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Tracking Chief Human Resources Officer Moves across the USA

CHRO Moves – week ending June 15, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

10x Genomics Senior Resource Group LLC Organogenesis Inc.
Syncsort ThoughtWorks

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10x Genomics [PLEASANTON, Calif.] announced that Jean Philibert has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Before joining 10x Genomics, Philibert served as SVP of Human Resources at Analog Devices, and as Chief People Officer at KIXEYE.

Senior Resource Group LLC [SOLANA BEACH, CALIF.] named Jane Binzak as its new vice president of human resources. Binzak is an HR executive with more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare, hospitality and legal fields.

Thomas Pearl

Organogenesis Inc. [CANTON, Mass.] announced that Thomas Pearl has joined as Vice President of Human Resources. Pearl previously served as Vice President of Human Resources, Laboratory Diagnostics, within the healthcare sector at Siemens AG. Prior to Siemens AG, Pearl held several senior positions at Bayer HealthCare, where he spent more than a decade leading and directing strategic HR functions in the United States and internationally.

Syncsort [PEARL RIVER, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Lisa Crawford in the new position of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Before joining Syncsort, Lisa served as Chief People Officer at Unitrends, Inc.  She also founded EvolvHR, and served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Randstad U.S. Professionals.

Joanna Parke

ThoughtWorks [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Joanna Parke to the role of chief talent officer. Joanna joined ThoughtWorks in 2003 as a software developer. Over the years she’s evolved her skill set and business acumen, taking on project management, program management and client engagement responsibilities, which led to her most recent role at ThoughtWorks as managing director of North America.

CHRO Moves – week ending June 8, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

ABM Industries Hawaiian Airlines MorseLife Health System
Wells Fargo & Company Exxon Mobil Corporation The RiteScreen Company, LLC
Ranir SPINS EPIC Holdings, Inc.
Signet Jewelers Limited Atlas Venture

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Andrew Block

ABM Industries [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ABM) announced that effective Andrew Block has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), replacing Dave Goodes who is leaving ABM for personal reasons. Andrew comes to ABM from Buffalo Wild Wings where he oversaw all of HR as Senior Vice President, Talent and Organizational Performance. Prior to that, Andrew led Human Resources activities and Talent Strategy for C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Jim Lynde

Hawaiian Airlines [HONOLULU] announced the appointment of Jim Lynde to the role of senior vice president – human resources. Lynde fills a vacancy created by the retirement of Barbara Falvey, who oversaw Hawaiian’s HR team for nearly 13 years. Lynde has held numerous executive positions and most recently served as vice president and chief human resources officer at California-based aviation company JetSuite. Previously, Lynde worked at Spirit Airlines, Sagittarius Brands, Darden Restaurants and Starwood Hotels and Resorts.

Richard Kropp

MorseLife Health System [West Palm Beach, FL] hired Richard Kropp as CHRO. Prior to joining MorseLife, Richard was the VP for Human Resources with Prospect Medical Holdings hospitals in Providence RI and Waterbury CT. He also served as VP HR for Lourdes Health System in Camden, NJ and as CHRO for Caritas Christi Health System in Boston, MA.

David Galloreese

Wells Fargo & Company [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: WFC) announced that it has named David Galloreese as head of Human Resources. Galloreese will join the company July 9 and will be based in San Francisco. He most recently served as head of people (chief HR officer) for Sam’s Club and the head of talent for Walmart. Before joining Walmart, Inc., Galloreese led HR at Medallia. He previously served as senior vice president of HR for the Nevada Region of Caesar’s Entertainment. He also held HR leadership roles for MGM Resorts International and Macy’s, Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corporation [IRVING, Texas] (NYSE: XOM) announced that Malcolm Farrant, vice president of human resources, has elected to retire after 35 years of service. The company appointed Tracey Gunnlaugsson, president of SeaRiver Maritime Inc., as vice president of human resources, effective August 1, 2018. Gunnlaugsson joined Exxon Shipping in 1991 as a U.S. merchant marine deck officer and held various positions within SeaRiver and ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company before becoming manager of U.S. products supply operations in 2004. In 2007, she returned to the shipping organization as commercial operations manager and in 2008, moved to Exxon Mobil Corporation headquarters in Irving, Texas, where she held a variety of advisory positions in investor relations, safety and environment, and strategic planning. In 2012, she became pipelines and distribution manager for Imperial Oil in Calgary, Canada and in 2014, returned to ExxonMobil Refining and Supply as manager of product optimization for the Americas. In 2016, Gunnlaugsson was appointed to her current position as president and CEO of SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., an ExxonMobil marine affiliate.

