Finance Executive Changes

Sallie Mae Promotes Associate General Counsel
Eric Watson, previously serving in various finance-related roles, has been promoted to vice president and associate general counsel of SLM Corporation (Sallie Mae)/(NYSE:SLM) of Reston, Virginia. Sallie Mae is the nation’s No. 1 paying-for-college company, managing nearly $172 billion in student loans for 10 million borrowers.

VeriFone Names Interim CFO
VeriFone Holdings, Inc./(NYSE:PAY) has appointed Clinton Knowles as its interim chief financial officer. Mr. Knowles is currently a partner with Tatum LLC. VeriFone is an electronic payments solutions company.

Allstate Appoints CFO
Don Civgin, currently serving as executive vice president and chief financial officer of OfficeMax, has been named as senior vice president and chief financial officer of The Allstate Corporation/(NYSE:ALL) of Northbrook, Illinois. The company is the nation’s largest publicly held personal lines insurer.

Human Resource Executive Changes

Sepracor Appoints EVP of HR
Marlborough, MA-based Sepracor, Inc./(NYSE:SEPR), the pharmaceutical company responsible for the popular insomnia treatment Lunesta, has appointed Richard Ranieri as executive vice president, human resources and administration. Mr. Ranieri joins Sepracor from Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. where he was senior vice president and chief administrative officer.

Famous Dave’s of America Names VP of HR
Jackie Kane Ottoson, previously serving in various roles at McKesson Medication Management, has been named as vice president of human resources of Famous Dave’s of America, Inc./(NASDAQ:DAVE) of Minnetonka, Minnesota. The company develops, owns, operates and franchises barbeque restaurants.