Andréa Mallard, who spent the past seven years leading marketing at Pinterest, joined Microsoft AI as its new chief marketing officer.
Mallard started in her new role two weeks ago. She said she was drawn to Microsoft’s AI group “to help build a technology that truly earns the trust needed to serve human potential.”
“AI is already the most consequential technological shift of my lifetime,” she wrote on LinkedIn. “It will shape our children’s lives in ways that are difficult to predict.”
Before joining Pinterest in 2018, Mallard was CMO at Athleta and Omada Health. She’s currently a board director at Hydrow, Kajabi, and TwentyFirstCenturyBrand.
Microsoft AI, led by Mustafa Suleyman, launched in 2024 and focuses on consumer products and research.
— Claudine Cheever, vice president of global brand and marketing at Amazon, is replacing Mallard as the new CMO at Pinterest.
Cheever spent nearly a decade at Amazon in global marketing roles, where she oversaw various functions and campaigns.
“What really hooked me is how Pinterest stands apart from other social and search platforms,” Cheever wrote on LinkedIn. “The platform is rooted in intention, not reaction. People come to Pinterest to save, curate, evolve their interests, and shop. That’s not just inspiring. It’s fundamentally different.”
Jo Shoesmith, global chief creative officer at Amazon, will replace Cheever on an interim basis as the company searches for a permanent replacement.
“Claudine has been a creative leader, building durable global brand architecture and sophisticated creative systems that operate at scale across our Stores business,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement. “We’re grateful for her impact on our brand and teams, and we wish her all the best in her next chapter.”
San Francisco-based Pinterest also hired former DoorDash and Spotify exec Lee Brown as its new chief business officer.
— Irina Ghose was named managing director for Anthropic’s India operations. Ghose spent 24 years at Microsoft, most recently as managing director for Microsoft India.
India represents the second-largest user base for Anthropic’s Claude product, Ghose wrote on LinkedIn.
“From digital natives and software firms to large enterprises and public-sector institutions, India is entering a phase of scaled deployment that will enhance competitive advantage and shape the future,” she wrote. “AI tuned to local languages will be a force multiplier across society – from education and healthcare to workforce development and job skills.”
— Doug Bowser, former president of Nintendo of America, joined the board of Hasbro.
Bowser spent more than a decade at Redmond, Wash.-based Nintendo of America, leading the video game giant as president and COO from April 2019 until last year, when he retired in December. He oversaw the successful launch of the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Bowser previously worked at Procter & Gamble and Electronic Arts.
Hasbro, which owns Renton, Wash.-based Wizards of the Coast, also added Carla Vernón, CEO of The Honest Company, to its board.
— Trisha Berard, a longtime Seattle-area HR leader, joined Evergreen Goodwill as senior vice president of people and culture.
Berard was most recently a senior director at McKinstry and vice president of HR at Eddie Bauer. She also spent 12 years at Amazon, where she was a global strategic HR leader, along with stints at Starbucks and RealNetworks.
Evergreen Goodwill employs more than 2,000 people across the Seattle region and operates 23 nonprofit thrift stores.
“Evergreen Goodwill’s mission of empowering individuals, supporting communities, and creating sustainable training and employment inspires me,” Berard said in a statement.
Libby Johnson McKee, a former customer returns leader at Amazon, joined Evergreen Goodwill as CEO in 2024. Shelley Salomon, vice president of global business for Amazon, sits on the nonprofit’s board.
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