Symbio named Robert E. Grady to its board. Grady is a partner and managing director at The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s leading private equity firms. Grady is chairman of Carlyle Venture Partners, which invests in high growth opportunity, medical device, and business services companies. He has served as global coordinator of and helped to build Carlyle’s global venture capital and growth investing operations.
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William Cobb has been appointed to Pacific Sunwear’s board of directors. Cobb previously worked for eBay from 2000 to 2008. His most recent position was president of eBay Marketplaces North America. Prior to his work at eBay, he worked at Pepsico/Tricon.
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Ralph V. Roberts has been appointed to Pinnacle Data System’s board. Roberts has served as senior vice president of marketing for Worthington Industries, a global company with $3 billion in annual sales.
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JetBlue named Stephan Gemkow to its board. Gemkow is the CFO of Deutsche Lufthansa. Gemkow joined Deutsche Luftansa in 1990. He was appointed senior vice president of corporate finance and in February 2004, he joined the executive board of Luftansa Cargo, where he was responsible for finance and human resources.
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ATS appointed Jack Tomarchio to its board. Tomarchio is a former Department of Homeland Security senior official. He most recently served as the principal deputy assistant secretary in the office of intelligence and analysis at DHS.
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Georgia Power named Beverly Daniel Tatum to its board. Tatum has been president of Spelman College since August 2002. She previously served 13 years at Mount Holyoke College as a psychology professor, department chair, dean of the college, and acting president. Steve Green, president and CEO of Stephen Green Properties, was also named to the board. Green serves on the boards of Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport Commission and the Savannah International Trade and Convention Authority.
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TidalWave Holdings named Mark Klok to its board. Klok has over a decade of experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt structure, and capitalization as a seasoned financial professional in the public market arena.
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Sojern, the first company to bring customized, destination-oriented content to travelers via the online and printed boarding pass, named Stephen M. Bennett to its board. Bennett serves as president and CEO of Intuit and served in several executive positions at General Electric.
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MocoSpace named Bebo pioneer Jim Scheinman to its board. Scheinman shaped the first social networking space as an early employee of Friendster and the first employee of Bebo, helping to launch the world’s third largest social networking site which was sold to AOL last year for $850 million.
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