$7.6 billion Sutter Health has announced the appointment of Florence DiBenedetto as senior vice president and general counsel. She will assume her new role Jan. 5, 2009, succeeding long-time General Counsel Gary Loveridge, who is retiring. DiBenedetto comes to Sutter Health after spending two decades with the Sacramento-based law firm Hunter Richey DiBenedetto & Eisenbeis, […]
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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.
RIMS Elects New President for 2009 Term
The Risk and Insurance Management Society announced that Joseph Restoule will take the helm as president for the 2009 term, effective Jan. 1. Restoule is leader of risk management at NOVA Chemicals Corporation. Restoule has served on RIMS board of directors since 2001 in various capacities, including vice president and secretary. He is also president […]
Applebee CEO Joins Jack in the Box Board of Directors
$2.5 billion Jack in the Box has elected David Goebel to its board of directors, effective immediately. Goebel has 35 years of experience in the retail, food service, and hospitality industries, including most recently serving as president and CEO of Applebee’s International. Goebel joined Applebee’s in 2001 as senior vice president of franchise operations. He […]
JetBlue Airways Elects New Board Member
$2.8 billion JetBlue Airways Corp. has elected Peter Boneparth to its board of directors, effective immediately. He has not been appointed to any committee at this time. Peter Boneparth comes to JetBlue after having served as president and CEO of the Jones Apparel Group, a designer and marketer of apparel brands. Prior to that, he […]
Protiviti Appoints Leader of Model Risk Practice
Protiviti, a global business consulting and internal audit firm, has announced the appointment of Dr. Yakov Lantsman as a managing director and leader of the firm’s model risk practice within Protiviti’s Financial Risk Strategy and Management Solutions group. Lantsman, who brings more than 20 years of experience to Protiviti, most recently served as a senior […]
Sequa Corporation General Counsel Retires
$2 billion Sequa Corporation, a diversified industrial company that operates in the aerospace, metal coatings, and automotive industries, has promoted Steven Lowson to the role of general counsel and corporate secretary, effective immediately. He replaces John Dowling, III, senior vice president, legal and corporate secretary, who will retire on Dec. 31. Lowson joined Sequa in […]
Frontier Oil Names New Chief Accounting Officer
$5.1 billion Frontier Oil has named Nancy Zupan as chief accounting officer, effective Jan. 1. Zupan, who has been with Frontier since 1977, most recently served as vice president and controller. In other news, the company also announced the appointment of Douglas Aron as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Aron has served as […]
Bank of America Taps New General Counsel
$124.3 billion Bank of America Corporation has appointed Brian Moynihan, formerly president of Global Corporate and Investment Banking, as general counsel, effective immediately. Moynihan succeeds Timothy Mayopoulos, who has left the company. Moynihan will continue to serve as CEO of Banc of America Securities during the transition period in connection with the acquisition of Merrill […]
Kodak Makes Executive Changes
$10.3 billion Eastman Kodak has appointed Susan Wylie as assistant secretary, effective immediately. She will report to Laurence Hickey, corporate secretary and chief governance officer. Wylie joined Kodak in 1999 as a lawyer in the consumer and professional imaging business. She most recently served as chief counsel for Kodak’s graphic communications group. She succeeds Patrick […]
Goodyear Announces Several Leadership Changes
$19.6 billion Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Thomas Connell, formerly vice president and chief information officer, as vice president and controller. He will retain his current leadership role for information technology. Connell assumes the role from Richard Noechel, who has been appointed vice president of finance for the company’s North American Tire business. […]
