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The Department of Justice has named Vanita Gupta as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, effective Oct. 20. She succeeds Molly Moran, who will become Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General. Prior to joining the Justice Department, Gupta served as deputy legal director of the American Civil […]

eBay announced today that Marc Andreessen has decided to resign from the company’s board of directors, in the wake of the board’s decision to spinoff the company’s PayPal unit. Andreessen, founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, has served on eBay’s board for six years. “Following the board’s recent decision to separate eBay and PayPal […]

Diamond Foods has appointed Isobel Jones to the position of general counsel, effective as of Oct. 14, 2014. Prior to joining Diamond, Jones most recently served as general counsel and corporate secretary of Annie’s, where she was recruited as the first general counsel of the newly-public company. In that role, she was responsible for all […]

Caesars Entertainment, a casino-entertainment company, has appointed Keith Causey as chief accounting officer. He replaces Diane Wilfong, who has left the company to pursue another opportunity. As chief accounting officer, Causey will have responsibility over all corporate accounting and internal audit functions. He joins Caesars Entertainment from General Motors, where he served as executive director, […]

Tony West, former Associate Attorney General of the Department of Justice, has joined PepsiCo as executive vice president of government affairs, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Nov. 24, 2014. West succeeds Larry Thompson, who is retiring after almost a decade of service. In his new role, West will be responsible for PepsiCo’s worldwide legal […]

Aegion, an infrastructure protection and maintenance company, has appointed Walter Galvin to its board of directors. He also will serve on the board’s audit committee, and corporate governance and nominating committee. Galvin brings more than 40 years of management and financial experience to Aegion’s board. Currently, he is a consultant to Emerson Electric and served […]

OCC, an equity derivatives clearing organization, has named Laurie Flom as head of enterprise risk management. Flom joins OCC from Associated Banc-Corp, where she served as director of enterprise risk management. In that role, she was responsible for developing and implementing the bank’s enterprise risk management framework. Prior to that, she held similar positions as […]