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CHRO Moves – week ending September 18, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Northeastern University Rapid Micro Biosystems Outreach
Evelo Biosciences, Inc. Meow Wolf Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc.
DailyPay Slack Technologies, Inc. Liquidity Services
2U, Inc. Securonix, Inc. OneOncology
Fastly, Inc. Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. Zego

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Michele Grazulis

Northeastern University [BOSTON] hired Michele Grazulis to serve as the university’s vice president and chief human resources officer. While working at Xerox in Rochester, New York, she moved from sales to human resources, resulting in her 2012 move to Unity Health System as senior vice president of human resources.

Rapid Micro Biosystems [LOWELL, MA] announced the appointment of Victoria Vezina as Chief Human Resources Officer. She has held positions such as Chief People Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer, Vice President of Talent Management and Development with SimpliSafe, Skyworks Solutions, and ThermoFisher Scientific, respectively.

Outreach [SEATTLE] announced hiring Leslie Pendergrast to the new role of Chief People Officer. Pendergrast has held numerous senior human resources leadership positions including Code42, Datalogix, Sourcefire, and Citrix Systems.

Evelo Biosciences, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: EVLO) announced the appointment of Julie Carretero as Chief People Officer. Carretero joins Evelo from FXI Corporation, where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer since 2018. Prior to FXI, Carretero served in roles of increasing responsibility at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, most recently as Human Resources Lead for the Cardiovascular Business Unit.

Meow Wolf [SANTA FE, NM] hired Erin Hirsch as the company’s chief people officer. Hirsch was most recently vice president of human resources at DFS Group Limited in Hawaii. Before that, she served as chief human resources officer at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She also was chief of people services at Goodwill Services of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties in Califorinia. Earlier in her career, Hirsch was vice president of human resources at R. Torre & Co. Hirsch replaces Marianne Palacios, vice president of human resources, who retired from the company last fall.

Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio) [RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC] announced that Kellie Sears has been appointed to its executive team as Chief Human Resources Officer. Sears recently served as SVP & Interim Chief Human Resources Officer at Allergan from July 2019 until May 2020 when AbbVie completed its acquisition of the company. Previously, she served as Allergan’s VP, Human Resources Operations since 2014. She also held various HR roles from 2012 through 2014 with Forest Laboratories prior to its acquisition by Allergan. She joined Forest Laboratories from Pfizer, where she spent 13 years in a variety of roles, including leading its Global HR Shared Services function. Previously, her career was focused in financial roles at various companies including Monsanto, Clark Refining & Marketing, and Corporate Express.

DailyPay [NEW YORK] announced that Irene Hendricks has been named Chief People Officer. Before joining DailyPay, Hendricks held Human Resources leadership roles within world-class organizations, including American Express, General Electric, Citi, Mastercard and Guardian Life.

Slack Technologies, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: WORK) announced the appointment of Nadia Rawlinson to its Executive Team as Slack’s Chief People Officer. Former Senior Vice President of People Robby Kwok has been named Chief of Staff to the CEO. Rawlinson most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Live Nation Entertainment. Prior to Live Nation, Rawlinson worked in Silicon Valley, leading and co-leading human resources teams for Rakuten USA and Groupon, respectively.

Liquidity Services [BETHESDA, MD] (NASDAQ: LQDT) announced the appointment of Novelette Murray as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). She will succeed Mike Lutz in his role as Vice President, Human Resources, effective at the end of the current fiscal year after which Lutz will serve as a senior advisor to the Company on a consulting basis. Novelette joined Liquidity Services in 2010 and most recently served as Vice President, HR Operations.

2U, Inc. [LANHAM, MD] (NASDAQ: TWOU) announced the promotion of Margaret Ruvoldt to Chief People Officer. First joining 2U as Executive Vice President of Human Resources in 2010, Ruvoldt has held a series of critical operational roles across the company and most recently served as Senior Vice President of Business Operations.

Securonix, Inc. [ADDISON, TX] announced the appointment of Dilshan Ratnayake as Chief People Officer. Ratnayake most recently served as Head of Human Resources for Sabre Corporation.

OneOncology [NASHVILLE, TN] added Janice Baker as Chief Human Resources Officer. Baker was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Envision Healthcare since 2019 and served in human resources roles at Envision since 2011. Previously, she was the Human Resources Director for Accuray. In addition to her healthcare experience, Baker worked in human resources for Flextronics and HSBC.

Doniel Sutton

Fastly, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: FSLY) announced the appointment of Doniel Sutton as the company’s Chief People Officer. Sutton most recently was Senior Vice President of People at PayPal. Prior to PayPal, she served in a variety of senior HR leadership positions with Prudential Financial, Bank of America Corporation, and Honeywell International.

Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, MA] (NASDAQ: VYGR) announced the appointment of Michelle Quinn Smith as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Voyager, Smith was Senior Director of Human Resources at Flagship Pioneering. Prior to Flagship, she was Global Director of Human Resources-R&D for Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Takeda, Smith held positions of increasing responsibility in human resources for Genzyme (later Sanofi), leaving Sanofi as the Global Head of Human Resources for Development-R&D.

Zego [SAN DIEGO] announced the appointment of Katie Burgoon as Chief Human Resources Officer. Burgoon brings over 16 years of experience in HR, including as Head of People for Cameo and Citadel Securities and five years as EVP, Head of Global Human Resources for Trading Technologies.

 

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.

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.

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