The RiteScreen Company, LLC [ELIZABETHVILLE, Pa.] announced that Teal Gaylord has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Human Resources. Gaylord joins RiteScreen following her role as Director of Human Resources for Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass).

Ranir [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] appointed Julie Nass as vice president of global human resources. Most recently, she served as North America vice president of human resources for Tarkett. Nass’ experience also includes leadership positions at dollar companies such as Broadwind Energy, Inc. and Whirlpool Corporation.

SPINS [CHICAGO] announced its new Chief People Officer, Rosemary Haefner. Haefner comes to SPINS most recently from CareerBuilder.

Janine Walter

EPIC Holdings, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO and STAMFORD, Conn.] (parent company of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants) announced the addition of Janine Walter who will join as the firm’s Chief Talent Officer. Prior to joining EPIC, Walter was SVP, Director of Human Resources at OdysseyRe in Stamford, Conn. Earlier in her career Walter held senior Human Resources positions at multiple organizations, including Crump Insurance and BISYS.

Signet Jewelers Limited [HAMILTON, Bermuda] (NYSE: SIG) announced that Mary Elizabeth Finn has been named Chief People Officer. Finn was previously the Chief Human Resources Officer at Nielsen. Prior to Nielsen, she held several senior-level human resources roles with General Electric.

Atlas Venture [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Andrea Armstrong has joined as chief talent officer. Armstrong joins Atlas from C4 Therapeutics. Prior to C4, Andrea was chief human resources officer and vice president of administration at the New York Genome Center. Earlier in her career, Armstrong led recruiting for Infinity Pharmaceuticals and was a vice president at D.P. Parker & Associates.

CHRO Moves – week ending June 1, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Visteon Corporation Athletico Physical Therapy Seyfarth Shaw

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Visteon Corporation [Detroit, Michigan] hired Kristin Trecker as Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously, Trecker was CHRO at Integer Holdings and MTS Systems after working at Lawson Software from 1994-2011.

Athletico Physical Therapy [CHICAGO] announced Melissa McMahon as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources. McMahon most recently held the position of Vice President of Talent for CDW. Prior to CDW, McMahon spent nearly 15 years in various human resources and talent acquisition roles at Accenture.

Seyfarth Shaw [CHICAGO] hired Jen Fowler as CHRO. Prior to Seyfarth Shaw, Fowler was CHRO at Vedder Price and worked at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in HR.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 25, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

tronc, Inc. KeyCorp Patterson Companies
Mylan Omnitracs, LLC Lucas Group

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tronc, Inc. (formerly Tribune Publishing) [CHICAGO, IL] (NASDAQ: TRNC) appointed Maya Bordeaux to the role of Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Chief HR Officer. Prior to joining tronc, Maya was the Senior Vice President, People & Culture at Wilton Brands. Maya held the position of Senior Director, Human Resources at McDonald’s Corporation prior to joining Wilton Brands.

Brian Fishel

KeyCorp [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: KEY) announced that Craig Buffie, Chief Human Resources Officer, has shared his intention to retire in the second half of 2018. Key also announced that Brian Fishel will assume the role of Chief Human Resources Officer.  Brian Fishel has served as KeyCorp’s Chief Talent Officer since joining in 2013. Prior to this role, he served in various senior-level talent management and organization development roles for Bank of America, the Coca-Cola Company and Pizza Hut.

Patterson Companies [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: PDCO) announced that Andrea Frohning has joined the Company as Chief Human Resources Officer. Frohning most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Snyder’s-Lance. Prior to her tenure at Snyder’s-Lance, she was Vice President of Human Resources at Crane Co. Frohning also held other human resource managerial positions at Hubbell Inc., General Electric Consumer Finance and Pepsi Bottling Group.

Mylan [Pittsburgh] hired Eliana Zem as Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously she was CHRO at Hertz and an International HR Executive with Diageo.

