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CHRO Moves – week ending August 2, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Teradata Domino’s Pizza Combined Insurance
Black Bear Diner Recursion Achievers

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Kathy Cullen-Cote

Teradata [San Diego, CA] (NYSE: TDC) announced that it has appointed Kathy Cullen-Cote as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Laura Nyquist, who previously held dual roles of General Counsel and CHRO, will continue in her role as General Counsel. Cullen-Cote joins Teradata from PTC, where she was serving as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to PTC, she served in HR leadership roles at Johnson and Johnson, Raytheon, Imark Communications and Barry Controls.

Domino’s Pizza [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] (NYSE: DPZ) announced that Lisa V. Price will be joining the company as executive vice president, chief human resources officer, effective Aug. 26. Price joins Domino’s from Nordstrom, where she most recently served as senior vice president of human resources. From 2000-2015, Price had progressively more responsible roles in human resources at Starbucks Coffee Co., most recently as vice president of partner resources. With the exception of a year at Nordstrom in 2000, Price spent most of her career at Starbucks, joining the brand in 1994.

Combined Insurance [CHICAGO], a Chubb company, appointed Frank Rockett as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Previously, Rockett spent 30 years at Chubb in various operations management and business partner roles, with more than 17 years of experience in human resources.

Black Bear Diner [REDDING, Calif.] announced that Tammy Johns has joined the company as its first Chief People Officer (CPO). Johns was previously Chief People Officer for Farmer Boys Foods, Inc. Prior to that, Johns led the people strategy for Lemonade Restaurant Group as the Vice President of Human Resources, as well as at two franchise holding companies, which owned a large number of Burger King restaurants and various TGI Fridays (SRAC Holdings I, Inc.) and Chili’s Grill & Bar locations (Snowstate Restaurant Corporation).

Recursion [SALT LAKE CITY] announced the appointment of Heather Kirkby as its Chief People Officer. Kirby started her career as a Schlumberger Field Engineer in arctic Alaska, then spent nearly two decades as a product manager at Intuit in Silicon Valley.

Achievers [SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO] announced it has added Shalini Duggal as chief people and culture officer (CPCO). Previously, she served as vice president of human resources for Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). Prior to her work at OTN, Duggal spent over eight years as the vice president of human resources at SCM Insurance Services.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 26, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. IRI®
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. KEPRO Availity
MTPV Power Corporation Johannes Leonardo

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Karen Ling

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AIG) has named Karen L. Ling Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Ling joins AIG from Allergan plc, where for the past five years she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously Ms. Ling was Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Merck & Co., Inc.’s Global Human Health and Consumer Care businesses worldwide. Prior to Merck, she was Group Vice President, Global Compensation & Benefits at Schering-Plough. Ms. Ling also spent 14 years at Wyeth in various positions of increasing responsibility developing HR strategies for business units and working in Wyeth’s Labor & Employment Department.

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. [CANTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: DNKN) announced the appointment of Stephanie Lilak as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Lilak comes to Dunkin’ Brands from General Mills where she spent 23 years in executive-level human resource positions. Lilak’s most recent position at General Mills was Vice President, Human Resources, North America Retail. She held previous roles with the company as the Vice President of Human Resources for the U.S. foodservice and convenience stores segments, and she provided human resources leadership for the International and Manufacturing Divisions. Lilak also assumed a cross-functional line leadership role of General Mills’ largest manufacturing plant in the U.S. Prior to General Mills, Lilak worked in human resources for Cooper Industries.

Evan Swidler

IRI® [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Evan Swidler as chief human resources officer. Swidler most recently served as chief human resources officer for ATI Physical Therapy. Prior to ATI, Swidler spent nearly five years at The Nielsen Company in various senior HR-focused roles, including chief human resources officer for North and South America, Europe and the Pacific. Earlier in his career, Swidler spent 12 years at Accenture in its management consulting practice.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [CRESTWOOD, Ky. and WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: APLS) announced the appointment of Lucia Celona as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Apellis, Celona worked at Bioverativ where she was the Chief HR and Communications Officer. Prior to Bioverativ, she was at Biogen for 12 years holding numerous HR related positions including Vice President, Human Resources for Biogen’s Pharmaceutical Operations and Technology Organization. Prior to Biogen, Celona held numerous HR leadership positions in companies such as Hewlett Packard, Philips Medical Systems, including CHRO for a start-up company, Sentillion.

