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CHRO Moves – week ending October 18, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Standard Insurance Company Zymeworks Inc. Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.
Angion Biomedica Corp. Amerant American Electric Power
Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC 4Front Ventures Corp.

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Susan Bruechner

Standard Insurance Company [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced that Susan Bruechner joined the company as vice president and chief human resources officer. Bruechner comes to The Standard from PeaceHealth where her most recent role was senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to her time at PeaceHealth, Bruechner held various human resources leadership roles at Goldman Sachs’ commercial real estate division.

Zymeworks Inc. [VANCOUVER, British Columbia] (NYSE: ZYME) announced the appointment of Kathryn O’Driscoll to the executive team as Chief People Officer (CPO). O’Driscoll has held various senior people-centric roles at Microsoft, including within the Server and Tools Business. Most recently, she served as Vice President of People at Snowflake. Formerly she was the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at PATH.

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. [BEDFORD, Mass.] (NASDAQ: STOK) announced the appointment of Joan Wood as Head of Human Resources. Most recently, Wood served as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Prior to joining Karyopharm, Ms. Wood served as Vice President, Head of Human Resources for Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. Earlier, Ms. Wood was Senior Vice President of Global Leadership Development at Genzyme Corporation.

Angion Biomedica Corp. [UNIONDALE, N.Y.] announced the appointment of Daniel Iazzetti as vice president of human resources. Iazzetti formerly served as the head of human resources for Five Prime Therapeutics. Prior to this, he held human resource leadership positions at Actelion Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Johnson and Johnson) and ZS Pharma (acquired by AstraZeneca). Iazzetti was also a member of the Talent Acquisition team at Gilead Sciences earlier in his career.

Manolo Cuervo

Amerant [MIAMI] announced that Manolo Cuervo has been named Executive Vice President Human Resources. Prior to joining Amerant, Cuervo most recently served as Managing Director of Regional Rewards and Recognition for Citi across the U.S. and 20 international markets. Previously, Cuervo also served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Mexico at Citibanamex. Cuervo has also held various positions at Citi (Citibanamex) in the compensation and benefits areas.

American Electric Power [COLUMBUS, Ohio] (NYSE: AEP) named Julius Cox senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Cox will succeed Tracy A. Elich, vice president, Human Resources, who is retiring Dec. 31 after more than 43 years with the company. Cox was most recently executive vice president and chief transformation officer for Dynegy. Previously, Cox was Dynegy’s chief administrative officer. Cox joined Dynegy in 2001 as a human resources director and held progressive leadership roles in human resources. Before joining Dynegy, Cox was a consultant at Arthur Andersen and worked in human resources roles at Shell Oil and Neiman Marcus.

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC [CHARLESTON, S.C.] and its affiliates announced that Pia Cornejo has joined the firm as Senior Managing Director, Global People & Culture. Cornejo joins Greystar from InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), where she spent the last 11 years. Prior to her role at IHG, she had a diverse career working in human resources, marketing and product development roles for organizations such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.

4Front Ventures Corp. [VANCOUVER and PHOENIX, AZ] (CSE: FFNT, OTCQX: FFNTF) hired Alicia Mandel as their first Chief Human Performance Officer. Mandel has held positions at American Express, Apollo Education Group/University of Phoenix, the U.S. Olympic Committee, and Citi, among others. As a consultant, she’s also worked with companies such as Oracle, Adobe, Nike, and Microsoft.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 4, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

DXC Technology Nextiva LabCorp
SentinelOne Myers Industries, Inc. Northwest Federal Credit Union
Rafael Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Mary E. Finch

DXC Technology [TYSONS, Va.] (NYSE: DXC) announced the appointment of Mary E. Finch as executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO). Finch joins DXC from AECOM, where she served as CHRO since 2015. Prior to AECOM, Finch served as senior managing director and chief operations officer for Global Human Resources at Accenture.

Nextiva [Scottsdale, Arizona] announced that Mark Green has joined the company’s executive leadership team as Chief People Officer. Green most recently worked as Eastman Kodak’s chief human resources officer. Previously, Green led human resources functions in the telecom sector at UTStarcom and Nortel, as well as in the semiconductor and software space with Applied Materials and Verisign.

Judi Seltz

LabCorp [BURLINGTON, N.C.] (NYSE: LH) announced that Judi Seltz has been appointed its chief human resources officer effective Oct. 15. Seltz replaces Lisa Uthgenannt following her planned retirement. Seltz comes to LabCorp from Diversey Inc., where she was chief human resources officer. Prior to Diversey, Seltz was senior vice president of human resources for the Global Human Health division of Merck. Seltz started at Merck in 2003 and held numerous roles serving emerging markets, corporate, research, and information technology, and lived and worked in Europe for several years. Prior to Merck, she also worked at Hughes Network Systems and ARINC.

SentinelOne [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Divya Ghatak to Chief People Officer. Ghatak recently held the position of Global Vice President of People at Nevro. Prior to Nevro, Mrs. Ghatak was Chief People Officer at GoodData and held global HR leadership roles in a variety of technology companies including Cisco and Tavant.

Myers Industries, Inc. [AKRON, Ohio] (NYSE: MYE) announced that Tom Harmon has joined the Company as Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Harmon joins Myers from Gryphon Investors where he was Managing Director, Human Resources. Previously, he held HR leadership positions with Dawn Food Products, Armstrong World Industries and Pfizer.

