Friday, October 22, 2010

Coinstar Names Execs

Bellevue-based Coinstar said Thursday that it has named Mary A. Leonard as the firm's Chief Performance Officer. Leonard was most recently Senior Vice President of Operations for Coinstar's redbox subsidiary. Coinstar said that Leonard replaces Steve Verleye, who is retiring. Leonard has been at redbox since 2006, and also served at RR Donnelley Logistics and FedEx. Coinstar also said that its Redbox Automated Retail subsidiary has named Diane M. Pearse to SVP of Finance and operations, and Mindy S. Herman as Chief of Content. Pearse has been at Redbox since lsat year, and was most recently CFO of Crate and Barrel. Herman was formerly president and CEO of E! Networks.