John Malanowski

KEPRO [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced the addition of John Malanowski to the company’s executive leadership team as chief people officer. Most recently, he served as interim chief human resource officer for Virence Health Technologies and University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center.

Availity [JACKSONVILLE, Fla.] named Jessica Micciche its new Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.

Robin Hamel

MTPV Power Corporation [AUSTIN, TEXAS and BOSTON, MASS.] announced that it has named Robin Hamel as its new Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Finance. Robin has held roles of increasing responsibility at Sprint/Nextel, Boost Mobile, Dun & Bradstreet, PDI Software, and most recently Agility Recovery Solutions. She previously held HR roles in the Texas Department of Mental Health and the US Navy.

Johannes Leonardo [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Debra Sercy as the agency’s new Chief Talent Officer. Sercy joins the agency after a 7-year tenure at executive search and acquisition company Grace Blue Partnership as Joint-Chief Executive Officer.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 19, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Suffolk George Washington University Public Service Enterprise Group
Catalent Norfolk Southern Corporation Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Cresco Labs Inc. XpresSpa Group, Inc.

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Dennis Berger

Suffolk [BOSTON] has hired Dennis Berger as its Chief Culture Officer. Prior to joining Suffolk, Mr. Berger was a key partner in CDW Corporation’s transformational growth. In addition, Mr. Berger spent more than 12 years in the Pepsi system, most recently as head of U.S. Human Resources at PepsiAmericas, Inc.

Dana Bradley

George Washington University [Washington, DC] announced that Dana Bradley, associate vice president for human resources at Northwestern University, will become GW’s first-ever chief people officer (CPO). Bradley begins Sept. 3.

Public Service Enterprise Group [NEWARK, N.J.] (NYSE: PEG) announced that Margaret “Peggy” Pego, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer, will retire at the end of 2019. Sheila Rostiac, Vice President Total Rewards and Talent Management, will transition to the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer role beginning Sept. 2. Rostiac is in her 19th year with PSEG, serving in her current role since 2016. She also has served as president of the PSEG Foundation and has held a variety of Human Resources, Accounting, and Finance roles. Outside of PSEG, she held key roles in global human resources at Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals and financial roles with Jersey Central Power & Light and Arthur Andersen & Co.

Ricardo Pravda

Catalent [SOMERSET, N.J.] announced it has appointed Ricardo Pravda as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources (HR) Officer. Pravda succeeds Lance Miyamoto who retired on June 30 and is currently serving as an advisor to the company. Since joining Catalent as HR Director for Latin America in 2005, Mr. Pravda held several leadership roles supporting multiple businesses and locations, most recently as Vice President of Human Resources for Catalent’s network of over 30 sites globally. Pravda has more than 25 years’ experience across multiple HR disciplines and has supported businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific, holding roles of increasing responsibility in companies like Abbott Laboratories, Phillip Morris International, Nabisco International, BellSouth International and The Gillette Company.

Anne Melaragni

Norfolk Southern Corporation [NORFOLK, Va.] (NYSE: NSC) announced that Anne Melaragni has been named vice president human resources, effective July 29. Prior to joining Norfolk Southern, Melaragni served for 15 years in various roles of progressive responsibility at a leading global provider of transportation and logistics services.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. [FOSTER CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GILD) announced that Katie Watson, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, will be departing Gilead. Jyoti Mehra has been named Executive Vice President, Human Resources, and will assume responsibility for the worldwide HR function. Effective August 5, Ms. Mehra will be appointed as Ms. Watson’s successor. Ms. Watson will depart Gilead on September 1, remaining with Gilead in an advisory capacity through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition. Ms. Mehra joined Gilead in 2017 as Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining Gilead, she held positions of increasing seniority at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Eli Lilly & Co.

Angie Demchenko

Cresco Labs Inc. [CHICAGO] (CSE: CL, OTCQX: CRLBF) announced that Angie Demchenko has joined the Company as its first Chief People Officer. Ms. Demchenko most recently served as Vice President, Head of Human Resources for Starwood Retail Partners. Prior to Starwood Retail Partners, Ms. Demchenko served as Vice President, Human Resources for GGP (General Growth Properties). From 2008-2016, Ms. Demchenko served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Jones Lang LaSalle. Ms. Demchenko began her career as Human Resources Manager in the Global Business Services Group at Accenture.

