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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.

CHRO Moves – week ending July 13, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

WernerCo Grant Thornton LLP Eaton
Uber

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WernerCo [Greenville, Pennsylvania] announced that Bob Zierk has joined WernerCo as EVP, Global Human Resources. Bob began his career in the commercial and military aerospace industry. He then moved into the semiconductor industry, rising to become Vice President, Human Resources respectively at Avnet, Inc., in 1993 and then at On Semiconductor in 2003. Bob later went on to lead global human resources for the Hardware & Home Improvement Group at Black & Decker, and most recently he served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Sound United.

Brenda Wagner

Grant Thornton LLP [RALEIGH, N.C.] named Brenda Wagner its new chief people and culture officer (CPCO). Wagner joins Grant Thornton after nearly four and a half years at IQVIA (formerly QuintilesIMS), where she led compensation and benefits, global talent, and global talent acquisition. In her most recent role there, she served as the human resources senior vice president of R&D Solutions, IQVIA’s largest business unit. Prior to IQVIA, Wagner had a 20-year tenure at IBM, where she held strategic roles across various business units and centers of excellence, culminating in her appointment as human resources vice president for Global Technology Services North America in 2010.

Ernest W. Marshall Jr.

Eaton [Cleveland, Ohio] announced that Ernest W. Marshall Jr. has joined as its Chief Human Resources Officer. Ernest joins Eaton from GE where he was most recently vice president, Human Resources Leader — GE Aviation. During his 21 years with GE, he also served in a number of other global, functional and business human resources leadership roles.

Uber [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Liane Hornsey, SVP & Chief People Officer, has resigned.

CHRO Moves – week ending June 29, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Procter & Gamble Co. Visa Inc. Zendesk, Inc.
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) Combined Insurance Kimball Electronics, Inc.
IDEMIA

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Tracey Grabowski

Procter & Gamble Co. [Cincinnati, Ohio] (NYSE: PG) announced that Tracey Grabowski has been appointed the next chief human resources officer of the company. , which has 95,000 employees worldwide. She becomes HR chief Aug. 1. She will succeed Mark Biegger who intends to retire Oct. 1 after 34 years with P&G. He has been HR chief since 2012. Grabowski joined P&G in 1989 as an assistant HR manager in the Chicago sales office. Grabowski became an HR manager in the Cincinnati sales office in 1991. Since 2015, Grabowski has been a P&G vice president and the HR lead for North America. Grabowski previously was named vice president of global compensation and benefits in 2011, when she also held the title of VP of human resources for P&G’s Global Business Services division. She also has been HR director for Global Fabric Care (2009), Finance/Legal (2007) and Gillette integration following the 2005 acquisition of the Boston-based division. Before that, she was associate HR director for Global Hair Care (2003) and Food & Beverage (1997).

Visa Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: V) announced that Jennifer Grant will join the company as executive vice president and chief human resources officer beginning August 2018, succeeding Michael Ross, who last year announced his intention to leave once a successor was named. For the past five years, Ms. Grant has served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Prior to joining Air Products, Ms. Grant served as the vice president of human resources for Pfizer’s specialty products and oncology divisions. She previously held a range of international human resources management roles at Pfizer, supporting the commercial and manufacturing organizations. Ms. Grant began her career with GE, where she held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility across multiple divisions.

Zendesk, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: ZEN) announced the appointment of InaMarie Johnson as its first Chief People Officer. Most recently she was Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Plantronics. Prior to that role, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer at UTi Worldwide. Before that, she served in multiple leadership roles including VP of HR, Functional Transformation at Honeywell.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) [Bethesda, Maryland] announced that it has named Michael Stambaugh as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Stambaugh joins HJF from Women for Women International, where he was Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to that, he was Director of International Human Resources at Creative Associates International. He spent 10 years overseas with Kellogg Brown & Root, where he began as a Senior Human Resources Generalist and HR Supervisor and concluded his tenure as regional human resources manager.

