Executive Search
CHROs and Chief People Officers in consumer businesses.
How we search for the top people seat in consumer businesses, and the changes in that seat the sector's public companies reported to the SEC.
Next Horizon Leadership
Updated October 8, 2026 · 20 moves from SEC filings
Next Horizon Leadership leads CHRO and Chief People Officer searches for consumer businesses. Our Consumer CHRO / CPO room brings together people leaders in consumer companies, and we can call on it during a search.
Matthew Guss, our founder and CEO, has recruited hundreds of Chief People Officers across Fortune 500, venture-backed and PE-backed companies, during 12 years at Russell Reynolds Associates and since founding NHL. See how we search or read about the Consumer CHRO / CPO room.
Who moved
From July 2025 to September 2026, 16 consumer and retail companies reported 20 changes in their top people seat to the SEC in a Form 8-K: 14 departures and 6 appointments. Each row names the person and links to the company’s own filing.
| Filed | Company | Move | Person | Title | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewell Personal Care EPC | Departure | LaTanya Langley | Chief People Officer | Form 8-K filed by Edgewell Personal Care on Sep 23, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Asbury Automotive Group ABG | Departure | Jed Milstein | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Asbury Automotive Group on Aug 25, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Asbury Automotive Group ABG | Appointment | Wendy Reynolds-Dobbs | Chief Human Resources OfficerInterim | Form 8-K filed by Asbury Automotive Group on Aug 25, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Burlington Stores BURL | Departure | Matthew Pasch | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Burlington Stores on Aug 4, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Petco WOOF | Departure | Holly May | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Petco on Jul 17, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Bloomin' Brands BLMN | Departure | Jessica Mitory | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Bloomin' Brands on Jul 1, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Yum! Brands YUM | Departure | Tracy Skeans | Chief People and Culture Officer | Form 8-K filed by Yum! Brands on Jun 2, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Builders FirstSource BLDR | Departure | Mike Hiller | Chief Talent OfficerNow Chief Operating Officer-Designate | Form 8-K filed by Builders FirstSource on May 18, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Builders FirstSource BLDR | Appointment | Coley O'Brien | Chief Human Resources OfficerFrom outside the company | Form 8-K filed by Builders FirstSource on May 18, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Hilton HLT | Departure | Laura Fuentes | Chief Human Resources OfficerMoving to Chief Brand Officer | Form 8-K filed by Hilton on May 5, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| The Simply Good Foods Company SMPL | Departure | Amy Held | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by The Simply Good Foods Company on Apr 21, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| The RealReal REAL | Appointment | Tiffany Stevenson | Chief People Officer | 8-K press release filed by The RealReal on Mar 9, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Fly-E Group FLYE | Departure | Ke Zhang | Chief Human Resources Officer | Form 8-K filed by Fly-E Group on Feb 5, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Krispy Kreme DNUT | Departure | Theresa Zandhuis | Chief People Officer | Form 8-K filed by Krispy Kreme on Feb 4, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| VF Corporation VFC | Departure | Brent Hyder | Chief People Officer | Form 8-K filed by VF Corporation on Jan 28, 2026, on sec.gov | |
| Columbia Sportswear COLM | Appointment | Jana C. Humble | Chief Human Resources OfficerPromoted from inside | Form 8-K filed by Columbia Sportswear on Nov 12, 2025, on sec.gov | |
| The Boston Beer Company SAM | Departure | Carolyn L. O’Boyle | Chief People Officer | Form 8-K filed by The Boston Beer Company on Oct 29, 2025, on sec.gov | |
| The Boston Beer Company SAM | Appointment | Laura J. Boynton | Chief People OfficerFrom outside the company · First time in the seat | Form 8-K filed by The Boston Beer Company on Oct 29, 2025, on sec.gov | |
| Red Robin RRGB | Departure | Meghan Spuler | Chief People Officer | Form 8-K filed by Red Robin on Aug 20, 2025, on sec.gov | |
| Bloomin' Brands BLMN | Appointment | Jessica Mitory | Chief Human Resources Officer | 8-K press release filed by Bloomin' Brands on Aug 4, 2025, on sec.gov |
Departures and appointments are counted side by side. A company must file when a named executive officer leaves, and chooses whether to file a new people leader’s appointment, so the two columns measure different things.
Where the new leaders came from
| What the filing says | Appointments |
|---|---|
| From outside the company | 2 |
| Promoted from inside | 1 |
| Origin not stated in the filing | 3 |
| Had held the top people seat before | 0 |
| First time in the seat | 1 |
| Experience not stated in the filing | 5 |
What the filings call the seat
Across the 20 moves, the filings name the seat Chief Human Resources Officer 11 times, Chief People Officer 7 times, Chief People and Culture Officer once and Chief Talent Officer once.
How this is counted
US public companies file a Form 8-K, Item 5.02, within four business days when a named executive officer leaves, and some also file one when they appoint a new people leader, which for a CHRO or Chief People Officer is their choice. We search those filings for the usual titles of the top people seat (Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief People Officer and their variants), and count each appointment and departure once, in the quarter it was first filed. A company appears twice when a departure and a successor are filed together.
Read the counts as what companies disclosed in these filings. Many changes in the top people seat are announced only in a press release, or never filed: a company must report a departing named executive officer, and chooses whether to report a new people leader. A filing that gives the seat an unusual title, or reports the move under another item, can also be missed. So the list holds more departures than appointments, and fewer moves than the market. Sectors follow each company’s SEC industry code. The full method, every quarter and the data as a CSV are on People Leader Moves.
Source: SEC EDGAR, Form 8-K Item 5.02 filings, July 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026. Compiled by Next Horizon Leadership.
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