People

Chief People Officer
Market Strategies Intl.

Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
TIAA-CREF

Corporate Vice President of Human Resources
Cubic Corp.

Senior Vice President of Human Resources and HR/Talent Business Partner
Arnold Worldwide, ArnoldNYC

Senior Vice President of Human Resources
The Mosaic Co.

Vice President of Global Talent Management and Development
Carlson

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Campbell Soup Co.

Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Express Inc.

Senior Vice President of Human Resources
CIBER Inc.

Managing Director of Human Resources
Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp.

Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. of Appleton, Wis., announced it has promoted Margaret Soda to managing director of human resources, reporting directly to Vice President of Human Resources and Labor Relations Joel Kuplack.

After joining Air Wisconsin in 2007 as Employee Relations Manager, she was promoted to director of human resources in 2008.

Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Talent Officer
Williams Lea

New York-based business-process outsourcing provider Williams Lea appointed John Hovnanian as its senior vice president of human resources and chief talent officer.

He previously served as vice president of human resources and regional compliance officer for the Americas region of Deutsche Post DHL Global Forwarding.

Senior Vice President and Head of Talent
Lincoln Financial Group

Jen Warne is the new senior vice president and head of talent at Radnor, Pa.-based Lincoln Financial Group.

Chief Talent Officer
Edelman

Edelman, a New York-based public relations firm, named Claudia Patton its chief talent officer. She reports to Richard Edelman, the company's president and CEO and sits on the 14-member executive committee.

Prior to this appointment, she served the company's executive vice president/general manager.

Patton first joined Edelman in 2002 when Edelman acquired The Headline Group, which Patton founded in 1982 and turned into the Southeast's top-ranking independent PR firm.

Patton earned a bachelor's degree in English from Ohio University.

Senior Vice President of Human Resources
NVIDIA

NVIDIA, a computer-graphics organization based in Santa Clara, Calif., appointed Michael LaBianca to serve as senior vice president of human resources.

Prior to this appointment, LaBianca spent the previous 11 years in a variety of HR roles at Cisco Systems, including the past four years as vice president of HR for emerging markets, and the preceding five years as vice president responsible for HR activities in the areas of compensation and benefits, acquisition integration, compliance and employee relations.

General Counsel and Vice President of Human Resources
ChemImage Corp

ChemImage Corp., a Pittsburgh-based provider of hyperspectral imaging technology, has named Jessica Beckett-McWalter as its general counsel and vice president of human resources.

Prior to joining the company, Beckett-McWalter was an associate in the law firm Pepper Hamilton's Commercial Litigation practice group, representing clients in matters relating to the misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of multi-million dollar contracts, and constitutional civil rights issues, among others.

Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Bank of the West

San Francisco-based Bank of the West appointed Sonia Clark as its senior vice president of human resources.

Clark previously served as leader of talent strategy for Juniper Networks and, prior to that, as vice president of human resources for Align Technology.

Vice President of Human Resources
Equity One Inc.

Equity One Inc., a North Miami Beach, Fla.-based owner, developer, and operator of shopping centers, has hired Tanya Saffadi as its vice president of human resources.

Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Omnicare Inc.

Covington, Ky.-based Omnicare Inc. appointed Priscilla Stewart-Jones as its executive vice president of human resources.