Combined Insurance [CHICAGO] announced Michele Briggs as the company’s new Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Previously, she spent nearly six years with AIG as the Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness. Prior to AIG, she worked for AXA Equitable as the VP, HR and also spent several years in HR leadership roles at Kraft Foods.

Kimball Electronics, Inc. [JASPER, Ind.] (NASDAQ: KE) announced that Julie Dutchess, Vice President, Human Resources, will retire after nearly 43 years with the company. Ms. Dutchess started her career at the Jasper, Indiana manufacturing operation and held various positions of increasing responsibility before she was named Vice President, Human Resources in 2014. Jessica DeLorenzo has been named the new Vice President, Human Resources and will replace Ms. Dutchess. Ms. DeLorenzo joined Kimball Electronics in 2015 and most recently held the position of Director, Organizational Development. Before joining Kimball Electronics, Ms. DeLorenzo held the position of Director, Student Services at Vincennes University since 2011.

IDEMIA [BILLERICA, Mass.] announced the appointment of Karen Gregory as Vice President of Human Resources for North America. Before joining IDEMIA, Ms. Gregory was the Global Head of Human Resources, Commercial Solutions for BAE Systems. Prior to her nine years at BAE, she held Human Resources management roles at BearingPoint, Sallie Mae and Praxis. She started her Human Resources career at Raytheon.

CHRO Moves – week ending May 25, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

tronc, Inc. KeyCorp Patterson Companies
Mylan Omnitracs, LLC Lucas Group

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tronc, Inc. (formerly Tribune Publishing) [CHICAGO, IL] (NASDAQ: TRNC) appointed Maya Bordeaux to the role of Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Chief HR Officer. Prior to joining tronc, Maya was the Senior Vice President, People & Culture at Wilton Brands. Maya held the position of Senior Director, Human Resources at McDonald’s Corporation prior to joining Wilton Brands.

Brian Fishel

KeyCorp [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: KEY) announced that Craig Buffie, Chief Human Resources Officer, has shared his intention to retire in the second half of 2018. Key also announced that Brian Fishel will assume the role of Chief Human Resources Officer.  Brian Fishel has served as KeyCorp’s Chief Talent Officer since joining in 2013. Prior to this role, he served in various senior-level talent management and organization development roles for Bank of America, the Coca-Cola Company and Pizza Hut.

Patterson Companies [ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: PDCO) announced that Andrea Frohning has joined the Company as Chief Human Resources Officer. Frohning most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Snyder’s-Lance. Prior to her tenure at Snyder’s-Lance, she was Vice President of Human Resources at Crane Co. Frohning also held other human resource managerial positions at Hubbell Inc., General Electric Consumer Finance and Pepsi Bottling Group.

Mylan [Pittsburgh] hired Eliana Zem as Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously she was CHRO at Hertz and an International HR Executive with Diageo.

Omnitracs, LLC [DALLAS] announced the hiring of Stacey Martin as chief human resources officer (CHRO). Prior to joining Omnitracs, Martin gained more than 20 years of experience and leadership with such as Travelport, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Science Applications International Corporations (SAIC) and CGI Group.

Lucas Group [ATLANTA] announced the promotion of Carolina King to Chief People Officer (CPO). King previously served as Vice President of Human Resources. King has provided expert organizational and leadership development for top global companies including CNN, AT&T and Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 27, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Mondelēz International The PURE Group of Insurance Companies Western Alliance Bancorporation
L3 Technologies Grange Insurance Fluent, Inc.
Public Storage Chipotle Mexican Grill LendUp

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Paulette Alviti

Mondelēz International [DEERFIELD, Ill.] (NASDAQ: MDLZ) announced that Paulette Alviti will join the company as Chief Human Resources Officer, effective June 11.  Alviti joins the company from Foot Locker, Inc. where she has served as CHRO since 2013.  Before Foot Locker, Alviti held various senior leadership positions at PepsiCo and The Pepsi Bottling Group in both developed and emerging markets, including serving as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa. Alviti succeeds Karen May, who announced her plans to retire last October.

