Newspaper publisher A.H. Belo Corporation has named Mike Lavey vice president and controller. Lavey was promoted to the position after serving as controller for the company’s flagship paper, The Dallas Morning News, according to the newspaper. Lavey has more than 30 years of accounting and finance experience. He previously served as vice president of finance […]
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.
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MDU Resources Reshuffles Executive Team
MDU Resources Group has named Nicole Kivisto vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer. The company also announced the appointments of Douglass Mahowald as treasurer and assistant secretary, and Doran Schwartz as vice president and chief financial officer. All positions are effective Feb. 17. Kivisto has been MDU Resources’ controller since 2005. She joined the […]
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American Water Names General Counsel
$2.3 billion American Water Works Company, the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility company, has named Kellye Walker senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Walker replaces George Patrick, who is retiring after serving the company since 1999. Walker most recently served as senior vice president and general counsel at premium spirits company, Diageo […]
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Office Depot Names New Board Member
$14.5 billion Office Depot has appointed Thomas Colligan to its board of directors. He will also serve on the audit committee. Since September 2007, Colligan has been vice dean of the Wharton School’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education. Previously, he spent more than 40 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served in several capacities, including partner, […]
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Cooper Tire Names VP of New ERP Position
$2.8 billion Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Ron Ranallo to the newly created position of vice president of enterprise resource planning implementation. In this new role, Ranallo will supervise numerous business process owners who are tasked with designing and configuring the enterprise resource planning business processes and enabling software. Cooper said its new […]
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Carlo di Florio Named Director of SEC OCIE
The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Carlo di Florio director of the agency’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. As head of OCIE, di Florio will oversee the SEC’s nationwide examination programs for investment advisers, broker-dealers, mutual funds, credit rating agencies, and self-regulatory organizations among other entities. “A strong inspections and examinations unit is […]
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OptionEase CEO Appointed to NCEO Board
OptionEase, an on-demand software-as-a-service applications provider for equity administration and compliance, announced that the National Center for Employee Ownership has appointed Kimberly Kovacs, co-founder and CEO of OptionEase, as a member of the NCEO’s board of directors. Founded in 1981, the NCEO is a clearinghouse of research information on broad-based employee ownership, including employee stock […]
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Nine Cases to Shape the 2010 Legal Landscape
2009 was a notable year for securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, as the first consequences of the financial crisis had their days in court. Expect more to come in 2010. The year started with a stern ruling from the Delaware Chancery Court that, no, shareholders at Citigroup could not sue the company’s leaders solely because […]
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Stephen Chipman Named CEO of Grant Thornton
Stephen Chipman has been named CEO of Grant Thornton, effective as of Jan. 1. He succeeds Edward Nusbaum, who will assume the responsibilities as CEO of Grant Thornton International. Chipman, who was elected to the position in June 2009, most recently served as CEO of Greater China Management Corporation, responsible for leading the development and […]
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Pillsbury Winthrop Strengthens Its Healthcare Practice
The law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman have announced that leading healthcare attorneys Gerry Hinkley and Allen Briskin, both formerly of law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, have joined the San Francisco office of Pillsbury’s healthcare practice. Hinkley will serve as co-chair of the firm’s health industry practice along with Pillsbury partner David Main, a […]