Women in Business, Jobs, Women Entrepreneurs, Women in the News: News On Women

Lois Martin Made Chief Financial Officer at Ceridian Corp

Ceridian Corporation, the provider of global human resources, payroll, and workforce management software, appointed Lois M. Martin Chief Financial Officer. Lois had been Chief Financial Officer for Capella Education Company. More in the Business Wire press release.

Karen Walker Made Vice President and Controller at Virgin America

Virgin America appointed Karen S. Walker Vice President and Controller. Karen had been VP, Controller at CNET Networks. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Sue A. Baacke Made Chief Financial Officer at PuraMed BioScience, Inc

PuraMed BioScience, Inc. (OTCBB:PMBS) appointed Sue A. Baacke Chief Financial Officer. Sue had been their Corporate Controller. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Christine Sacco Made Chief Financial Officer at Smart Balance Inc.

Smart Balance Inc. appointed Christine Sacco Chief Financial Officer. Christine had been their Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Read more in the globenewswire press release on marketwatch.com.

Vilia Valentine Made Chief Financial Officer at Inspirato

Inspirato appointed Vilia Valentine Chief Financial Officer. Vilia had been the Principal Financial Officer at MDC Holdings, a public homebuilding and financial services company. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Elaine Kitagawa Made Chief Financial Officer at Saba

Saba (NASDAQ: SABA), the People Cloud provider, appointed Elaine Kitagawa Chief Financial Officer. Elaine had been Chief Operating Officer at Gaia Interactive. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

WSJ "CFO Watch List" 42% Female, reflecting Women Ready to be CEO.

The glass ceiling is a thing of the past if the Wall Street Journal is any indication of what's to come in 2012. In the WSJ article, "Three CFO's With a Shot at the Corner Office", Maxwell Murphy features three CFO's who are candidates to be a Chief Executive Officer. One of them, Cathie Lesjak of HP (pictured), already served as interim CEO for that company. But the most interesting thing for me in this article is the "CFO Watch List" compiled, which is 42% female. Yes, almost half of the 12 people on the list of prospective CEO's are women, inlcuding Christine Komola of Staples and Sabrina Simmons at The Gap. Check out the other women cfo's listed who could be ceo's in the future in the article on wsj.com. No surprise the picture in the article shows three men climbing the ladder. We'll have to work on the visuals!

Rachel Glaser Made Chief Financial Officer at Move Inc.

Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE) appointed Rachel Glaser Chief Financial Officer. Rachel had been chief operating officer and chief financial officer of MyLife.com, and previously held senior positions at Yahoo! Inc. and The Walt Disney Company. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Nancy Lazaros Made Chief Financial Officer at Extreme Reach

Extreme Reach, Inc., a provider of video advertising management and delivery solutions, appointed Nancy Lazaros Chief Financial Officer. Nancy had been CFO for [x+1], a digital marketing company she led through multiple rounds of capital funding, and before that she was CFO of Third Screen Media, a mobile ad-serving platform and network sold to AOL. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Teresa Gendron Made Vice President and Controller at Gannett

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) appointed Teresa (Teri) Gendron Vice President and Controller. Teri was formerly vice president and controller at NII Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Nextel International, Inc. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Elizabeth Brumley Made Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Sterling Construction

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL) appointed Elizabeth D. Brumley Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Elizabeth had been Sterling’s Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Marguerite Nader Made Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Equity LifeStyle Properties

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) appointed Marguerite Nader as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Marguerite currently serves as the company’s Executive Vice President – New Business Development. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Linda Chang Made Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at PharmAthene

PharmAthene, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PIP) appointed Linda L. Chang Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Linda had been Senior Director of Finance at Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Sallie B. Bailey Made Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX) appointed Sallie B. Bailey Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Sallie, who holds an MBA from University of Chicago, is a former CFO at Ferro Corporation. Read more in the Business Wire press release. 

Linda Zukauckas Made Executive Vice President at American Express

American Express (NYSE: AXP) appointed Linda Zukauckas Executive Vice President and Corporate Comptroller. Linda had been Managing Director – Corporate Strategy at Ally Financial (formerly GMAC Inc.). Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Sharon Tetlow Made Chief Financial Officer at Pathwork Diagnostics

Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc. appointed Sharon Tetlow Chief Financial Officer. Sharon, who holds an MBA from Stanford, had been Senior Vice President and CFO of Cell Genesys. Read more in the business Wire press release.

Lisa Weaver Made Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of StarTek Inc.

StarTek, Inc. (NYSE: SRT), a provider of business process outsourcing services, appointed Lisa Weaver Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Lisa had been North America CFO at Recall Corporation. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Carol Roberts Made Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at International Paper

International Paper (NYSE: IP) appointed Carol Roberts named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Carol had been leading their Industrial Packaging business. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Susan Davenport Austin Elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Broadcast Music, Inc

Susan Davenport Austin was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Broadcast Music, Inc. Susan joined the BMI board in 2007, and is the first woman and the first African-American elected to serve as Chairman of the BMI Board. Susan, who holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard and an M.B.A. from Stanford, is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation and President of the Sheridan Gospel Network. Prior to joining SBC, Susan was a Vice President in the Communications, Media and Entertainment group at Goldman, Sachs. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Karyn Ovelmen Made Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at LyondellBasell

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), the plastics, chemical and refining company, appointed Karyn F. Ovelmen Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Karyn had been Executive Vice President and CFO of Petroplus Holdings AG. Read more in the prnewswire press release.