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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.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 30, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Xerox CDW Maropost
Swagelok Company

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Suzan-Morno-Wade

Xerox [NORWALK, Conn.] (NYSE: XRX) announced the appointment of Suzan Morno-Wade as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Morno-Wade joined Xerox in 2016 as vice president of Total Rewards.

CDW [LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: CDW) announced that Elizabeth H. Connelly will join CDW as chief human resources officer (CHRO) and senior vice president, coworker services. Connelly joins CDW from J.P. Morgan Chase where she most recently served as managing director and head of the Healthcare, Higher Education and Not-for-Profit Commercial Banking business.

Maropost [TORONTO] announced that Sara Schroeder will be joining the company as Vice President of People. Schroeder comes to Maropost from Signal, where she most recently served as the company’s VP, Head of Global Human Resources. Prior to working at Signal, Schroeder served as HR Business Partner for Press Ganey.

David Lucarelli

Swagelok Company [SOLON, Ohio] appointed David J. Lucarelli as vice president, global human resources. Lucarelli joined Swagelok in 2006 and has held several leadership positions within human resources, most recently serving as director, global human resources business partnerships.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 23, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Unum Hallmark BETA Healthcare Group
ViewRay, Inc. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.

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Elizabeth Ahmed

Unum [CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee] (NYSE: UNM) announced that Elizabeth Ahmed has been appointed executive vice president of People and Communication for the company. Ahmed was Chief Human Resources Officer at AmTrust Financial Services. Ahmed has also held HR leadership positions at Equity Administration Services, PNC Bank and Marsh USA.

Beth Sweetman

Hallmark [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced that Beth Sweetman has been appointed senior vice president of human resources. Sweetman most recently served as senior vice president and chief human resources officer for DST Systems, Inc. Sweetman replaces Bob Bloss, who is retiring from the company and will depart Jan. 2, 2019. Prior to joining Hallmark, Sweetman’s aforementioned appointment at DST Systems, Inc. came after serving as senior vice president of human resources for Furniture Brands International. In addition, she spent 14 years working in human resources for Monsanto Company, both as vice president of North America and vice president of international.

BETA Healthcare Group [ALAMO, Calif.] announced that John E. McClain has been named Director of Human Resources. He will be replacing Deborah Verdream who is retiring after 12 years of service to BETA Healthcare Group. McClain most recently held the position of Human Resources Director at SAGE Veterinary Centers. Previously, he spent 23 years at NORCAL Mutual in San Francisco leading human resources and facilities, ending his tenure there as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer.

ViewRay, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: VRAY) announced the appointment of Robert M. Fuchs as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining ViewRay, Rob was the Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources Officer for Advanced Energy. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources Officer for Spectranetics.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. [Ramsey, NJ] announced that Victoria (Vicky) Ringwood has joined the company as senior vice president of Human Resources. Ringwood most recently led HR for the Mobile Division of Samsung Electronics Americas. Ringwood previously worked with companies including, Tyco International, American Standard and Honeywell.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 16, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Nissan Actian Albemarle Corporation
AHEAD Securian Financial Zapproved LLC
Vets First Choice Landmark Health AVANGRID, Inc.
Wabash National Corporation

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Mark Stout

Nissan [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] appointed Mark Stout, currently Global Vice President, Human Resources Operations, to the role of Corporate Vice President, Global Human Resources. Stout began his career at Nissan in 1989 as an HR representative at the company’s vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. He has held a number of domestic and global HR positions of increasing responsibility.

Actian [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Melissa Ribeiro as Chief People Officer (CPO). Before joining Actian, Ribeiro served as the EVP of Human Resources at Deluxe Entertainment Group and as Global Vice President of HR at Opera Mediaworks. Ribeiro also worked in HR operations for Yahoo! Latin America.

DeeAnne Marlow

Albemarle Corporation [Charlotte, NC] (NYSE: ALB) hired DeeAnne Marlow as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Before joining Albemarle, DeeAnne was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Greif, Inc., a global leader in industrial packaging products and services.  Prior to Greif, Ms. Marlow held human resources leadership roles at Cummins, Actuant, GE Healthcare, and SC Johnson & Sons.

AHEAD [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Michael Hoehne as its new chief people officer (CPO). Hoehne held senior HR positions at various privately held and public companies, including 10 years at Sears, Roebuck and Co. Prior to joining AHEAD, Hoehne was vice president and chief human resources officer at APAC Customer Services. Most recently, he served as managing director of HR at R.J. O’Brien & Associates.

