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Cummins’ Bonnie Fetch, currently Vice President and President – Distribution Business , has been named Executive Vice President and President – Operations. Bonnie will succeed Srikanth Padmanabhan, who announced his retirement in January.

Bonnie has extensive experience in a variety of general management, human resources and supply chain leadership roles, including 20 years at Caterpillar before joining Cummins. Since joining Cummins in 2018, Bonnie has demonstrated exceptional business leadership, a people-centered leadership style and extensive strategic and operational expertise across various business and functional roles within the company.

In her new role leading Operations for the company, Bonnie will oversee Cummins’ New and Recon Parts business and global operating functions, including Supply Chain, IT, Cummins Services, Advanced Analytics and Quality.

Bonnie is a graduate of the University of St. Francis with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Organizational Management and completed Executive Programs at both Stanford University and Singularity University.

To empower future growth, iconic beauty and entrepreneurship company Mary Kay Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Lucy Gildea as Chief Brand and Scientific Officer.

Gildea and her freshly designed cross-functional team will pioneer a new operating model to power up Mary Kay’s global brand and science aiming for growth and customer loyalty in over 40 markets. In her expanded role, Gildea will shape a powerful brand identity, image, and strategy consistent across all platforms and geographies supported by an impactful product portfolio embracing the ever-evolving needs of consumers. She and her team will activate the brand through engagement strategies harnessing the power of next-gen entrepreneurs and resonant brand storytelling to win the hearts and minds of consumers.

“With her expertise in science and beauty innovation and customer-centric approach, Lucy will lead a strategic chapter of our transformation into the future. The new Global Brand and Science organization will contribute to our mutual business success by enabling our Independent Beauty Consultants to share a transformative brand experience with their customers and thrive as personal beauty advisors, thus reinforcing the unique value proposition of direct selling,” said Ryan Rogers, Chief Executive Officer of Mary Kay and grandson of Mary Kay Ash.

Since joining Mary Kay in 2017, Gildea has focused on modernizing and enhancing the company’s competitiveness through product innovation and by improving organizational efficiencies. Gildea spent 15 years at Procter & Gamble working primarily in beauty technology and beauty/skin product development. She also held a variety of senior roles including leading development teams for upstream technology and measurement sciences across healthcare, beauty and personal care industries. During her tenure at P&G, Gildea lived in Singapore, advancing her experience with international markets.

“Mary Kay was founded on a dream to enrich women’s lives with a product portfolio rooted in science. I am confident that integrating brand and science is the winning formula to meet global consumer needs and work toward our continued success. I look forward to maximizing synergies across our teams to captivate our Independent Beauty Consultants and invite a new generation of consumers to fall in love with our brand,” said Dr. Lucy Gildea, Mary Kay’s Chief Brand and Scientific Officer.

Gildea earned a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Immunology in a joint appointment with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the University of Cincinnati Department of Immunology. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Gildea is a passionate STEM advocate for women and girls. She serves as a Board Member at Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation and a Board Advisor at Baylor Scott & White Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center.

This leadership appointment by Ryan Rogers honors Mary Kay Ash’s legacy of empowering women. At Mary Kay, women make up 63% of the R&D team, 54% of the executive team, and 63% of the global workforce1.

Pathward Financial, Inc. through its subsidiary, Pathward^®, a U.S.-based financial empowerment company driven by its purpose to power financial inclusion, announced that Anjana Berde has joined the company as the Executive Vice President and Chief People and Culture Officer.

In this role, she reports to Pathward CEO Brett Pharr and leads Pathward’s People and Culture department, which includes recruiting and hiring, talent development and engagement, employee benefits and well-being, and employee information systems and analytics.

“Anjana brings expertise from 30 years’ experience in human resource roles in banking, technology and other industries, and we are pleased to have her join Pathward as the executive leader of People and Culture. As a Great Place to Work^® certified^™ company, we have a collaborative and passionate employee base across the country dedicated to fulfilling our purpose of financial inclusion, and I’m confident Anjana will help us further evolve to meet our talent needs as we continue to build our culture and deliver on our strategy,” said Pharr.

Berde joins the company after serving as Chief People Officer for Accion Opportunity Fund, a national non-profit lender focused on advancing economic mobility for underserved small businesses and low-income communities through access to capital, knowledge resources, and networks. Before that, she served as Managing Director at MUFG Union Bank, N.A., where she led the bank’s Talent Development and Learning function, driving the enterprise-wide talent strategy. Berde previously led Human Resources (HR) in community banking and residential construction firms. She started her career in technology at Digital Equipment Corporation and later Intel Corporation, where she served in a variety of HR positions.

Berde earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She provides people strategy related guidance to nonprofit organizations through board leadership positions.