Onsite foodservice operator HMSHost has named Laura FitzRandolph executive vice president and chief human resources officer, the company said Monday.
FitzRandolph will be responsible for all human resources functions, including employee and labor relations, recruitment and development, and compensation and benefits for the more than 31,000 North American employees of the Bethesda, Md.-based company.
FitzRandolph replaces longtime chief human resources officer Chuck Powers, who retired at the end of 2015.
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Most recently, FitzRandolph was executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a global hotel management company. She was at Interstate for 10 years.
Before that she was counsel at the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. She was also deputy director of correspondence at the White House Office of Scheduling and Advance during the Clinton administration, and served on the staff of U.S. senator Alan Cranston (D-Calif.)
“We are extremely excited to have Laura join our team and lead our associates into the future,” HMSHost president and CEO Steve Johnson said in a statement. “I am very confident that Laura’s background and expertise will be a great benefit toward developing our most important resource — our people.”
HMSHost operates foodservice in more than 120 airports globally and has more than $2.8 billion in annual sales. It is part of global onsite foodservice operator Autogrill Group.
Correction: May 9, 2016 An earlier version of this story misstated Laura FitzRandolph’s full title, which is executive vice president and chief human resources officer.
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