Ford Motor Company has elected William Helman to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Helman additionally will serve on the Ford board of directors’ finance committee; sustainability committee; and the nominating and governance committee. Helman is a partner with Greylock Partners, where he has served since 1984. In his role at Greylock, Helman focuses […]
Jaclyn Jaeger
Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal, enforcement, technology, and more. Prior to joining CW, she spent four years as a legal reporter for Lawyer’s Weekly. Jaclyn attended undergraduate school at St. Joseph’s College of Maine and graduate school at Emerson College, earning degrees in journalism.
ORIX USA Names Chief Risk Officer
ORIX USA Corporation, a Dallas, Texas-based financial services and investment firm, has hired risk management veteran Allan Toole as the company’s chief risk officer. As CRO, Toole will establish risk management to foster the strategic growth objectives of ORIX USA by identifying and correlating the risk associated with different types of investments across the company’s […]
Amerigroup Names New Chief Compliance Officer
Amerigroup Corporation, a Fortune 500 Company that coordinates services for individuals in publicly funded health care programs, has hired Georgia Dodds Foley as the company’s new chief compliance officer. Dodds Foley comes to Amerigroup with more than two decades of experience focused on senior-level legal, compliance and ethics positions in the health care industry. Most recently, […]
Applied Minerals Names General Counsel
Applied Minerals, a global producer of Halloysite Clay, has appointed William Gleeson as general counsel. With more than 40 years experience practicing securities, corporate, and mergers and acquisitions law, Gleeson began his legal career as a litigator with the SEC, specializing in accounting cases. Prior to joining the Company, he was a partner at K&L […]
Townsquare Media Names Chief Accounting Officer
Townsquare Media has named Linda Lie vice president and chief accounting officer. She’ll be responsible for the company’s internal accounting and financial reporting. Lie comes to Townsquare Media from Red 7 Media, a Norwalk, Conn.-based business media and information company, where she most recently was chief financial officer. Prior to Red 7, she was a […]
Vertex Compliance Officer Assumes Chief Counsel Role
Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced in a Form 8-K that Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Kenneth Boger, will retire from the company on Sept. 23. Effective upon Boger’s retirement, he will be succeeded by Ty Howton, who currently is the company’s chief compliance officer.
Green Mountain Names Chief Accounting Officer
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has appointed Stephen Gibbs to the newly created position of vice president and chief accounting officer. He will report to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Frances Rathke. The company said it established the position to strengthen its accounting function and overall financial control environment. Gibbs will provide strategic leadership for the […]
Brightpoint Names Chief Accounting Officer, Controller
Brightpoint, a global provider of supply chain solutions to the wireless industry, has appointed Robert Colin to the position of senior vice president, chief accounting officer, and controller, effective immediately. He will report directly to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, Vincent Donargo. In this position, Colin will be responsible for all aspects […]
Easton-Bell Sports Names New Board Members
Easton-Bell Sports, a designer, developer, and marketer of innovative sports equipment and accessories under the Easton, Bell, Riddell and Giro brands, has appointed David Perdue, CEO of Aquila Group and former CEO and chairman of Dollar General, and Michael Wilskey, former brand and marketing executive at Nike, to its board of directors. Perdue is currently […]
Northern Oil and Gas Names New Board Members
Northern Oil and Gas, an exploration and production company, has appointed Richard Weber and Delos “Cy” Jamison to Northern Oil’s board of directors, effective as of Aug. 30. Weber and Jamison replace Ryan Gilbertson and Carter Stewart, who have resigned their board member positions in order for Northern Oil to add two new independent directors […]


