CHRO Moves this week include:

General Motors	Quest Diagnostics	Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.
Sprinklr	Oak Hill Capital Partners IV	Western Digital Corp.
US Foods Holding Corp.	H&R Block, Inc.	Couchbase

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General Motors announced that Jose Tomas, senior vice president of global human resources, has left the role. Tomas was appointed in July 2017.

Quest Diagnostics [Secaucus, NJ] (NYSE: DGX) announced the appointment of Cecilia McKenney as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. McKenney spent more than a decade at Frontier Communications, where she led the telecommunications company’s human resources function, as well as held senior leadership roles leading the Consumer Division and sales, marketing, business operations and customer service. Before Frontier, she served in various HR leadership roles at PepsiCo over a period of 16 years. McKenny is replacing Jeff Shuman who is retiring.

Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. [PRINCETON, N.J.] (Munich Re America) appointed Cheryl Jones to the Head of Human Resources; she will also join the Munich Re America Executive Leadership Team. Cheryl joined the company in 2014 as a Human Resources (HR) Business Partner after more than a decade in financial services HR roles. In 2015, she was appointed to Head of HR Business Partners with responsibility for leading the talent strategy for Munich Re America and as a member of the US Regional HR Leadership Team.

Sprinklr [New York] announced the appointment of Diane Adams as Chief Culture & Talent Officer. Adams spent 14-years at Cisco, following which Adams joined Allscripts. Adams went on to serve as Chief People Officer at Qlik, and was, most recently, Chief Culture and Talent Officer for McGraw-Hill Education.

Oak Hill Capital Partners IV [New York, NY and Menlo Park, CA] announced that it has named Ken DiPietro Chief Talent Officer and Senior Advisor. Ken was most recently at Biogen, and previously at Lenovo Group and Microsoft. Ken also held a senior HR leadership position at Dell. Ken began his career at PepsiCo, where he spent 17 years in a range of positions.

Western Digital Corp. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: WDC) announced that Lori Sundberg has joined the company as chief human resources officer. Sundberg succeeds Jackie DeMaria, who is retiring after a 13-year tenure with Western Digital. Sundberg most recently served as senior vice president, Global Human Resources at Jacobs. Earlier in her career, Sundberg advanced through a series of HR leadership roles at American Express and served as senior vice president, Human Resources and Ethics at Arizona Public Services Company.

US Foods Holding Corp. [ROSEMONT, Ill.] (NYSE: USFD) announced that David Works has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Works joins US Foods from Hackensack Meridian Health, where he served as chief human resources officer. Previously, Works led the HR organizations at Windstream and Sears Holdings. He also served as the president of the Enterprise Business Unit at Windstream.

H&R Block, Inc. [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] (NYSE: HRB) named Tiffany Scalzitti Monroe as its new chief people officer. Monroe most recently served at U.S. Foods as the chief human resources officer. Prior to her position at U.S. Foods, Monroe served at Target Corporation for 15 years where she held a variety of leadership positions. Her most recent role was as the senior vice president for human resources at Target Canada.

Couchbase [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the hiring of Jessica Yuen as Chief People Officer. Jessica Yuen comes to Couchbase from Gusto, where she served as Head of People. Prior to Gusto, she was with Khan Academy. Previous to Khan Academy, Jessica held a variety of leadership roles across HR, recruiting, strategy, business development, operations, and product management at Yahoo! and McKinsey.

Interstate Hotels & Resorts [ARLINGTON, Va.] announced the appointment of Carrie David as chief human resources officer. Most recently she served as senior vice president of operational excellence and general manager support for Caribou Coffee and Einstein Noah Restaurant Group. Carrie was at Delaware North where she served as Head of HR for Australia and New Zealand.