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

Rado

The American Stock Exchange has appointed Patricia Rado president and chief operating officer. Rado was the former vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer of Public Service Enterprise Group before retiring in January 2007. She is also a former independent governor of the Amex Board of Governors, serving as chair of the audit committee and as a member of the finance and executive committees.

Turley

The Center for Audit Quality has appointed James Turley chairman of its governing board. Turley joined Ernst & Young in 1977, most recently serving as chief executive officer. The organization also appointed Michele Hooper, co-founder of the Directors’ Council, and Barry Melancon, who has been president and chief executive officer of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 1995, as co-vice chairs.

Chief Accounting Officers, Controllers

Thomasville, Ga.-based Flowers Foods has promoted Karyl Lauder to chief accounting officer and Vandy Davis to corporate controller. Both Lauder and Davis have 29 years with the $1.8 billion wholesale bakery company in accounting and financial reporting. Since 2003, Lauder has served as vice president and operations controller, while Davis has served as assistant corporate controller since 2005.

$816.5 million Graco has appointed Caroline Chambers chief accounting officer. Chambers has served as the company’s vice president and controller since December 2006.

Red Hat, a provider of open source software solutions, has promoted Mark Cook to vice president of finance and controller. Paul Argiry will overtake Cook’s former role as vice president and treasurer. Prior to this role, Argiry was the senior director of corporate finance and treasury at electronic manufacturing services company Jabil Circuit.

CenterPoint Energy has announced the retirement of James Brian as chief accounting officer. Walter Fitzgerald, who has served as vice president and controller of the $9.3 billion company for the last six years, will assume the duties of chief accounting officer.

Cleveland-Cliffs appointed Laurie Brlas chief accounting officer. She replaces Robert Leroux, who was appointed vice president of finance. Brlas joined the $1.9 billion company in December 2006 as senior vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer.

$1 billion National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. has appointed Robert Geier acting controller and chief accounting officer. He replaces Steven Slepian, who is on administrative leave. Prior to his appointment, Geier was assistant controller of external reporting of CFC for more than five years.

$5.7 billion Hormel Foods, based in Austin, Minn., has promoted Brian Johnson to corporate secretary. Johnson started with Hormel Foods in 1995 as a corporate attorney. He was promoted to senior attorney in 2000. In 2005, he was promoted to assistant secretary.

General Counsels, Corporate Secretaries

Mayes

Allstate Insurance has hired Michele Coleman Mayes as general counsel. Mayes comes to Allstate from shipping services company Pitney Bowes, where she served as senior vice president and general counsel. She succeeds Michael McCabe, who retired.

$1.5 billion Dresser-Rand Group has appointed Mark Mai general counsel and corporate secretary. Mai joins Dresser-Rand from Cooper Industries, where he most recently served as associate general counsel since 2003.

Boards of Directors

$5.2 billion Constellation Brands has elected Mark Zupan to serve as a member on its board of directors, as well as on the audit committee. Zupan is dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester.

Reynolds American has elected Lionel Nowell to serve on its board of directors. Nowell will sit on the tobacco giant’s audit committee.

$1.4 billion Covance has elected Gary Costley to its board of directors. He will also serve on the audit and finance committee and the corporate governance committee. Costley is cofounder and managing director of C&G Capital Management, which provides capital and management to health, medical, and nutritional products and services companies.

$946.8 million Imperial Sugar, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has appointed Robert Kopriva to its board of directors and as a member of the audit committee. Kopriva comes to Imperial Sugar from Sara Lee Corp., where he most recently served as chief executive officer. Kopriva replaces Robert McLaughlin, who is retiring.

Follit

$680.3 million Nautilus has elected Evelyn Follit to its board of directors and as a member of the audit committee. Follit operates Follit Associates, a corporate technology and executive assessment practice.

From the Vendors

Software giant Oracle has agreed to acquire LogicalApps, a provider of automated governance and risk and compliance controls management solutions. The acquisition will strengthen Oracle’s GRC application suite by integrating real-time policy enforcement for critical business processes.