New Board Members Named at CalPERS, PGA, Home Depot

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has announced that Anne Sheehan has joined the board as the designated representative of the State Personnel Board (SPB).

Sheehan has served as a member of the SPB since December 2003. The board is constitutionally charged with oversight for the state’s civil service system, including state employee discipline, civil servant selection, appeals, classifications and issues of discrimination.

Sheehan has also served as the chief deputy director for policy of the California Department of Finance, serving on more than 80 boards, commissions, and authorities, including the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. Currently, Sheehan serves on the board of the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento and is a member of the California State Bar’s Committee of Bar Examiners.

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The Home Depot has named Michael's Stores CEO Brian C. Cornell to its board.

Cornell, who has more than 25 years experience in consumer products marketing and general management, has also served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Safeway Inc., and prior to that he served as president of Pepsi-Cola North America's food services division. 

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Ivanka Trump received final approval last week to serve on the board of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which operates three casinos in Atlantic City.

Trump originally received temporary approval in July, pending completion of a background investigation. Currently, she serves as vice president of development and acquisitions of the Trump Organization, and is assuming a greater role on NBC's "The Apprentice." 

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Overstock.com named James V. Joyce to its board, beginning last week and ending in 2010.

Joyce, the CEO of Icnet LLC, has provided organizational consulting services to the company since 2005, and he has also worked for Bain Consulting and has has consulted for many businesses.

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The board of the Professional Golf Association (PGA) swore in eight new members last week, at the association's 91st annual meeting at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

Those elected to the board include:

• Junior Bridgeman, CEO of Bridgeman Foods Inc., a Wendy's franchisee.