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CHRO Moves – week ending June 21, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Geron Corporation rue21 Deluxe Corporation
The Mosaic Company Maze Therapeutics Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Varsity Brands GlobalLogic Inc. Joerns Healthcare

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Geron Corporation [MENLO PARK, Calif.] (NASDAQ: GERN) announced the appointment of Shannon Odam as Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to Geron, Ms. Odam was Vice President, Human Resources at BioElectron Technology. Prior to that, Ms. Odam was Market Diversity Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), Silicon Valley.

rue21 [WARRENDALE, Pa.] announced that Brian Rogers has joined rue21 as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Rogers comes to rue21 from Ascena Retail Group, Inc. where he was for nearly seven years, serving most recently as Senior Vice President Human Resources Corporate. He also held leadership positions as Senior Vice President, Talent Acquisition and Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Justice Tween Brands division.  Prior to Ascena, Mr. Rogers was with L Brands where he served as Vice President, International Human Resources for four years and Vice President, Human Resources for nearly four years.  He began his career as a Human Resources Director at Nike and Human Resources Manager as Deutsche Post AG.

Deluxe Corporation [SHOREVIEW, Minn.] announced the hiring of Jane Elliott as Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, she served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Global Payments. She has more than 20 years of experience in payment technology including nine years at First Data. Elliott started at Deluxe in April and will be based in both Atlanta and the company’s headquarters in Shoreview, Minnesota.

The Mosaic Company [PLYMOUTH, Minn.] (NYSE: MOS) announced that it has named Christopher A. Lewis Senior Vice President – Human Resources. Lewis will relocate to Mosaic’s new headquarters in Tampa, Florida. Lewis most recently was Vice President, Project Execution for Spectra Energy Corporation’s merger into Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based Enbridge, Inc. Previously, Mr. Lewis worked for 10 years at DCP Midstream, LLC, a natural gas company based in Denver, where he started as the head of Human Resources while the company was formed as a spinoff from Duke Energy in 2007. From 2010 to 2016, he was DCP’s Chief Corporate Officer, a multi-functional role that included leadership of the human resources function. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lewis held regional and global senior human resources positions at Thomson Multimedia (formerly RCA, GE consumer electronics) and DHL, Inc.

Maze Therapeutics [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Matt Krause as senior vice president of human resources. Krause joins Maze from Global Blood Therapeutics where he served as vice president of human resources. Prior to Global Blood, Mr. Krause held a number of senior director and representative roles in human resources, including at Audience, Inc., Amyris Biotechnology, CV Therapeutics, CopperCom, Gilead Sciences, Bio-Rad Laboratories and DNA Plant Technology.

Farmers & Merchants State Bank [ARCHBOLD, Ohio] announced the appointment of Benét Rupp as the Chief People Officer. Benét most recently served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at ProMedica. Prior to this role, her career included a variety of progressive human resources leadership roles at The Andersons Inc., Therma-Tru Doors, MSC Walbridge Coatings and National City Bank.

Varsity Brands [DALLAS] announced that Martha May has joined the Company as Chief Human Resources Officer.  May joins Varsity Brands from The Freeman Company, where she served as Chief People Officer & Executive Vice President, People and Inclusion. Prior to Freeman, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer at Rockwell Collins. Early in her career, May spent more than 15 years working for American Airlines, moving from employee and labor relations to customer service and, eventually, to organizational effectiveness. In 2006, she joined Bell Helicopter and led all human resources functions.

GlobalLogic Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Amy Hanlon-Rodemich, has joined the company as Chief People Officer (CPO). She replaces Bonnie Helton, who is set to retire this year. Prior to GlobalLogic, she was Vice President of Human Resources at Synopsys. Before Synopsys, Amy worked at Yahoo, where she was responsible for key HR functions including technical and leadership training, organizational development, and all global employee services. In her early career, she was employee 11 at Inktomi during its start-up phase, where she ultimately helped the company expand to more than one thousand employees. After Inktomi, Amy went on to VMware, where she was in charge of HR Shared Services and Global Talent Development Operations.

