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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.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 28, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Nubank Northrop Grumman Corporation Caesars Entertainment Corporation
The Securities and Exchange Commission Liberty Lending

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Nubank [São Paulo, Brazil] recently hired Renee Mauldin as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Renee served as CHRO at Twitter Inc. as well as Head of People and Places at Uber Technologies. Prior to joining Uber, Renee led the Human Resource Business Partner team at Google for the Ads and Finance teams. Previously Renee worked at Capital One where she was part of the Mergers & Acquisitions group, as well as the human resources leader for several business units.

Ann Addison

Northrop Grumman Corporation [FALLS CHURCH, Va.] (NYSE: NOC) announced that it appointed Ann Addison as corporate vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Addison will succeed Denise Peppard, who has announced her intention to retire in March 2019. Addison joins Northrop Grumman from Leidos, where she was executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Addison will join Northrop Grumman on Oct. 22, 2018 in a transitional role as corporate vice president.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation [LAS VEGAS] (NASDAQ: CZR) announced the appointment of Monica S. Digilio as Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Digilio joins Caesars from Montage Hotels and Resorts where she has served in the same capacity since 2012. In addition to her leadership role at Montage, Ms. Digilio spent 12 years as Executive Vice President for Global Human Resources for Kerzner International. Prior to that, she served for ten years at ITT Sheraton Corporation where she held several roles, including Vice President, Human Resources, North America and Franchise Divisions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission [Washington D.C.] announced that Lacey Dingman, the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) and Director of the Office of Human Resources (OHR), will leave the agency at the end of September. With Ms. Dingman’s departure, James “Jamey” McNamara will serve as the Acting Chief Human Capital Officer. Mr. McNamara has served as Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer since July 2014. Prior to joining the Office of Human Resources, Mr. McNamara was the Managing Executive for the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets. He earlier served in several leadership roles in the SEC’s Office of Financial Management and Division of Trading and Markets. Mr. McNamara began his federal career at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he held positions in human resources management and budget formulation in Justice Department’s Civil Division.

Liberty Lending [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Glenn Shuster as Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, Glenn served as Vice President of Human Resources for Quorum FCU. Glenn has over 20 years of experience in a diverse range of industries including retail, technology, and hospitality.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 21, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Vixxo Compass Minerals
Cognosante Smarsh

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Cabot Microelectronics Corporation [Aurora, IL] (NASDAQ: CCMP) announced the appointment of Eleanor Thorp, Vice President, Human Resources, effective September 17, 2018.  Ms. Thorp rejoins Cabot Microelectronics Corporation after serving as the Head of Human Resources and Recruiting at Sephora Digital SEA, from 2015 through 2018, based in Singapore.  Prior to that, Ms. Thorp was Cabot Microelectronics’ Human Resources Director of Asia Pacific from 2013 through 2015.  Before joining Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, she was Head of Human Resources and Recruiting at Frontier Strategy Group, and also spent time in executive search, working across a wide range of industries, based first in London and then in New York.

René Bonin

Vixxo [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] has named René Bonin as senior vice president, chief human resources officer. René joins the company from Iron Mountain, where she held various roles driving HR strategy. She began her career at international law firm WilmerHale, where she spent more than five years honing her deep expertise across all major HR disciplines.

Compass Minerals [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE: CMP) has named Angela Jones senior vice president, people and culture. Jones joined Compass Minerals as vice president, human resources, in January 2018, bringing to the company more than 13 years of human resources experience and more than 16 years in operations. Prior to joining Compass Minerals, Jones served as vice president human resources at both Rembrandt Enterprises and ConAgra Brands, Inc. In addition to her human resources experience, Angela also has significant operations experience, having held roles such as director of operations and plant general manager for The Clorox Company as well as progressively responsible supply chain and operations roles with Proctor & Gamble.

