Mary Lynn Carver, who led communications for the University of Maryland Medical Center and UM Medical System, has moved to General Mills as chief communications officer.
She is taking over the role of VP of global comms. Tom Forsythe, who is retiring from the Minneapolis-based food giant.
Carver spent the passt five years at the 12-hospital UMD system. Prior to a stint as SVP of strategic comms. and PR for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, she was group head of global internal comms. for AstraZeneca in London and held senior posts stateside for the drugmaker as well.
Forsythe joined GM in 1991 in a state government relations post before moving up the corporate comms. ladder.
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