Kristi Fox

Securian Financial [ST. PAUL, Minn.] named Kristi L. Fox vice president of human resources. Fox has been with Securian Financial since 1995. She joined the company’s human resources department in 2017 to lead talent management and serve as the company’s first chief diversity officer. Prior to working in human resources, Fox held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility within Securian Financial’s business lines—most recently as a vice president with the company’s Group Insurance business.

Zapproved LLC [PORTLAND, ORE.] announced the addition of Susy Dunn as Chief People Officer. Dunn held executive positions at Act-On Software, Jama Software, and Jive Software.

Jim Young

Vets First Choice [PORTLAND, Maine] announced the appointment of Jim Young as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Young was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Aptuit, LLC. He has held senior HR and operating roles at General Electric, WebMD and Viacom.

Landmark Health [HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.] announced that Anna Gill has been named its Chief Human Resources Officer (“CHRO”). Anna joins Landmark from Aetna’s Service Operations where she most recently served as Head of Human Resources. Prior to Aetna, Anna was the Vice President of Human Resources and Head of Employee Development at Coventry Management Services, which was acquired by Aetna in 2013.

Peter Church

AVANGRID, Inc. [ORANGE, Conn.] (NYSE: AGR) announced the appointment of Peter Church as Chief Human Resources Officer. Church comes to AVANGRID from UnitedHealthcare, where he was Chief Talent Officer. Church has more than 20 years of human resources experience at companies including The Hartford, Aetna and United Technologies.

Wabash National Corporation [LAFAYETTE, Ind.] (NYSE: WNC) announced the appointment of Kristin Glazner as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Glazner served as Vice President – Corporate Human Resources. She joined Wabash National in February 2010 as Corporate Counsel and served in that role until October 2017, when she was appointed to the position of Vice President – Human Resources and Legal Administration. Prior to Wabash National, Ms. Glazner was an attorney with the law firm Baker & Daniels LLP (now Faegre Baker Daniels LLP) from 2002 to 2010.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 9, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Lubrizol Corporation Apttus Endurance International Group
VITAS Healthcare Dragos, Inc. Greif, Inc.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.

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The Lubrizol Corporation [CLEVELAND] announced that Ana G. Rodriguez has been named corporate vice president and chief human resources officer, effective December 3, 2018. Rodriguez replaces Andy Panega, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Since 2016, Rodriguez served as chief human resources officer at Sotera Health. Prior to Sotera, she was the senior vice president and chief human resources officer at PolyOne Corporation. Before joining PolyOne, Rodriguez was senior vice president of global human resources at Molex Incorporated. She also worked in the legal departments of Amgen Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Litton Industries. Rodriguez began her legal career as a staff attorney at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Apttus [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced Colleen Carr as its Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Apttus, Carr served as senior vice president of human resources for Actian and Bluecoat Systems. Carr has held senior HR leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies.

Endurance International Group [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EIGI) announced the appointment of Tom Aurelio as chief human resources officer. Most recently, he was executive vice president of human resources for Criteo. Prior to that, Mr. Aurelio served as senior vice president of people and culture at The Priceline Group (now Booking Holdings). He also spent ten years at Symantec, where he served as vice president of human resources, a role he also held at GE Capital. Mr. Aurelio also co-founded SimpleCloudApps, Inc.

Diane Psaras

VITAS Healthcare [Miami, FL] announced that Diane Psaras has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. Since 2014, Psaras held the same title at wound-care provider Healogics Inc. in Jacksonville, FL. Psaras spent six years as senior vice president of HR at Darden Restaurants in Orlando, and 14 years in HR roles at specialty materials firm Avery Dennison in Cleveland.

Dragos, Inc. [HANOVER, Md.] announced the addition of Jill Samuel as Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Dragos, Jill led the HR function for RedOwl (acquired by Forcepoint). Prior to RedOwl, she led HR for Edge Hosting (acquired by DataBank) as well as BoxTone, a mobile device management company (acquired by Good Technology).