Jennifer Bailey

Cognosante [FALLS CHURCH, VA.] announced the appointment of Jennifer Bailey as Chief People Officer. Bailey joins Cognosante from Perspecta, where she served as Vice President of Human Resources for the past four years. Prior to Perspecta, Bailey spent 13 years at Vangent Inc. which was later acquired by General Dynamics Information Technology, where she was Vice President of HR for the Health and Civilian Solutions Division.

Smarsh [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced the hiring of Suzanne Rudnitzki as the company’s Chief People Officer (CPO). Rudnitzki comes to Smarsh from Telecare Corporation, where she served as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Suzanne previously served as a consultant for Xerox Corp., facilitated the international intrapreneurial leadership training for Procter & Gamble, and developed training curriculum and provided consulting for Nissan, General Motors, Herman Miller and Magna Corporation.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 14, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Plantronics K2 LeasePlan USA
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. SafeRack

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Anja Hamilton

Plantronics [SANTA CRUZ, Calif.] (NYSE: PLT) announced Anja Hamilton has joined as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Hamilton joins Plantronics following her role as Chief People Officer at Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT). Prior to IDT, she held HR leadership roles at Atmel Corporation, eBay Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and several start-up companies.

K2 [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the hiring of Nellie Thompson as Vice President of Human Resources. Thompson joins K2 after 13 years at Avanade. Her most recent role was Global Head of Talent and Performance Management.

LeasePlan USA [ALPHARETTA, GA.] announced the appointment of Alanna Mahone as senior vice president, human resources. Mahone brings more than 20 years of experience in organizational development to LeasePlan. She joins LeasePlan from Mansfield Oil Company where she also led the human resources function.

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. [MIDDLETON, Wis.] (NYSE: SPB) announced that Stacey L. Neu, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, will be leaving the Company to pursue other interests. The human resource function has been reassigned to Douglas L. Martin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and the newly named Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Ehsan Zargar. These changes are effective October 1, 2018.

Eric Grothaus

SafeRack [ANDREWS, S.C.] welcomed Eric Grothaus as Director of Human Resources. Grothaus joins the SafeRack team after a lengthy career in Human resources working for Cincinnati based companies such as HydroSystems, Quality Logistics, and 3M Precision Optics.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 7, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Charter NEX Films Viventium Mavenlink
JBG SMITH Properties

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Charter NEX Films [Milton, WI] hired Michael Studdard as the Chief Human Resources Officer.

Pat Wilkinson

Viventium [Brooklyn, NY] announced that Patrick (Pat) Wilkinson has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Pat has over 20 years of experience as CHRO in global firms including Mizuho Capital Markets Corp., HSBC’s Private Bank and PaineWebber Group.  He was also Head of Compensation and Benefits at Lehman Brothers, Bank of Boston and Columbia Pictures following several years in McKinsey & Co’s Executive Pay Practice.

Mavenlink [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the hiring of Pam DeMond as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Mavenlink, DeMond was VP of Human Resources at mophie. Prior to mophie, DeMond led Corporate Human Resources for the global consumer brand Oakley. DeMond has held multiple key leadership roles at other notable global firms, including 13 years leading corporate and field HR teams at Pepsico/Taco Bell, and eight years at Macy’s, where she held several roles in operations and human resources.

JBG SMITH Properties [CHEVY CHASE, Md.] (NYSE: JBGS) announced that Carey Goldberg has joined JBG SMITH as Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Inclusion. Prior to joining JBG SMITH, Goldberg spent the last 14 years at Marriott International, most recently, as the Global Learning & Development Officer. In addition, she served as Global Officer, Human Resources, at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and EDITION Hotels. Prior to Marriott, Goldberg worked at America Online. Goldberg has also worked for KPMG as a Compensation Consultant and at PwC in their Strategic and Organizational Change Practice.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 31, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Foot Locker, Inc. U.S. Bank El Pollo Loco, Inc.
Orchard Therapeutics Confirmit Aqua Metals, Inc.