Omnitracs, LLC [DALLAS] announced the hiring of Stacey Martin as chief human resources officer (CHRO). Prior to joining Omnitracs, Martin gained more than 20 years of experience and leadership with such as Travelport, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Science Applications International Corporations (SAIC) and CGI Group.

Lucas Group [ATLANTA] announced the promotion of Carolina King to Chief People Officer (CPO). King previously served as Vice President of Human Resources. King has provided expert organizational and leadership development for top global companies including CNN, AT&T and Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 18, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals GCM Grosvenor Laureate Education, Inc.

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Jennifer Leonard

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals [Watertown, MA] (NASDAQ: EYPT) appointed Jennifer Leonard to the role SVP, Human Resources.  Prior to joining EyePoint Pharmaceuticals Jennifer was Head of HR Consumer Healthcare and Global Functions at Sanofi US.  With over 20 years of Human Resources experience Jennifer has held senior leadership roles at PDI, Inc, Novartis, Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacia/Pfizer and SGI, Inc..  She also served as President of ImpactHR a coaching and consulting firm focused on developing senior talent in the pharmaceutical industry.

GCM Grosvenor [CHICAGO] announced that Sandra (Sandee) Hurse has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer. Hurse brings more than two decades of experience to her new role, including most recently serving as Global Head of Human Resources, Corporate and Investment Banking at Bank of America. Before that she was Bank of America’s Global Head of Junior Talent Management. Her prior experience also includes leadership roles in Human Resources, Talent Management and Talent Acquisition at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase.

Laureate Education, Inc. [BALTIMORE] (NASDAQ: LAUR) announced the appointment of Timothy P. Grace as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective May 28, 2018. Mr. Grace most recently served as the Global CHRO for Toys”R”Us. Tim has also held global HR management roles with the L’Oreal Group, where he served as Group Vice President of HR, as well as HR roles within Schindler Elevator Corporation, Wise Foods, Grand Metropolitan (now Diageo), and in the Frito Lay division of PepsiCo.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 11, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Clark Pacific Covanta MVB Financial Corp.
Intelex Technologies Entrust Datacard Neustar, Inc.
AMETEK, Inc. SentryOne Banc of California
Bluegreen Vacations Corporation Generation Bio Flexport

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Kristofer Kumfert

Clark Pacific [Sacramento, CA] hired Kristofer Kumfert as their first Chief Human Resources Officer. Kumfert was previously with Ford Motor Company, most recently as Global HR Lead, Autonomous Vehicles and Electrification. He was with Ford for over 20 years in various HR roles.

Covanta [MORRISTOWN, N.J.] (NYSE: CVA) announced the appointment of Ginny Angilello to the role of senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to joining Covanta, Ms. Angilello spent 17 years at Honeywell International, in roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as vice president, Human Resources for Performance Materials & Technologies (PMT), Integrated Supply Chain (ISC).

Brad Greathouse

MVB Financial Corp. [FAIRMONT, W.Va.] (NASDAQ: MVBF) announced the appointment of Brad Greathouse as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. For nearly eight years, Greathouse was part of Mylan’s North America leadership team. Prior to Mylan, Greathouse spent more than 12 years with GE Aviation in a number of senior human resources leadership roles for global organizations.

Intelex Technologies [TORONTO] announced the appointment of Chief People Officer Faith Tull. Tull previously held the position of Chief People Officer at Randstad Canada. She has held senior leadership positions at FCT, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur.

Beth Klehr

Entrust Datacard [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Beth Klehr has been named Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for the company. Prior to joining Entrust Datacard, she held leadership roles with Prime Therapeutics and Tyco Electronics, formerly ADC Telecommunications.

Neustar, Inc. [STERLING, Va.] announced the appointment of Marjorie R. Bailey as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Previously, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer of CACI. Prior to CACI, Bailey was Chief Human Resources Officer of the Health and Engineering Sector at Leidos. Before Leidos, she was the Vice President of Human Resources for SAIC’s Research and Development business unit. Bailey also served in HR, Project Management and Technical writing positions at Troy Systems and Jacobs Engineering. She started her career as a school teacher.

AMETEK, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: AME) announced that it has elected Matthew J. Conti as Vice President, Human Resources. Conti joins AMETEK from Precision Castparts Corp., a member of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., where he served most notably as Vice President of Human Resources of the Aerostructures Division. Prior to Precision Castparts, Mr. Conti held various roles with increasing responsibilities at Harman International Industries, Imerys, S.A. and The Fiat Group.

