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Natural resource company Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) has appointed three new members to its board of directors. The newest members include James Flores, vice chairman of the FCX board and CEO and president of FCX LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of FCX. Flores is also a member of the newly formed Office of the […]

Agricultural manufacturing giant Deere & Company (more commonly known by the name “John Deere”) has appointed Gregory Page to its board of directors, effective June 1. Page has served as chairman and CEO of Cargill, a food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services company, since 2007. Earlier, he served in a number of leadership […]

The law firm of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs has added Steven Goldman as a partner in the firm’s Atlanta office. Goldman joins Parker Hudson after 20 years as senior-level in-house counsel for three of the nation’s largest hotel companies. Goldman is a commercial lawyer with extensive experience in lodging, franchise, distribution, licensing, and bankruptcy […]

Property and casualty insurance holding company United Insurance Holdings Corp. has appointed Sherrill Hudson to its board of directors. He also will serve on the audit committee. Hudson presently serves as chairman of the board for energy-related holding company TECO Energy. He served as CEO at TECO from 2004 until 2010. Prior to TECO, Hudson […]

Amid a scandal that gripped the Internal Revenue Service this month, acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel has established the newly created role of chief risk officer within the agency. Assuming the new role of CRO is David Fisher, former chief administrative officer and chief financial officer at the Government Accountability Office. In an internal memo […]

Healthcare company Allscripts has appointed Brian Farley as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective May 28. Farley joins Allscripts with more than 20 years of legal experience, most recently serving as general counsel for Motorola Mobility’s Home Business. In this role, he managed all legal and operations matters including issues related to […]

Specialty glass and ceramics company Corning has appointed Lewis Steverson as senior vice president and general counsel, effective in June. He will report to Chairman, President and CEO Wendell Weeks.   Steverson will assume the role of  general counsel from Vincent Hatton, who will retire in August. Hatton joined Corning in 1981 as assistant corporate […]

Real estate investment trust Post Properties has appointed Toni Jennings to its board of directors, as well as to its audit and executive compensation and management development committees. Jennings currently serves as chairman of the board of construction business Jack Jennings & Sons. She served as lieutenant governor of the state of Florida from 2003 […]