Appointments Monthly archive

Smithfield, Virginia-based Smithfield Foods has promoted Tennille Checkovich to become general counsel. She reports to Mike Flemming, Smithfield’s chief legal officer (CLO). Checkovich joined Smithfield in 2020 and most recently was the company’s deputy general counsel for litigation. In her new role, she is responsible for managing all litigation involving the company, overseeing risk management regarding a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues, and as...

Rick Dykhouse, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary with Charter Communications, plans to retire after 17 years with the company. Dykhouse will continue as Charter’s general counsel during the search for his successor. After that appointment is made, he will stay on as executive counsel to support the transition, reporting to president and CEO Chris Winfrey. Dykhouse joined Charter in May 2006 as vice president and senior counse...

Perdue Farms has hired Catherine Muldoon as chief compliance officer, to lead the family-owned food and agriculture company’s office of business ethics and compliance. In her new role, Muldoon will establish, implement and administer a compliance structure to strengthen Perdue Farms’ existing compliance efforts, according to the company.  Muldoon most recently was general counsel for Baldor Specialty Foods. She was previously chief legal officer at logis...

New York Life Insurance Company has promoted Sandi Tillotson to chief compliance officer.  She succeeds Sara Badler, who retired at the end of 2022. In her new role, Tillotson reports to Michael McDonnell, who was promoted to general counsel last fall. McDonnell had been senior vice president,...