The PURE Group of Insurance Companies (the PURE Group) [WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.] has named Katherine Richardson as Chief Human Resources Officer. Richardson joins PURE from Allied World Assurance Company, where she served as SVP and Global Head of Human Resources. Before joining Allied World in 2009, she held several progressively responsible HR roles at AIG, in both their field operations and home office. She began her career in 1993 at Leader Insurance.

Barbara J. Kennedy

Western Alliance Bancorporation [PHOENIX] (NYSE: WAL) announced Barbara J. Kennedy has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Western Alliance, Kennedy was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for San Diego-based Encore Capital Group. Previously, Kennedy held senior Human Resources positions with United Stationers Supply Company and Swift Transportation Corporation.

L3 Technologies [NEW YORK] (NYSE: LLL) announced that Melanie Heitkamp has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective May 21. Heitkamp succeeds Kevin L. Weiss, who has announced his plans to retire after supporting a smooth transition. Prior to joining L3, she served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources – Defense & Intelligence Group at Leidos. Previously, she served as a Vice President of Human Resources within the Information Systems & Global Solutions business at Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Grange Insurance [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced that Damon Porter has been appointed vice president, chief human resources officer. Porter was previously vice president, talent management and human resources business partners at Erie Insurance in Pennsylvania. Prior to Erie, Porter held various leadership positions, including vice president of corporate human resources at Duke Energy in Charlotte, North Carolina. Porter will be replacing Steven Paxton, former vice president of human resources, who is retiring from Grange Insurance after more than 16 years of service.

Katherine Rae

Fluent, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: FLNT) announced that the Company has appointed Katherine Rae as Head of People. With over 10 years of experience in the industry, she has successfully developed teams at Informa Plc, in several HR positions, including the Global Offices Manager, and worked as a Management Consultant within the People and Operations team for PwC. Most recently, Rae acted as a Strategic HR Business Partner for Sprinklr, a start-up within the Tech space.

Public Storage [GLENDALE, Calif.] (NYSE: PSA) announced that Natalia N. Johnson has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Natalia joined Public Storage in 2016 with over 18 years of broad-based leadership experience, having held senior management positions in human resources, technology and operations at Bank of America, Countrywide Financial and Coca-Cola.

Chipotle Mexican Grill [DENVER] (NYSE: CMG) announced that it has hired Marissa Andrada as its chief human resources officer. Andrada comes to Chipotle from Kate Spade & Company, where she served as senior vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer. Prior to joining Kate Spade, Andrada held several senior level positions in human resources at Starbucks, most recently serving as senior vice president, partner resources for the Americas. Before joining Starbucks, Andrada held a variety of human resources roles with increasing responsibility for companies such as Gamestop, Red Bull North America, Universal Studios, and Pepsico/Pizza Hut.

LendUp [RICHMOND, Va.] announced that Patricia Wooten will join as People Operations business partner on May 7. Wooten previously served as Vice President of People at Hospital Corporation of America. She’s also held various human resource operations roles at Coventry Health Care and Pitney Bowes.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 23, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Southeastern Health TIAA Masonite International Corporation
ClearDATA Capital Senior Living Corporation Johns Manville
FirstEnergy Corp. Innophos Holdings, Inc. DRT Strategies, Inc.
HighPoint Global

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Patrick Ebri

Southeastern Health [Lumberton, NC] announced the appointment of Patrick Ebri as SeHealth Vice President of Talent and Culture, and Chief Engagement Officer. Dr. Ebri worked at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, Ga., for 22 years. For 10 years, he worked there as vice president of human resources.