Jean Cain

Northwest Federal Credit Union [HERNDON, Va.] hired Jean Cain as its new Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Cain most recently served as Vice President and Chief HR Officer at Noblis, in Reston, VA. Prior to that, Cain’s 30+ years in human resources included management positions at The MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA and Montgomery County Teachers Federal Credit Union in Rockville, MD.

Rafael Pharmaceuticals Inc. [Newark, NJ] announced the appointment of Wendy McDermott as Chief People Officer. McDermott joins Rafael from Sanofi, where she served as Vice President of Human Resources. She also held the position of Senior Human Resources Manager at Schering-Plough Corporation before it was acquired by Merck.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 30, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) DiscoverOrg and ZoomInfo ANSYS
AML RightSource HireRight Lockton

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Michelle A. O’Hara

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) [RESTON, Va.] (NYSE: SAIC) announced it has appointed Michelle A. O’Hara as the company’s chief human resources officer effective October 1, 2019. O’Hara succeeds Karen Wheeler, who is retiring from SAIC. O’Hara is currently human resources senior vice president.

DiscoverOrg and ZoomInfo [VANCOUVER, Wash.] announced the appointment of Alyssa Lahar as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Lahar joins the company following 19 years at Dell Technologies (formerly EMC Corporation), most recently as Vice President of Human Resources in Dell’s Storage Division. Previously, Lahar served as a Senior Director for Human Resources in the Global Engineering and Sales & Presales divisions at Dell EMC. Lahar is based in Waltham, MA.

Julie Murphy

ANSYS [PITTSBURGH] (NASDAQ: ANSS) has named Julie Murphy as its vice president of human resources. Prior to joining ANSYS, Murphy was the chief human resources officer for Tradesmen International. She previously worked for such companies as Westinghouse, Heinz, Blue Cross Blue Shield and PWC.

Courtney Abraham

AML RightSource [Cleveland] appointed Courtney Abraham to the role of Chief People Officer. Abraham has experience with diverse industries including staffing, consulting, retail, insurance, and technology.

HireRight [IRVINE, Calif.] announced the appointment of Chelsea Pyrzenski as Chief Human Resources Officer. Pyrzenski joins HireRight from VIZIO, where she served as the Head of Human Resources. Prior to VIZIO, Ms. Pyrzenski held HR leadership roles at the National Football League (NFL), AT&T and DIRECTV.

Dondi Dix

Lockton [KANSAS CITY, Mo.] announced that Dondi Dix is its new senior vice president- chief people officer. Dix joins Lockton from Dairy Farmers of America, where she was the vice president of human resources, talent and organization development. Prior to this role, she spent more than five years at Sprint in various talent and business transformation roles before becoming the chief of staff to the chief operating officer. Earlier in her career, Dix spent over a decade with Accenture. She also served in the U.S. Army as a Captain.

CHRO Moves – week ending August 9, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Albertsons Companies Acreage Holdings, Inc. Databricks
LSI Industries Inc. Matrix Medical Network Juvly Aesthetics

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Albertsons Companies [BOISE, Idaho] announced that Mike Theilmann has been named EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, effective August 19, 2019. Theilmann joins Albertsons Cos. from Heidrick & Struggles, where he served as the Global Practice Managing Partner, Human Resources Officers Practice. Andy Scoggin, who has served Albertsons Cos. as Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Public Affairs, Government Relations and Labor Relations since its founding in 2006, has announced his plans to leave the company at the end of the calendar year. Theilmann amassed a wealth of experience in human resources over his nearly 30-year career with Diageo, PepsiCo, Yum and JC Penney.

Acreage Holdings, Inc. [NEW YORK] (CSE: ACRG.U, OTCQX: ACRGF) announced the hiring of Steve Hardardt as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer and Administration (CPO). For five years prior to joining Acreage, Hardardt owned and operated Noble Coaching & Consulting. Prior, he served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Business Administration at tw telecom from 2007 to 2014.  He was Vice President, Human Resources & Communications, at Johns Manville from 2003-2007. Hardardt also spent time at Honeywell, Monsanto, Hasbro, Frito-Lay and Dow Jones.

Databricks [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of Amy Reichanadter as Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Databricks, Reichanadter served as Chief People Officer for Adaptive Insights. Preceding this, Reichanadter was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at E2open for nearly nine years.

LSI Industries Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NASDAQ: LYTS) announced the appointment of Thomas A. Caneris as Senior Vice President – Human Resources and General Counsel. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for PharMerica Corporation from 2007 through 2019. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Caneris was employed by Convergys Corporation as a Senior Attorney.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Caneris served as Commercial Affairs Counsel for AK Steel Corporation.

Matrix Medical Network [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] announced that Jill Patterson has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Patterson most recently served as HR Strategic Advisor and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer for Kalispell Regional Healthcare. Prior to consulting, she served as Vice President, Human Resources – Delivery Operations for Banner Health. She also served as Executive Director, Human Resources at the Cleveland Clinic. Ms. Patterson also has HR leadership experience in the banking industry and was a practicing attorney.

Erin Sutley

Juvly Aesthetics [NEW YORK] announced the addition of Erin Sutley as its Chief People Officer. Most recently, she spent four years as VP of Operations for FlyCleaners. Between 2013 and 2015, Sutley found herself helping online retail start-ups transform their service and operations functions to deliver best-in-class customer experience. In 2008, she was among the first employees at flash-sale sensation Gilt Groupe.

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.

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