Greif, Inc. [DELAWARE, Ohio] (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B) announced the appointment of Bala V. Sathyanarayanan as Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer. Sathyanarayanan most recently served as Executive Vice President for Human Resources for North American Operations at the Xerox Corporation. Sathyanarayanan also led human resources for the Americas Enterprise Business at Hewlett-Packard Inc. His career also includes roles at Avaya Inc., Polaris Software Inc., and Coca Cola Inc.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. [BRIDGEVILLE, Pa.] (NASDAQ: USAP) announced that Alyssa Snider has joined the Company as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Snider began her career at Shell as an HR Analyst and Business Partner and later took on additional roles including labor relations representative, HR Manager of Capital Projects in the U.S., Organizational Effectiveness consultant, and most recently, as Americas HR Talent Strategy Advisor, Manufacturing.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 2, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Livent Corporation Dana Incorporated AllianceRx Walgreens Prime
Grainger Qumulo RealWear, Inc.
Namely Pacific Market International

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Kathleen Weslock

Livent Corporation [Philadelphia, PA] (NYSE: LTHM), hired Kathleen Weslock as Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Livent, Kathleen was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Frontier Communications and held Chief Human Resources Officer positions at Cisco Systems, SunGard Data Systems, Shearman & Sterling, and Covance. Kathleen also held senior Human Resources positions at Deloitte and Lehman Brothers, and began her career with GTE, now known as Verizon.

Dana Incorporated [MAUMEE, Ohio] (NYSE: DAN) announced that Shelley Bridarolli will be joining the company as senior vice president of human resources, effective Nov. 26, 2018.  Ms. Bridarolli comes to Dana from BorgWarner, where she most recently served as vice president of human resources for the company’s PowerDrive Systems group.  Prior to BorgWarner, Ms. Bridarolli served for 13 years in a variety of leadership roles at Eaton Corporation. She began her professional career at the National Fuel Exploration Corporation as leader of human resources and administration.

AllianceRx Walgreens Prime [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced it has named Marcelie “Tuck” Tucker as chief human resources officer. Tucker was most recently vice president of human resources with Dover Corporation’s refrigeration and food equipment segment.

Kathleen Carroll

Grainger [CHICAGO] (NYSE: GWW) announced it has appointed Kathleen S. Carroll as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective December 3, 2018.  Carroll will succeed Joseph High who, as previously announced, retired from Grainger earlier this year. Carroll comes to Grainger from First Midwest Bank, where she served as Executive Vice President and CHRO.  Prior to that, she held a number of leadership positions with Aon Corporation, which included Global Head of Talent Acquisition and HR Lead for Mergers and Acquisitions.  Carroll also had management positions with Sprint and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she began her career in consulting and accounting.

Qumulo [SEATTLE] announced Robyn Singh as vice president of people. Singh most recently served as the director of human resources (HR) for Amazon’s Seller Marketplace. Prior to her position at Amazon, Singh served as the global vice president of HR for Nintex. Singh also served as the executive director of HR at Citrix Systems. Before that, Singh spent more than 12 years in executive HR positions at Microsoft, including director of human resources, where she led the global career development function for Microsoft; director of HR at Xbox, where she led HR for global software and hardware development, as well as the LIVE business; and led HR for the Windows engineering services and solutions organization.

RealWear, Inc. [VANCOUVER, Wash.] announced the hiring of Michael Guerchon as Vice President, Human Resources. Guerchon previously was with Riverbed Technology. Guerchon served as Chief People Officer at Okta and Puppet and was the Vice President of Human Resources for several companies including Lucy Activewear, Hollywood Entertainment, Guess? Inc., and IKON Office Solutions.

Namely [NEW YORK] announced that Lorna Hagen will join as the company’s Chief People Officer. Prior to Namely, Hagen was the CPO at OnDeck . She also held leadership roles at LOFT, Dow Jones, and HarperCollins.

Tammy Perkins

Pacific Market International [SEATTLE] announced that Tammy Perkins joined as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Perkins served as Chief People Offer and Managing Partner of Fjuri. Perkins also held several key, senior leadership human resources roles at Amazon, Microsoft and Appen.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 26, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

FLS Transportation Services LendingTree, Inc. Cubic Corporation
AutoWeb, Inc TaskUs AptarGroup, Inc.
Alexander & Baldwin Impinj, Inc. Zipwhip
Silverline Centric Health Corporation

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FLS Transportation Services [MONTREAL] announced that Nichole Thompson has joined the company as SVP, Chief People Officer. Nichole joins FLS from Benevis LLC. Prior to her time at Benevis LLC, Nichole held management roles in several companies including Target Stores, and Union Pacific Railroad.

LendingTree, Inc. [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: TREE) announced that Jill Olmstead has been named LendingTree’s Chief Human Resources Officer, a role Previously held by Claudette Parham before her recent retirement. Jill Olmstead most recently served as the founding partner and owner of Charlotte-based Spivey & Olmstead. Prior to this, Olmstead served almost 25 years with Wells Fargo (formerly Wachovia) in various Human Resources roles, most recently as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Human Resources.

