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WellCare Health Plans has appointed Lisa Iglesias as general counsel, secretary, and senior vice president. Iglesias joined WellCare in February 2010 as assistant general counsel and vice president, and she has served as acting general counsel since September 2011. Iglesias has more than 20 years of experience in compliance, corporate governance, securities, and commercial transactions. […]

Cereplast, a bioplastics manufacturer, has appointed Paul Pelosi to the board of directors, effective Feb. 27. Pelosi most recently served as a director at WR Hambrecht. Previous to that he was senior vice president of business development at InfoUSA. He currently serves as an adviser to governmental and private companies, including NASA Ames Research Center […]

Owens Corning, a building materials and services company, announced that Mark Mayer, vice president and chief accounting officer, will be retiring March 31. He will resign as chief accounting officer effective Feb. 29. Assuming the role of chief accounting officer will be Kelly Schmidt, vice president and controller. Schmidt has served in her current position […]

Masonite International, a manufacturer of residential and commercial doors, has announced that senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary Matthew Clark will be retiring in early 2012. Clark has been in this role for five years. He has agreed to stay on as vice president and general counsel until his successor is appointed. The […]

Ecolab, a water, hygiene and energy technologies company, has appointed Michael Larson to its board of directors. Larson is chief investment officer to Bill Gates and business manager to Cascade Investment. He has been responsible for Gates’ non-Microsoft investments as well as the assets of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust since 1995. Previously, […]

Coupons.com, a digital coupon service, has appointed Dawn Lepore to its board of directors. Lepore is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Drugstore.com, prior to its sale to Walgreens in 2011. Prior to this position, she held leadership positions at Charles Schwab. During her 21 year tenure, she served as chief information officer, […]

Alpha Natural Resources, a coal supplier, has named Deborah Fretz to its board of directors. Fretz was the president and chief executive officer of Sunoco Logistics Partners from 2002 until her retirement in 2010. She also serves as a board member of GATX, a Chicago based transportation services firm, and Niska Gas Storage Partners, an […]

Gateway Mortgage Group has named Molly Reed Davis as chief credit and compliance officer. Davis will be responsible for overseeing all compliance policies and procedures as well as managing credit relationships for the company. She has more than 25 years of senior level management experience in the mortgage industry. Prior to joining Gateway, she was […]

Lincoln Electric Holdings, a welding manufacturer, has appointed Curtis Espeland to its board of directors. Espeland has been senior vice president and chief financial officer at Eastman Chemical Company, a chemical, fiber and plastics manufacturer, since 2008. He joined the company in 1996 and has held a number of positions in the corporate and finance […]

Microsoft has appointed John Thompson to its board of directors. His appointment brings the board’s size to 10 members. Thompson currently serves as chief executive officer of Virtual Instruments and is former chairman and CEO of Symantec. Previously, he held positions at IBM, including sales, marketing, software development and general manager of IBM Americas. He […]