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CHRO Moves – week ending October 11, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. Humana Inc. Athletico Physical Therapy
Medifast

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Angela Justice

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

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

Khymberly Booth

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

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

CHRO Moves – week ending October 4, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

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

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Mary E. Finch

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

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

Judi Seltz

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

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

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

Jean Cain

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

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

CHRO Moves – week ending September 27, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

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

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Jennifer Berres

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

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

Dustin K. Finer

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

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

Laurin Cathey

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

CHRO Moves – week ending September 20, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Match Group MercuryGate International, Inc. EverQuote, Inc.
IDACORP, Inc. OneSource Virtual Caleres
FTV Capital Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. Hilco Global
Encore Capital Group, Inc. Fuze Amify
Choom

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Thomas Gaissmaier

Match Group [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: MTCH) announced the appointment of Thomas Gaissmaier as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective September 30, 2019. Gaissmaier will be based in New York. Gaissmaier joins Match Group from 21st Century Fox, where he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to 21st Century Fox, Gaissmaier spent nearly two decades at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he led the Human Resource practice in North America and was a member of the global leadership team of the People & Organization practice. Prior to his career at BCG, Gaissmaier was a television and radio news reporter in his native Germany.

Traci Kellner

MercuryGate International, Inc. [CARY, N.C.] announced the appointment of Traci Kellner as Chief People Officer. Previously, Kellner was the President of Quantum People Solutions, Inc. Prior to Quantum, Kellner served as Executive Vice President of Human Capital for Beeline, formerly IQNavigator. Before that she was HR Director for Accellent. Earlier in her career, Kellner held HR director roles with TeleTech Holdings and Standard Register, respectively.

EverQuote, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EVER) announced that Elyse Neumeier will join the company as Chief People Officer. Neumeier previously served as Associate Director of Talent Strategy at Wayfair and as a Consultant at Bain & Company.

IDACORP, Inc. [BOISE, Idaho] (NYSE: IDA) announced that the Board of Directors of Idaho Power Company, the wholly-owned electric utility subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc., has appointed Sarah E. Griffin as Vice President, Human Resources. She joined the company in 2007 as an HR professional, becoming HR Manager in 2012 and HR Director in 2015. Prior to Idaho Power, Griffin worked in various human resources roles at companies, including Boise Cascade and Delta Dental of Idaho.

OneSource Virtual [DALLAS] announced that Jane Huston, former chief people officer at Epsilon Data Management, has joined OneSource Virtual as senior vice president of Human Resources. Prior to Epsilon, Huston held HR roles of increasing responsibility with Grant Thornton, Ernst and Young, and Cendant Mobility Services.

Angela Bass

Caleres [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: CAL) announced Angela Bass joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. Bass replaces Doug Koch, who will transition to a new role as Senior Vice President, Strategic Projects. Most recently, Bass owned a strategic HR consulting firm advising clients in multiple sectors. Her past roles include executive Human Resources positions at Performance Sports Group, Collective Brands Performance and Lifestyle Group, Sport Brands International, and Bauer Nike Hockey.

FTV Capital [NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Allison Walker will join the firm as its first chief talent officer. Walker joins FTV Capital from TCV (formerly known as Technology Crossover Ventures). Prior to TCV, Walker was a senior client partner at Korn/Ferry International, where she was focused on clients within alternatives, fintech and hedge funds, for which she was the global head. Prior to Korn/Ferry, Ms. Walker held executive level positions at various alternative investment firms including Arden Asset Management, a hedge fund of funds, since acquired by Aberdeen Asset Management, Och-Ziff Capital Management, and Citadel Investment Group, as well as global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. Ms. Walker began her career with the California District Attorneys Association, becoming head of training and development, and then moved to Heidrick & Struggles, where she held a series of roles culminating in partner for the financial services practice.