Joerns Healthcare [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] announced the appointment of Julie Wilson as the Vice President of Human Resources. Wilson previously served as the Director for Human Resources at Octapharma Plasma, Inc. Prior to that, she was the Human Resources Manager for Circle K.

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 17, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Globality IFG Companies Buck
Aphria Inc. Diversified Maintenance MITRE
CBRE | FacilitySource Northern Swan Holdings, Inc. STV
Beam Therapeutics PRGX Global, Inc. CR architecture + design
e-TeleQuote Insurance, Inc. TridentUSA Health Services OnDeck
Mohawk Global Logistics

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Sonia Mathai

Globality [MENLO PARK, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Sonia Mathai to lead the company’s people and talent strategy as Chief Human Resources Officer. Mathai brings a 19-year track record working for technology providers such as Synack and Upwork. She is an advisor and contributor to the Forbes Human Resources Council.

IFG Companies [HARTFORD, Conn.] announced the addition of Stephanie W. Yocum as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer. Just prior to joining IFG Companies, Ms. Yocum was the Chief Human Resource Officer for Numotion in Nashville, Tennessee. Stephanie also held key leadership positions in human resources at such companies as ISO New England, M/I Homes, Inc., The Scotts-Miracle-Gro Company and Polyone Corporation. She started her career at Accenture.

Michael Davidson

Buck [NEW YORK] announced that Michael Davidson was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Davidson is a proven leader in HR, bringing more than 25 years in financial services, telecoms, and manufacturing before joining Buck in 2002.

Diversified Maintenance [TAMPA, FLA.] announced the appointment of Lindsay Raduka as the Company’s new Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Diversified, Raduka’s has held multiple HR leadership positions in a wide range of B2B and B2C industries including technology, telecommunications, consumer durable goods, and diversified industrial manufacturing.

Aphria Inc. [LEAMINGTON, ON] (TSX: APHA, NYSE: APHA) announced the appointment of Maureen Berry as Vice President, Corporate Human Resources. Prior to joining Aphria Inc., Ms. Berry spent 15 years as the Corporate Human Resources Executive at Canada Health Infoway. She’s also held the roles of Vice-President, Human Resources for Certicom Corp., Vice-President of Human Resources for NRX Global Corp. and Vice-President Human Resources Consulting for Mainstream Access Corp.

Gus Bentivegna

MITRE [MCLEAN, Va., & BEDFORD, Mass.] announced Gus Bentivegna as the new vice president of human resources and talent enablement. Bentivegna joined MITRE in April to enhance the talent experience and total rewards compensation and benefits programs. Bentivegna previously served as a client relationship director, senior consultant and led the Talent Line of Business for the New England region at Willis Towers Watson. Prior to his 18 years at Willis Towers Watson, he was responsible for a variety of human resources, change management, and communication roles at Verizon, Citibank, and Nielsen.

CBRE | FacilitySource [PHOENIX] announced the appointment of Lisa Barnhart as Vice President of Human Resources. Barnhart brings over 15 years of strategic human resource experience to her new position. Throughout her career, Barnhart held leadership roles in a variety of industries including financial services, software, retail, and electric utility.

Northern Swan Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Marcelo Fumasoni as Chief People Officer. Fumasoni most recently served as Vice President Human Resources and Marketing Capabilities Lead at Novartis U.S., where he previously served as the Head of Human Resources for Latin America and Canada. Prior to Novartis, Mr. Fumasoni served as the Human Resources Regional Director at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.

Sonja Glatzhofer

STV [NEW YORK] announced that Sonja Glatzhofer has joined as vice president and chief human resources officer. Before joining STV, Glatzhofer was with a large multi-national engineering and construction firm, as the Vice President of Human Resources for its construction services division. Prior to that, she was with a leading construction and project management firm. Additionally, Glatzhofer has held a variety of management roles in finance and insurance, executing both human resources start-up functions and full redesigns of the human resources functions.

Beam Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Susan O’Connor as chief human resources officer. Prior to Beam, O’Connor launched O’Connor & Associates in 2008. She has partnered with several venture capital firms, including Third Rock Ventures, acting as the chief human resources executive for a number of biotech companies, including Celsius Therapeutics, Relay Therapeutics, Blueprint Medicines, Voyager Therapeutics and Fulcrum Therapeutics, among others. Prior to launching O’Connor & Associates, Ms. O’Connor was vice president, human resources at Johnson & Johnson, where she also served as a board member for several operating companies within the medical devices sector of the company.

PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that Lynn Howard has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining the Company, she served as Chief Human Resource Officer for Ciox Health. Previously, she held executive leadership positions with ABILITY Network, Surgical Care Affiliates, and MedAssets.

Meghan Hollan

CR architecture + design [CINCINNATI] announced that Meghan Hollan has joined the firm as Vice President of Human Resources. Hollan has led human resources at several local companies in a variety of industries, focusing on talent acquisition and leadership and organizational development.

e-TeleQuote Insurance, Inc. [CLEARWATER, FLA.] announced Shannon Gougis has been named its Chief People Officer (CPO). Gougis’ previous roles include HR leadership positions at ARDX, Divurgent, PRA Group and others.

TridentUSA Health Services [SPARKS, Md.] announced the appointment of Traci Bowen to the position of Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Bowen joined TridentUSA Health Services in November 2018. Bowen most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer for the OB Hospitalist Group in Greenville, SC. Previously, Ms. Bowen was Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Adeptus Health in Lewisville, TX.

Deb Stroff

OnDeck [NEW YORK] (NYSE: ONDK) announced the appointment of Deb Stroff as the company’s Chief People Officer.  Stroff joins OnDeck from Hogarth Worldwide, where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer. She has more than two decades of experience as a leader spanning various industry sectors — including Marketing Production (Hogarth), Consumer Products (Coty), Media & Entertainment (Time Inc.), Professional Services (EY), and Hospitality (The Ritz-Carlton.)

Mohawk Global Logistics [SYRACUSE, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Alicia Kirkby to the position of Chief People Officer (CPO). Kirkby comes to Mohawk from Mower (formerly Eric Mower + Associates), where she was Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to that, she held senior human resource positions at top architectural/engineering companies, as Director of Human Resources for the C&S Companies and Human Resources Manager for Clough, Harbour & Associates, LLP.

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 January 11, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Target Corporation AmerisourceBergen
Lennar Corporation DISCO TÜV SÜD America Inc.
Rockwell Automation JDA Software, Inc. Gongos, Inc.
Core Molding Technologies, Inc. Fred Alger Management, Inc.

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Gary VanderLind

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company [AKRON, Ohio] (NASDAQ: GT) announced that Gary VanderLind, vice president of Human Resources for the company’s Americas region will become senior vice president, Global Human Resources, effective Feb. 1, 2019. VanderLind began his Goodyear career in the company’s retail stores in 1985, during which time he managed multiple company-owned outlets for the company. He then advanced through various Human Resources roles in North America, EMEA and the Americas, as well as corporate and functional roles. VanderLind succeeds John Lucas, who is retiring.

Target Corporation [MINNEAPOLIS] (NYSE: TGT) announced that Stephanie Lundquist, who has served as Target’s Chief HR Officer since 2016, has been named President of Food and Beverage. Melissa Kremer, Senior Vice President HR, has been promoted to Target’s Chief HR Officer. Kremer, who has been with the Company since 2004, has led HR strategy and operations; HR business partnership, including support of Target’s largest commercial businesses; and the talent management functions of recruiting, learning, leadership development and strategic workforce planning.

AmerisourceBergen [VALLEY FORGE, Pa.] announced the appointment of Silvana Battaglia to its executive team as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Battaglia was most recently with Aramark. She is succeeding Kathy Gaddes, who has taken on the role of EVP and Corporate Compliance Officer at AmerisourceBergen.

Andrew Davis

Lennar Corporation [Miami, FL] (NYSE: LEN), recently hired Andrew Davis as Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Lennar, Andrew was the Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and spent 10+ years there in various Human Resources positions. He also held positions of increasing responsibility at The Home Depot, Best Buy Company and Yum Brands.

DISCO [AUSTIN, Texas] announced that Aaron P. Trull joined the company as vice president of human resources. Trull joins DISCO from Bazaarvoice, where as vice president he served for six years leading HR functions including learning and development, talent acquisition and management, HRIS and compensation. Prior to Bazaarvoice, Trull spent more than a decade at technology leaders including Dell, AMD, and Hewlett-Packard after starting his career at Ernst & Young.