TIAA [NEW YORK] announced the promotion of Sean N. Woodroffe to Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective March 1, 2018. Woodroffe will succeed Skip Spriggs, who will be joining The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) as the organization’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining TIAA in 2017, Woodroffe was Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at National Life Group. He has also held senior HR roles at Sun Life Financial, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), and the United Bank for Africa. He started his career at Merrill Lynch & Co. and spent over 18 years there, serving as First Vice President and Head of International Human Resources based in London. He also led HR for Merrill Lynch’s Japan Wealth Management business unit based in Tokyo.

Masonite International Corporation [TAMPA, Fla.] (NYSE: DOOR) announced the appointment of Bob Paxton as Senior Vice President, Human Resources effective February 26, 2018. Bob joins Masonite from Owens Corning where he served in various human resource and operational roles since 2010, most recently as Vice President of Human Resources for Owens Corning’s Composites business. Prior to joining Owens Corning, Bob was the SVP of Human Resources for Broadwind Energy and also held various human resources positions with Whirlpool and BP, including assignments in Asia and Europe.

Sue Darrow

ClearDATA [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of Sue Darrow as senior vice president of human resources (SVP, HR). Darrow brings her expertise as former Chief People Officer at BuildASign.com, as well as her international experience as VP of Global HR for Mozido.

Capital Senior Living Corporation [DALLAS] (NYSE: CSU) announced that Jeremy D. Falke has joined the Company as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Falke previously served as the Vice President, Talent, Culture and Performance Systems for Tenet Healthcare. Prior to this role, Mr. Falke served from 2004 until 2012 as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Creighton University Medical Center, a part of Tenet Healthcare in Omaha, Nebraska.

Johns Manville (JM) [DENVER], a Berkshire Hathaway company, announced Eric Cremer is the company’s new Chief Human Resources Officer. Cremer has worked for the past two years as Director of Human Resources for JM’s Engineered Products business. Cremer worked at Merck & Co., Agilent Technologies and Kraft Foods before joining Johns Manville in 2004. Over the next eight years he held a variety of HR positions, including North America Director of Human Resources and Labor Relations, Senior HR Manager and Regional HR Manager in McPherson, Kan. Cremer left JM in 2012 to work as Vice President of Human Resources at Vistar in Centennial, Colo. He returned to JM in 2016.

Charles Lasky

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) [AKRON, Ohio] announced that Charles D. Lasky, senior vice president, Human Resources, has been named senior vice president, Human Resources, and chief human resources officer.  Lasky joined the company in 1986.

Innophos Holdings, Inc. [CRANBURY, N.J.] (NASDAQ: IPHS) announced that it has appointed Robert Sklans as SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer. Sklans comes to Innophos from Elementis, where he served as CHRO and led the global HR function, while also serving as Supervisory Board Member for Elementis Specialties, Netherlands BV. Before joining Elementis, Sklans served as VP of HR, North America (NA) Region for Royal DSM. Earlier, he was Director of Talent Management, NA Region, for Evonik Industries. Sklans also served in a variety of leadership roles for Johnson & Johnson, the last as a Director, Global Talent Management, for Medical Device & Diagnostics.

DRT Strategies, Inc. (DRT) [ARLINGTON, VA.] announced that the company has hired Dave Potts as its Chief Talent Officer. Potts comes to DRT with 23 years of experience leading talent, development, and learning functions for several Fortune 100 companies including CenturyLink, Verizon, and Tech Data. Additionally, he led talent management and workforce planning consulting services for Deloitte and BearingPoint. Most recently, Potts served as a Principal with The North Highland Company.

Kristen Mullins

HighPoint Global [Reston, VA] announced the appointment of Kristen Mullins to its executive team as Chief Human Resources Officer. Mullins most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources at Oceus Networks. She has also held senior-level human resources roles at Grant Thornton LLP and BTG, Inc.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 27, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Netflix Inc. LyondellBasell The Proximy Group
AppNexus Anika Therapeutics, Inc. Great Lakes Management Services Organization
AMPAC Fine Chemicals Icertis Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.
Diebold Nixdorf Innovari, Inc. Xceligent
Principle Business Enterprises

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Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] announced the promotion of Jessica Neal as Chief Talent Officer. Neal is a Netflix veteran, starting at the company in 2006. In 2013 she left to become head of human resources at Coursera, and later, Chief People Officer at Scopely. She returned to Netflix earlier this year, overseeing HR for the 2000-person product engineering team responsible for continuously improving the Netflix consumer experience.

