced Karen Anderson as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). In her last role, Karen was the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Previously, she was Vice President of Human Resources for Pfizer. Earlier in her career she was responsible for compensation, benefits and systems for Bayer Canada before becoming the Global Human Resources Director for Baxter.

Airgain, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: AIRG) announced Kathy Pearson as the Vice President of Global Human Resources and Administration. Pearson has held senior level Human Resources positions with Hilton Hotels, Axis Global Logistics, Marriott Hotels, and many early stage R&D organizations.

Preferred Mutual Insurance Company [NEW BERLIN, N.Y.] announced the promotion of Jenifer Rinehart to Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Jenifer joined Preferred Mutual in 2017 and has over 20 years in the insurance industry and over 30 years in Human Resources.

SmileDirectClub [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Cheryl DeSantis, who previously served as Vice President of People & Organization, is now Chief People Officer (CPO).

Elizabeth Baxter

Torchy’s Tacos [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the hiring of Elizabeth Baxter as chief people officer. Baxter joins Torchy’s after spending over seven years in multiple HR roles at Walmart, most recently as senior director, performance management for the enterprise.

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] (NasdaqGS: STRL) announced that Kate Sberna has been appointed to the position of Vice President, Chief Talent Officer. Most recently she was with Aggreko where she held the position of Global Director of Learning & Talent. Kate’s 11 year career with Aggreko also included roles as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the Aggreko’s Rental Solutions business, and The Americas division. Prior to this, Kate was Vice President of Human Resources for Corrpro Companies. Additionally, the Company has appointed Craig Allen, previously Sterling’s Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer since 2013, to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance & Administration Officer.

Pacific Western Bank [BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.] announced that Rebecca Cordes has been hired as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining, Ms. Cordes served as the Executive Vice President, Director of Support Services at First Western Trust Bank, principal banking subsidiary of First Western Financial, Inc. During her tenure with First Western Financial Inc., she also served as the Director of Human Capital and as Senior Operations Officer for First Western Capital Management.

BetterCloud [NEW YORK] announced it has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Marjorie Ajero as Chief People Officer. Previously, she served as Vice President of Human Resources at Group Nine Media. Prior to Group Nine Media, Ajero worked at Thrillist Media Group. Before that, she worked at Everyday Health where she helped build the HR team and worked on several M&A transactions.

CHRO Moves – week ending January 11, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Target Corporation AmerisourceBergen
Lennar Corporation DISCO TÜV SÜD America Inc.
Rockwell Automation JDA Software, Inc. Gongos, Inc.
Core Molding Technologies, Inc. Fred Alger Management, Inc.

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Gary VanderLind

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company [AKRON, Ohio] (NASDAQ: GT) announced that Gary VanderLind, vice president of Human Resources for the company’s Americas region will become senior vice president, Global Human Resources, effective Feb. 1, 2019. VanderLind began his Goodyear career in the company’s retail stores in 1985, during which time he managed multiple company-owned outlets for the company. He then advanced through various Human Resources roles in North America, EMEA and the Americas, as well as corporate and functional roles. VanderLind succeeds John Lucas, who is retiring.

Target Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TGT) announced that Stephanie Lundquist, who has served as Target’s Chief HR Officer since 2016, has been named President of Food and Beverage. Melissa Kremer, Senior Vice President HR, has been promoted to Target’s Chief HR Officer. Kremer, who has been with the Company since 2004, has led HR strategy and operations; HR business partnership, including support of Target’s largest commercial businesses; and the talent management functions of recruiting, learning, leadership development and strategic workforce planning.

AmerisourceBergen [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] announced the appointment of Silvana Battaglia to its executive team as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Battaglia was most recently with Aramark. She is succeeding Kathy Gaddes, who has taken on the role of EVP and Corporate Compliance Officer at AmerisourceBergen.

Andrew Davis

Lennar Corporation [Miami, FL] (NYSE: LEN), recently hired Andrew Davis as Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Lennar, Andrew was the Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and spent 10+ years there in various Human Resources positions. He also held positions of increasing responsibility at The Home Depot, Best Buy Company and Yum Brands.

DISCO [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Aaron P. Trull joined the company as vice president of human resources. Trull joins DISCO from Bazaarvoice, where as vice president he served for six years leading HR functions including learning and development, talent acquisition and management, HRIS and compensation. Prior to Bazaarvoice, Trull spent more than a decade at technology leaders including Dell, AMD, and Hewlett-Packard after starting his career at Ernst & Young.

