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CHRO Moves – week ending September 25, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Procore NerdWallet Publicis Sapient
Symend Hennepin Healthcare Targray
Strive Health Turbonomic Motiva Enterprises
Velocity

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Pat Wadors

Procore [CARPINTERIA, CA] announced that Michelle Greer retired as SVP of People, and that Pat Wadors will be joining Procore to lead as Chief People Officer (CPO).

Lynee Luque

NerdWallet [SAN FRANCISCO] welcomed Lynee Luque as its new Vice President of People. Luque joins NerdWallet from Envoy, where she was VP and Head of People. Prior to Envoy, Luque led global HR teams for Twitter, Mozilla and Intel.

Publicis Sapient [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Kameshwari Rao as Global Chief People Officer. Since 2001, Rao has steadily led Human Resources practices in a variety of roles at Publicis Sapient. Her most recent role at the company was Group Vice President, People Success, and after just two years in the position, she was elevated to Global Chief People Officer.

Vivian Farris

Symend [CALGARY] announced that Vivian Farris has been appointed Chief People Officer. Farris has over 20 years of experience with companies such as Image Club Graphics, Eyewire, Veer, and most recently, Benevity.

Tonya Jackman Hampton

Hennepin Healthcare [MINNEAPOLIS, MN] announced that Tonya Jackman Hampton has joined the leadership team as the new Chief People and Culture Officer (CPCO). Over the past 25 years, Tonya has led in global and national companies within the Human Resources operations of HealthPartners, Planned Parenthood, and Medtronic, as well as many other organizations.

Anabelle Gauthier

Targray [MONTREAL]  announced the appointment of Anabelle Gauthier as its Vice President of People & Culture. Gauthier comes to Targray from Bombardier, where she served as Global Head of HR Business Partners & Talent CoE since 2018. Prior to that, she held various HR management roles at the company, which she first joined in 2008. Gauthier began her career working in the Human Resources department of Bell Canada in 1996. In 2003, she joined Cogeco Cable as a senior HR partner.

David Thornton

Strive Health [DENVER] announced that David Thornton is joining the company as Chief People Officer. Thornton joins Strive from Evolent Health, where he served as Chief Talent Officer.

Turbonomic [BOSTON] announced that Meg Langan has joined as Chief People Officer (CPO). Most recently, she served as Chief of Staff to the President of Cowen.

Kimberly M. Green

Motiva Enterprises [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Kimberly M. Green as the company’s Executive Vice President of Human Resources (HR). Prior to her role as Executive Vice President of HR, Green served as Motiva’s Associate General Counsel. Prior to joining Motiva, Green spent 13 years at Shell, where she specialized in labor, employment, and employee benefits. She expanded her scope to support Shell’s downstream commercial business serving as Vice President of Legal for Jiffy Lube International, a Shell subsidiary.

Ben DeSpain

Velocity [HOLLAND, OH] announced that Ben DeSpain has been promoted to chief people officer. DeSpain joined Velocity in 2019 and has most recently served as vice president of human resources. DeSpain joined Velocity from Dura-Line where he served as the director of human resources for US Operations. Prior to Dura-Line, Ben held various HR roles with Owens Corning, Parker Hannifin, and Kohler.

 

CHRO Moves – week ending May 22, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Tupperware Brands Corporation QBE North America Advanced Energy
Consulate Health Care Gulf Island Fabrication Diamond Hill Capital Management
Unity Technologies Section 32 CubicFarm Systems Corp.

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Beatriz Díaz de la Fuente

Tupperware Brands Corporation [ORLANDO, FL] (NYSE: TUP) named Beatriz Díaz de la Fuente as the Company’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).  She will join Tupperware on June 1, 2020. Díaz de la Fuente joins Tupperware Brands following successful careers in human resources at multinational companies including GE and Herbalife Nutrition. Most recently, she was head of human resources at El Palacio de Hierro. Prior to El Palacio de Hierro, Díaz de la Fuente served as Vice President of Finance and Distribution Operations at Herbalife Nutrition.

QBE North America [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Becket McNab as Chief Human Resources Officer. McNab most recently served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Global Operations and Functional groups at Chubb, and previous to that McNab was the Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Chubb Overseas General. Prior to Chubb, she held a variety of senior HR roles with the Richemont Group, Nabisco International and PepsiCo International.

Rory O’Byrne

Advanced Energy [DENVER] (NASDAQ: AEIS) hired Rory O’Byrne as senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO). Most recently, O’Byrne served as the CHRO at Jonah Energy, LLC in Denver, CO. Prior to that, he was the CHRO for MRC Global, Inc. in Houston, TX.

Consulate Health Care [MAITLAND, FL] announced the appointment of Cindy Chrispell to Chief Human Resources Officer. Chrispell served as an HR consultant for Consulate since 2015. In January of 2020, Cindy joined the company as the interim SVP of HR. From 2008 to 2012, she served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Sun Healthcare Group, and for seven years prior, served as the Vice President of Human Resources for the western half of the United States at Starbucks Coffee Company.

