Boardroom Appoints Talent Acquisition Director

Circana, an advisor on consumer behavior, names Kroger chief merchant and marketing officer Stuart Aitken as its president and CEO, effective Jan. 1... Align PR, an entertainment-focused firm that works with such clients as Matthew McConaughey, Madonna and Selena Gomez, adds Sarah Mary Cunningham to its New York-based team... Formation PR + Brand names Derek Coté creative director.

ICR names Lending Tree COO J.D. Moriarty CEO of ICR Capital, its broker-dealer affiliate... Hearst Magazines names Sherri Chambers SVP, chief marketing officer... Neighborly, a home services company, appoints Stacy Lynn Bourgeois as CMO, effective Dec. 2.

The Obama Foundation, which is building the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side, has hired Rahshiene Taha as CMO and Emily Bittner as VP of communications. 

Donald Trump has picked Ballard Partners partner Pam Bondi as his nomination for attorney general as ex-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz decides not to pursue Senate confirmation for the post.

Think Big, a PA consultancy, hires WE Communications' Aaron Walker as a managing director to lead its new PR & and crisis practice... Paradigm Talent Agency brings on Sarah Shulman as VP corporate communications... Instabase, an AI outfit, appoints Junie Dinda as CMO.