TÜV SÜD America Inc. [PEABODY, Mass.] announced the appointment of Jobina Gonsalves to the role of Vice President – Human Resources for the Americas, including TÜV SÜD America, TÜV SÜD Canada, TÜV SÜD América de México, and TÜV SÜD America do Brasil. Jobina Gonsalves joined the TÜV SÜD group in 2012. She started at TÜV SÜD in Singapore as VP-HR heading the HR team in the Asia Pacific region and deploying HR and talent policies to support the growth in Asia. In 2014, Jobina became Director – Employee Development in the Global HR team. More recently, she also was responsible for Executive Management as the HR Business Partner for Senior Executives at TÜV SÜD. Prior to TÜV SÜD, Jobina Gonsalves was leading the HR team for Robert Bosch in Singapore. Previously, Jobina drove the growth for an IT firm in Singapore by setting up the HR operations for a software firm.

Karen Keegans

Rockwell Automation [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: ROK) announced the appointment of Karen Keegans as senior vice president, human resources. Most recently, she was Chief Human Resources Officer at Pentair and previously held several senior leadership roles at Praxair and Monsanto.

JDA Software, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced the appointment of Nathalie Carruthers as executive vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). She joins JDA from Benchmark Electronics. Carruthers replaces Brian Boylan who retired from the company at the end of 2018. Carruthers’ extensive human resources experience spans more than 20 years with leadership positions at Benchmark Electronics, Lumileds, Flex and Solectron (acquired by Flex).

Cheryl Halverson

Gongos, Inc. [ROYAL OAK, Mich.] named Cheryl Halverson as Chief People Officer (CPO). Halverson has served as the company’s Vice President, People Development & Planning since 2014, and has been with Gongos since 1998, where she held client service and team management roles.

Fred Alger Management, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Christie Tully has joined as Senior Vice President, Head of Human Resources. Tully joins Alger from Mission Capital Advisors, where she served as Director, Head of Human Resources. She previously held recruiting roles at Kain Management Group and Glocap Search. Prior, Ms. Tully worked as a project manager at General Electric and Thomson Financial. She began her career at Goldman Sachs as an internal wholesaler and sales desk analyst.

Core Molding Technologies, Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ohio] (NYSE American: CMT) announced that Renee Anderson has been appointed Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Core, Renee was President of Anderson Consulting Services, LLC.  Prior to Anderson Consulting Services, Ms. Anderson served as the Americas Human Resources Director for Draexlmaier.  Before that she held Human Resource leadership positions of increasing responsibility with Danfoss and Alcan Medical.

CHRO Moves – week ending January 4, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Harvey Building Products Campaign Monitor Carter Bank & Trust
Civitas Senior Living

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Kerry Field

Harvey Building Products [Waltham, MA] announced the appointment of Kerry Field as senior vice president and chief people officer.   Prior to joining Harvey, Kerry was vice president of global human resources for Thermo Fisher Scientific and held consulting and talent roles of increasing responsibility at Deloitte Touche Thomatsu Limited.

Campaign Monitor [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced the appointment of Sharon Strauss to the role of Chief People Officer. She most recently served as the Chief People Officer at GetWellNetwork, Inc. Strauss has also held various HR leadership roles at companies such as Tiffany & Co., Opower and Dunkin’ Brands.

Paul Carney

Carter Bank & Trust [MARTINSVILLE, Va.] (OTCQX: CARE) announced that Paul Carney recently joined the bank as senior vice president and director of human resources. Prior to joining Carter Bank & Trust, Carney served in various human resources leadership roles for the Navy Federal Credit Union.

Civitas Senior Living [FORT WORTH, Texas] announced the promotion of Dionne Motal, Vice President of Human Resources to Chief Human Resources Officer.

CHRO Moves – week ending December 28, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

OneLogin

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Courtney Harrison

OneLogin [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Courtney Harrison has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. Harrison joins OneLogin from Medius Advisory Group. In prior roles, she served as Head of Global Executive Talent as well as the VP/HR Business Partner of Go-To-Market at Juniper Networks, as well as the CHRO for both Asurion and the United States Olympic Committee.

CHRO Moves – week ending December 21, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

NCC Media EagleView Semma Therapeutics, Inc.

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NCC Media [NEW YORK] announced it has named Deborah Josephs as chief people officer. Josephs joins NCC from IAC Applications where she served as chief people officer. Earlier, Josephs played a central role in the success of DoubleClick where as VP, human resources. Josephs has also served as SVP, people operations at eXelate and EVP, human resources at Everyday Health.  Previous experience includes HR management positions at The McGraw-Hill Companies, Standard & Poors and Ogilvy.

Ruby White

EagleView [BELLEVUE, WASH.] announced that Ruby White has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Human Resources. White was previously Vice President of Human Resources. Ruby’s previous experience includes a role as Vice President of Global HR & Administration at Napster and positions at RealNetworks, Weyerhaeuser, Federated Logistics, and Comcast Cable.

Semma Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointments of Ann Darda as Head of Human Resources. Most recently, Darda served as the Global Head of Talent Management and Organizational Development for Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research (NIBR). Ms. Darda also held leadership roles at Biogen and Wyeth/Pfizer.