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. [BURNABY, British Columbia] (NASDAQ: XENE) announced that Shelley McCloskey has joined the company’s leadership team as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Most recently, McCloskey was Vice President, Human Resources and Administration at Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Previously, she was Vice President, Human Resources from 2010 to 2015 at STEMCELL Technologies Inc. Prior to joining Stemcell, Ms. McCloskey was Vice President, Human Resources at Xantrex Technology Inc. From 2000 to 2005, Ms. McCloskey served as Vice President, Human Resources and Information Systems at Inex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Nicole Rosciano

Hilco Global [NORTHBROOK, Ill.] announced that Nicole Rosciano has joined the holding company as Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Rosciano most recently worked for IRI, where she served as a key member of their global management team since 2008.  At IRI, Nicole was VP for Talent Acquisition and Organizational Development, and a strategic HR Advisor to IRI’s management team.  Prior to IRI, Nicole began her HR career at Bell & Howell in 1998, which was subsequently acquired by Eastman Kodak.  At Eastman Kodak, Nicole was promoted to HR director.

Encore Capital Group, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ECPG) announced that Tracy Ting has been appointed to the role of Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Ting comes to Encore from Avanir Pharmaceuticals, where she has served as the Chief People Officer since 2017. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President and CHRO for Affymetrix, a publicly listed company that was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2016.

Fuze [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Elisa Gilmartin as the company’s chief people officer. Most recently, Elisa was chief human resources officer (CHRO) at Symbotic, and previously served as CHRO at EzeSoftware and Polycom. Throughout her career, Elisa also held positions with EMC, BankBoston Securities, Fidelity Investments, and Bank of New England.

Samantha Byrd

Amify [ARLINGTON, Va.] announced that it hired Samantha Byrd as Chief People Officer. Byrd has led HR strategies for a number of technology companies, including Applied Predictive Technologies. Most recently, Samantha served as VP of Human Resources for Envision, a company acquired by WorldStrides in 2018.

Choom [VANCOUVER] (CSE: CHOO; OTCQB: CHOOF) announced that it has appointed Daphne Kao as Vice President of People & Culture. Most recently, Daphne was the Head of People & Culture at Knixwear.  Prior to Knixwear, Daphne was at Aritzia where she led as the HR partner for various areas of the business during her tenure.  Daphne’s previous experience also touched on the technology sector, having led the Canadian HR function for AOL (now Verizon Media).

CHRO Moves – week ending September 13, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Coyote Logistics DentaQuest The Hartford
Druva, Inc. TBK Bank Universities Space Research Association
Henkel Publicis Sapient Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
ANGI Homeservices ServiceTitan

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Jorge Diaz

Coyote Logistics [CHICAGO] announced that Jorge Diaz accepted the position of Chief People Officer at Coyote Logistics. Prior to Coyote, Jorge served as Chief People Officer at Verizon Connect. Jorge joined Verizon Connect through their acquisition of Fleetmatics, where he led global Human Resources.

Roxanne Martinez

DentaQuest [BOSTON] announced that Roxanne Martinez joined as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, Martinez served as the Senior Vice President and Talent Officer for the U.S. region of Liberty Mutual’s Global Retail Markets business. She joined Liberty Mutual in 2005 and held multiple human resource leadership positions in each of the company’s core business lines. During her career, Martinez has also served as a human resources management consultant and professional working for such companies as State Street, EMD Serono and Allaire/Macromedia.

Lori Rodden

The Hartford [HARTFORD, Conn.] appointed Lori Rodden as chief human resources officer, effective Oct. 1. She succeeds Marty Gervasi, who is retiring after nine years with The Hartford. Gervasi will remain with the company into early 2020 in an advisory role. Rodden has more than 20 years of experience with The Hartford, during which time she served in roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, Rodden was the lead HR business partner for Property & Casualty, Group Benefits, Claims and Actuarial. Previously, she was the HR lead for Middle Market, Large Commercial, Sales & Distribution and Underwriting. Prior to joining The Hartford in 1997, she served in human resources positions for Ames Department Stores and Barnett Bank of Tampa.