XpresSpa Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: XSPA) announced that Scott Milford has joined the Company as Chief People Officer. Most recently, he served as VP, People Operations at SoulCycle. Prior to that, he served as Chief People Officer for Bayada. Previously, he was Senior Vice President – Human Resources for Le Pain Quotidien. His other relevant experiences include senior Human Resource leadership positions at Town Sports International, Starbucks Coffee Company, Universal Music Group, Viacom, and Blockbuster Entertainment.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 12, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

BNY Mellon Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Q-Centrix
Merrill Corporation Cerner Corporation Solotech
Oh My Green The National Restaurant Association Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel)

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BNY Mellon [NEW YORK] appointed Jolen Anderson as Global Head of Human Resources.  Ms. Anderson will join the company on September 2, 2019. Ms. Anderson joins BNY Mellon from Visa, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer and Chief Counsel, Employment and Social Responsibility. During her Visa tenure, Ms. Anderson also held the position of Chief Human Resources Officer for the Client Organization. Prior to joining Visa, she practiced law at a Chicago law firm where she represented parties in labor and employment matters.

Rhonda Turner

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. [TEMPE, Ariz.] (NYSE: BHE) announced the appointment of Rhonda Turner as chief human resources officer (CHRO). Turner most recently served as senior vice president of human resources for Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Prior to that, she held various human resources leadership roles at leading companies such as ConocoPhillips, Circle K and Main Street Restaurant Group, a TGI Friday’s franchisee.

Q-Centrix [Chicago] announced the addition of Elizabeth A. Hayden to the company’s new position of Chief People Officer. Hayden most recently held the role of Senior Vice President of People and Development for more than three years at Backstop Solutions Group. Before that, she was Chief Human Resources Officer for the Americas Region for JLL in Chicago.

Deborah LaMere

Merrill Corporation [St. Paul, Minn.] announced the appointment of Deborah LaMere as Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, she served in senior employee engagement roles at Ceridian. These roles included Employee Engagement Product Management Manager and Vice President, Employee Experience & Culture. Prior to that, she was a Senior HR Consultant at Lawson Software and held several HR roles at Allina Hospitals & Clinics in Minneapolis.

Cerner Corporation [North Kansas City, Missouri] announced that Tracy Platt will join the company as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Platt joins Cerner after spending nearly 10 years in executive HR roles at Medtronic. She was also previously with Cardinal Health and GE Healthcare. Platt succeeds Julie Wilson who spent 24 years at Cerner before retiring on June 30.

Claudine Ricard

Solotech [MONTREAL] announced the appointment of Claudine Ricard as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective August 6, 2019. Ricard joins Solotech with 25 years of experience in various human resources roles in large publicly traded organizations. In her most recent role, she was Vice-President Culture and Talent at TC Transcontinental. Prior to TC Transcontinental, she worked 19 years for CGI in various HR leadership positions including as Vice-President Culture and Experience, Vice-President Organizational Development and Leadership Institute and Vice-President HR Integration Center of Expertise, where she led all HR aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ricard also worked at Honeywell Aerospace.

Oh My Green [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Craig Simmons has been appointed the company’s new Chief of Human Evolution (CHE), or more commonly known as Chief People Officer. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Oakwood Worldwide. Prior to that, Craig served as CHRO for American Apparel. Earlier in his career, he served as an executive leader for the Screen Actors Guild Pension and Health Plans, Catholic Healthcare West (now Dignity Health), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Nestlé.

Yvonne Wolf

The National Restaurant Association [Washington, D.C.] announced the addition of Yvonne Wolf as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, Yvonne held leadership roles with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Yvonne joined GSK through the Novartis Vaccines acquisition as Global Head of HR for Manufacturing and Quality, where she led an HR team across six countries.  At Novartis, she also served as Global Head of Leadership Development and Diversity & Inclusion.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. [BOSTON] (NYSE: BHLB) announced the promotion of Jacqueline Courtwright to Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Berkshire Bank. Courtwright previously served as SVP, Human Resources Business Partner Leader at Berkshire Bank. Prior to joining Berkshire in 2012, Ms. Courtwright was VP, Human Resources Business Partner at Citizen Bank. She also held senior human resource roles during her 20 years at KeyBank.