LyondellBasell [HOUSTON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands] (NYSE: LYB) announced the appointment of Darleen Caron as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Most recently, Ms. Caron was executive vice president of global human resources for SNC-Lavalin, Inc. Previously, she led HR functions for the Dow Chemical Company and ABB, and both HR and environment, safety and health for Alcan.

Debra Phillips

The Proximy Group [LOS ANGELES], parent company of Centinela Feed & Pet Supplies, Lotus Pet Foods, and 1st Care Animal Health Clinic, announced that Debra G. Phillips has been appointed as their first Chief Human Resources Officer. Debra has over 10 years experience in human resources education and leadership development and brings experiences from her previous roles at Lyondell Chemical Company, ODS International, and as Independent Business Consultant.

AppNexus [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Nithya Das to the new role of Chief People and Legal Officer. Das formerly served as AppNexus’ Senior Vice President, General Counsel. Das joined AppNexus in 2011 and served as General Counsel for four years. Prior, she was a lawyer at Goodwin Procter.

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ANIK) announced the appointment of Thomas M. Finnerty as its Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, Mr. Finnerty spent 17 years as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Smith & Nephew. Prior to his time at Smith & Nephew, Mr. Finnerty served as Executive Director of Human Resources at Novartis/Chiron Diagnostics. Mr. Finnerty began his human resources career at The Foxboro Company.

Melissa Dabrowski

Great Lakes Management Services Organization (MSO) [GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.] announced the appointment of Melissa Dabrowski as Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, she was Executive Partner with Behringer & Co. based in Caledonia, Mich., where she was the lead consultant on Career Exploration client engagements. Prior to Behringer, Ms. Dabrowski led the global succession planning and talent acquisition process for Federal-Mogul, Motorparts in Southfield, Mich.

Steven Taylor

AMPAC Fine Chemicals (AFC) [RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.] announced the addition of Steven Taylor as Vice President, Human Resources (HR). Steven Taylor brings over 22 years of US and international HR experience with major companies including Union Carbide, British Petroleum, General Electric, and most recently Honeywell International.

Icertis [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the appointment of Tami Lamp as Chief People Officer. Tami’s previous experience includes over nine years at Microsoft where she was instrumental in building their international development presence in India. Most recently, Tami served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Group Health.

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that Lainie Cooney has joined the company as Chief Human Resources Officer. She most recently served as Chief Human Resources Officer at DPI Specialty Foods. Previously, Cooney served as Vice President of Human Resources at State Street Investment Management Services from 2005 to 2012 and as a Human Resources Manager and Six Sigma Black Belt Project Leader at Home Depot from 2000 to 2005.

Patricia Lang

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Patricia A. Lang has been promoted to vice president, chief people officer. Lang joined Diebold, Incorporated in 2012 to lead the company’s global rewards, human resources information systems (HRIS) and people analytics organizations. Prior to joining Diebold, Lang worked at Mylan N.V. She has more than 25 years of experience in human resources and related fields, successfully holding various leadership positions in human resources operations and consulting at companies such as Alcoa, Mercer, Conduent and Cigna.

Innovari, Inc. [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Mike Guerchon joined the company as its new Chief People Officer. Mike is an accomplished human resources and workplace executive with over 25 years of experience in both ground level start-ups and global public companies, including most recently at Riverbed Technology. Mike also previously served as Chief People Officer at Puppet and Okta and was the Vice President of Human Resources for several companies including Lucy Activewear, Hollywood Entertainment, Guess? Inc., and Ikon Office Solutions.

Xceligent [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced that Chief People Officer, Erin Curry, will step down.