Grace Lee

Cubic Corporation [SAN DIEGO] (NYSE: CUB) announced the appointment of Grace Lee as senior vice president and chief human resources and diversity officer. Prior to joining Cubic, Lee was senior vice president of global human resources for Charles River Laboratories. She has also previously held the top HR role at Beckman Coulter, TTM Technologies and IMI Severe Service.

AutoWeb, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AUTO) appointed Sara Partin as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently, she served as CHRO of the Yellow Pages (YP) during the company’s significant business transformation in 2017. Prior to YP, Partin led the human resources team for Cox Automotive Media Solutions Group, which includes Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Dealer.com.

TaskUs [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced it has tapped Mike Ferguson to be TaskUs’ first Chief People Officer. Ferguson comes to TaskUs after spending 12 years with Chipotle Mexican Grill, where he was the Head of People Support.

Shiela Vinczeller

AptarGroup, Inc. [CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.] (NYSE: ATR), announced that Shiela Vinczeller was named Chief Human Resources Officer. Shiela will join Aptar on November 1, 2018. Prior to joining Aptar, Shiela spent 12 years in Human Resources leadership roles at International Paper. Prior to joining International Paper, Shiela held senior Human Resources positions with the Belgian Lhoist Group and prior to that with General Electric’s Lighting division.

Alexander & Baldwin [HONOLULU] (NYSE: ALEX) named Alexina Chai as senior vice president, human resources. Chai comes to A&B from UnitedHealth Group, where she served as senior director of business and clinical strategy and as senior director, human capital business partner. She also served as senior vice president, human resources director for American Savings Bank. Prior to that, Chai held human resources and managerial positions with American Express, The St. Paul Travelers, Inc. and Aon Hewitt.

Impinj, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NASDAQ: PI) announced that Bob Hargadon has joined the company as senior vice president of people and culture. Most recently, he was senior vice president of human resources at Alere (now part of Abbott Labs). Prior to that, he held senior HR and talent management roles at Microsoft, drugstore.com, Boston Scientific, and Fidelity Investments. His experience includes 12+ years consulting with firms including RBL, Novations Group and Harbridge House (acquired by PWC).

Zipwhip [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Kirsten Spoljaric as Senior Vice President (SVP) of People. Spoljaric joined Zipwhip in a consultancy role earlier in 2018. Spoljaric previously co-founded both a global SaaS organization Mashery, and boutique strategy, business development and HR consulting firm Cloudery.

Silverline [New York] announced the addition of Lisa Dallenbach, Silverline’s first Chief People Officer. Dallenbach served most recently as the Chief Talent Officer & Chief Human Resources Manager at Mindshare.

Centric Health Corporation [TORONTO] (TSX: CHH) announced that Nina Freier has joined Centric Health as Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, she was Vice President, Human Resources at Sienna Senior Living.  She also had previous experience at Rexall.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 19, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Coca-Cola Company BlackLine, Inc. Chef
League Inc. Timbercon Blucora, Inc.
Diversified Trust Coastal Financial Corporation The Williams Companies, Inc.
NetApp

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Jennifer Mann

The Coca-Cola Company [ATLANTA] announced that Jennifer Mann, the company’s Chief People Officer, will take on additional duties as president, Global Ventures. In this newly created position, Mann and her team will focus on globally scaling acquisitions and brands, such as Costa Limited, which is pending acquisition, and Coca-Cola’s investment in Monster Beverage Corp. Coca-Cola plans to announce the election of a new Chief People Officer at a future date. All changes take effect Jan. 1, 2019.

BlackLine, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: BL) announced that Susan Otto has joined as the company’s first chief people officer.  Otto most recently was chief human resources officer at TrueCar.  Prior to TrueCar, she spent four years as chief people officer at ModCloth.  Previously, Otto held senior human resource leadership positions with Electronic Arts and Medtronic.

Jenny Armstrong-Owen

Chef [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Jenny Armstrong-Owen as Vice President of People. Armstrong-Owen most recently served as vice president of people, environment and culture at Impinj. She previously served as chief human resources officer at both Branded Entertainment Network and Corbis, after serving in increasingly senior roles at RealNetworks and Group Health Cooperative.

League Inc. [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Kim Tabac as Chief People Officer. Previously, Tabac served as Partner and Chief Talent Officer of Deloitte Canada. Her career has spanned a variety of industries including healthcare, retail, financial services and professional services.