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) [EDINBURG, Va.] (NASDAQ: SHEN) announced that Heather K. Banks has joined the Company as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Banks most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer of American Woodmark. Prior to joining American Woodmark, she served as Vice President, Human Resources with Carlisle FoodService Products, a division of Carlisle Companies; and as Director of Human Resources with UTC Aerospace Systems and Goodrich Corporation.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 24, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Snap Inc. Dawn Foods Sun Life U.S.
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause FirstEnergy Corp. Encompass Health
Ob Hospitalist Group

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Lara Sweet

Snap Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NYSE: SNAP) announced the appointment of Lara Sweet as Chief People Officer. Sweet was until recently interim CFO and will continue as Chief Accounting Officer until a replacement is named. Sweet joined Snap in 2016 and has served multiple roles in the company’s finance organization, including interim CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, and Vice President, Controller. Prior to joining Snap, Ms. Sweet served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at AOL, Inc., and previously served as Vice President, Internal Audit, and Vice President, Controller. She has also held the positions of Senior Director, External Reporting at Freddie Mac and Manager, Internal Audit at Marriott International.

Dawn Foods [Jackson, MI] announced that Jason Lioy, currently Dawn’s Vice President of HR Services and Labor Relations, has been promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer. Since joining Dawn in 2014, Jason has served as Director of HR for BP Operations, Director of HR for Distribution, and VP HR East and Midwest Regions before transitioning to VP of HR Services and Labor Relations late last year. For the last three months, Jason has supported the HR operations for North America, and represented the HR function at the DLT. Jason’s career has included leadership roles at Phillips, GE, and Armstrong World Industries.

Tammi Wortham

Sun Life U.S. [WELLESLEY, Mass.] announced that Tammi Wortham has been appointed vice president of Human Resources (HR). Most recently, Wortham was vice president of Group Benefits Client Services at Sun Life. Before coming to Sun Life, Wortham held senior positions at Prudential overseeing customer service operations in group insurance and retirement services, and led annuities operations at The Hartford Financial Services Group.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) [CHICAGO] appointed Partner Todd Stokes to lead its people strategy. Stokes most recently served as managing partner of Baker Tilly’s metro D.C. market.

Christine Walker

FirstEnergy Corp. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: FE) announced that Christine L. Walker, vice president, Human Resources, has been named senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective July 1, 2019. She succeeds Charles D. Lasky, who is retiring from FirstEnergy after 33 years of service. Walker began her career with GPU, Inc., in the Information Technology organization and held various positions in Human Resources and Customer Service prior to GPU’s merger with FirstEnergy in 2001. She was promoted to director, Compensation and Retirement programs in 2005, named executive director, Human Resources, in 2011, and executive director, Talent Management, in 2016. She was named vice president, Human Resources, in 2018.

Kim Sullivan

Encompass Health [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] (NYSE: EHC) announced the appointment of Kim Sullivan as chief human resources officer, effective June 10. Since 2017, Sullivan served as vice president and chief people officer for Kaiser Permanente in Seattle, WA. Her extensive career has included senior management positions with The University of Texas System, Walgreens, and Marathon Petroleum.

Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) [GREENVILLE, S.C.] announced the addition of Cheryl Slack as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining OBHG, Slack held human resources leadership roles with Schumacher Clinical Partners and Sound Physicians/Cogent Healthcare.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 10, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Apollo Global Management BMO Harris Bank Karma Automotive
EBSCO Information Services ABC Financial Services, LLC

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Matthew Breitfelder

Apollo Global Management [NEW YORK] brought on Matthew Breitfelder as Senior Partner and Global Head of Human Capital. Prior to joining Apollo, he was Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer at BlackRock. Previously, Mr. Breitfelder held talent and strategy roles at Mastercard, PwC, and the Corporate Executive Board. He began his career at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mr. Breitfelder serves on the boards of the Lumina Foundation and the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society program.

BMO Harris Bank [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Tracie Morris as U.S. Chief Human Resources Officer. Morris’ role was previously held by Larissa Chaikowsky, who was recently named Chief Operating Officer, BMO Wealth Management U.S. Morris has been in HR leadership roles for over 20 years, including the last seven with Exelon Corporation and Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd).

