Wednesday, May 6, 2026

New execs to know across Bath & Body Works, the Ms. Foundation, and Atlanta’s new NWSL team

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Veronique Gabai-Pinsky will be Bath & Body Works’ first chief brand & product officer. Recently, she’s been running her own namesake brand and previously was president of the Vera Wang Group.

Esi Eggleston Bracey, who was previously Unilever’s chief growth & marketing officer, is joining the board of Lululemon. The apparel brand (which just named Heidi O’Neill as incoming CEO) has been refreshing its board amid an activist battle.

Operator Collective promoted Anna Jacobson to chief AI enablement officer and added Lynn Carter, former executive recruiter at Confluent and early Netflix, as operating partner, talent & growth.

Alyssa Henry, former CEO of Square, joined PayPal’s board.

Roohi Jeelani, former chief medical officer at Kindbody, was named CEO of ONTO Health, a fertility startup that just raised a $20 million Series A.

The NWSL’s forthcoming Atlanta team hired its chief business officer: Deandra Duggans, who was CMO for the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces.

Civil rights attorney Maya Wiley and former Ambassador Nathalie Rayes joined the board at the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center. Conservation organization the Land Trust Alliance named Kristie Malley COO. Ana Oliveira is stepping down as president and CEO of the New York Women’s Foundation after two decades. The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy hired the former CMO of Zillow, Aimee Johnson, for the same role.

Kim Olson is retiring as Land O’Lakes’ chief communications officer; the Fortune 500 company promoted Abbey Shilling to the job.

Anne de la Fortelle, an attorney most recently at Amgen, is joining the board of the biotech CellProthera. Zephyr AI, which is doing cancer R&D, named Lisa Eli chief scientific officer.

Sedgwick, a global claims administrator, named Suzanne Dann group president. Cato Networks named Meital Koren chief legal officer. Hyland, an AI content management business, added Tracy Roccasalva as CMO. Razorfish named Renee Borkowski EVP, transformation. 1X Technologies added Amy Lentz as SVP of people.

Babylist hired H&R Block and PayPal alum Jill Cress as a CMO as it nears $1 billion in revenue and eyes an IPO.

The sneaker brand Salomon tapped Laura Stauth, former VP of sales at Vans, as SVP of sales for North America. Beauty business Maesa promoted Dana Steinfeld to “chief Blue Sky & innovation officer.” The Blue Sky group incubates new brands for the company behind Ashley Tisdale’s Being Frenshe.

SHE Media named Lauren Iannotti chief content and live events officer. Creative agency Baldwin & Obenauf (or BNO) promoted Rachelle Powell to president. Media agency Tinuiti named Abbey Klaassen CEO. Jade Floyd joined the strategic communications firm Bryson Gillette as SVP. Radhika Ray, who was a partner in McKinsey’s transformation practice, joined Carlyle- and CVC-owned advisory firm CFGI as COO.

Presto Automation, which is doing voice AI for fast food restaurants, is bringing back cofounder Krishna Gupta as CEO. Pay analysis platform Syndio made a bunch of executive changes, hiring Elizabeth Temples as SVP of revenue; Shonna Waters as SVP of executive engagement; and Erin McClintock as SVP of marketing.

Imprivata named Cindy Zhou CMO. Autonomous IT company Tanium has a new chief people officer, Carol MacKinlay. Alteryx hired Julie Irish as chief information officer. Insurtech company Bestow hired Meagan Ward as CMO.

Carolyn Renzin, who was chief legal and compliance officer at FanDuel, joined Airwallex as its new chief regulatory and compliance officer.

L’Oréal USA named Nora Wolfe SVP and U.S. head of media.

Hass Avocado Board (HAB) has named Gwen Jackimek its new chair. (Fun fact: avocados have crossed a 3-billion-pound market threshold for the first time.)

And, ICYMI, the Ms. Foundation for Women has a new president and CEO, Tracy Sturdivant.

Emma Hinchliffe
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