TÜV SÜD America Inc. [PEABODY, Mass.] announced the appointment of Jobina Gonsalves to the role of Vice President – Human Resources for the Americas, including TÜV SÜD America, TÜV SÜD Canada, TÜV SÜD América de México, and TÜV SÜD America do Brasil. Jobina Gonsalves joined the TÜV SÜD group in 2012. She started at TÜV SÜD in Singapore as VP-HR heading the HR team in the Asia Pacific region and deploying HR and talent policies to support the growth in Asia. In 2014, Jobina became Director – Employee Development in the Global HR team. More recently, she also was responsible for Executive Management as the HR Business Partner for Senior Executives at TÜV SÜD. Prior to TÜV SÜD, Jobina Gonsalves was leading the HR team for Robert Bosch in Singapore. Previously, Jobina drove the growth for an IT firm in Singapore by setting up the HR operations for a software firm.

Karen Keegans

Rockwell Automation [MILWAUKEE] (NYSE: ROK) announced the appointment of Karen Keegans as senior vice president, human resources. Most recently, she was Chief Human Resources Officer at Pentair and previously held several senior leadership roles at Praxair and Monsanto.

JDA Software, Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced the appointment of Nathalie Carruthers as executive vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). She joins JDA from Benchmark Electronics. Carruthers replaces Brian Boylan who retired from the company at the end of 2018. Carruthers’ extensive human resources experience spans more than 20 years with leadership positions at Benchmark Electronics, Lumileds, Flex and Solectron (acquired by Flex).

Cheryl Halverson

Gongos, Inc. [ROYAL OAK, Mich.] named Cheryl Halverson as Chief People Officer (CPO). Halverson has served as the company’s Vice President, People Development & Planning since 2014, and has been with Gongos since 1998, where she held client service and team management roles.

Fred Alger Management, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Christie Tully has joined as Senior Vice President, Head of Human Resources. Tully joins Alger from Mission Capital Advisors, where she served as Director, Head of Human Resources. She previously held recruiting roles at Kain Management Group and Glocap Search. Prior, Ms. Tully worked as a project manager at General Electric and Thomson Financial. She began her career at Goldman Sachs as an internal wholesaler and sales desk analyst.

Core Molding Technologies, Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ohio] (NYSE American: CMT) announced that Renee Anderson has been appointed Executive Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Core, Renee was President of Anderson Consulting Services, LLC.  Prior to Anderson Consulting Services, Ms. Anderson served as the Americas Human Resources Director for Draexlmaier.  Before that she held Human Resource leadership positions of increasing responsibility with Danfoss and Alcan Medical.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 30, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Xerox CDW Maropost
Swagelok Company

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Suzan-Morno-Wade

Xerox [NORWALK, Conn.] (NYSE: XRX) announced the appointment of Suzan Morno-Wade as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Morno-Wade joined Xerox in 2016 as vice president of Total Rewards.

CDW [LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.] (NASDAQ: CDW) announced that Elizabeth H. Connelly will join CDW as chief human resources officer (CHRO) and senior vice president, coworker services. Connelly joins CDW from J.P. Morgan Chase where she most recently served as managing director and head of the Healthcare, Higher Education and Not-for-Profit Commercial Banking business.

Maropost [TORONTO] announced that Sara Schroeder will be joining the company as Vice President of People. Schroeder comes to Maropost from Signal, where she most recently served as the company’s VP, Head of Global Human Resources. Prior to working at Signal, Schroeder served as HR Business Partner for Press Ganey.

David Lucarelli

Swagelok Company [SOLON, Ohio] appointed David J. Lucarelli as vice president, global human resources. Lucarelli joined Swagelok in 2006 and has held several leadership positions within human resources, most recently serving as director, global human resources business partnerships.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 23, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Unum Hallmark BETA Healthcare Group
ViewRay, Inc. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.