Gulf Island Fabrication [Houston, TX] (NASDAQ: GIFI) named Thomas Smouse Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer.  Thomas most recently served as Managing Director – Human Capital for EBL Advisors, a management consulting company.  Prior to his time with EBL Advisors, Thomas served as Vice President Human Resources and Administration for Newfield Exploration and served in various human resources leadership positions at Noble Energy, Anadarko Petroleum, BP and Vastar Resources.

Diamond Hill Capital Management [COLUMBUS, Ohio], an independent active asset manager and a subsidiary of Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., announced the appointment of Anna Corona as chief people officer. Before joining Diamond Hill, Corona was head of talent and culture for Morningstar Australasia, based in Sydney. Corona began her human resources career at Chicago-based Morningstar in 2003, where she held increasingly senior roles until relocating to Sydney to lead the firm’s human resources there.

Unity Technologies [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Scott Pitasky as Chief People Officer. Before joining Unity, Pitasky was the Vice President of Human Resources supporting Amazon’s largest business, the Worldwide Consumer business. This role was Pitasky’s second stint at Amazon — the first was in 1999. Pitasky also headed up Human Resources at Starbucks and held a number of senior-level HR positions with Microsoft.

Section 32 [SAN DIEGO] announced that Sarah Larson was appointed Chief People Officer. Larson was recently Chief Human Resources Officer and Partner at Third Rock Ventures and prior to that Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Foundation Medicine.

CubicFarm® Systems Corp. [VANCOUVER, BC] (TSX-V:CUB) announced the appointment of Jacqui Noftall as Head of People. Noftall has held executive and senior leadership positions in the finance, higher education, and real estate sectors and has experience building global human resources and operational infrastructure for start-ups, including Citizens Bank (now Vancity Community Investment Bank).

CHRO Moves – week ending March 6, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Lightspeed Acuity Brands, Inc. Cambridge Innovation Center
symplr Avionos First Northwest Bancorp
Seibels LogistiCare Solutions, LLC T.Y. Lin International Group

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Marty Reaume

Lightspeed [MONTREAL] appointed Marty Reaume as its first chief people officer (CPO). Reaume previously served as CPO for several technology companies including Twilio, Fitbit, and Netsuite.

Acuity Brands, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NYSE: AYI) announced that Dianne Mills has joined the company as its Chief Human Resources Officer.  Mills most recently served as principal at Mills Consulting.  Prior to Mills Consulting, she worked on the executive team at Walmart eCommerce as SVP, People. Her career background also includes positions with PayPal and Bank of America, where she held leadership roles in a wide range of HR disciplines.

Vanessa Brown

Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) [BOSTON] announced that Vanessa Brown has joined the company in a new role as Chief People Officer. Brown 25 years of experience in people operations, in companies from regional sports networks to large telecommunications.

Symplr [HOUSTON] announced that Heath Foist has joined as Chief People and Culture Officer. Foist most recently served as Chief People Officer at Field Service Holdings. Previously, he was Chief People Officer at Omnitracs. Earlier in his career, Foist served in HR leadership roles at Bank of America, SAP, and Sabre, as well as an HR Strategy and Management consulting leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Avionos [CHICAGO] announced that founder and principal Gibson Smith has also been raised to Chief People Officer.

First Northwest Bancorp [PORT ANGELES, Wash.] (NASDAQ: FNWB), the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Port Angeles, recently promoted Derek Brown to Executive Vice President/Chief Human Resources & Marketing Officer. Brown has been a Senior Vice President since starting with the Bank in 2015. Prior to joining First Federal, Brown was an HR and business leader at Citibank.  He has also held HR leadership roles in financial and professional services and healthcare.

Pam Ringquist

Seibels [COLUMBIA, S.C.] announced the appointment of Pam Ringquist to Vice President of Human Resources. In addition to her role at Seibels, Ringquist also serves as Vice President of Human Resources at Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Company, an affiliate of Seibels. Prior to her position at Gulfstream, Ringquist served as Director of Marketing followed by Director of Human Resources at Williams Parker Law Firm in Sarasota, Florida.

LogistiCare Solutions, LLC [ATLANTA] appointed Laurel Emory, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to LogistiCare, Ms. Emory served as Executive Business Coach at Building Champions, Chief of Staff and Director of Strategy at Coram Specialty Infusion Services, and Country Director at Medical Teams International.

Ian MacLeod

T.Y. Lin International Group (TYLI) [SAN FRANCISCO] welcomed Ian MacLeod as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). MacLeod comes to TYLI Group with more than 25 years of experience in human resources leadership, including holding senior leadership positions with global professional services firms in engineering, construction, and operations management.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 7, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Walmart Inc. Impossible Foods Magenta Therapeutics
EVP Eyecare Innovation G&A Partners
Resources Connection, Inc. PTC Stewart Information Services Corporation
Erie Insurance Grabango Lirio
CarGurus Brightcove, Inc. Frequency Therapeutics, Inc.
Seiler LLP Zerto ArisGlobal
Compass Keyera Corp.

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Donna Morris

Walmart Inc. [BENTONVILLE, Arkansas] appointed Donna Morris as executive vice president and chief people officer. Morris joined Walmart from Adobe, where she served as chief human resources officer and executive vice president of employee experience. Morris joined Adobe in 2002. She also serves on the board of directors of Marvell Technology.