Rodney Eason

Principle Business Enterprises (PBE), Inc. [DUNBRIDGE, Ohio] announced that Rodney Eason has joined the company as Vice President of Human Resources and Administrative Services. Eason served most recently as the HR Director overseeing the Corporate Services Group with The Andersons.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 20, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Macy’s, Inc. Invuity, Inc. Anaplan
LogicSource  Valley National Bank

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Macy’s, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: M) announced the appointment of Danielle Kirgan as chief human resources officer. Kirgan was most recently senior vice president, People, at American Airlines and prior to that, chief human resources officer at Darden Restaurants. Kirgan has also held leadership roles in human resources for ConAgra Foods, W.W. Grainger and TeleTech Holdings.

Invuity, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NASDAQ: IVTY) announced the appointment of Marcia Fish as Chief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Fish was most recently the Chief Human Resources Officer for Marlin Equity Partners, a private equity firm. Prior to that, Ms. Fish spent 21 years at General Electric (GE) in roles of increasing responsibility, including serving as Human Resources lead for several US and ex-US businesses.

Marilyn Miller

Anaplan [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Marilyn Miller has joined the company as its first Chief People Officer (CPO). Before joining Anaplan, Miller served at CPO at Alfresco Software, where she led the global HR team. Prior to that, Miller held leadership positions at Quotient Technology, URS/AECOM, BMC Software, and Cisco Systems Inc.

LogicSource [NORWALK, Conn.] announced that Jelena Brown has been appointed Chief Talent Officer.  Brown joins LogicSource® from Deloitte, LLP, where she held various leadership positions over the course of her 11 year tenure with the firm. Most recently, she was responsible for building talent development in one of Deloitte’s most complex business functions. Brown began her career at the organization as a consultant.

Yvonne M. Surowiec

Valley National Bank [WAYNE, N.J.], the wholly-owned subsidiary of Valley National Bancorp (NYSE: VLY) announced the appointment of Yvonne M. Surowiec to Executive Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).  Prior to joining the bank, she held the position of CHRO for CDK Global.

 

 

CHRO Moves – week ending October 6, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

AMRI The Wendy’s Company Mattel, Inc.
GTB CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.

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AMRI [ALBANY, N.Y.] announced that Joseph D. Sangregorio has joined the company as senior vice president, chief human resources officer (CHRO). Mr. Sangregorio comes to AMRI from Rank Group Ltd., where he has served as vice president and CHRO since 2011. Before Rank Group, he was vice president, chief human resources officer, Viad Corporation.

The Wendy’s Company [DUBLIN, Ohio] (NASDAQ: WEN) announced that Chief People Officer Scott Weisberg intends to leave the Company once he completes an effective transition process over the next several months. Weisberg is expected to transition his responsibilities in the first quarter of 2018 to Coley O’Brien, currently Vice President of Human Resources. Subject to final Board approval, O’Brien is expected to succeed Weisberg in the Chief People Officer role. O’Brien joined the Company in 2007 as National Director of Operations Training, and has been successively promoted through Operations and Human Resources leadership roles over the past 10 years.

Mattel, Inc. [EL SEGUNDO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: MAT) announced that it has appointed Amy Thompson as Chief People Officer (CPO). Thompson joins Mattel from TOMS Shoes where she served as the head of HR for five years. Prior to TOMS, Thompson worked in several global HR leadership roles at Starbucks Coffee Company.

Scott Kavanagh

GTB [DEARBORN, Mich.] announced the appointment of Scott Kavanagh to Global Chief of Staff and Global Chief Talent Officer. Mr. Kavanagh previously held the position of President, Canada. Kavanagh began his career supporting the Ford dealer business in the Northeast and eventually led retail operations. In addition, he also served as Managing Director of Hudson Rouge, the advertising agency for Lincoln Motor Company, from 2012-2015, helping to bring to life the successful Matthew McConaughey partnership during his tenure.  He has worked with GTB and with the WPP network for 17 years.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. [DEERFIELD, Ill.] (NYSE: CF) announced that Susan L. Menzel joined CF as senior vice president, human resources. Menzel was most recently executive vice president, human resources for CNO Financial Group. Prior to CNO, she served as senior vice president, human resources for APAC Customer Services, Inc., and in roles of increasing responsibility for Sears, Roebuck & Company and Montgomery Ward, Inc.