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Elizabeth Ahmed

Unum [CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee] (NYSE: UNM) announced that Elizabeth Ahmed has been appointed executive vice president of People and Communication for the company. Ahmed was Chief Human Resources Officer at AmTrust Financial Services. Ahmed has also held HR leadership positions at Equity Administration Services, PNC Bank and Marsh USA.

Beth Sweetman

Hallmark [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced that Beth Sweetman has been appointed senior vice president of human resources. Sweetman most recently served as senior vice president and chief human resources officer for DST Systems, Inc. Sweetman replaces Bob Bloss, who is retiring from the company and will depart Jan. 2, 2019. Prior to joining Hallmark, Sweetman’s aforementioned appointment at DST Systems, Inc. came after serving as senior vice president of human resources for Furniture Brands International. In addition, she spent 14 years working in human resources for Monsanto Company, both as vice president of North America and vice president of international.

BETA Healthcare Group [ALAMO, Calif.] announced that John E. McClain has been named Director of Human Resources. He will be replacing Deborah Verdream who is retiring after 12 years of service to BETA Healthcare Group. McClain most recently held the position of Human Resources Director at SAGE Veterinary Centers. Previously, he spent 23 years at NORCAL Mutual in San Francisco leading human resources and facilities, ending his tenure there as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer.

ViewRay, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: VRAY) announced the appointment of Robert M. Fuchs as Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining ViewRay, Rob was the Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources Officer for Advanced Energy. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources Officer for Spectranetics.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. [Ramsey, NJ] announced that Victoria (Vicky) Ringwood has joined the company as senior vice president of Human Resources. Ringwood most recently led HR for the Mobile Division of Samsung Electronics Americas. Ringwood previously worked with companies including, Tyco International, American Standard and Honeywell.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 9, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

The Lubrizol Corporation Apttus Endurance International Group
VITAS Healthcare Dragos, Inc. Greif, Inc.
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.

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The Lubrizol Corporation [CLEVELAND] announced that Ana G. Rodriguez has been named corporate vice president and chief human resources officer, effective December 3, 2018. Rodriguez replaces Andy Panega, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Since 2016, Rodriguez served as chief human resources officer at Sotera Health. Prior to Sotera, she was the senior vice president and chief human resources officer at PolyOne Corporation. Before joining PolyOne, Rodriguez was senior vice president of global human resources at Molex Incorporated. She also worked in the legal departments of Amgen Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Litton Industries. Rodriguez began her legal career as a staff attorney at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Apttus [SAN MATEO, Calif.] announced Colleen Carr as its Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Apttus, Carr served as senior vice president of human resources for Actian and Bluecoat Systems. Carr has held senior HR leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies.

Endurance International Group [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EIGI) announced the appointment of Tom Aurelio as chief human resources officer. Most recently, he was executive vice president of human resources for Criteo. Prior to that, Mr. Aurelio served as senior vice president of people and culture at The Priceline Group (now Booking Holdings). He also spent ten years at Symantec, where he served as vice president of human resources, a role he also held at GE Capital. Mr. Aurelio also co-founded SimpleCloudApps, Inc.

Diane Psaras

VITAS Healthcare [Miami, FL] announced that Diane Psaras has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. Since 2014, Psaras held the same title at wound-care provider Healogics Inc. in Jacksonville, FL. Psaras spent six years as senior vice president of HR at Darden Restaurants in Orlando, and 14 years in HR roles at specialty materials firm Avery Dennison in Cleveland.

Dragos, Inc. [HANOVER, Md.] announced the addition of Jill Samuel as Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Dragos, Jill led the HR function for RedOwl (acquired by Forcepoint). Prior to RedOwl, she led HR for Edge Hosting (acquired by DataBank) as well as BoxTone, a mobile device management company (acquired by Good Technology).