Brian Miller

Impossible Foods [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] hired biotech executive Brian Miller as Chief People Officer. Miller joins Impossible Foods after a decade at Gilead Sciences, where he served in numerous leadership roles, most recently Vice President for Talent, Development & Inclusion. Before that, he worked for Amgen, where he was the Global Head and Director Learning & Development. He was previously Founder and CEO of E3-Services.

Magenta Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MGTA) announced the hire of Kristen Stants as Chief People Officer. Stants joins Magenta from Alexion Pharmaceuticals, where she served as Head of Talent Strategy. Prior to that, she led talent management and development strategy at Patheon Pharmaceuticals, in addition to 10 years at Biogen, where she held various leadership roles in executive development and organizational effectiveness.

Ben Novy

EVP Eyecare [DENVER, Colorado] announced that Benjamin A. Novy has joined the company as Chief People Officer (CPO). Most recently, Novy served as Vice President of HR at Vail Resorts. Early in his career, he held senior HR leadership roles at Northrop Grumman and TRW.

Dionne Archie

Innovation [Johnson City, NY] hired Dionne Archie as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Archie recently led her own firm, Transform HR Consulting. She has over 20 years of in-depth human resource experience with Baxalta, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Walgreens, Time Warner Cable, SBC, and Manpower.

G&A Partners [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Michelle Mikesell as its vice president of corporate human resources. Mikesell has 15 years of experience in the PEO industry leading multiple top-performing teams within various departments for another national PEO firm.

Katy Conway

Resources Connection, Inc. [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Katy Conway as the company’s new Chief People Officer (CPO). Conway previously served as RGP’s Senior Vice President for Talent.

Jill Larsen

PTC [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: PTC) announced that Jill Larsen has joined the company as its chief human resources officer. Prior to PTC, Jill served in leadership roles at international technology companies including Cisco and EMC.

Stewart Information Services Corporation [HOUSTON] announced that Emily Kain, Senior Human Resources Director, is being promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer. Kain joined Stewart Title in 2014 as manager of associate onboarding. Kain replaces Ann Manal. Prior to joining Stewart, Kain held positions in recruiting, staffing and employee development at Deloitte, National Oilwell Varco and BP America in Houston and at IBM in Dubai, UAE.

Sean Dugan

Erie Insurance [ERIE, Pa.] appointed Sean Dugan to senior vice president, Human Resources. Dugan most recently served as corporate human resources officer for ERIE. His prior leadership roles include vice president of Talent Acquisition and Community Outreach, vice president of Recruiting and vice president of Corporate Training and Development.

Saralynn Malott

Grabango [BERKELEY, Calif.] announced the appointment of Saralynn Malott as the company’s vice president of human resources. She comes to Grabango with over 15 years of growth experience, people operations management, and successful team leadership in the technology and e-commerce industries.

Lirio [KNOXVILLE and NASHVILLE, Tenn.] appointed Emily Moses as Chief People Officer.

CarGurus [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: CARG) announced the appointment of Andrea Eldridge as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining CarGurus, Eldridge was Senior Vice President of Talent and Employee Experience at Cengage Learning. Prior to Cengage, she held various leadership positions in talent and general management at Ahold USA, and served in marketing roles at Digitas.

Amee Desjourdy

Brightcove, Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: BCOV) announced the appointment of Amee Desjourdy as Chief People Officer. Desjourdy joins Brightcove from biotech company Quanterix, where she served as its Chief People and Culture Officer. Prior to that role, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer for Global Partners LP.

Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. [WOBURN, Mass.] (NASDAQ: FREQ) announced that Wendy Arnold has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Arnold joins Frequency from Kaleido BioSciences, where she was Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to that she held senior roles in the human resources organization at Moderna Therapeutics, and she brings experience from her roles at Celgene, Predictive Biosciences and Inotek Pharmaceuticals and work at other small to mid-size public and private companies.

Lupita McLane

Seiler LLP [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] announced that it has promoted Lupita McLane, formerly the firm’s Director of Human Resources, to Chief People Officer. McLane  joined Seiler in 2006 and was named Director of Human Resources in 2015.

Zerto [BOSTON] announced the appointment of Sofia Kaufman as its first Chief People Officer. Kaufman brings more than a decade of experience, most recently as CPO at Intralinks.

ArisGlobal [MIAMI] announced that Clint Wolfe, joined as Chief Human Resources Officer.

Sara Patterson

Compass [NEW YORK] announced that Sara Patterson will join as Chief People Officer. Patterson brings expertise across human resources, talent management and digital innovation from category-changing brands like Bonobos, Conde Nast, Gilt Groupe and more. Patterson joins Compass after serving as Chief People Officer at Bonobos. After overseeing Bonobos’ integration with Walmart in 2017, her role expanded to Vice President of HR and Talent Management for Walmart eCommerce.

Keyera Corp. [CALGARY] (TSX: KEY) announced the promotion of Dion Kostiuk, Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Services, will be appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Services, effective March 1, 2020.

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