Holly Cafiero

Druva, Inc. [SUNNYVALE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Holly Cafiero as chief human resources officer (CHRO). Prior to joining Druva, Cafiero served as the SVP of People and Culture at Cloud Technology Partners (CTP), a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Prior to CTP, Cafiero was the SVP of HR at EnerNOC. She has held several other leadership roles at companies including Hologic, Vistaprint and Digitas.

TBK Bank, SSB, [Dallas] a wholly owned subsidiary of Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: TBK), announced that Stephen D. Grossi has been appointed executive vice president, chief human resource officer of the bank. Grossi joins TBK Bank from BOK Financial. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Vice President with PNC Financial Services. Grossi joined PNC with its acquisition of National City Bank in 2008. Prior to joining National City in December 2002, Grossi owned Capital Consultants.

Eric M. Weaver

Universities Space Research Association [COLUMBIA, Md.] announced the appointment of Eric M. Weaver as Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining USRA, Mr. Weaver served as Vice President, Human Resources and Administration for the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). Before that, he spent 10 years at Intel Corporation, where he led HR functions for a variety of business units.  Prior to joining Intel, he held a variety of leadership roles with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration.  He also worked at Renaissance Airlines; Plunkett Cooney, PC; and AT&T (formerly Ameritech).

Frank Steinert

Henkel [STAMFORD, Conn.] appointed Frank Steinert as Senior Vice President, Head of Human Resources North America. Prior to joining Henkel, Steinert spent the majority of his career at Bertelsmann, first as a General Counsel, then taking on added responsibility for Human Resources. He later became Chief HR Officer (CHRO) of Random House based in New York. After the merger of Random House and Penguin, Frank was appointed CHRO for the merged company globally.

Kristi Erickson

Publicis Sapient [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Kristi Erickson as Global Chief Talent Officer. Prior to joining Publicis Sapient, Kristi held Chief People Officer roles spanning verticals, regions and horizontal service lines. Kristi worked at Accenture for 25 years. She was a partner and held positions of increasing responsibility, including Executive Director of Human Resources (HR) for Accenture’s Global Systems Integration & Technology Service Line.  Additionally, she served as Executive Director of HR for the North America region.

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. [MIDDLETON, Wis.] (NYSE: SPB) announced that Rebeckah Long has been named Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, effective October 1. Long previously served as the Company’s Vice President of Human Resources since October 2018 and as its Division Vice President, Human Resources since December 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Long served as Regional Human Resources Manager at United Rentals, Inc. from June 2000 until February 2008.

ANGI Homeservices [DENVER] (NASDAQ: ANGI) announced the promotion of Michael Wanderer to Chief People Officer. Wandere was previously SVP of People at Handy Technologies, which was acquired by ANGI Homeservices in October of 2018. Prior to his role at Handy, Mr. Wanderer was the Global Co-Head of HR at Jefferies.  Prior to his time at Jefferies, Mr. Wanderer served as the Chief Administration Officer for NYSE Technologies and the Chief Human Resources Officer for NYFIX, Inc. Mr. Wanderer started his career at Citigroup, where he assumed a number of HR roles working & living in Tokyo, Japan, Frankfurt, Germany, and lastly New York, NY as a Vice President of Human Resources.

Chris Trombetta

ServiceTitan [LOS ANGELES]  has named Chris Trombetta as the company’s new chief people officer. Trombetta is the former senior vice president of Strategy and Talent for Red Bull. Trombetta’s previous experience also includes Bain & Company, and serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army from 2003 to 2008. He is currently a board member for USA Boxing.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 6, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

First Hospitality Glassdoor Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.
Moderna, Inc. Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. Hub Group
Sound Community Bank Constellis PosiGen

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Janice Parks

First Hospitality [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Janice Parks to Chief Human Resources Officer and its Executive Leadership Team. Prior to joining First Hospitality, Parks worked for the McDonald’s Corporation in Chicago where she held multiple leadership roles, including Senior Director of Global Diversity and Inclusion, and most recently, Global Human Resources Officer. Parks has additional experience working in strategic marketing and communication roles with PacifiCare Health Systems, the County of Orange, Office on Aging, and United Way.