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. [DALLAS] (NASDAQ: FRGI), parent company of the Pollo Tropical® and Taco Cabana® fast casual restaurant brands, announced that Anthony “Tony” Dinkins has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Most recently, Dinkins served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W). Prior to joining C&W, he held a number of senior human resources positions for well-known companies such as Carnival Corporation, Citrix Systems and Avoya and Lucent Technologies.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 15, 2017

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Ryan Fiserv, Inc. STERIS Corporation
Entegris, Inc. Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. 2U, Inc.
CAM Integrated Solutions, LLC

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Ryan [DALLAS] announced that Tony Bridwell has joined the executive management team as Chief People Officer. Mr. Bridwell most recently was a senior partner for the global consulting firm, Partners in Leadership. He was also Chief People Officer of Brinker International.

Fiserv, Inc. [BROOKFIELD, Wis.] (NASDAQ: FISV) announced that Mark Paulek has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Paulek succeeds Kevin Pennington, who will focus on other strategic company initiatives after five years as Chief Human Resources Officer. Paulek joins Fiserv after having served as interim Chief Human Resources Officer at The Chamberlain Group, Inc. Prior to that, he held several senior human resource leadership positions at Honeywell International, Inc., which he joined in 2002. In his last role at Honeywell, Paulek served as Vice President, Human Resources and Communications for its Automation and Control Solutions business. With 25 years of human resources experience, Paulek’s background also includes roles at Andersen Consulting, CNH Industrial and General Electric.

STERIS Corporation [MENTOR, Ohio] (NYSE: STE) announced the appointment of Michiel de Zwaan as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective September 5. With 20+ years in the HR field, Michiel brings experiences from his previous roles at Roche, Maersk, Mattel, Levi Strauss and Hilton. He was most recently the SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer at Hill-Rom in Chicago.

Entegris, Inc. [BILLERICA, Mass.] (NASDAQ: ENTG) announced that Susan Rice has been appointed Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Ms. Rice replaces Joseph Murphy. Ms. Rice previously served as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for Thermo Fisher Scientific. She joined Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2006 and previously held human resources leadership roles in the Life Sciences, Financial Services, and HR Outsourcing sectors.

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. [NEWTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: KPTI) announced the appointment of Joan Wood has assumed the role of Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Karyopharm, she served as Vice President, Head of Human Resources and was a senior executive team member and company officer of Sarepta Therapeutics. Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice President, Global Leadership and Organizational Development for Genzyme Corporation.

Rani Hammond

2U, Inc. [LANHAM, Md.] (NASDAQ: TWOU) announced that Rani Hammond will join the company as its first Chief People Officer effective October 9, 2017. Hammond joins 2U from David’s Bridal, Inc., where she served as the Chief Human Resources Officer. Hammond’s career includes more than 20 years of human resources management and executive experience. Most recently, she spent six years working for Hilton Worldwide as both a human resources vice president and vice president global brands performance and planning. Prior to this, she served as the Regional Vice President of Human Resources for Wolters Kluwer’s CCH division located in Asia Pacific. Earlier in her career, Hammond held numerous human resources positions in the automotive, government, service and consulting industries.

CAM Integrated Solutions, LLC (CAM) [HOUSTON] announced the appointment of Lauren Scotton as the company’s Human Resources Lead. Prior to joining the CAM team, Scotton worked as the US Human Resources Advisor for Linc Energy. After four years with Linc Energy, she moved to KP Engineering and served as the Senior Coordinator of Human Resources and Marketing.

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