Doug Haslam

Karma Automotive [IRVINE, Calif.] hired Doug Haslam as Vice President, Human Resources.  Haslam comes to Karma from Lucid Motors where he served as Vice President, Global Human Resources. Prior to Lucid, Haslam led HR at the GlobalFoundries headquarters site. Prior to GlobalFoundries, Doug led HR functions and provided consulting services to a number of Silicon Valley technology companies, including Rearden Commerce, Silicon Image, Borland Software, and Palm Computing.

EBSCO Information Services [IPSWICH, MASS.] announced the hiring of Patricia Carroll as Senior Vice President of Human Resources (HR). Carroll was most recently the Vice President, Human Resources, at OSRAM Sylvania, Inc. Before her time at OSRAM, Carroll worked in HR at Aspen Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and held earlier positions with Teradyne, UNICCO Service Company and Deloitte & Touche.

ABC Financial Services, LLC [LITTLE ROCK, Ark.] announced the appointment of Rachana Jain as Chief People Officer. Jain has over 20 years of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition experience, notably at Accenture and Emtec Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 3, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Flex Neustar, Inc. Dorman Products, Inc.
Adaptive Biotechnologies Masergy Havertys
Berry Companies, Inc. Vestmark ATI Physical Therapy
DigitalOcean Marketing Management Analytics Cerner

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Phil Ulrich

Flex [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: FLEX) announced that Phil Ulrich has been named the Chief Human Resources Officer. Ulrich will be joining Flex on May 13, 2019. Prior to joining Flex, Ulrich was senior vice president, Human Resources, Electrical Sector for Eaton.

Neustar, Inc. [STERLING, Va.] announced the appointment of Carey Pellock as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Pellock has more than 20 years of demonstrated expertise in leading high performance HR teams.

Scott Leff

Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, PA] recently hired Scott Leff as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Dorman, Leff held a variety of Global Divisional Human Resources roles at Hewlett-Packard and Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE), including Pointnext and HPE Financial Services. He also held Chief Human Resources Officer roles for D&M (Bain Capital Portfolio Company), Metrologic (Francisco Partners Portfolio Company acquired by Honeywell) and Divisional HR and Employee Relations roles for GMAC.

Adaptive Biotechnologies [SEATTLE] announced the appointment of Francis Lo as Chief People Officer. Lo comes to Adaptive from Whole Foods Market: An Amazon Company, where he was Vice President of Human Resources. Previously, Mr. Lo held leadership roles in Sales, Operations, Corporate Strategy, Consumer Insights, and Human Resources across domestic and international markets at Frito Lay, PepsiCo, and Starbucks.

Maria Gotes

Masergy [DALLAS] announced that Maria Gotes will serve as Masergy’s new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Gotes joins Masergy from TriTech Software Systems, where she served as SVP of Human Resources. Prior to that role, Gotes was the SVP of HR at Tiempo Development. She began her career at Johnson Controls followed by Arizona State University.

Havertys [ATLANTA] (NYSE: HVT and HVT.A) has named Kelly A. Fladger as its new senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO). Fladger will succeed Allan DeNiro who is retiring after 15 years with the company. Fladger comes to Havertys from Perdue Farms, Inc. where he served most recently as vice president of HR services and chief diversity and inclusion officer. Prior to joining Perdue in 2016, he was vice president of people strategy and corporate human resources for Belk, Inc. From 1998 to 2014, he served in human resource capacities of increasing responsibility to include vice president, HR global functions and chief diversity officer for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

Stephanie Farley

Berry Companies, Inc. [WICHITA, Kan.] announced the promotion of Stephanie Farley as Chief People Officer. Farley has served as HR Director for Berry Companies since 2017. Farley’s experience includes roles in human resources and accounting, serving as General Manager of Kansas Operations for Connex International and Regional Director of a large-scale fitness facility in the Topeka/Lawrence area. Prior to joining Berry, Stephanie served as an accountant and HR business partner for a CPA firm in Wichita.