Jenn Miller

SentryOne [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the promotion of Jenn Miller, formerly Director of Human Resources, to Vice President of Human Resources. Miller has more than 20 years of experience in sales leadership and human resources with companies including LensCrafters, ADP, AT&T and Alamo. She joined SentryOne in a consulting role in 2013 and became its full time Director of Human Resources in 2015.

Banc of California [SANTA ANA, Calif.] (NYSE: BANC) announced it has hired Jim Hazboun as Chief Human Resources Officer.  Mr. Hazboun joins Banc of California from Hyundai Capital America, where he served as Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to Mr. Hazboun joining Hyundai Capital America in 2012, he served in numerous executive leadership roles with over 20 years of experience including at RGP Consulting, Indymac Bank, Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA, and Electronic Data Systems.

Bluegreen Vacations Corporation [BOCA RATON, Fla.] (NYSE: BXG) named Justin Taylor as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Bluegreen, Mr. Taylor was Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Charming Charlie. Prior to this, Mr. Taylor was the International HR Director for L’Oréal the Body Shop. Mr. Taylor began his career in Toronto with HMV Canada as their Director of Training and Organization Design and Cineplex Odeon Theatres Canada as their Manager of Training and Development.

Generation Bio [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Sara Den Besten as head of human resources. Sara joins Generation Bio following nearly 20 years experience in managing human resource and patient advocacy in the biotech industry, both from within companies and as an independent consultant and coach.

Flexport [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the hire of Paige DeLacey as Chief People Officer. Most recently, she oversaw Method Products’ diversity and inclusion programs, and led all aspects of the employee experience as VP of People. Prior to that, she was Head of HR Global Operations at Uber and VP of HR and Communications at Gap, Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 4, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

S&P Global The Bancorp, Inc. Aqua America Inc.
U.S. Bank Principal Financial Group Community Options, Inc.
Learning Care Group DropCar, Inc. Vology

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Dimitra Manis

S&P Global [NEW YORK] (NYSE: SPGI) announced that Dimitra Manis will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer effective May 16, 2018.  Manis joins S&P Global from Revlon, Inc., where she served as the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to this role, she was the Senior Vice President for Global Talent at Estée Lauder Companies and worked at technology and data analytics based companies, OpenLink and Thomson Reuters. Manis also served in senior leadership roles with AXA Group in Paris and Asia.

Jennifer Terry

The Bancorp, Inc. [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: TBBK) announced that Jennifer Terry has joined the company as Managing Director, Chief Human Resources Officer. Terry joins The Bancorp team from TD Bank, where she served as Vice President, Senior Manager of HR Operations and Delivery.

Christina Kelly

Aqua America Inc. [BRYN MAWR, Pa.] (NYSE: WTR) announced that Christina Kelly will join the company as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Kelly was most recently vice president of human resources for AmerisourceBergen Corporation. She will begin her new role May 21.

U.S. Bank [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that its chief human resources officer, Jennie Carlson will retire from the company. Carlson will leave by the end of June.

Jon Couture

Principal Financial Group® [DES MOINES, Iowa] announced that Jon Couture will become the next Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) effective June 4, 2018. He succeeds senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Beth Raymond who resigned as of March 31, 2018. Since 2013, Jon has been the executive vice president – human resources for consumer lending at Wells Fargo. Prior to Wells Fargo, Jon was senior executive vice president of Human Resources at HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. He’s held numerous senior human resources leadership roles in a variety of industries and is a veteran of the US Air Force. 

Stacey A. Verdino

Community Options, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] announced the appointment of Stacey A. Verdino as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Stacey most recently was the Senior Director and Head of Human Resources for Nutrinia, Inc. Prior to that, she served as the Director of Human Resources for Amicus Therapeutics.

Judy Fimiani

Learning Care Group [Novi, Mich.] announced that Judy Fimiani is named Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective July 1, 2018. She will succeed Scott W. Smith, who retires effective June 30, 2018. Fimiani joined Learning Care Group as Vice President of Talent Acquisition in July 2017. Previously, she served as Vice President, Talent (North America) for Luxottica. Prior to that, she held a variety of HR leadership positions at Omnicare and NCS HealthCare.