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Foot Locker, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: FL) announced the appointment of Elizabeth S. Norberg as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer effective September 17, 2018.  Norberg joins Foot Locker most recently from Loews Hotels & Co., where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Loews, Norberg held leadership roles within human resources for RLH Corporation, Dolce Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc, and Northwell Health.

U.S. Bank [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Ismat Aziz will become its new chief human resources officer (CHRO). Aziz has more than 20 years of HR experience, most recently serving as the CHRO at Sprint. Prior to that role, she held senior HR positions at several other large, global companies.

Jennifer Jaffe

El Pollo Loco, Inc. [COSTA MESA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: LOCO) announced the appointment of Jennifer Jaffe as Senior Vice President and the company’s first-ever Chief People Officer. Ms. Jaffe comes to El Pollo Loco from Estée Lauder, where she led the human resources function for Too Faced Cosmetics and oversaw the company’s acquisition by Estée Lauder in 2016. Prior to Estée Lauder, Ms. Jaffe was Vice President of Human Resources at AT&T, where she served on an HR leadership team. Before that, she was the Vice President of Talent Development at DIRECTV prior to its merger with AT&T.

Orchard Therapeutics [BOSTON and LONDON] announced the appointment of John Cerio as senior vice president, global head of human resources. Until recently, Cerio served as vice president of human resources and administration for Agenus. Prior to Agenus, he was vice president of global human resources for PerkinElmer Life Sciences division. Previously, John spent nearly a decade with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in roles of increasing responsibility and leadership, including director of organizational development for US Medicines and head of human resources for the oncology and immunology division.

Confirmit [NEW YORK and LONDON and OSLO, Norway] promoted Heidi Brumbach to the role of Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources. Brumbach has been part of the Confirmit team for 13 years.

Aqua Metals, Inc. [ALAMEDA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AQMS) announced the appointment of Terri Bradfield as Vice President of Human Resources. Bradfield joins Aqua Metals from Klondex Gold & Silver Mining, where she spent two years as Director of Human Resources. Bradfield also spent seven years with HR Consultants, and six years at NV Energy, first as Managing Strategic Business Partner of Human Resources and then Manager, Employee and Labor Relations.  Prior to that Bradfield held the title of VP of HR for North American Operations at Firth Rixon-Viking, a manufacturing business acquired by Alcoa. Bradfield began her career as HR Manager at GD Resources.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 24, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Vlocity Sprint Purchasing Power, LLC
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. Northwestern Mutual The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Agrinos NSF International

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L. David Kingsley

Vlocity [SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that L. David Kingsley has joined as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer. Kingsley joins Vlocity from MuleSoft where he served as Head of Global People & Places prior to and through the company’s acquisition by Salesforce. Prior to that, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Salesforce where he served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Strategy & Operations as well as Vice President of HR Business Partners for Sales, Technology and Products. Prior to Salesforce, Kingsley spent 13 years in a Talent & Organization leadership capacity in the consulting divisions of Accenture and Booz Allen serving clients in the Government and Communications and High Technology industries. In addition to his private sector work, Kingsley is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

Deeanne King

Sprint [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE : S) announced that Chief Human Resources Officer Ismat Aziz has decided to leave the company. The company also named longtime Sprint leader and current Senior Vice President of Omnichannel Operations and Customer Experience Deeanne King as Chief Human Resources Officer. King has been with Sprint for nearly 30 years and has extensive management experience across a variety of business units, including Care, Operations and more than 13 years in Human Resources, where she had executive roles overseeing training, talent development and relationship management.

Racquel Roberts

Purchasing Power, LLC [ATLANTA] announced that Racquel Roberts has been promoted to Chief People Officer. Roberts joined Purchasing Power in June 2006 to build the human resources function, and in 2010 was named vice president of human resources. Prior to joining Purchasing Power, Roberts served as the human resources manager of Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, a human resources manager at CapMark Services, and as a communications manager at Lend Lease.

