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CHRO Moves – week ending September 27, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

HCA Healthcare Americold Realty Trust Covetrus
Obsidian Therapeutics Children’s Minnesota

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Jennifer Berres

HCA Healthcare [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: HCA) announced the appointment of Jennifer Berres as senior vice president and chief human resource officer effective November 1, 2019. She will be replacing John M. Steele, who will retire early next year. Berres has spent her career within the HCA Healthcare family starting with Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in 1993. Over the years, she held a number of human resource roles, including positions in HCA Healthcare’s Physician Services Group, West Florida Division, and currently as vice president, Human Resources Business Partners and HR Strategy.

Americold Realty Trust [ATLANTA] (NYSE: COLD) announced that Khara Julien has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Julien was previously VP and CHRO for Gypsum Management & Supply (GMS).

Dustin K. Finer

Covetrus [PORTLAND, Maine] (NASDAQ: CVET) announced the appointment of Dustin K. Finer as chief people officer (CPO). Finer joins Covetrus from TiVo, where he served for more than six years—first as executive vice president of Human Resources at TiVo’s predecessor company Rovi and, most recently, as chief administrative and internal operations officer. Prior to his time at TiVo and Rovi, Finer was promoted to chief of operations and executive vice president for MySpace, after first serving as chief people officer for the social networking company.

Obsidian Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Erin Boyer as Vice President, Human Resources. Boyer most recently served as the Global Head of Talent Strategy and Planning at Alnylam. Prior to Alnylam, she led Human Resources at both Dyax Corp and Algeta.

Laurin Cathey

Children’s Minnesota [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Laurin Cathey assumed the role of vice president of human resources (HR). Cathey brings more than 20 years of experience in the field, most recently serving as executive director of human resources at St. Paul Public Schools.

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 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 January 18, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Panera Bread Mimecast Limited Airgain, Inc.
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company SmileDirectClub Torchy’s Tacos
Sterling Construction Company, Inc. Pacific Western Bank BetterCloud

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Panera Bread [ST. LOUIS] announced that Anita Vanderveer has recently joined the company’s senior management team as SVP, Chief People Officer. Most recently, Anita served as senior vice president of people for the national headquarters of SONIC®, America’s Drive-In®. Vanderveer began her career with Pizza Hut/Yum! Brands more than 25 years ago in restaurant operations and has served in a variety of human resources executive positions.

Mimecast Limited [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MIME) announced Karen Anderson as its new Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). In her last role, Karen was the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Previously, she was Vice President of Human Resources for Pfizer. Earlier in her career she was responsible for compensation, benefits and systems for Bayer Canada before becoming the Global Human Resources Director for Baxter.

Airgain, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: AIRG) announced Kathy Pearson as the Vice President of Global Human Resources and Administration. Pearson has held senior level Human Resources positions with Hilton Hotels, Axis Global Logistics, Marriott Hotels, and many early stage R&D organizations.

Preferred Mutual Insurance Company [NEW BERLIN, N.Y.] announced the promotion of Jenifer Rinehart to Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Jenifer joined Preferred Mutual in 2017 and has over 20 years in the insurance industry and over 30 years in Human Resources.

SmileDirectClub [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced that Cheryl DeSantis, who previously served as Vice President of People & Organization, is now Chief People Officer (CPO).

Elizabeth Baxter

Torchy’s Tacos [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the hiring of Elizabeth Baxter as chief people officer. Baxter joins Torchy’s after spending over seven years in multiple HR roles at Walmart, most recently as senior director, performance management for the enterprise.

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] (NasdaqGS: STRL) announced that Kate Sberna has been appointed to the position of Vice President, Chief Talent Officer. Most recently she was with Aggreko where she held the position of Global Director of Learning & Talent. Kate’s 11 year career with Aggreko also included roles as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the Aggreko’s Rental Solutions business, and The Americas division. Prior to this, Kate was Vice President of Human Resources for Corrpro Companies. Additionally, the Company has appointed Craig Allen, previously Sterling’s Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer since 2013, to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance & Administration Officer.

Pacific Western Bank [BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.] announced that Rebecca Cordes has been hired as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining, Ms. Cordes served as the Executive Vice President, Director of Support Services at First Western Trust Bank, principal banking subsidiary of First Western Financial, Inc. During her tenure with First Western Financial Inc., she also served as the Director of Human Capital and as Senior Operations Officer for First Western Capital Management.

BetterCloud [NEW YORK] announced it has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Marjorie Ajero as Chief People Officer. Previously, she served as Vice President of Human Resources at Group Nine Media. Prior to Group Nine Media, Ajero worked at Thrillist Media Group. Before that, she worked at Everyday Health where she helped build the HR team and worked on several M&A transactions.

CHRO Moves – week ending January 4, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Harvey Building Products Campaign Monitor Carter Bank & Trust
Civitas Senior Living

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Kerry Field

Harvey Building Products [Waltham, MA] announced the appointment of Kerry Field as senior vice president and chief people officer.   Prior to joining Harvey, Kerry was vice president of global human resources for Thermo Fisher Scientific and held consulting and talent roles of increasing responsibility at Deloitte Touche Thomatsu Limited.

Campaign Monitor [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] announced the appointment of Sharon Strauss to the role of Chief People Officer. She most recently served as the Chief People Officer at GetWellNetwork, Inc. Strauss has also held various HR leadership roles at companies such as Tiffany & Co., Opower and Dunkin’ Brands.