DropCar, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: DCAR) announced the appointment of Victoria Pasquale as Chief Human Resources Officer. Pasquale comes to DropCar from Aramark, where she was the Vice President of its New York region managing its higher education division. Before joining Aramark in 2016, Pasquale spent 15 years at Target in expanding executive roles.

Julie Clement

Vology [TAMPA, Fla.] announced the hiring of Julie Clement as the company’s first-ever Chief People Officer. Clement comes to Vology from Greenway Health, where she served more than two years as Vice President, Solutions Consulting. Prior to that, she held the Vice President, Human Resources post at MyUS. Clement has also served in multiple leadership roles within CoAdvantage and Ceridian that were centered around employee relations.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 27, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Mondelēz International The PURE Group of Insurance Companies Western Alliance Bancorporation
L3 Technologies Grange Insurance Fluent, Inc.
Public Storage Chipotle Mexican Grill LendUp

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Paulette Alviti

Mondelēz International [DEERFIELD, Ill.] (NASDAQ: MDLZ) announced that Paulette Alviti will join the company as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective June 11.  Alviti joins the company from Foot Locker, Inc. where she has served as CHRO since 2013.  Before Foot Locker, Alviti held various senior leadership positions at PepsiCo and The Pepsi Bottling Group in both developed and emerging markets, including serving as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa. Alviti succeeds Karen May, who announced her plans to retire last October.

The PURE Group of Insurance Companies (the PURE Group) [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] has named Katherine Richardson as Chief Human Resources Officer. Richardson joins PURE from Allied World Assurance Company, where she served as SVP and Global Head of Human Resources. Before joining Allied World in 2009, she held several progressively responsible HR roles at AIG, in both their field operations and home office. She began her career in 1993 at Leader Insurance.

Barbara J. Kennedy

Western Alliance Bancorporation [PHOENIX] (NYSE: WAL) announced Barbara J. Kennedy has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Western Alliance, Kennedy was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for San Diego-based Encore Capital Group. Previously, Kennedy held senior Human Resources positions with United Stationers Supply Company and Swift Transportation Corporation.

L3 Technologies [NEW YORK] (NYSE: LLL) announced that Melanie Heitkamp has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective May 21. Heitkamp succeeds Kevin L. Weiss, who has announced his plans to retire after supporting a smooth transition. Prior to joining L3, she served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources – Defense & Intelligence Group at Leidos. Previously, she served as a Vice President of Human Resources within the Information Systems & Global Solutions business at Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Grange Insurance [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced that Damon Porter has been appointed vice president, chief human resources officer. Porter was previously vice president, talent management and human resources business partners at Erie Insurance in Pennsylvania. Prior to Erie, Porter held various leadership positions, including vice president of corporate human resources at Duke Energy in Charlotte, North Carolina. Porter will be replacing Steven Paxton, former vice president of human resources, who is retiring from Grange Insurance after more than 16 years of service.

Katherine Rae

Fluent, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: FLNT) announced that the Company has appointed Katherine Rae as Head of People. With over 10 years of experience in the industry, she has successfully developed teams at Informa Plc, in several HR positions, including the Global Offices Manager, and worked as a Management Consultant within the People and Operations team for PwC. Most recently, Rae acted as a Strategic HR Business Partner for Sprinklr, a start-up within the Tech space.

Public Storage [GLENDALE, Calif.] (NYSE: PSA) announced that Natalia N. Johnson has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Natalia joined Public Storage in 2016 with over 18 years of broad-based leadership experience, having held senior management positions in human resources, technology and operations at Bank of America, Countrywide Financial and Coca-Cola.

Chipotle Mexican Grill [DENVER] (NYSE: CMG) announced that it has hired Marissa Andrada as its chief human resources officer. Andrada comes to Chipotle from Kate Spade & Company, where she served as senior vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer. Prior to joining Kate Spade, Andrada held several senior level positions in human resources at Starbucks, most recently serving as senior vice president, partner resources for the Americas. Before joining Starbucks, Andrada held a variety of human resources roles with increasing responsibility for companies such as Gamestop, Red Bull North America, Universal Studios, and Pepsico/Pizza Hut.

