PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary Berner, President and
Chief Executive Officer for The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (RDA),
announced today that Todd C. McCarty has been named Senior Vice President,
Global Human Resources for the company effective March 1. McCarty succeeds
Lisa Cribari and will report to Berner and serve as a member of the
company's Executive Committee.
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McCarty is joining RDA from Rite Aid Corporation, a $26 billion,
115,000- employee pharmacy retailer where he served as Senior Vice
President, Human Resources since 2005. At Rite Aid he developed and
strengthened the Human Resources function and was a part of the company's
management team that led a major acquisition.
"I am very pleased that Todd McCarty, a highly accomplished Human
Resources executive, will be heading our global HR team at this important
and exciting time in our company's history," said Berner. "He has a strong
grounding in performance-based management, which is an ideal fit with our
emphasis on cultural transformation and fostering a high-performing
organization."
Previously, from 2000 to 2005, McCarty was Senior Vice President, Human
Resources, North America, for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Before that he was with Frito-Lay Company for eight years, from 1992 to
2000, ultimately as Vice President, Human resources, Frito-Lay Canada,
where he helped develop an in-country leadership team. He began his career
with Quaker Oats Company, in Chicago, becoming Labor Relations Manager for
the Breakfast Division in St. Joseph, Missouri.
McCarty holds a B.A. in business administration from the University of
Minnesota-Carlson School of Management.
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global publisher and direct
marketer with interests including books, magazines, music collections,
video and digital. The company has customers in more than 70 countries. It
publishes 91 magazines, including 50 local-country editions of its
flagship, Reader's Digest, the world's most widely read magazine. Its
headquarters are located near Pleasantville, New York.
SOURCE The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
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