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CHRO Moves – week ending April 3, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Qualcomm Incorporated PPT Solutions MAXIMUS
Collective Health Root Inc. TapClicks

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Qualcomm Incorporated [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced the appointment of Heather Ace as executive vice president of human resources. Michelle Sterling, executive vice president of human resources who has worked at Qualcomm for 25 years, is retiring. Ace served most recently as the chief human resources officer at Dexcom. Prior to Dexcom, Ace served as the EVP of global HR at Orexigen Therapeutics, the Business Integration Leader for Royal Philips’ HealthTech acquisition of Volcano Corporation, the EVP of global HR at Volcano Corporation, and held various HR executive roles at Life Technologies. Heather was also a partner at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper).

Kathryn L. Martin

PPT Solutions [TULSA, Okla.] announced the addition of Kathryn L. Martin as Vice President of Human Resources and General Counsel. Most recently, Martin was Director of Human Resources for Limco Airepair. Earlier in her career, she served in key leadership positions that included tenures at Applied-Cleveland Holdings, Miratech Group and Precision Castparts Corporation.

MAXIMUS [RESTON, Va.] (NYSE: MMS) announced that Michelle Link joined MAXIMUS as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Before joining MAXIMUS, Link was the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at ADS, Inc. Link replaces Rebecca Kenawell who was acting Chief of Human Resources over the past seven months.

Collective Health [SAN FRANCISCO] appointed Abbie Buck as its new Chief People Officer. Most recently, Buck was VP of Human Resources at Splunk. Previously, Abbie held senior HR roles at PayPal, eBay, and IBM.

Root Inc. [COLUMBUS, Ohio] the parent company of Root Insurance, announced that Annette Reavis joined the company as its first Chief People Officer. Reavis joined after spending a decade at Facebook, serving as a strategic HR leader for Facebook’s product, marketing, growth/integrity, community operations, and partnerships organizations.

TapClicks [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that Marielle Smith has joined as Vice President of People Success. Before joining TapClicks, Smith was the VP, People and Culture, at Science Exchange, and held other leadership HR roles at companies like GoodHire, Apigee and News Digital Media (Newscorp).

CHRO Moves – week ending February 28, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Levi Strauss & Co. Altair Enfusion
Therapy Brands Battelle BFS Capital

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Tracy Layney

Levi Strauss & Co. [SAN FRANCISCO] (NYSE: LEVI) announced that it has hired Tracy Layney as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective April 20, 2020. Most recently, Layney was Senior Vice President and CHRO at Shutterfly, Inc. Prior to her time at Shutterfly, Layney held numerous senior leadership roles at Gap Inc., including Senior Vice President, HR for Old Navy and VP, Gap Inc. Global HR Strategy, Technology, and Operations. Earlier in her career, Layney worked at LS&Co. as a Senior Organization Readiness Manager.

Gilma Saravia

Altair [TROY, Mich.] (NASDAQ: ALTR) announced that Gilma Saravia has joined the company as chief people officer. Most recently she was vice president, global corporate human resources and talent for Aptiv. Prior to Aptiv, she held executive roles at U. S. Steel and served as a senior manager in Deloitte’s Human Capital consulting group.

Enfusion [CHICAGO] announced the hire of Julie Nagle as Chief Human Resources Officer. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President – Human Resources at Trustwave, Head of Human Resources at Harris Associates and Senior Vice President – Human Resources at Forsythe Technology, Inc.

Julie Gettys

Therapy Brands [BIRMINGHAM, Ala.] announced Julie Gettys as their Vice President of People Operations. Gettys most recently served as the Vice President of Human Resources at iSolved HCM. Prior to that, she held a variety of progressively challenging people-centric positions such as director and manager of human resources.

Battelle [COLUMBUS, Ohio] promoted Aimee Kennedy to Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Previously she was Vice President of Education and Philanthropy. Kennedy came to Battelle in 2013 as VP of Education, Philanthropy and STEM Learning after being the principal of the Metro Early College High School, a school co-founded by Battelle.

Sheri Chin

BFS Capital [CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.] announced the appointment of Sheri Chin as Chief People Officer. Chin is assuming the role after serving as CMO for the past two years. Prior to BFS Capital, Chin served as Vice President of Global Marketing at ACI Worldwide. She has also held senior marketing roles at Official Payments (previously Tier Technologies) and American Express.

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.

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