CW Staff

New Perspective Senior Living, which operates and develops senior living communities throughout the Midwest, has appointed Lore Brownson as chief compliance officer. In this role, she will be responsible for ongoing development and oversight of the company’s corporate compliance program. Details inside.

Bank of America said this week in a securities filing that its chief accounting officer will be stepping down. The bank also said that two of its board members would not stand for re-election at its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders. Details inside.

United States Steel has promoted Colleen Darragh to the position of vice president and controller, effective immediately.  Darragh has served as acting controller since July. Details inside.

Global Atlantic Financial Group, a financial services company, has appointed Peter Cai as chief risk officer. He will report directly to Chief Financial Officer Kim Lee. Details inside.

American Water, a publicly traded water and waste-water utility company, has named Michael Sgro general counsel and secretary, effective as of Feb. 18. Sgro, who has been with American Water for the past 22 years, most recently served as general counsel of its Northeast Division, and has also been serving as American Water’s interim general counsel since early January. Details inside.

Investment firm Barington Capital Group this week announced its intention to nominate two independent directors to the Eastern Company’s board of directors at its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. “Barington has been deeply disappointed by the performance of the company, which has significantly underperformed its peers and the market as a whole over the past two, three, five, and ten-year periods,” Barington said. Details inside.

General Motors has appointed Craig Glidden as general counsel, effective March 1. Glidden will lead a team of staff attorneys who are integrated into all of GM’s regional and functional teams in more than 30 countries. Details inside.

Accretive Health has named Corey Perman as chief compliance officer. Perman brings to his new position almost 20 years of legal, healthcare, and compliance experience working with integrated delivery networks, a national law firm, and several government agencies. More inside.

Sandra Krieger, chief risk officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, this week announced her intention to retire from the Bank in the second quarter of 2015. Krieger also is a member of the Bank’s management committee. Details inside.