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From Dow to JPMorgan, these are the most important female exec moves to know

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Karen S. Carter officially started her new role as CEO of Dow, making her one of three Black female CEOs in the Fortune 500.
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Happy almost Fourth of July, MPW Daily readers! The newsletter will be off tomorrow while we mark America’s 250th (and Taylor Swift’s wedding). Sending you into the long weekend with some long-overdue movers and shakers from the past few weeks. Stay cool this weekend… more news below.

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The Economic Club of New York named Dambisa Moyo its new chair, and added Bank of America’s Hayley Boesky to its board of trustees.

The cruise business Viking promoted president and CFO Leah Talactac to CEO; Linh Banh is the company’s new CFO.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, the agricultural cooperative behind the cranberry brand, named Abigail Buckwalter president and CEO; she came from Nestlé.

Jennifer Tejada stepped down as CEO of PagerDuty.

Alison Bergen, an alum of Michael Kors, Diane von Furstenberg, and Louis Vuitton, is the new president of Jonathan Adler.

The auction house Julien’s Auctions promoted Gabriela Schwartz to chief brand officer. IPSY hired Audacy’s Moira Curran as its first head of brand. Microbiome brand Seed Health hired Anisha Raghavan, previously of Heyday Skincare, as CMO. Monika Shah, former CMO of ZipRecruiter, joined Faire as CMO.

Chainalysis named Mary Elizabeth Taylor chief policy officer; she’s a former assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs and ex-Robinhood policy exec. Another Robinhood alum, Rochelle Nadhiri, is now head of public engagement for the Center for AI Safety.

Lots happening in health care: Mary Lantin is the new president and CEO of Azara Healthcare, joining from Centene. Kidney health startup Strive Health named Dr. Jamie Sharp chief medical officer; she held the same role at the dementia care company Rippl. CCRM Fertility named Dr. Shefali Shastri VP of clinical innovation and education and Dr. Jaime Knopman national director of fertility preservation. AI platform for health systems Caregentic named Becky James COO. Wondr Health, which provides GLP-1s via employers, named Patti Rittling head of broker and consultant relations. CJ Bhalla is now CFO for Blue Shield of California. QuantHealth, which does AI-driven clinical trial simulation, hired Agya Garg as VP of product; she came from Loris.AI. Precision for Medicine named Paz Vellanki VP, clinical development, oncology. She was an associate director of the Division of Oncology 2 at the FDA.

AI agent companies are getting their people plans in order. The AI agent management platform Guild hired Jen Rettig as its chief people officer. Sonatype, which “accelerates agentic software development,” named Sherri Manning chief human resources officer.

Alexa von Tobel’s Inspired Capital promoted VP of platform Annie Shapiro to partner. Genius, the music lyrics platform, promoted Jackie Vignone to chief revenue officer. Hyve Group, which runs the conference Possible, named Gabrielle Perez VP, Possible Europe. Kroll appointed Karen Higgins-Carter as chief information and technology officer. Kimberly Kalb Baumgarten is now CMO for the edtech company Acely. The Financial Data and Technology Association named Christine Day chair and Kat Cloud vice chair.

Lauryn Turner, an alum of the Dallas Wings and USA Gymnastics, is now CEO of the dance events business DanceOne. Software product engineering company Wizeline has a new CEO: Inés Casares, who was its chief services officer.

And some ICYMI…

Allbirds became the AI company Smartbirds and has a new CEO, Nadia Carlsten, who says she never even wore the shoes.

Linda Rendle is stepping down as CEO of Clorox for health reasons; the company is looking for a new CEO.

Amy Howe stepped down as CEO of FanDuel amid changes at parent Flutter Entertainment.

Lynne Fitzpatrick is taking over as CEO of the derivatives exchange CME, making her one of the top women in finance.

Jenn Hyman announced (via me!) her plan to step down from Rent the Runway after 18 years.

Marianne Lake announced her retirement from JPMorgan after 25 years, most recently as CEO of consumer and community banking. Catch up here…

And Karen S. Carter officially started as CEO of Dow on July 1, making her one of three Black female CEOs in the Fortune 500.

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Bad news: Women's job losses doubled between January and June this year compared to the same time frame last year, according to the National Women's Law Center. That's the story underneath today's jobs report, which found that the economy gained a smaller-than-expected 57,000 jobs in June. 

Inside Karlie Kloss's plan for legacy media. The supermodel (who is married to Thrive Capital's Josh Kushner) has been buying up legacy titles like I-D and Life. With Bedford Media, "I feel like I’m the person running into a burning building,” she told Bloomberg in a video interview. And of her relationship with her in-laws, she says: "I think it’s possible to have relationships with people who you politically don’t align with." 

What happened to that Skims IPO? Puck reports that Kim Kardashian's brand has a bit of work to do to earn its $5 billion valuation. And the resurrection of Victoria's Secret places some pressure on the Skims business. 

Life post-Beautycounter. Gregg Renfrew already has the new-ish brand Counter, which she launched following the demise of her original Beautycounter. Yesterday she announced the launch of Beecee, a beauty brand geared toward Gen Z that is tapping students on college campuses. 

What Ashton Kutcher's up to next... The actor-turned-tech mogul is launching a new VC firm, this time with ex-NFX partner Morgan Beller. It will invest for a "post-AGI world." Before she was at NFX, Beller cofounded Meta's crypto effort Libra.

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The Wall Street women who traded finance careers for influencer success Bloomberg

A depressing new study found women had an easier time getting hired after losing weight on GLP-1s Business Insider

'All I'm trying to do is have fun with my teammates:' The surreality of the Supreme Court's trans athletes decision The Cut

PARTING WORDS

"I’m incredibly thankful for the wild card - and even more grateful my daughters got to see that it’s never too late to chase something you love."

— Serena Williams on her return to the singles court at Wimbledon at 44

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