CHRO Moves this week include:
Sony Pictures Entertainment | BioScrip, Inc. | Cadence Aerospace |
AMETEK, Inc. | Rockefeller Capital Management | Financial Institutions, Inc. |
Riskonnect | Lottery.com |
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Stacy Green
Sony Pictures Entertainment [Culver City, CA] named Stacy Green as Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer. Green will replace George Rose, who has led the group for the last 10 years and will be retiring at the end of the summer. Rose has agreed to stay on as a consultant to ensure a smooth transition when Green starts on September 5. Green is currently Chief People Officer for Group Nine Media. Prior to that, she served for five years as EVP, Global HR & Facilities for A+E Networks leading HR for A&E, History, Lifetime, VICELAND, A+E Studios and A+E International & Digital. From 2008 – 2013, Green was at NBCUniversal, where she served in HR leadership roles for NBC News, NBCU Advertising Sales & Client Partnerships and acted as a key member of the transition team during Comcast’s acquisition of NBCU. Prior to that, Green worked in various capacities at Revlon from 1997 – 2007 transitioning from Senior Tax Counsel to HR leadership during her tenure.
BioScrip, Inc. [DENVER] (NASDAQ: BIOS) announced the appointment of Leslie McIntosh as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company. Most recently, she was Vice President, Human Resources at DigitalGlobe, a business unit of Maxar Technologies. Prior to that, she was HR Director at Vail Resorts, and held senior HR roles at MWH (now part of Stantec), Janus Henderson Investors and American Century Investments, with ten years at public companies.

Mia Danburg
Cadence Aerospace [ANAHEIM, Calif.] announced the appointment of Maria (Mia) M. Danburg as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Danburg most recently served as Director, Human Resources, at Barnes Aerospace—a segment of Barnes Group Inc. Prior to joining Barnes Group Inc., Ms. Danburg held progressive leadership positions with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in both its Commercial and Aerospace businesses. These roles included Manager–Global Talent, Engagement and Inclusion at UTC Climate, Controls & Security, along with numerous appointments at Pratt & Whitney including Human Resources Manager–Module Center Engineering; Manager–HR Operations and Talent Sourcing; Manager–Continuous Improvement & Communications for Commercial Spares; and Human Resources Manager for multiple P&Ls.
AMETEK, Inc. [BERWYN, Pa.] (NYSE: AME) announced the appointment of John Mockler as Vice President, International Human Resources. Mr. Mockler rejoins AMETEK after serving as Global Human Resources Director for the Precision Engineering Division of IMI plc. Prior to that, he served in an international role for AMETEK as Director, Human Resources. Earlier in his career, John held positions with increasing responsibility at Newell Rubbermaid, AGCO – Massey Ferguson and Dunlop Tyres.
Rockefeller Capital Management [NEW YORK] announced that Jack Ryan has joined the firm as its Chief Human Capital Officer. While at General Electric, he spent the last two years leading Executive Development and serving as the Chief Learning Officer with responsibility for General Electric’s Crotonville Leadership Development Institute. For six years before that, he was the top human resources leader for GE Capital. Ryan starts at Rockefeller Capital Management September 1.

Valerie Benjamin
Financial Institutions, Inc. [WARSAW, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, Scott Danahy Naylon, LLC (“SDN”), Courier Capital, LLC (“Courier Capital”), and HNP Capital, LLC (“HNP Capital”) announced that Valerie C. Benjamin was named Chief Human Resources Executive. Ms. Benjamin most recently serving as Associate Dean and Chief Human Resources Officer (“CHRO”) for Cornell University’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations. She previously served as CHRO at EarthLink, an IT services company. Her career also includes 11 years as a Global Human Capital consultant at Accenture. Ms. Benjamin succeeds Paula D. Dolan, former Director of Human Resources and Enterprise Planning. Ms. Dolan stepped down from her role as Director of Human Resources last month. In support of an effective transition for this important position, she will remain with the Company and continue to serve as Human Resources Project Manager through her retirement on December 31, 2018.
Riskonnect [KENNESAW, Ga.] announced Kevin Crow has joined the company as its chief human resources officer. Crow most recently served as senior vice president of global human resources at BravoSolution.
Lottery.com [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced that Leah Feingold has been promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer. Feingold began as a Director of Human Resources at Lottery.com.