LendUp [RICHMOND, Va.] announced that Patricia Wooten will join as People Operations business partner on May 7. Wooten previously served as Vice President of People at Hospital Corporation of America. She’s also held various human resource operations roles at Coventry Health Care and Pitney Bowes.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 20, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Rackspace SMS Assist Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation

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Laura Sue D’Annunzio

Rackspace [SAN ANTONIO] announced Laura Sue D’Annunzio as its new chief people officer. Prior to joining Rackspace, D’Annunzio served as an advisor to CEOs on strategy and human resources issues, and as a career coach for MBA students at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. She has also served as a senior human resources leader at Grant Thornton and at Bain & Company, and as a vice president at Booz & Company and A.T. Kearney.

SMS Assist [CHICAGO] announced the hiring of Becky Lowe as its new chief human resources officer. Prior to joining SMS Assist, Lowe was most recently the HR business leader at Infosys. Previously, she held HR leadership roles with Experian and Capgemini SA.

Brydget Falk-Drigan

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation [BEDMINSTER, NJ] (NASDAQGS: PGC) and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announced the appointment of Brydget Falk-Drigan as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Peapack-Gladstone Bank.  Prior to joining Peapack-Gladstone Bank, Ms. Falk-Drigan served as Leader, Global Talent Solutions and People Operations, Leader, Global Talent Acquisition, and Leader, Employee Engagement and Internal Communications at Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in Short Hills, New Jersey.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 13, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Flowserve Corporation RLH Corporation Tyler Technologies, Inc.
The Financial Accounting Foundation Aerojet Rocketdyne Aegis Living
Medallia, Inc.

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Elizabeth Burger

Flowserve Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: FLS) announced that Elizabeth Burger joined as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Burger joins Flowserve from HanesBrands Inc. where she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer between 2013 and 2017. Before joining HanesBrands, she worked at Monsanto Company in various roles of increasing responsibility, and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Global Business Operations.

RLH Corporation [DENVER] (NYSE: RLH) announced the addition of Kristin Thielking as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Thielking joins RLH Corporation from SquareTwo Financial, where she was Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Organizational Development and Administration for the past seven years. Prior to SquareTwo Financial, Thielking was Senior Director, Human Resources for eight years at Orbitz Worldwide.

Kelley Shimansky

Tyler Technologies, Inc. [PLANO, Texas] (NYSE: TYL) announced that Kelley Shimansky has joined Tyler as the company’s new chief human resources (HR) officer. Kelley is assuming the role vacated by Bob Sansone, who recently retired after 23 years with Tyler, including serving as chief HR officer for the past nine years. Kelley will be based out of Tyler’s Yarmouth, Maine, office, home to its ERP & Schools Division. Most recently, Kelley served as vice president of human resources, North America for Dechra Pharmaceuticals from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, Kelley served as vice president of human resources for Putney, Inc. She also held several HR positions at WEX, which is traded on the NYSE, from 1997 to 2014.

Elizabeth Ann Garti

The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) [NORWALK, Conn.] announced that Elizabeth Ann Garti has joined the organization as vice president, human resources. Garti most recently served as associate vice president of human resources at Pace University. Previously, Ms. Garti served as a senior human resources manager at Lillian Vernon Corporation. Earlier, she served as a human resources manager at Caldor, Inc. Ms. Garti began her career in human resources at United Parcel Service.

Natalie Schilling

Aerojet Rocketdyne [SACRAMENTO, Calif.] announced that Natalie Schilling joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer, and will serve as one of the officers of parent company Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD). Schilling most recently served as vice president of Human Resources for Arconic’s (formerly Alcoa) Corporate Resource Units, and was also the global director of Compensation and Benefits.

Sandra Preyale

Aegis Living [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Sandra Preyale as the new chief people officer. Prior to joining Aegis Living, Preyale served as vice president of HR Global Sellers Businesses at Amazon.com. Prior to Amazon.com, during her five-year tenure at Coach, Preyale built human resources teams in Asia, Europe and New York. Earlier in her career, she held regional and global positions for the LVMH Group; the L’Oréal Group; and served in sales and merchandising with Danone Group.

Medallia, Inc. [SAN MATEO, Calif.] appointed Susan Lovegren as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Medallia, Lovegren served in Chief People Officer roles at AppDynamics, (acquired by Cisco), Juniper Networks, and Plantronics.

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