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Intra-Cellular Therapies, a biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Michael Halstead as general counsel. In this role, Halstead will manage the company’s legal affairs, and will report directly to CEO Sharon Mates. Halstead most recently served as senior vice president of corporate development at drug company Warner Chilcott, where he directed the corporate development, legal, and human […]

Defense contractor Raytheon has elected Tracy Atkinson to its board of directors. Atkinson is executive vice president of finance of State Street.  In that role, she is responsible for State Street’s treasury, investor relations, business unit finance, and structured products groups.

LOYAL3, a social technology platform for investors, has appointed Dana Schmidt as chief compliance officer.  In this capacity, Schmidt will manage all regulatory compliance effecting the broker-dealer industry. Prior to LOYAL3, Schmidt served for seven years as chief compliance officer and chief administrative officer of Microplace, an eBay online broker-dealer, and as a trustee for […]

Frontier Airlines has appointed Howard Diamond to the role of general counsel and secretary. Diamond brings to Frontier Airlines 20 years of professional experience and legal expertise. Most recently, he served as general counsel and secretary for security and technology company Thales USA. Before joining Thales, Diamond served as chief counsel at BAE Systems Land […]

Books-A-Million has promoted Catherine Hogewood to the position of general counsel. Hogewood has been a member of the book retailer’s legal staff since 2007, most recently serving as associate counsel. She joined the company following a successful tenure as associate counsel for the law firm Lloyd, Gray, Whitehead and Monroe. In her new role, Hogewood […]

AK Steel has elected Sheri Edison to its board of directors, effective Aug. 1, 2014.  Edison currently is general counsel and secretary of Bemis Company.  In this capacity, she is responsible for all global legal operations of Bemis Company, as well as information technology, enterprise risk management, and global compliance. Edison came to Bemis Company […]

LinkedIn has named Michael Callahan as general counsel and secretary, effective on July 28, 2014. He will report to CEO Jeff Weiner and be a member of LinkedIn’s executive staff. Callahan will replace Erika Rottenberg, who announced earlier this year that she would be leaving the company. Rottenberg has served as LinkedIn’s general counsel since […]

Embattled retailer American Apparel reshuffled its board of directors last week, with the appointment of four new members, following the termination of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dov Charney, who currently faces several allegations of sexual misconduct. Among the new board members includes the company’s first ever female director. Five of American Apparel’s seven current […]