David Dart

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. [MEMPHIS, TENN.] (NYSE: SERV) announced it has named David Dart as chief human resources officer. Dart joins ServiceMaster from Veritas Technologies where he was senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Previously, Dart was the vice president of human resources for the specialty materials division of Celanese. Earlier in his career he was vice president of human resources at Ecolab. Dart also served in both U.S. and global HR leadership positions at Bissell, ConAgra Foods and Amgen.

Northwestern Mutual [MILWAUKEE] announced the appointment of Don Robertson to senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Most recently, he headed HR at Apttus. Additionally, he spent 14 years at Hewlett-Packard Corporation, where his last role was senior vice president – HR Global Technology & Operations.

Diana L. Scott

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America [NEW YORK] announced that Diana L. Scott will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Scott joins Guardian from Prologis where she served as CHRO. She led human resources for John Hancock Financial, after its acquisition by Manulife Financial.

Valerie Leddy

Agrinos [DAVIS, Calif.] announced Valerie Leddy has joined the company as vice president, global human resources.Prior to joining Agrinos, Leddy served as director of human resources for a global biotech and medical device company.

Karen Kreza

NSF International [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] appointed Karen Kreza to the position of Vice President, Global Human Resources. Kreza comes to NSF International from Honeywell International, where she most recently served as Global Senior Human Resources Director. She also worked at Chrysler LLC and at Robert Bosch LLC.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 17, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

HelloFresh US BorgWarner Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.
VARIDESK Raven Industries First Citizens Bank
Trustwave Clear Capital

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Mark Eberly

HelloFresh US [NEW YORK] announced that Mark Eberly joined as Senior Vice President, People. Since 2015, Mark worked as a SVP for Cablevision and then The Madison Square Garden Company and MSG Ventures. Prior to those roles, he held various HR leadership positions at nationwide omnichannel retailers, Adecco and The Gallup Organization.

Tonit M. Calaway

BorgWarner [AUBURN HILLS, Mich.] (NYSE : BWA) announced that Tonit M. Calaway, the current Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Calaway joined BorgWarner in 2016.  Previously she worked at Harley-Davidson for approximately 18 years serving most recently as Vice President of Human Resources.  Prior to that she served in positions of increasing responsibilities in the Legal Department, including Assistant General Counsel.

Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: TCMD) announced that Juleen Krings has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Most recently she was CHRO for AnchorBank, NA.

Megan Detz

VARIDESK [DALLAS] welcomes Megan Masoner Detz as chief people officer (CPO). Megan started her career in sales and business development roles at Electronic Data Systems (now Hewlett Packard). Megan’s experience also includes experience as senior vice president of Human Capital at NTT DATA, Inc.

Raven Industries [SIOUX FALLS, S.D.] (NASDAQ: RAVN) announced that Janet Matthiesen, Vice President of Human Resources, will retire in April 2019. Matthiesen, who has been with the Company since 2010.

West Ludwig

First Citizens Bank [RALEIGH, N.C.] announced that West Ludwig has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. He replaces Lou Davis, who retired on Aug. 1 after 21 years with First Citizens. Most recently, Ludwig was the head of HR at technology company Machine Zone. Before that, Ludwig served as HR chief operating officer for Fidelity Investments. Prior to his tenure at Fidelity, Ludwig was a member of the HR executive committee for Dell EMC based out of Austin, Texas, where he served in a variety of HR leadership roles. He also spent three years leading HR for Dell South Asia. He began his career as an HR consultant with Aon Hewitt and then moved to Willis Towers Watson.

Trustwave [CHICAGO] announced the addition of Julie Nagle as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to Trustwave, Julie was Head of Human Resources at Harris Associates, LP. Julie also served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Forsythe Technology, Inc.

Sheila Ryan

Clear Capital [RENO, Nev.] announced Sheila Ryan joined the company as Chief People Officer. Before joining Clear Capital, Ryan served as vice president, global people and workplace for Glu Mobile. Earlier in her career, Sheila led human resources and culture efforts at multiple companies, including Practice Fusion, CBS Interactive and CNET Networks.

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