New York, NY, June 21, 2001 - The Harry Fox Agency, Inc., (HFA) today announced the recent appointment of Michele Olton as Senior Vice President for Human Resources and Administration. Olton reports directly to HFA President & CEO Gary Churgin.
Olton is a seasoned HR professional with sixteen years experience in employee relations, succession planning and staffing. Most recently she spent three years at Prudential as Director, Human Resources, where she managed an HR team in providing HR support to 1,100 operations and systems associates in Prudential's Retirement Services business. Her primary focus was increasing management capability through staff assessment and development in preparation for Prudential's potential future public environment.
Prior to Prudential, Olton had a distinguished career at Citibank, where she held a variety of positions her last as Vice President of HR for Legal Affairs and Global Risk Design. Her background includes expertise in strategic staffing, performance assessment, compensation and staff development.
"I am very pleased to have Michele join HFA at this important time for the Agency and the industry," said Churgin. "As we work to transform HFA from a collection agency for music royalties to a full-service infomediary for music publishers, her expertise in staffing development will ensure that we have the most well-trained and knowledgeable staff possible."
"I'm excited to be a member of the HFA team during this time of major change, and look forward to contributing to a successful transformation," stated Olton.
About the Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
For more than 70 years the Harry Fox Agency, Inc. has provided an efficient information source, clearinghouse and monitoring service for a large percentage of music manufactured, distributed, and transmitted electronically in the United States and around the world. HFA represents more than 26,000 music publisher principals, who in turn represent the interests of more than 150,000 songwriters.
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