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CHRO Moves – week ending July 10, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company NS1 Signify Health
iPipeline Groundworks Companies Earnest
Rokt

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Paula Whitesell

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company [FINDLAY, Ohio] announced that Paula Whitesell will join the company as Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) effective July 27. Whitesell joins Cooper from Peapod Digital Labs (PDL) in Chicago, where she served as Vice President, Human Resources. PDL is a unit of Ahold Delhaize. She progressed to this role after serving as Vice President of Human Resources at Peapod, LLC. Prior to Peapod, Whitesell had an 18-year career with Whirlpool Corporation, where she most recently served as Senior Director—Global Human Resources. Her career has also included roles in Tier 1 automotive industry suppliers such as VDO-Siemens and Budd Thyssenkrupp Company.

NS1 [NEW YORK] hired Lorraine Heber-Brause as vice president and global head of people. Prior to joining NS1, Heber-Brause held leadership roles at Yotpo, AppNexus, BlackRock, American Express, and Citi.

Kathleen Tourjee

Signify Health [DALLAS] announced the appointment Kathleen Tourjee as Chief Human Resources Officer. Tourjee joins Signify Health from WebMD where she served as the Vice President in charge of Human Resources. Prior to joining WebMD, Tourjee was with Pfizer where she started as a chemical process engineer in pharmaceutical manufacturing, but eventually switched to human resources where she progressed through increasing levels of responsibility to lead the global compensation, benefits and wellness programs.

iPipeline [EXTON, PA] announced the appointment of Kevin Baer as Chief People Officer. Baer has more than 35 years of experience designing people strategies and building high-performance organizations for clients including ConocoPhillips, Phillips66, United Airlines, and Constellation Energy. Baer comes to iPipeline from Mpact Leadership Coaching, where he was a founding partner. Prior to Mpact Leadership Coaching, Baer held key executive positions at Continental Airlines Travel University, Got-A-Job.com, Corestaff Staffing, and Sales Performance International.

Adam Currie

Groundworks Companies [VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.] announced the hiring of Adam Currie as Vice President of Human Resources. Currie comes to Groundworks from TruGreen, where he served in multiple roles including his most recent position as a director and HR business partner. Before entering the home services field, Currie worked in numerous HR and executive compensation positions with USAA.

Earnest [SAN FRANCISCO] welcomed Victoria Hughes as its new Chief People Officer. Hughes most recently served as the Chief People Officer at AnitaB.org. Her leadership experience spans a variety of industries including Fortune 500 companies to the non-profit sector.

Lisa Craven

Rokt [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Lisa Craven as Chief People Officer. Craven was previously consulting for Rokt. Previously she was Global Chief People Officer at Sizmek.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 3, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

BRP Group, Inc. Avalara, Inc. The Recording Academy®
Scientific Games Corporation Smarsh

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BRP Group, Inc. [TAMPA, FL] (NASDAQ: BRP) announced the appointment of Erin King as Chief Colleague Officer. King joins the firm from Publix, where she served as Human Resources Director.

Avalara, Inc. [SEATTLE] (NYSE: AVLR) announced the appointment of Kathleen Weslock as its new chief human resources officer. She has overseen human resources for companies including Cisco, Deloitte, FIS (formerly SunGard Data Systems), and more. Weslock comes to Avalara from Livent, where she served as the chief human resources officer.

Shonda Grant

The Recording Academy®  [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced the promotion of Shonda Grant to Chief People & Culture Officer. Before joining the Academy, she held various human resources roles in the technology and telecommunications industries.

Scientific Games Corporation [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: SGMS) announced that Eileen Moore Johnson will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Moore Johnson joins Scientific Games from Caesars Entertainment where she served as Regional President of The Cromwell, Flamingo, Harrah’s and The LINQ resorts. During her career with Caesars, she also held leadership roles at Horseshoe Southern Indiana and Harrah’s New Orleans.

Smarsh® [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced the promotion of Suzanne Rudnitzki to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Rudnitzki joined Smarsh in 2018 as the company’s first Chief People Officer. In her new role, she leads the organization’s Legal and Information Security, Human Resources, Management Information Systems, Diversity and Inclusion, and Facilities teams. Prior to joining Smarsh, Rudnitzki was the Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Telecare Corporation, she previously worked as a consultant for Xerox, facilitated leadership training for Procter & Gamble, and developed HR training curricula for clients including Nissan, General Motors, Herman Miller and Magna International.

CHRO Moves – week ending June 26, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Tyson Foods, Inc. Wrike
ChampionX PlayPower, Inc. Discovery Behavioral Health, Inc,
The Shyft Group AdvanSix M&T Bank
First Financial Bank, N.A. Agio

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CHRO Moves is published by Samuel Dergel (Executive Search Consultant with Dergel Executive Search). Samuel can be reached by email at samuel@dergelsearch.com or by phone at +1 (415) 738-2070.

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Janice Dupre Little

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. [MOORESVILLE, NC] (NYSE: LOW) announced the appointment of Janice Dupre Little as executive vice president, human resources. Little joined Lowe’s in 2017 and most recently served as senior vice president, diversity & talent management. Prior to Lowe’s, Little served as vice president, diversity and inclusion, chief diversity officer, for McKesson Corp. She also held several human resources leadership positions at Dell. Before transitioning into human resources, Little served in finance and accounting roles with Dell, IBM and Ernst & Young.