Greif, Inc. [DELAWARE, Ohio] (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B) announced the appointment of Bala V. Sathyanarayanan as Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer. Sathyanarayanan most recently served as Executive Vice President for Human Resources for North American Operations at the Xerox Corporation. Sathyanarayanan also led human resources for the Americas Enterprise Business at Hewlett-Packard Inc. His career also includes roles at Avaya Inc., Polaris Software Inc., and Coca Cola Inc.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. [BRIDGEVILLE, Pa.] (NASDAQ: USAP) announced that Alyssa Snider has joined the Company as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Snider began her career at Shell as an HR Analyst and Business Partner and later took on additional roles including labor relations representative, HR Manager of Capital Projects in the U.S., Organizational Effectiveness consultant, and most recently, as Americas HR Talent Strategy Advisor, Manufacturing.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 2, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Livent Corporation Dana Incorporated AllianceRx Walgreens Prime
Grainger Qumulo RealWear, Inc.
Namely Pacific Market International

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Kathleen Weslock

Livent Corporation [Philadelphia, PA] (NYSE: LTHM), hired Kathleen Weslock as Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining Livent, Kathleen was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Frontier Communications and held Chief Human Resources Officer positions at Cisco Systems, SunGard Data Systems, Shearman & Sterling, and Covance. Kathleen also held senior Human Resources positions at Deloitte and Lehman Brothers, and began her career with GTE, now known as Verizon.

Dana Incorporated [MAUMEE, Ohio] (NYSE: DAN) announced that Shelley Bridarolli will be joining the company as senior vice president of human resources, effective Nov. 26, 2018.  Ms. Bridarolli comes to Dana from BorgWarner, where she most recently served as vice president of human resources for the company’s PowerDrive Systems group.  Prior to BorgWarner, Ms. Bridarolli served for 13 years in a variety of leadership roles at Eaton Corporation. She began her professional career at the National Fuel Exploration Corporation as leader of human resources and administration.

AllianceRx Walgreens Prime [ORLANDO, Fla.] announced it has named Marcelie “Tuck” Tucker as chief human resources officer. Tucker was most recently vice president of human resources with Dover Corporation’s refrigeration and food equipment segment.

Kathleen Carroll

Grainger [CHICAGO] (NYSE: GWW) announced it has appointed Kathleen S. Carroll as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective December 3, 2018.  Carroll will succeed Joseph High who, as previously announced, retired from Grainger earlier this year. Carroll comes to Grainger from First Midwest Bank, where she served as Executive Vice President and CHRO.  Prior to that, she held a number of leadership positions with Aon Corporation, which included Global Head of Talent Acquisition and HR Lead for Mergers and Acquisitions.  Carroll also had management positions with Sprint and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she began her career in consulting and accounting.

Qumulo [SEATTLE] announced Robyn Singh as vice president of people. Singh most recently served as the director of human resources (HR) for Amazon’s Seller Marketplace. Prior to her position at Amazon, Singh served as the global vice president of HR for Nintex. Singh also served as the executive director of HR at Citrix Systems. Before that, Singh spent more than 12 years in executive HR positions at Microsoft, including director of human resources, where she led the global career development function for Microsoft; director of HR at Xbox, where she led HR for global software and hardware development, as well as the LIVE business; and led HR for the Windows engineering services and solutions organization.

RealWear, Inc. [VANCOUVER, Wash.] announced the hiring of Michael Guerchon as Vice President, Human Resources. Guerchon previously was with Riverbed Technology. Guerchon served as Chief People Officer at Okta and Puppet and was the Vice President of Human Resources for several companies including Lucy Activewear, Hollywood Entertainment, Guess? Inc., and IKON Office Solutions.

Namely [NEW YORK] announced that Lorna Hagen will join as the company’s Chief People Officer. Prior to Namely, Hagen was the CPO at OnDeck . She also held leadership roles at LOFT, Dow Jones, and HarperCollins.

Tammy Perkins

Pacific Market International [SEATTLE] announced that Tammy Perkins joined as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Perkins served as Chief People Offer and Managing Partner of Fjuri. Perkins also held several key, senior leadership human resources roles at Amazon, Microsoft and Appen.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 27, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) FULLBEAUTY Brands Inc. GuideSpark
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. NCR Corporation Cinedigm Corp.
Ankura Abeona Therapeutics Inc. Bird
Pegasystems Inc. Astreya Lithia Motors, Inc.
RPM International Inc.

