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CHRO Moves – week ending October 25, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Akamai Technologies Inc. Terex Corporation The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
Telaria Springs Window Fashions Golden Leaf Holdings

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Anthony Williams

Akamai Technologies Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: AKAM) announced that Anthony Williams, current vice president of global talent acquisition and diversity, will succeed James Gemmell as chief human resources officer, effective January 1, 2020. Williams has been with Akamai for almost five years. For the past two years, he has led the human resources function for Akamai’s growing populations outside of the U.S. Williams also serves as Akamai Foundation president.

Amy George

Terex Corporation [WESTPORT, Conn.] (NYSE: TEX) announced that Kevin A. Barr will be stepping down as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer, and leaving the Company effective December 31, 2019.  Amy George will succeed him as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer and will lead the Terex Human Resources function. Ms. George joined Terex in 2007 and has been responsible for Company-wide talent management initiatives and the global diversity and inclusion agenda.  Prior to joining Terex, she held senior HR roles at PepsiCo for nearly 10 years.

Denise M. Lowsley

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. [WORCESTER, Mass.] (NYSE: THG) announced Denise M. Lowsley has been appointed executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Lowsley joins The Hanover from The Navigators Group, where she was senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Before joining Navigators, Lowsley was international vice president, compensation and benefits, at New York Life Insurance Company. She began her career at Liberty Mutual Insurance, rising to the role of global human resources manager.

Tiffany Francis

Telaria [NEW YORK] (NYSE: TLRA) announced the appointment of Tiffany Francis as Chief Human Resources Officer. Francis joins Telaria from 360i where she served as Chief Talent Officer. Prior to 360i, she was the EVP of Talent at Publicis Media.

Tim Oswald

Springs Window Fashions [MIDDLETON, Wis.] announced that Tim Oswald has been named Senior Vice President of Human Resources (SVP of HR). Prior to joining Springs, Oswald was Corporate Vice President of HR and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Regal Beloit Corporation. Before his role as CHRO, he was with Regal for ten years in positions of increasing responsibility. Additionally, Oswald spent nearly a decade with General Motors, where he served as Senior Labor Relations Advisor and a variety of operations positions.

Golden Leaf Holdings [PORTLAND, Ore.] (CSE: GLH, OTCQB: GLDFF) announced the appointment of Jane Sullivan to the newly created role of Chief People Officer.  Prior to joining Golden Leaf, Ms. Sullivan was most recently Senior Director of Global Human Resources for Microsoft, in the Stores division. Prior to Microsoft, Sullivan held roles at Apple, and at Coach and Sunglass Hut.

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 September 27, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

HCA Healthcare Americold Realty Trust Covetrus
Obsidian Therapeutics Children’s Minnesota

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Jennifer Berres

HCA Healthcare [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: HCA) announced the appointment of Jennifer Berres as senior vice president and chief human resource officer effective November 1, 2019. She will be replacing John M. Steele, who will retire early next year. Berres has spent her career within the HCA Healthcare family starting with Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in 1993. Over the years, she held a number of human resource roles, including positions in HCA Healthcare’s Physician Services Group, West Florida Division, and currently as vice president, Human Resources Business Partners and HR Strategy.

Americold Realty Trust [ATLANTA] (NYSE: COLD) announced that Khara Julien has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Julien was previously VP and CHRO for Gypsum Management & Supply (GMS).

Dustin K. Finer

Covetrus [PORTLAND, Maine] (NASDAQ: CVET) announced the appointment of Dustin K. Finer as chief people officer (CPO). Finer joins Covetrus from TiVo, where he served for more than six years—first as executive vice president of Human Resources at TiVo’s predecessor company Rovi and, most recently, as chief administrative and internal operations officer. Prior to his time at TiVo and Rovi, Finer was promoted to chief of operations and executive vice president for MySpace, after first serving as chief people officer for the social networking company.

