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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.

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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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.

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