Compliance Week regularly tracks various personnel moves, board appointments, product releases, customer wins, and industry gossip in the corporate governance realm. Submit announcements to Compliance Week’s Jaclyn Jaeger.

From the Regulators

Campos

Roel Campos is leaving his job as a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission sometime next month. Campos, a Democrat and the first Latino to serve on the Commission, says he will return to the private sector but did not disclose further plans. He has been on the SEC since 2002 and been a strong proponent of reforms popular with investor activists, such as shareholder access to the proxy statement and applying Sarbanes-Oxley standards to non-accelerated filers.

Also leaving the SEC is Martin Dunn, deputy director of the Division of Corporation Finance. He is leaving the agency at the end of August to join the law firm O'Melveny & Myers as a partner. During his 19 years at the SEC, Dunn served in many roles, including chief counsel. As deputy director since 2002, Dunn played a key role in drafting, implementing, and interpreting the federal securities laws, including Sarbanes-Oxley reforms.

Compliance Officers, General Counsels, Corporate Secretaries

Energy giant ConocoPhillips has announced the promotion of its deputy general counsel, Janet Langford Kelly, to senior vice president of legal affairs, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective at the start of September. She will replace Steve Gates, who is retiring.

FBL Financial Group has hired Richard Kypta as general counsel and corporate secretary. Kypta joins FBL from Aviva USA Corp., where he most recently served as senior vice president and chief operating officer. Kypta will replace Stephen Morain, who is retiring.

Chief Accounting Officers, Controllers

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com has announced the resignation of William Dewes as senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer, after only nine months with the company. Salesforce.com said the resignation does not involve any controversy or disagreement with the company. However, Dewes’ resignation comes less than a week after the unannounced resignation of the company’s director of treasury, and the sudden departure of General Manager Rene Bonvaine, who had been with the company for just four months.

McGraw-Hill Companies has announced the resignation of Talia Griep from the position of controller and principal accounting officer. Griep plans to pursue other opportunities.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has named Chad Lindbloom principal accounting officer. Lindbloom has been vice president and chief financial officer of the $6.7 billion company since December 1999. Thomas Mahlke, former controller and principal accounting officer, will be promoted to vice president and chief information officer.

Fifth Third Bancorp has named Daniel Poston, the company’s executive vice president, as controller. Poston replaces senior vice president David DeBrunner, who has announced his departure from the $8.5 billion banking company to pursue other career opportunities.

Lyons

ScanSource, a distributor of specialty technology products, has hired Gerry Lyons as corporate controller. Lyons brings more than 18 years of financial management and general management experience to this position, having worked with Moen as a plant controller, global group controller and plant manager and with Cooper Industries, where he served in various accounting and financial management positions.

Board of Directors

Leslie Hill has resigned from the board of Dow Jones & Co. after an unsuccessful effort to prevent its $5.6 billion sale to News Corp, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. In her resignation letter, Hill wrote: “Regrettably, my inability to any longer protect what this brand has stood for means I herewith resign from the Board of Dow Jones.”

Gulf Island Fabrication, a $312 million offshore drilling and production company, has elected Christopher Harding and Michael Flick to its board of directors. Harding was also named to the compensation committee, Flick to the audit committee.

Hicks

Pasadena, Calif.-based Avery Dennison Corp. has elected Ken Hicks as a member of its board of directors and of the nominating and governance committee. Hicks is president and chief merchandising officer of $20 billion retailer J.C. Penney.

Norwalk, Conn.-based Arch Chemical has elected David Lilley and William Powell to its board of directors and as members of the corporate governance committee. Powell also will serve on the compensation committee. Lilley has served as chairman, president, and CEO of $3 billion Cytec Industries since 1999, while Powell has served as chairman and CEO of National Starch and Chemical, a $3.6 billion subsidiary of the Imperial Chemical Group, from 1999 until his retirement in 2006.

From the Vendors

Stacey

Carol Stacey, former chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s corporate finance division, has been named vice president of the SEC Institute, an organization that holds conferences and workshops nationwide on SEC and PCAOB rules and regulations. She will oversee the institute’s conference division, conduct workshops on accounting and reporting issues, and provide on-site training. Stacey worked at the SEC for over 11 years and helped shape the rules of Sarbanes-Oxley, including Section 404. She has also helped companies and audit firms deal with the internal control requirements of the legislation.