Vestmark [WAKEFIELD, Mass.] announced that Nick Thurlow has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Vestmark, Mr. Thurlow worked for five years as Vice President of Human Resources and Public Affairs at InterGen Services, Inc. Earlier in his career, he spent 15 years at Comverse, Inc. in roles of increasing responsibility, ultimately as Vice President of Human Resources. He also held various roles managing human resources for Boston Technology and Cabletron Systems.

Cedric Coco

ATI Physical Therapy [Bolingbrook, Ill.] announced that Cedric Coco is joining as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Prior to joining ATI Physical Therapy, Coco served as the Chief People Officer for Brookdale Senior Living. Before joining Brookdale, he served in various human resources roles for Lowe’s Companies Inc., culminating as senior vice president of human resources. Before Lowe’s, Coco gained nearly two decades of experience in human resources, learning and development and organization performance at Microsoft Corporation and KLA-Tencor Corporation. He began his career at the General Electric Company, where he held numerous leadership roles in engineering, business development, sales, general management and organizational learning.

DigitalOcean [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Lysa Dahlin as chief people officer. Prior to DigitalOcean, Dahlin spent 11 years at Comcast, where she was senior vice president of human resources. Dahlin left Comcast in 2017 and had since been consulting with mid-size companies on strategic HR projects. Prior to joining Comcast, she spent eight years at AT&T Broadband and previously led HR functions across varied industries throughout her career.

Liz Osterhus Fleuette

Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) [NEW YORK], an Ipsos Company, announced that Liz Osterhus Fleuette has been named Chief People Officer. Fleuette most recently served as Interim Head of Human Resources for Ipsos North America.  Prior to joining Ipsos in 2015, Fleuette built the HR function at a financial management consulting firm, Orion Consultants.

Cerner [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] (NASDAQ: CERN) announced that Julie Wilson, chief people officer, is retiring effective June 30, 2019. Julie has spent the past 24 years with Cerner and the last 16 in this executive role.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 19, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Cision Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) Uniphore
Intetics Inc. Avamere Family of Companies

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Susan Steele

Cision [CHICAGO] (NYSE: CISN) announced the appointment of Susan Steele as the company’s new global Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining the Cision executive team, Steele served as HR Reinvention Lead for Global Talent and Transformation at IBM. Steele’s 25 years of experience also include HR leadership roles at WPP, Deloitte and Linklaters and earlier investment banking roles at HSBC and JPMorgan Chase.

Robin Hirsch Everhart

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: LPX) announced that Robin Hirsch Everhart has been named to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Transformation Officer. Everhart joins LP from Cintas Corporation, where she served in a variety of strategic and operational leadership roles over the past 14 years, including most recently as senior vice president and chief diversity officer. Prior to Cintas she held senior corporate compliance roles at Winn Dixie and The Home Depot. Everhart fills the vacancy created when Tim Harnett moved to Entekra, a company in which LP is a major investor, where he is a senior vice president of operations.

Annie Weckesser

Uniphore [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Annie Weckesser as Chief Marketing and People Officer. For the past three years, Weckesser was part of the leadership team at NIO. Prior to NIO, Weckesser held various strategic communications and marketing roles for nine years for Cisco.

Intetics Inc. [NAPLES, FLA.] announced that Natalia Sidorenko joined the company as Intetics’s Vice President of Human Resources and Operations Europe. Sidorenko has experience on related positions in Samsung, Epam, and Luxoft.

Dale Fruehauf

Avamere Family of Companies [WILSONVILLE, Ore.] announced that Dale Fruehauf joins the as the Vice President of Human Resources. Fruehauf brings over 25 years of experience in the HR field and over 20 years of providing senior HR leadership in a variety of industries.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 1, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

American Express WPP Arconic Inc.
HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

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American Express [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AXP) announced that Monique Herena will be joining American Express as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective April 1. Monique joins from BNY Mellon, where she was CHRO and Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Marketing and Communications since 2014. Prior to BNY Mellon, Monique was at PepsiCo for 13 years where she served in a number of increasingly senior HR leadership roles, including assignments in Dubai and Chicago, as well as in their Purchase, NY headquarters. Her career also included several years at both Honeywell and The Quaker Oats Company. Monique succeeds Kevin Cox, who recently left the company.