CHRO Moves – week ending December 14, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Thornton Tomasetti Wynn Resorts Limited

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Daniel Stauthamer

Thornton Tomasetti [NEW YORK] announced that Daniel Stauthamer has joined as chief human resources officer. Prior to joining Thornton Tomasetti, Stauthamer was a divisional HR leader at Jacobs overseeing parts of North and South America. He also spent more than 10 years at CH2M, where he served as the human resources director for the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

Wynn Resorts Limited [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: WYNN) announced that Rose Huddleston recently joined Wynn Resorts as Senior Vice President of Human Resources, North America, a new position.  Ms. Huddleston has more than 25 years of experience in luxury hospitality and spent the past 18 years with Ritz-Carlton/Marriott International as Regional Director of Human Resources.

CHRO Moves – week ending December 7, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Nuance Communications, Inc. La-Z-Boy Incorporated Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.
Heidrick & Struggles BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. ConsultNet
CareerBuilder RK Logistics Group TapClicks
ETQ

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Beth Conway

Nuance Communications, Inc. [BURLINGTON, MA] (NASDAQ: NUAN) appointed Beth Conway as executive vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer.  Before joining Nuance, Conway held numerous leadership roles at CA Technologies, most recently serving as senior vice president of People.

La-Z-Boy Incorporated [MONROE, Mich.] (NYSE: LZB) announced the appointment of Katie Vanderjagt as Chief Human Resources Officer. Vanderjagt joined La-Z-Boy in 2015 as Director of Talent Management, was made Director of Corporate HR and Talent in 2017, and has been serving in the lead Human Resources position since August. Prior to joining La-Z-Boy, Vanderjagt was with Borgwarner as Director, Human Resources and Global Talent.  Before that, she spent seven years at Owens-Illinois in various Human Resources positions of increasing responsibility before becoming Director, Global Talent Management and HR Strategy.  She began her career at Target Corporation as a Human Resources Manager.

Sarah Payne

Heidrick & Struggles [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: HSII) announced Sarah Payne has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), and Rick Greene, Heidrick & Struggle’s current CHRO, will move into the Heidrick Consulting business as a Partner. Both leadership changes will become effective January 1, 2019. Payne was most recently Vice President, Human Resources, Global Executive Search. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, she was Director of Global Executive Compensation at Bunge. Earlier she was Global Director of Compensation and Benefits at PanAmSat.

Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. [MENLO PARK, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ADVM) announced the appointment of Mike Fitzgerald as vice president, human resources. Fitzgerald was the Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources for ZELTIQ Aesthetics (now Allergan). Prior to ZELTIQ, he served as the Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources for Cepheid. Before joining Cepheid, he served as the Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources at Verigy, Ltd (now a part of Advantest Corp.). Prior to Verigy, Mr. Fitzgerald was Vice President of Human Resources at Varian, Inc. (acquired by Agilent Technologies), and prior to that, he held various HR roles culminating in becoming the Global Director of HR Strategy and Planning for Vodafone Group, plc.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. [SAN RAFAEL, Calif.] (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced the promotion of Amy Wireman to Group Vice President, Human Resources, effective January 1, 2019.  Ms. Wireman joined BioMarin in 2013 and has held roles of increasing responsibilities, starting with head of compensation and benefits, followed by responsibilities for HR operations, and most recently talent acquisition.  Ms. Wireman will be replacing Rich Ranieri, Head of Human Resources, who announced in June that he will be retiring from the company at the end of the year. Ms. Wireman previously held managerial HR positions at Wind River, Xyratex and Micromuse as well as senior consulting roles with Watson Wyatt and Mercer.

ConsultNet [SOUTH JORDAN, Utah] welcomed Amy Esser as the organization’s new vice president of Human Resources. Before joining ConsultNet, Esser worked at the McCann World group as a SVP, Regional Director of Human Resources.

Michelle Armer

CareerBuilder [CHICAGO] announced the promotion of Michelle Armer to Chief People Officer. Joining as an HR Coordinator, Armer quickly stepped into a managerial role and was instrumental in supporting CareerBuilder.

RK Logistics Group [FREMONT, CALIF.] announced that Kimberly Meccariello has joined the company as corporate director of human resources. Meccariello progressed through increasingly responsible human resource management positions with Bio-Rad Laboratories, Rite Aid Corporation and Lockheed-Martin Corporation. A 23-year U.S. Air Force veteran, she previously served as a personnel officer stationed at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif. Upon retirement from active military duty she continued in service to the country as a member of the USAF Reserves.

TapClicks [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that it hired Tonya J. Long who is joining the company as Vice President of People and Operations. Long most recently held senior product operations roles at Akamai Technologies and Avaya and has more than 20 years of senior leadership in high-tech enterprise companies.

Brian Testa

ETQ [Burlington, MA] announced the appointment of Brian Testa as VP of People Operations. Before ETQ, Testa was Vice President, Global People Operations at KBACE Technologies. Testa has been a part of the Boston start-up technology landscape for the past 20 years.

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