Laura McKinney

Timbercon [TUALATIN, Ore.] announced its appointment of Laura McKinney as Vice President of People. Laura comes to Timbercon from the Oregon Institute of Technology, where she held the position of Vice President, and from the Oregon University System, where she held the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Industry Partnerships.

Blucora, Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (NASDAQ: BCOR) announced that Transient (Tran) Taylor has joined the company as the Chief Human Resources Officer. Taylor joins Blucora after nearly four years as the Chief Human Resources Officer with Mr.Cooper/Nationstar, six years as Chief People Officer at Travelocity, and three years as the Executive VP of Human Resources at Alliance Data.  Taylor’s earlier experience also includes roles with Home Depot, Raytheon Telecommunications and Westinghouse.

Cindy Cleveland

Diversified Trust [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] announced that Cindy Cleveland has joined the firm as principal and chief talent officer. Prior to joining Diversified Trust, Cindy served as the vice president of talent management and leadership development at First Tennessee Bank. Previously, Cindy was a student affairs professional at Rhodes College and Colorado College.

Coastal Financial Corporation [EVERETT, Wash.], the bank holding company for Coastal Community Bank, recently hired Erika Heer as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.  Since 2012, Erika has been the Vice President of Human Resources and Executive Team Member for ABODA by RESIDE.  Previously, she served seven years at Opus Bank, formerly Cascade Bank, as Assistant Vice President, Executive Support Officer and Assistant Corporate Secretary.  She also spent time working for Waldron & Company, the West Coast’s largest independent human resources consulting firm.

Debbie Cowan

The Williams Companies, Inc. [TULSA, Okla.] (NYSE: WMB) announced that Debbie Cowan has been appointed senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Oct. 29, 2018. Cowan is joining Williams from Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC, a division of Koch Industries, Inc., where she served as global vice president of Human Resources. In addition, she previously served as global director of Human Resources for John Zink Company, also a division of Koch Industries. She served as manager, Human Resources for Aircraft Fueling Systems prior to her John Zink Company tenure after beginning her career in 2000 as staffing manager at Robert Half International.

Debra McCowan

NetApp [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NTAP) announced the appointment of Debra McCowan as senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO) at NetApp. McCowan will be replacing Gwen McDonald, who is retiring after 14 years. Most recently, McCowan served as the executive vice president and CHRO at Equinix. She has also held executive leadership roles at Accelerance, Avago Technologies, and Hitachi Data Systems.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 12, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Uber DuPont Whirlpool Corporation
CBS Corporation Manulife Juniper Networks
Petco FLIR Systems, Inc. Erie Insurance
Skanska USA Data Intensity Versum Materials, Inc.
LCS

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Uber [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Nikki Krishnamurthy will join the company as Chief People Officer. Nikki joins Uber from Expedia, Inc., where she was most recently Chief People Officer and spent more than six years in senior HR roles. She also served as VP of Expedia Local Expert. Before joining Expedia, Nikki held human resources roles at WaMu and PNC Financial Services Group.

Darrell Ford

DuPont [WILMINGTON, Del.] announced Darrell Ford has been named chief human resources officer for the Specialty Products Division of DowDuPont, which is expected to become an independent company (future DuPont) by June 1, 2019. Ford’s appointment is effective Nov. 5, 2018. Ford joins DuPont from Xerox, where he served as chief human resources officer. Ford’s previous experience includes HR leadership roles at Advanced Micro Devices, Shell Oil and Honeywell International.

Whirlpool Corporation [BENTON HARBOR, Mich.] (NYSE: WHR) announced that David Binkley, chief human resources officer will begin his planned retirement on March 1, 2019 after nearly 35 years of service. Carey Martin, vice president of global human resources will succeed Binkley. Binkley was appointed to his current role in 2004. Carey Martin joined Whirlpool in 2013 as vice president of human resources for the North America region. In 2017, she assumed the role of vice president, global human resources. Prior to joining Whirlpool, she spent 13 years with Eaton Corporation in global leadership roles spanning business HR, manufacturing operations HR, talent and strategy, and executive compensation and benefits.

