Steven Fasman, the top lawyer for global biopharma company Catalent, which has produced more than a billion COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, is shifting to a newly created administrative role as part of an organizational restructuring following the appointment of a new CEO. Fasman is shedding the general counsel and senior VP titles he’s held since […]
Sonya Olds Som has joined Diversified Search Group, that counts with more than a dozen offices across the country, as global managing partner. Diversified Search Group, which builds itself as the largest woman-led and woman-founded executive search firm in the U.S., has hired Sonya Olds Som due to her experience in executive recruiting and more than […]
San Francisco-based fintech EarnUp, has hired Aileen Casanave as general counsel. The company, wich digitizes and simplifies the process of issuing home mortgages and making monthly payments, aims to accelerate its growth creating a financial system that works for everyone. Casanave, who’s hire is part of an expansion of the company executive team, will oversee and […]
The software firm Autodesk has brought back Ruth Ann Keene, one of its former in-house lawyers, to take over as legal chief for the publicly traded design-software company. Ruth Ann Keene, who described her new top lawyer role as a “homecoming,” had worked at Autodesk’s legal department for more than a decade earlier in her career. […]
Montreal-based Mistplay, a play-and-earn and game discovery platform for mobile games, has appointed Deirdre Sheridan as general counsel and chief privacy officer, following a recent majority investment from GrowthCurve Capital. The New York-based private equity firm, is the major shareholder in the company. Founded in 2015, Sheridan brings to Mistplay significant experience in the areas of […]
Lara Mataac, Constant Contact’s former top lawyer, has joined OneSpan as the Chicago-based publicly traded cybersecurity company’s general counsel and chief compliance officer. Mataac joins OneSpan at a critical juncture as it begins its transformation to drive accelerated growth and profitability. Lara Mataac will lead the legal team while overseeing corporate governance and compliance and playing […]
Crypto-centric investment firm Paradigm has recruited in-house tech legal veteran Katie Biber to serve as chief legal officer. Biber helped build Brex’s legal department, which went fully remote and doubled in size during the pandemic. She, who exited her top lawyer role at fintech unicorn Brex to join Paradigm, entered the tech industry nearly a […]
Alexa Summer, a senior attorney at Airbnb is taking the legal reins at financial software maker Rho as chief legal officer. The fintech startup is based in New York City. She had been San Francisco-based Airbnb’s lead counsel for risk and regulatory for four years. Before that, she worked for the Justice Department and in […]
Jamie Ostroff, a veteran health care attorney, is taking the legal reins of the California Medical Association. The CMA is a doctor organization with nearly 50,000 members and a history of spending millions of dollars on lobbying and political contributions. Ostroff will replace Francisco Silva, who had been with the organization 17 years. He left […]
Packaged-foods maker Conagra Brands has promoted Carey Bartell to executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. The company, known for brands such as Birds Eye, Marie Callender’s and Vlasic, has more than 18,000 employees and more than $11 billion in annual revenue. Bartell has been with Conagra since 2016, most recently serving as vice president and […]