Obsidian Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Erin Boyer as Vice President, Human Resources. Boyer most recently served as the Global Head of Talent Strategy and Planning at Alnylam. Prior to Alnylam, she led Human Resources at both Dyax Corp and Algeta.

Laurin Cathey

Children’s Minnesota [MINNEAPOLIS] announced that Laurin Cathey assumed the role of vice president of human resources (HR). Cathey brings more than 20 years of experience in the field, most recently serving as executive director of human resources at St. Paul Public Schools.

CHRO Moves – week ending November 16, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Nissan Actian Albemarle Corporation
AHEAD Securian Financial Zapproved LLC
Vets First Choice Landmark Health AVANGRID, Inc.
Wabash National Corporation

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Mark Stout

Nissan [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] appointed Mark Stout, currently Global Vice President, Human Resources Operations, to the role of Corporate Vice President, Global Human Resources. Stout began his career at Nissan in 1989 as an HR representative at the company’s vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. He has held a number of domestic and global HR positions of increasing responsibility.

Actian [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Melissa Ribeiro as Chief People Officer (CPO). Before joining Actian, Ribeiro served as the EVP of Human Resources at Deluxe Entertainment Group and as Global Vice President of HR at Opera Mediaworks. Ribeiro also worked in HR operations for Yahoo! Latin America.

DeeAnne Marlow

Albemarle Corporation [Charlotte, NC] (NYSE: ALB) hired DeeAnne Marlow as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Before joining Albemarle, DeeAnne was the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Greif, Inc., a global leader in industrial packaging products and services.  Prior to Greif, Ms. Marlow held human resources leadership roles at Cummins, Actuant, GE Healthcare, and SC Johnson & Sons.

AHEAD [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Michael Hoehne as its new chief people officer (CPO). Hoehne held senior HR positions at various privately held and public companies, including 10 years at Sears, Roebuck and Co. Prior to joining AHEAD, Hoehne was vice president and chief human resources officer at APAC Customer Services. Most recently, he served as managing director of HR at R.J. O’Brien & Associates.

Kristi Fox

Securian Financial [ST. PAUL, Minn.] named Kristi L. Fox vice president of human resources. Fox has been with Securian Financial since 1995. She joined the company’s human resources department in 2017 to lead talent management and serve as the company’s first chief diversity officer. Prior to working in human resources, Fox held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility within Securian Financial’s business lines—most recently as a vice president with the company’s Group Insurance business.

Zapproved LLC [PORTLAND, ORE.] announced the addition of Susy Dunn as Chief People Officer. Dunn held executive positions at Act-On Software, Jama Software, and Jive Software.

Jim Young

Vets First Choice [PORTLAND, Maine] announced the appointment of Jim Young as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Young was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Aptuit, LLC. He has held senior HR and operating roles at General Electric, WebMD and Viacom.

Landmark Health [HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.] announced that Anna Gill has been named its Chief Human Resources Officer (“CHRO”). Anna joins Landmark from Aetna’s Service Operations where she most recently served as Head of Human Resources. Prior to Aetna, Anna was the Vice President of Human Resources and Head of Employee Development at Coventry Management Services, which was acquired by Aetna in 2013.

Peter Church

AVANGRID, Inc. [ORANGE, Conn.] (NYSE: AGR) announced the appointment of Peter Church as Chief Human Resources Officer. Church comes to AVANGRID from UnitedHealthcare, where he was Chief Talent Officer. Church has more than 20 years of human resources experience at companies including The Hartford, Aetna and United Technologies.

Wabash National Corporation [LAFAYETTE, Ind.] (NYSE: WNC) announced the appointment of Kristin Glazner as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Glazner served as Vice President – Corporate Human Resources. She joined Wabash National in February 2010 as Corporate Counsel and served in that role until October 2017, when she was appointed to the position of Vice President – Human Resources and Legal Administration. Prior to Wabash National, Ms. Glazner was an attorney with the law firm Baker & Daniels LLP (now Faegre Baker Daniels LLP) from 2002 to 2010.

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