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Ron Garrow

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) [WILMINGTON, N.C.] has named Ron Garrow executive vice president and chief human resource officer (CHRO). Garrow joins PPD from Belk, where most recently he served as chief human resource officer. Prior to joining Belk in 2016, he spent six years with Mastercard and served as its chief human resource officer starting in 2013. Before joining Mastercard, Garrow served as the chief learning officer for Bank of America. Prior to that, Garrow served as the HR executive for Bank of America’s chief financial officer group. Garrow joined Bank of America after 19 years at Wachovia, where he held various positions of increasing responsibility, his last role being chief learning officer.

FULLBEAUTY Brands Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Robert Lepere as Chief People Officer. Lepere  previously worked as the VP of Talent Strategy for Ascena Retail Group, and prior to that held a variety of human resources positions within Ann Inc. Lepere also served as the Head of HR & Stores for Charlotte Russe and was the HR Director for Old Navy.

GuideSpark [REDWOOD CITY, CALIF.] announced the appointment of John Staines, CHRO and SVP People & Culture. John is a seasoned HR leader with global executive experience at nationally recognized companies like PepsiCo, Mattel, The Gap, and Cigna.

Jennifer Greenwald

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Jennifer Greenwald to the position of Senior Vice President of People. Ms. Greenwald comes to Playboy after nearly a decade at RED, most recently serving as Vice President of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition.

NCR Corporation [ATLANTA] (NYSE: NCR) announced the addition of Debra Bronder, who joins as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Bronder most recently led Human Resources for Cardtronics. Previously, Bronder was the Executive Vice President, HR Operations for Metavante.

Cinedigm Corp. [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced that Mark Torres has been hired as Vice President of Human Resources. Torres has served as a senior Human Resources executive with such companies as Sony Pictures Entertainment, Ticketmaster and Reed Elsevier/Variety, as well as several technology and media start-up companies. Mark also served as SVP of People & Culture at AdTec/Rubicon Project. In addition to consulting with several start-up media organizations, Mark served as the VP of HR and Administration at phenomenon.

Angela L. Cinefro

Ankura [WASHINGTON D.C.] announced the appointment of Angela L. Cinefro as its new Chief People Officer. Ms. Cinefro joins Ankura from Clarity Insights where she was Chief Operating Officer and former Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Clarity Insights, Angela held the positions of Chief Human Resources Officer at MedExpress and Operations Vice President of Business Solutions at Hewlett-Packard. Additionally, she served as the Chief People Officer for Knightsbridge Solutions, and held several leadership roles at IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Abeona Therapeutics Inc. [NEW YORK and CLEVELAND] (NASDAQ: ABEO) appointed Kristina Maximenko as Global Head of Human Resources. Ms. Maximenko most recently served as the Global HR Director for Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAAP), a Novartis company.

Bird [VENICE, Calif.] announced Taylor Rose joined as the company’s Director of People. Rose previously led people programs for a range of early to late stage technology companies in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Adriana Bokel Herde

Pegasystems Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: PEGA) announced it has appointed Adriana Bokel Herde as chief people officer and senior vice president. Ms. Bokel succeeds Jeff Yanagi, who will be retiring from Pega. Most recently, Ms. Bokel Herde was chief people officer and chief evangelist officer at PeopleDoc. Prior to that, she was vice president of people services at Biogen.

Astreya [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Kris Hamner as Vice President of Global Human Resources. Kris joins from Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) where he led HR; prior to FIT, Kris held various global HR executive roles at HP, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Avago Technologies (now Broadcom), and Canon, among others.

Lithia Motors, Inc. [MEDFORD, Ore.] (NYSE: LAD) announced Erik Lewis as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Lewis assumes oversight of Human Resources from Chris Holzshu, Lithia’s Executive Vice President. Erik most recently served as the CHRO of Apple Leisure Group and has held related roles at Walmart stores and Sysco Corporation. Previously, he consulted for numerous organizations while working at PwC and Andersen LLP.

Randell McShepard

RPM International Inc. [MEDINA, Ohio] (NYSE: RPM) announced that Randell McShepard has been named Chief Talent Officer. He will continue to serve as vice president – public affairs, a position he has held for more than 10 years. McShepard joined RPM in 2001 as director of community affairs. Previously, he served as executive director of City Year Cleveland and, before that, as assistant director of administration and program development for the Cleveland Bicentennial Commission.

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