Glassdoor [MILL VALLEY, Calif.] announced Carina Cortez has joined the company as senior vice president and chief people officer. Cortez brings 20 years of HR, recruiting and people operations experience across a diverse set of companies, including Ellie Mae, Walmart eCommerce, PayPal and Visa. Most recently, Cortez was executive vice president of human resources at Ellie Mae. Prior to Ellie Mae, Cortez was vice president of human resources at Walmart eCommerce.

Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (BASi) [WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.] (NASDAQ: BASI) announced the addition of William D. Pitchford as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining BASi, Mr. Pitchford held senior level positions within the human resources functions at Ford Motor Company, Rio Tinto Alcan Corporation and, most recently, at Wabash National Corporation as Senior Vice President of Human Resources.

Tracey Franklin

Moderna, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MRNA) announced that Tracey Franklin has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. Franklin will join Moderna in October 2019 following 15 years at Merck & Co., Inc. Most recently, she led Merck’s global talent strategy as Vice President, HR Chief Talent and Strategy Officer. Previous leadership roles included responsibility for HR for all divisions in the European region, head of HR for the U.K. and Ireland subsidiaries of Merck, and HR Operations leader responsible for HR program implementation across Merck’s global footprint.

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: APRN) announced the appointment of Julie Betancur as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective September 10. Betancur brings more than 20 years of experience in human resources from top tier management consulting companies such as Accenture and G100 Companies as well as technology companies including Redcats USA and Jump Ramp Games, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources.

Hub Group [OAK BROOK, Ill.] (NASDAQ: HUBG) appointed Michele McDermott as its first Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently, she was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Assurance Agency in Schaumburg, Ill., and previously held senior-level positions at National Express Corp., Lisle, Ill.

Sound Community Bank [SEATTLE] welcomes Erin Nicolaus as Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Talent Management. Nicolaus brings 15+ years’ experience in the human resources field in industries from insurance to manufacturing to banking.

Constellis [Reston, Va.] announced that Beth Skoletsky has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Constellis, she held numerous executive leadership positions, including Vice President Human Resources and Ethics Officer, Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc.; Corporate Director of HR Operations, Engility Corporation; and Senior Vice President Human Resources, L-3 Communications.

PosiGen [NEW ORLEANS] announced the addition of Adja Ba as its new Executive Vice President of Human Relations. Ba comes to PosiGen with 20 years’ experience working for a Multi-National Firm with operations throughout the world.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 30, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) DiscoverOrg and ZoomInfo ANSYS
AML RightSource HireRight Lockton

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Michelle A. O’Hara

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) [RESTON, Va.] (NYSE: SAIC) announced it has appointed Michelle A. O’Hara as the company’s chief human resources officer effective October 1, 2019. O’Hara succeeds Karen Wheeler, who is retiring from SAIC. O’Hara is currently human resources senior vice president.

DiscoverOrg and ZoomInfo [VANCOUVER, Wash.] announced the appointment of Alyssa Lahar as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Lahar joins the company following 19 years at Dell Technologies (formerly EMC Corporation), most recently as Vice President of Human Resources in Dell’s Storage Division. Previously, Lahar served as a Senior Director for Human Resources in the Global Engineering and Sales & Presales divisions at Dell EMC. Lahar is based in Waltham, MA.

Julie Murphy

ANSYS [PITTSBURGH] (NASDAQ: ANSS) has named Julie Murphy as its vice president of human resources. Prior to joining ANSYS, Murphy was the chief human resources officer for Tradesmen International. She previously worked for such companies as Westinghouse, Heinz, Blue Cross Blue Shield and PWC.

Courtney Abraham

AML RightSource [Cleveland] appointed Courtney Abraham to the role of Chief People Officer. Abraham has experience with diverse industries including staffing, consulting, retail, insurance, and technology.

HireRight [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Chelsea Pyrzenski as Chief Human Resources Officer. Pyrzenski joins HireRight from VIZIO, where she served as the Head of Human Resources. Prior to VIZIO, Ms. Pyrzenski held HR leadership roles at the National Football League (NFL), AT&T and DIRECTV.