Paul Carney

Carter Bank & Trust [MARTINSVILLE, Va.] (OTCQX: CARE) announced that Paul Carney recently joined the bank as senior vice president and director of human resources. Prior to joining Carter Bank & Trust, Carney served in various human resources leadership roles for the Navy Federal Credit Union.

Civitas Senior Living [FORT WORTH, Texas] announced the promotion of Dionne Motal, Vice President of Human Resources to Chief Human Resources Officer.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 16, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Nissan Actian Albemarle Corporation
AHEAD Securian Financial Zapproved LLC
Vets First Choice Landmark Health AVANGRID, Inc.
Wabash National Corporation

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Mark Stout

Nissan [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] appointed Mark Stout, currently Global Vice President, Human Resources Operations, to the role of Corporate Vice President, Global Human Resources. Stout began his career at Nissan in 1989 as an HR representative at the company’s vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. He has held a number of domestic and global HR positions of increasing responsibility.

Actian [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Melissa Ribeiro as Chief People Officer (CPO). Before joining Actian, Ribeiro served as the EVP of Human Resources at Deluxe Entertainment Group and as Global Vice President of HR at Opera Mediaworks. Ribeiro also worked in HR operations for Yahoo! Latin America.

DeeAnne Marlow

Albemarle Corporation [Charlotte, NC] (NYSE: ALB) hired DeeAnne Marlow as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Before joining Albemarle, DeeAnne was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Greif, Inc., a global leader in industrial packaging products and services.  Prior to Greif, Ms. Marlow held human resources leadership roles at Cummins, Actuant, GE Healthcare, and SC Johnson & Sons.

AHEAD [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Michael Hoehne as its new chief people officer (CPO). Hoehne held senior HR positions at various privately held and public companies, including 10 years at Sears, Roebuck and Co. Prior to joining AHEAD, Hoehne was vice president and chief human resources officer at APAC Customer Services. Most recently, he served as managing director of HR at R.J. O’Brien & Associates.

Kristi Fox

Securian Financial [ST. PAUL, Minn.] named Kristi L. Fox vice president of human resources. Fox has been with Securian Financial since 1995. She joined the company’s human resources department in 2017 to lead talent management and serve as the company’s first chief diversity officer. Prior to working in human resources, Fox held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility within Securian Financial’s business lines—most recently as a vice president with the company’s Group Insurance business.

Zapproved LLC [PORTLAND, ORE.] announced the addition of Susy Dunn as Chief People Officer. Dunn held executive positions at Act-On Software, Jama Software, and Jive Software.

Jim Young

Vets First Choice [PORTLAND, Maine] announced the appointment of Jim Young as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Young was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Aptuit, LLC. He has held senior HR and operating roles at General Electric, WebMD and Viacom.

Landmark Health [HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.] announced that Anna Gill has been named its Chief Human Resources Officer (“CHRO”). Anna joins Landmark from Aetna’s Service Operations where she most recently served as Head of Human Resources. Prior to Aetna, Anna was the Vice President of Human Resources and Head of Employee Development at Coventry Management Services, which was acquired by Aetna in 2013.

Peter Church

AVANGRID, Inc. [ORANGE, Conn.] (NYSE: AGR) announced the appointment of Peter Church as Chief Human Resources Officer. Church comes to AVANGRID from UnitedHealthcare, where he was Chief Talent Officer. Church has more than 20 years of human resources experience at companies including The Hartford, Aetna and United Technologies.

Wabash National Corporation [LAFAYETTE, Ind.] (NYSE: WNC) announced the appointment of Kristin Glazner as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Glazner served as Vice President – Corporate Human Resources. She joined Wabash National in February 2010 as Corporate Counsel and served in that role until October 2017, when she was appointed to the position of Vice President – Human Resources and Legal Administration. Prior to Wabash National, Ms. Glazner was an attorney with the law firm Baker & Daniels LLP (now Faegre Baker Daniels LLP) from 2002 to 2010.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 14, 2016

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Home Chef ProQuest PatientsLikeMe
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Kleinfelder

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Lisa Bomrad

Lisa Bomrad

Home Chef [CHICAGO] announced that Lisa Bomrad has joined as Vice President, People. Lisa most recently held the position of Vice President of Human Resources North America for Martin Brower.  Her career in human resources also includes leadership roles with The Pampered Chef, Meritas, Reader’s Digest, Aramark, and Abbott Laboratories.

ProQuest [ANN ARBOR, Mich.] named Janet Hogan as a leader of its Global Human Resources organization. Most recently, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Oshkosh Corporation. Prior to Oshkosh, Ms. Hogan served as Vice President of Human Resources for five years at Harsco Corporation and spent almost 20 years at Monsanto Company.

George Parker

George Parker

PatientsLikeMe [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of George Parker as Executive Vice President of Human Resources (HR). Before joining PatientsLikeMe, Parker was Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Forum Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2015, Parker was Vice President, Global Human Resources at Molecular Devices, LLC. He has also held senior HR positions at Cyberonics, Inc., Perkinelmer Instruments, and Bayer A.G.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: BKD) announced that Cedric T. Coco has been named Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer.  Cedric joins the Company after serving in various human resource roles for Lowe’s Companies, Inc. since 2008, most recently as senior vice president of human resources. Prior to Lowe’s, Cedric gained nearly two decades of experience in business leadership, human resources, and organization performance at Microsoft Corporation, KLA-Tencor Corporation and General Electric Company.

Kleinfelder [SAN DIEGO] announced that Patrick Schaffner has been named Senior Vice President and Director of Human Resources of the firm. Before joining Kleinfelder Patrick served as Senior Vice President, Director Global Mobility for WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President, Global HR Director for Parsons Brinckerhoff.

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