Laurie Rosenfield

CBS Corporation [NEW YORK] appointed Laurie Rosenfield to the newly created position of Chief People Officer. Rosenfield joined CBS in May 2018 as Senior Vice President, People Development, Human Resources, CBS Corporation. Prior to joining CBS, Rosenfield was a specialist in executive search and talent development since 2002, most recently serving as Managing Director, Executive Search at MediaLink from 2014 to 2018. Previously, she was Global Director, Executive Search at Wolters Kluwer, a global information and technology services firm, and before that, she served as Senior Vice President of Client Services at Bishop Partners Executive Search, and as Director, Technology, Media & Telecom Practice at CTPartners. Rosenfield worked for CBS earlier in her career in Network Sales and Affiliate Relations. She began her career in programming and development roles in the motion picture divisions for both United Artists Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox.

Manulife [Toronto] announced it has appointed Pamela Kimmet as Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Kimmet most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Cardinal Health. Ms. Kimmet has also served as a member of Manulife’s Board of Directors since March 2016. She resigned from that role effective September 4, 2018. She previously led the HR function at a number of global organizations, including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Bear, Stearns & Co. and Lucent Technologies, and held strategic HR roles at Citigroup and General Motors. In addition, she serves on the Board of Directors of Perspecta, a leading information systems and mission services provider to the U.S. government.

Juniper Networks [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] (NYSE: JNPR) announced the appointment of Eva Andres as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Andres was most recently at Virtustream.

Petco [SAN DIEGO] announced it has appointed Michelle Bonfilio as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Prior to joining Petco, she served as CHRO for The Wine Group, LLC. Previously, she held senior leadership roles at Delta Dental of California, Big Heart Pet Brands and Gap, Inc. She begins her role on Oct. 22.

Tony Buffum

FLIR Systems, Inc. [WILSONVILLE, Ore.] (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced that Tony Buffum will join the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources (HR) Officer. Since 2008, Mr. Buffum worked at Stanley Black & Decker. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Human Resources for Stanley Black & Decker’s Security business unit. He previously held numerous HR leadership roles at Stanley Black & Decker. Mr. Buffum started his career at General Electric in 2003 as part of its Human Resources Leadership Program. Buffum replaces Paul Sale, who recently announced his resignation.

Erie Insurance [ERIE, Pa.] named Sean Dugan to vice president, Corporate Human Resources Officer. Dugan has served as the vice president of Talent Acquisition and Community Outreach since 2014. His leadership career at ERIE began in 2004 in the Corporate Training and Development department. In 2010, Dugan was named vice president of Corporate Training and Development before being named vice president of Recruiting in 2012.  His new role begins Oct. 25.

John Benson

Skanska USA [NEW YORK] announced the promotions of John Benson to Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Benson has been with Skanska for 15 years. In previous roles with the company, he served as Executive Vice President, responsible for overseeing Human Resources (HR), Communications and Information Technology for Skanska’s infrastructure development operations. He also served in leading positions in the HR organization as a member of Skanska’s West Coast Management Team for the company’s civil operations, as well as the Senior Leadership Team for Skanska’s US building operations.

Data Intensity [BEDFORD, Mass.] announced that Kathy Eastwood has taken on new responsibility as Chief People Officer (CPO). Previous, Kathy was SVP, Business Operations.

Meili Chen

Versum Materials, Inc. [TEMPE, Ariz.] (NYSE: VSM) announced that Meili Chen has joined the company in the position of Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Chen is originally from Taiwan and has broad human resources experience with several materials and technology-focused companies, including GE, Cigna, Rohm and Haas, Dow, Valspar, Danaher and FMC, in both Asia and the United States. Most recently, she was the Global Head of Human Resources at FMC’s Agricultural Solutions business.

Monica Friedman

LCS [Des Moines, Iowa] announced that Monica Friedman was hired as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Most recently, she served as senior vice president of human resources for Nationwide and joins LCS on November 12, 2018.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 5, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

My Alarm Center Hagerty WilliamsMarston LLC

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My Alarm Center [NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.] announced that it promoted Carole Dalton, formerly Senior Vice President of Human Resources, to the role of Chief Human Resource Officer. Carole Dalton joined MAC less than a year ago.

Collette “Coco” Champagne

Hagerty [TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.] announced that Collette “Coco” Champagne, Hagerty’s Chief People Officer, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Champagne joined Hagerty in 1999 as leader of the sales and service operation and was promoted to vice president of human resources in 2002. Most recently she held the title of Chief People Officer.

WilliamsMarston LLC [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Simon Kho as its Chief Talent Officer. Prior to joining WilliamsMarston LLC, Mr. Kho was the Global Head of Investment Banking Campus Recruiting for JPMorgan based in New York. He also served as a Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition for Heidrick & Struggles, as well as the National Director for US University Relations at BP.

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