Tyson Foods, Inc. [SPRINGDALE, Ark.] (NYSE: TSN) named Johanna Söderström as Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, effective July 6, 2020. Söderström succeeds Mary Oleksiuk, who is retiring after a 35-year career. Söderström most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at The Dow Chemical Company. She previously led global compensation and benefits at Huhtamaki. Söderström started her career in Finland at Ericsson and has also held HR roles in Germany and Switzerland.

Wrike [SAN JOSE, CA] announced that Chad Bennett has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. Bennett is joining Wrike from Alteryx, where he was the SVP of Global Human Resources.

Jordan Zweig

ChampionX [The Woodlands, TX] (NYSE: APY) hired Jordan Zweig as senior vice president and chief Human Resources officer. Zweig joined Ecolab in 2013 as the Global Human Resources leader for Nalco Champion and more recently served as the Global Human Resources leader for Ecolab’s Institutional business, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Before joining Ecolab, Zweig spent nearly 14 years at GE, where he served in Human Resources leadership roles in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare, and Supply divisions while based in the U.S., Turkey, Italy, and the U.K. Jordan began his Human Resources career at Rotorex International and later progressed into leadership roles at Graham Packaging Company and Monsanto.

PlayPower, Inc. [DALLAS] announced that Danielle Garde has been appointed as Chief Human Resources Officer. Garde joined in May 2020 and leads the Company’s global human resources team. Prior to joining PlayPower, Garde was the Vice President of Human Resources at KidKraft, Inc. Before KidKraft, Garde held senior human capital roles with Danone North America, J.P. Morgan, Unilever Cosmetics International, American Express, and Deloitte.

Discovery Behavioral Health, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Corey Procuniar as Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to his appointment at DBH, he was head of HR for Cambridge Healthcare Services in Orange County, CA where he worked for 10 years.

Colin Hindman

The Shyft Group [NOVI, Mich.] (NASDAQ: SHYF) announced the appointment of Colin Hindman as Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously, Hindman was chief human resources officer at Dayco. Prior to Dayco, Hindman spent more than 14 years at TriMas Corporation. Hindman held several roles of progressive responsibility at TriMas, his last of which was vice president of human resources. He additionally held human resources management positions within Dana Corporation and Wabash Technologies.

AdvanSix [PARSIPPANY, N.J.] (NYSE: ASIX) announced the appointment of Kelly Slieter as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Slieter joins AdvanSix having most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources within the Performance Materials and Technologies division of Honeywell International. Previously, she held positions of increasing global responsibility at Honeywell, Tyco International and Bristol Myers Squibb.

M&T Bank [BUFFALO, NY] announced that Tracy Woodrow has been named Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), following the decision by Janet Coletti to retire from the bank following a distinguished 35-year career. Woodrow joined M&T Bank in 2013, and served as Bank Secrecy Act Officer. Prior to joining M&T, she worked as in-house counsel and a senior compliance leader with HSBC Bank USA.

First Financial Bank, N.A. [ABILENE, Texas] announced the appointment of Pat Schulz as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Schulz comes to First Financial Bank with more than 30 years of experience as a chief human resources officer and consultant. She has led the human resources departments for large companies and financial services across the country.

Agio [NEW YORK] hired May Yoon as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Agio, she served as Chief People Officer for CLEAR. She has also been VP of Customer Experience and Innovation at Canadian retailer Hudson’s Bay Company and a Principal at Mercer.

CHRO Moves – week ending June 19, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Tractor Supply Company Veritex Community Bank Boeing
Mazars USA LLP

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Melissa Kersey

Tractor Supply Company [BRENTWOOD, TN] (NASDAQ: TSCO) announced that Melissa Kersey has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, effective July 20, 2020. Kersey most recently served as the Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer for McDonald’s USA. Before joining McDonald’s in 2017, Kersey held a number of executive-level roles with Walmart from 2008 to 2017, including Senior Vice President of Global HR Transformation and People Services, Senior Vice President and Chief HR Officer, US Stores, and Senior Vice President of Learning and HR Strategy. Prior to Walmart, Kersey spent eight years with Alltel and four years with Target in Operations, Distribution, Human Resources and Technology roles. Kersey replaces interim Chief Human Resources Officer Brian Evans, who has announced his plans to retire in the early fall of 2020.

Cara McDaniel

Veritex Community Bank [DALLAS] announced that Cara McDaniel has been named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief HR/Talent Officer. For the last decade she has served as Executive Vice President, Head of Human Resources and Talent Strategy at Texas Capital Bank. Prior to that she held the position of National Head of Human Resources for Citi’s US Commercial Bank.

Michael D’Ambrose

Boeing [CHICAGO] (NYSE: BA) named Michael D’Ambrose as executive vice president of Human Resources, effective July 6. He will succeed Wendy Livingston, who has served in an interim capacity since April. D’Ambrose joins Boeing from ADM. He has served as senior vice president and chief human resources officer at ADM since 2006. Prior to that, he led global human resources teams at companies such as Citigroup, First Data and Toys ‘R’ Us. Livingston will resume her previous role as vice president, Corporate Human Resources.

Mazars USA LLP [NEW YORK] announced that Keri Fleming has joined the organization as Chief People Officer. Keri succeeds Julie Venkat, who is retiring. Prior to joining Mazars USA, Keri was the Chief Human Resources Officer at a large national manufacturing and retail organization. Previously, Keri spent 15 years at a Big Four accounting firm where she held roles of increasing responsibility focused in areas such as university recruiting, onboarding and assimilation, talent management, compensation and benchmarking, learning and development, internal communication, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, and succession planning. Her tenure culminated in a role as the East Region Tax HR Director, serving on the Functional Executive Leadership Team.

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