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Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation has appointed Kevin Miller as chief accounting officer, effective May 7. Miller previously served for seven years as assistant controller and assistant vice president of Forest City Ratner Companies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises. Prior to joining Forest City, Miller was an audit manager at PKF O’Connor Davies, […]

Diebold, a provider of self-service delivery and security systems and services, has appointed Christopher Macey as corporate controller and vice president. He assumes this position from Leslie Pierce, who has retired after a 22-year career with the company. Macey, who joined Diebold in October 2009, previously held the position of vice president of corporate accounting […]

Apparel company Levi Strauss has appointed Troy Alstead to its board of directors, effective April 19. Alstead has been chief financial officer and chief administrative officer of Starbucks since November 2008. Since joining Starbucks in 1992, Alstead has held several positions with the company, both domestic and international. Previous roles include senior vice president of […]

FirstEnergy has appointed Marlene Barwood as assistant controller of FirstEnergy Utilities. She assumes this position from Jon Taylor, who has been promoted to assistant controller of FirstEnergy Solutions. Barwood most recently served as director of planning and analysis of FirstEnergy Utilities, following the merger of FirstEnergy and Allegheny Energy in 2011. In her new position […]

FIS, a provider of banking and payment technology, has appointed Greg Montana as chief risk officer. He will lead the strategic development and execution of FIS’ enterprise-wide risk program. Prior to joining FIS, Montana served as senior vice president and senior operational risk executive for Bank of America. Previously, he held the positions of senior […]

Associated Banc-Corp, a financial services holding company, has appointed Randall Erickson as general counsel, corporate secretary and executive vice president for Associated Banc-Corp, Associated Bank, National Association, and Associated Trust Company, National Association. Erickson will be responsible for the overall direction, leadership and results of the corporation’s legal and government relations functions and legal regulatory […]

The SEC Investor Advisory Committee, created under the Dodd-Frank Act, has appointed Anne Sheehan as a member.  Sheehan currently serves as director of corporate governance at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, (CalSTRS). She joined the pension fund in 2008, with nearly three decades of senior management and leadership experience addressing complex legislative, regulatory and public […]

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), a public pension fund, has appointed Kathleen Webb to the newly created position of chief risk, compliance and ethics officer. Webb will be responsible for the financial, compliance, legal, security, operational, reputational, political, and strategic risks at CalPERS. She will also oversee the office of enterprise risk management, […]

Fossil, a global design, marketing and distribution company, has appointed Thomas Nealon to its board of directors, effective April 16. Nealon, who joined J.C. Penney in 2006 as chief information officer, held that position until his promotion to group executive vice president in 2010, prior to departing the company in December 2011. He also has […]

Asbury Automotive Group, an automotive retail and service company, has appointed George Villasana as general counsel and vice president, effective April 16. Villasana joins Asbury from Swisher Hygiene, where he served as general counsel and senior vice president. In the past, he’s also served as general counsel and executive vice president at Pet DRx Corporation, […]