Patterson Companies Announces Kelly Baker as Chief Human Resource Officer
February 01 2016 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Patterson Companies (Nasdaq: PDCO) today announced
that Kelly Baker has joined Patterson Companies as Chief Human
Resource Officer. Baker joins Patterson from General Mills, where
she most recently served as Vice President, Human Resources for
General Mills’ U.S. Retail Operating Segment.
“Patterson Companies is a dynamic organization committed to
attracting and nurturing the very best talent,” said Scott
Anderson, Chairman, President and CEO of Patterson Companies.
“Kelly is an accomplished executive with a long track record of
success in building a high-performing workforce. She will be
central to capturing the opportunities before us and achieving our
growth goals. We are delighted to welcome her to our team.”
Prior to joining Patterson Companies, Baker served at General
Mills for more than two decades in multiple human resources roles.
In her most recent role as Vice President, Human Resources for the
U.S. Retail Operating Segment, she led significant transformation
and development of marketing and general management talent. In her
previous role as Vice President, Human Resources, Corporate Groups,
Baker led talent acquisition and development, and workforce
planning for General Mills’ global finance, enterprise services,
legal and external relations. She also provided leadership to the
company’s global human resources transformation, and diversity and
inclusion initiatives.
Baker said, “It’s exciting to join an organization with such
strong growth ambitions and devotion to its people. I look forward
to working with all the employees at Patterson Companies to take
talent excellence to new levels.”
Earlier in her career, Baker served as an auditor with Coopers
& Lybrand. She holds an undergraduate degree from Howard
University and an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School
of Business.
About Patterson Companies, Inc.Patterson Companies, Inc.
is a value-added distributor serving the dental and animal health
markets.
Dental MarketPatterson's Dental
segment provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental
products, equipment and software, turnkey digital solutions and
value-added services to dentists and dental laboratories throughout
North America.
Animal Health MarketPatterson's
Animal Health segment is a leading distributor of products,
services and technologies to both the production and companion
animal health markets in North America and the U.K.
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