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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.

CHRO Moves – week ending September 21, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Vixxo Compass Minerals
Cognosante Smarsh

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Cabot Microelectronics Corporation [Aurora, IL] (NASDAQ: CCMP) announced the appointment of Eleanor Thorp, Vice President, Human Resources, effective September 17, 2018.  Ms. Thorp rejoins Cabot Microelectronics Corporation after serving as the Head of Human Resources and Recruiting at Sephora Digital SEA, from 2015 through 2018, based in Singapore.  Prior to that, Ms. Thorp was Cabot Microelectronics’ Human Resources Director of Asia Pacific from 2013 through 2015.  Before joining Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, she was Head of Human Resources and Recruiting at Frontier Strategy Group, and also spent time in executive search, working across a wide range of industries, based first in London and then in New York.

René Bonin

Vixxo [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] has named René Bonin as senior vice president, chief human resources officer. René joins the company from Iron Mountain, where she held various roles driving HR strategy. She began her career at international law firm WilmerHale, where she spent more than five years honing her deep expertise across all major HR disciplines.

Compass Minerals [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] (NYSE: CMP) has named Angela Jones senior vice president, people and culture. Jones joined Compass Minerals as vice president, human resources, in January 2018, bringing to the company more than 13 years of human resources experience and more than 16 years in operations. Prior to joining Compass Minerals, Jones served as vice president human resources at both Rembrandt Enterprises and ConAgra Brands, Inc. In addition to her human resources experience, Angela also has significant operations experience, having held roles such as director of operations and plant general manager for The Clorox Company as well as progressively responsible supply chain and operations roles with Proctor & Gamble.

Jennifer Bailey

Cognosante [FALLS CHURCH, VA.] announced the appointment of Jennifer Bailey as Chief People Officer. Bailey joins Cognosante from Perspecta, where she served as Vice President of Human Resources for the past four years. Prior to Perspecta, Bailey spent 13 years at Vangent Inc. which was later acquired by General Dynamics Information Technology, where she was Vice President of HR for the Health and Civilian Solutions Division.

Smarsh [PORTLAND, Ore.] announced the hiring of Suzanne Rudnitzki as the company’s Chief People Officer (CPO). Rudnitzki comes to Smarsh from Telecare Corporation, where she served as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Suzanne previously served as a consultant for Xerox Corp., facilitated the international intrapreneurial leadership training for Procter & Gamble, and developed training curriculum and provided consulting for Nissan, General Motors, Herman Miller and Magna Corporation.

CHRO Moves – week ending October 27, 2017

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CHRO Moves this week include:

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

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

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

Debra Phillips

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

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

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

Melissa Dabrowski

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

Steven Taylor

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

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

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

Patricia Lang

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

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

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

Rodney Eason

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

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