Dondi Dix

Lockton [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced that Dondi Dix is its new senior vice president- chief people officer. Dix joins Lockton from Dairy Farmers of America, where she was the vice president of human resources, talent and organization development. Prior to this role, she spent more than five years at Sprint in various talent and business transformation roles before becoming the chief of staff to the chief operating officer. Earlier in her career, Dix spent over a decade with Accenture. She also served in the U.S. Army as a Captain.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 23, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Dovel Technologies Armanino LLP Spot Coffee (Canada) Ltd.

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Dovel Technologies [MCLEAN, VA.] announced that Kelly Demaitre has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Demaitre has worked with professional services organizations including CACI, Federated IT, EXELIS, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Armanino LLP [SAN RAMON, Calif.] announced Carol Ann Nash joined the firm as chief people officer (CPO). Prior to joining Armanino, Carol Ann served as learning and organization effectiveness relationship director at Grant Thornton, director of learning design and development at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and in a variety of roles at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and AT&T.

Spot Coffee (Canada) Ltd. [TORONTO] (TSX-V: SPP) announced that Tamara T. Ballanti has joined as the Company’s new Vice President of Human Resources. Tamara brings with her over 20 years of proven leadership and practical experience with recruitment, benefits analysis, training initiatives and career development.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 16, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. AVROBIO, Inc.
Surterra Wellness North Highland Jewish Family & Career Services Atlanta
Benson Hill Biosystems The National Geographic Society Seaspan ULC
Mohawk Valley Health System

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Simon King

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. [BASKING RIDGE, N.J.] announced the appointment of Simon King as Chief People Officer. Simon joins Daiichi Sankyo from Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he was most recently the Global Head of Talent and Workforce Innovation. He was also Head of HR Global Research & Development. Prior to joining Bristol-Myers Squibb, King held several positions of increasing responsibility at AstraZeneca, including Global Head of HR for Research & Development.

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: MRTX) announced the appointment of Jenny Gizzi as Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Gizzi joins Mirati Therapeutics with over 20 years of experience in human resources, most recently serving as the Head of Strategy & Operations, Business Insights and Analytics at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Earlier in her career at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gizzi served as Head of Human Resources for the Bay Area and Cambridge, and Head of Global Talent for European Markets, Australia and Canada. Prior to her time at Bristol-Myers Squibb, she was Head of Global Talent Acquisition for Illumina, Inc.

Georgette Verdin

AVROBIO, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AVRO) announced the appointment of Georgette Verdin as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Verdin joins AVROBIO from the Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge MA. Verdin was also previously at Biogen Idec, and other major companies including Amazon and Microsoft.

Stevens J. Sainte-Rose

Surterra Wellness [ATLANTA] announced the appointment of Stevens J. Sainte-Rose as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Sainte-Rose brings more than two decades of experience in international human resources roles of increasing responsibility at large, global consumer goods companies, including as CHRO at U.S. Walgreens, a division of Walgreens Boots Alliance Corporation; as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Coca-Cola International; and most recently leading HR at Dawn Foods. Prior to Dawn Foods and U.S. Walgreens, Sainte-Rose spent 10 years at Coca-Cola Company with the majority of time being with Coca-Cola International.  Earlier in his career, Stevens served in field HR leadership roles at Aramark Corporation, Pier 1 Imports, Burger King Corporation and Millennium Broadway Hotel.

North Highland [ATLANTA] announced that Jennifer Mancuso has joined the firm as its new vice president of Human Resources. Most recently, Mancuso led the HR function for Vero BioTech LLC. Previously, she held commensurately senior roles for a diverse array of national and global companies.

Lisa Bronstein

Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS) Atlanta [ATLANTA] named Lisa Bronstein as the agency’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Bronstein joined the social services agency in 2011 as Director of Human Resources. Bronstein worked in corporate human resources positions for more than 25 years in New York, New Jersey and Atlanta.

