HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. (“NCS” or the “Company”) (NCSM) announced today that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Valerie Mitchell as a new director. Ms. Mitchell, 47, is the Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Corterra Energy, LLC, which she helped found in 2016 as an exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of oil and gas resources in the Mid-Continent region...

Axos Financial, Inc. (AX) and Axos Bank (together, the "Company"), announced the election of investment and asset-management marketing executive Tamara Bohlig to the Board of Directors of the Company, effective August 31, 2019. Ms. Bohlig is an independent director and succeeds Gary Burke, who is retiring on that date from the board after 14 years of service...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Shield Diagnostics, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed biotechnology company tackling antibiotic resistance by bringing precision medicine to infectious disease, announced today that it has appointed David Esposito to its Board of Directors. Mr. Esposito is an experienced healthcare executive who has built and scaled multiple innovative healthcare companies with successful exits to strategic buyers...

MetLife, Inc. (MET) today announced that Mark Weinberger has been elected to its board of directors, effective immediately...

Marijuana companies have a diversity problem. Despite selling marijuana and CBD products that are used by and appeal to a diverse set of customers from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, the makeup of leadership at the world’s largest cannabis companies is still mostly white men. In fact, compared to the boards of Fortune 100 companies, which are already white-male dominated, the boards of the 10 largest publicly traded cannabis companies are strikingly even less diverse...

HOUSTON, Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Luby's, Inc. (LUB) announced today the additions of John Morlock and Randolph Read, new independent directors to its Board of Directors...

LENOX, Mass. and KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Idle Smart, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Darcy Howe, CEO of KCRise Capital, and Drew Reynolds, experienced IoT and telematics executive, to its board of directors...

NOVA LIMA, Brazil, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Afya Limited, or Afya (Nasdaq: AFYA) today announced the appointment of Daulins Emilio to its board of directors as a non-independent director, effective as of August 14, 2019...

NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fortress Biotech, Inc. (FBIO) (“Fortress”), an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, in-licensing and developing high-potential marketed and development-stage drugs and drug candidates, today announced that Kevin L. Lorenz, J.D., has been appointed to its Board of Directors...

Dyne Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering targeted therapies for patients with serious muscle diseases, today announced the appointment of Lawrence Klein, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors...

BEVERLY, Mass., Aug. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (ACLS), a leading supplier of enabling ion implantation solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced today that Jorge Titinger has joined the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Titinger brings to Axcelis over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor equipment and computing industries and a strong track record of accomplishment managing companies at the executive level...

Highly experienced, qualified appointments bring valuable insight to PECO’s board. Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. (“PECO” or the “Company”), an internally-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of grocery-anchored shopping centers, has appointed Elizabeth Fischer and Jane Silfen to its board of directors, effective November 1, 2019...

Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier silicon IP and chip provider making data faster and safer, today announced the appointment of Meera Rao to its Board of Directors, effective immediately...

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Turtle Beach (HEAR), a leading gaming accessory brand, announced the appointment of Kelly Thompson as the newest member of the Company's Board of Directors, effective August 12, 2019. Thompson will be a member of the Company's Compliance and Governance Committee...

Immersion Corporation (IMMR), the leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology, today announced that it has appointed William C. Martin, Chief Investment Officer of Raging Capital Management, LLC, and Matthew Frey, Chief Financial Officer of Qumulo, Inc., to its board of directors...

(Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s top activism banker Steven Barg is joining the New York hedge fund Elliott Management Corp., one of the main firms he used to defend companies against, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg. Barg will join the firm as its new global head of corporate engagement, the memo states...

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (ETTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel antibacterial products, today announced the appointment of Howard Mayer, M.D to its board of directors, effective immediately...

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI) today announced that Paul Bascobert has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately...

CHICAGO, Aug. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cars.com Inc. (CARS), a leading digital marketplace and solutions provider for the automotive industry, today announced that its Board of Directors has concluded the strategic review process first announced on January 16, 2019 with no actionable bids for the Company and will focus on executing its strategic plan as an independent public company...

Digital manufacturer Protolabs (PRLB) has named Moonhie Chin to its board of directors, effective Thursday, August 1. Chin had served in numerous leadership roles at Autodesk, Inc. since 1989 before concluding her 30-year tenure with the design software giant as Senior Vice President of Digital Platform and Experience...

COVINGTON, La., Aug. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pool Corporation (NASDAQ/GSM:POOL) announced today that its Board of Directors (the Board) has increased its size to nine members. Upon recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, Peter D. Arvan (Pete), to serve as a director, effective July 31, 2019 until the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders, at which time he will stand for election by Pool Corporation’s shareholders...

MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (ADVM), a clinical-stage gene therapy company targeting unmet medical needs in ocular and rare diseases, today made several key personnel announcements. Board member and co-founder Mitchell Finer, Ph.D. is retiring from Adverum’s Board of Directors to focus on his new industry role. In addition, Mehdi Gasmi, Ph.D. will retire from his position as president and chief scientific officer of Adverum, effective September 16, 2019, and will join Adverum’s Board of Directors at that time. He will continue in his current capacity until this date, and ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN) announced today that it has appointed Anne Myong to its board of directors. Ms. Myong was previously Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Walmart Global eCommerce, where she accelerated the growth and digital transformation of Walmart’s retail and e-commerce operations in the United States, China and Brazil...

GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dine Brands Global, Inc. (DIN), the parent company of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar® and IHOP® restaurants, today announced the appointment of Susan M. Collyns to the Corporation’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. In connection with the appointment of Ms. Collyns, the Board of Directors also approved an increase in the size of the Board of Directors from nine to ten directors...