WPP [NEW YORK & LONDON] (NYSE: WPP) announced the appointment of Jacqui Canney as Global Chief People Officer, effective June 1, 2019. Canney is currently Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer at Walmart Inc. Before Walmart, Canney worked at Accenture for 25 years. Canney succeeds Mark Linaugh, who has decided to retire from the business and will stay on until the summer to ensure a smooth handover process.

Neil Marchuk

Arconic Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ARNC) announced that Neil Marchuk joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Marchuk was most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Adient, since 2016. Previously, Marchuk was Executive Vice President of Human Resources at TRW Automotive from 2004 to 2015. He has also previously held various human resources positions at DuPont and SC Johnson.

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. [ASHEVILLE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: HTBI), the holding company of HomeTrust Bank, announced that Paula C. Labian assumed the position of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of both the Company and the Bank effective January 30, 2019.  Labian worked with companies as diverse as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida to Whole Foods to CoBiz Financial. Prior to joining HomeTrust Bank, she served as Senior Vice President, Director of Human Resources at CoBiz Financial, Inc., in Denver, CO.

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. [CHICAGO] announced it has named Doug Rose as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining First Midwest, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief HR Officer at Discover Financial Services. He has also held senior HR leadership positions at United Airlines and Capital One.

Michele R. Kuhrt

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: LECO) announced that Michele R. Kuhrt will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Kuhrt joined Lincoln Electric in 1997 as Director of Taxes and later served as Company Officer and Senior Vice President, Tax. She most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, a position she has held since 2016. Prior to joining Lincoln Electric, Kuhrt was with Elsag Bailey Process Automation (a unit of ABB) and Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 15, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Coca-Cola Company Chicago Cubs Sonoco
Guidehouse Mr. Cooper Group Inc. Encompass Health Corp.
Black & Veatch

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Lisa Chang

The Coca-Cola Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: KO) announced that Lisa Chang has been named chief people officer. Chang will join the company March 1. Chang most recently served as senior vice president and chief human resources officer for AMB Group LLC in Atlanta. Prior to joining AMB Group in 2014, Chang served as vice president of human resources for international at Equifax. Before joining Equifax, she was senior vice president of human resources at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Prior to Turner, her career included HR roles of increasing responsibility at The Weather Channel Companies, ultimately as executive vice president of human resources. Chang replaces Jennifer Mann, who now serves as president of Global Ventures for the company.

Chicago Cubs [CHICAGO] announced that Ann Weiser, head of HR, is leaving the Cubs and is being replaced by Sara Schultz, who will be Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Sara has worked for the NFL the last four years, first as head of Learning and Development in the NY office and recently, as the head of HR for NFL Media in Los Angeles. Prior to the NFL, Sara worked for Comcast.

John Florence

Sonoco [HARTSVILLE, S.C.] (NYSE: SON) announced that Allan McLeland, vice president of Human Resources, has announced his plans to retire after 25 years with the Company, effective April 1, 2019. Sonoco also announced the appointment of John M. Florence Jr. as vice president of Human Resources, general counsel and secretary, effective following McLeland’s retirement. Florence joined Sonoco in 2015 and currently serves as vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to joining Sonoco, Florence was a lawyer with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, a South Carolina law firm, for more than 10 years.

Todd Cordell

Guidehouse [WASHINGTON] announced that Todd Cordell has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Todd has served in prominent CHRO roles and brings notable industry experience from leading brands such as Starbucks, GE and Merck.

Kelly Ann Doherty

Mr. Cooper Group Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: COOP) announced the appointment of Kelly Ann Doherty as Executive Vice President and Chief People & Communications Officer. Doherty most recently served as Chief Communications Officer for Mr. Cooper Group, a role she assumed in August 2018. Prior to joining Nationstar in 2016 as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Kelly Ann was Vice President of Corporate Communications at Elevate. She also served as a public relations and affairs consultant for four years and as a strategic communication staffer for a Presidential campaign and within President George W. Bush’s administration with a tour at the White House in Presidential Personnel and N.A.S.A. as a political appointee.

Encompass Health Corp. [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] (NYSE: EHC) announced the planned retirement of Cheryl Levy, the Company’s chief human resources officer of 12 years, effective March 31, 2019.

Cheryl Levy

Black & Veatch [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that Stephanie Hasenbos-Case has been named President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Hasenbos-Case comes to Black & Veatch from Grant Thornton International.

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