Benson Hill Biosystems [ST. LOUIS] announced that Kelly Fischer  joined the organization as Vice President of People. Fischer joins the company from Express Scripts, where she most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources Strategy, Planning and Communications.

Mara Dell

The National Geographic Society [WASHINGTON] announced the appointment of Mara Dell to the newly created role of chief human resources officer, effective Sept. 9, 2019. Most recently, she served as chief people officer at Conservation International. Previously, she led the HR team at Women for Women International. Dell also spent six years with the Atlantic Media Company (now Atlantic Media), serving as executive director of human resources and administration. Earlier in her career, Dell worked with the Advisory Board Company and Corporate Executive Board where she served in leadership roles in human resources, events, and revenue management. She began her career at National Geographic as a production assistant in the audiovisual department.

Seaspan ULC [NORTH VANCOUVER, BC] announced that Sylvie Normandeau has joined the company as Vice President, Human Resources. Sylvie joins Seaspan from Esterline Technologies where she was Vice President, Human Resources for the Avionics Systems division. Prior to that, Sylvie was Director, Human Resources at Bombardier.

Wayne A. Rustin

Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) [UTICA, N.Y.] announced that Wayne A. Rustin has been named Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) and Legal Counsel for Labor Relations. Rustin has been serving as Acting CHRO for the past several weeks, and joined MVHS in late 2018 as an assistant vice president in the HR department, serving as legal counsel for labor relations. Rustin has held senior HR roles at organizations like St. Vincent’s Health Services (part of Ascension Health), Comcast, IBM, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. and the City of New York.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 9, 2019

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Albertsons Companies Acreage Holdings, Inc. Databricks
LSI Industries Inc. Matrix Medical Network Juvly Aesthetics

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Albertsons Companies [BOISE, Idaho] announced that Mike Theilmann has been named EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, effective August 19, 2019. Theilmann joins Albertsons Cos. from Heidrick & Struggles, where he served as the Global Practice Managing Partner, Human Resources Officers Practice. Andy Scoggin, who has served Albertsons Cos. as Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Public Affairs, Government Relations and Labor Relations since its founding in 2006, has announced his plans to leave the company at the end of the calendar year. Theilmann amassed a wealth of experience in human resources over his nearly 30-year career with Diageo, PepsiCo, Yum and JC Penney.

Acreage Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (CSE: ACRG.U, OTCQX: ACRGF) announced the hiring of Steve Hardardt as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer and Administration (CPO). For five years prior to joining Acreage, Hardardt owned and operated Noble Coaching & Consulting. Prior, he served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Business Administration at tw telecom from 2007 to 2014.  He was Vice President, Human Resources & Communications, at Johns Manville from 2003-2007. Hardardt also spent time at Honeywell, Monsanto, Hasbro, Frito-Lay and Dow Jones.

Databricks [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Amy Reichanadter as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Databricks, Reichanadter served as Chief People Officer for Adaptive Insights. Preceding this, Reichanadter was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at E2open for nearly nine years.

LSI Industries Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NASDAQ: LYTS) announced the appointment of Thomas A. Caneris as Senior Vice President – Human Resources and General Counsel. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for PharMerica Corporation from 2007 through 2019. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Caneris was employed by Convergys Corporation as a Senior Attorney.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Caneris served as Commercial Affairs Counsel for AK Steel Corporation.

Matrix Medical Network [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Jill Patterson has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Patterson most recently served as HR Strategic Advisor and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer for Kalispell Regional Healthcare. Prior to consulting, she served as Vice President, Human Resources – Delivery Operations for Banner Health. She also served as Executive Director, Human Resources at the Cleveland Clinic. Ms. Patterson also has HR leadership experience in the banking industry and was a practicing attorney.

Erin Sutley

Juvly Aesthetics [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Erin Sutley as its Chief People Officer. Most recently, she spent four years as VP of Operations for FlyCleaners. Between 2013 and 2015, Sutley found herself helping online retail start-ups transform their service and operations functions to deliver best-in-class customer experience. In 2008, she was among the first employees at flash-sale sensation Gilt Groupe.

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