San Francisco – October 28, 2026 -- The RealReal (Nasdaq: REAL) has appointed Alexis Hoopes, who led eBay's $10 billion global fashion business, as Chief Merchandising Officer, handing her control of the luxury resale marketplace's merchandising strategy.

PASADENA – October 28, 2026 -- Virtualitics has appointed orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bert R. Mandelbaum as Scientific Advisor to shape its AI-driven medical readiness strategy for defense and government customers.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- Talos, the institutional technology and data provider for digital asset trading and portfolio management, has hired Kelly Ye as Head of Research, putting a dedicated leader over a research program that follows liquidity, market structure and onchain finance.

CHARLOTTE – October 28, 2026 -- Quarterra has appointed Jeb Cox, whose career spans nearly 14,000 apartment homes and more than $2.1 billion in capitalization, as Managing Director of Development, Texas.

Cox takes charge of the full development cycle across Texas

Cox will oversee new multifamily development initiatives statewide and lead a divisional team through every project phase. Those phases are land sourcing, entitlements, capitalization, design and construction execution, optimizing marketability and operability, lease-up and disposition.

Nashville – October 28, 2026 -- Sound Physicians has appointed Emil Engels, MD, MBA, as Chief Physician Officer for Sound Anesthesia, a newly created post that places a physician executive alongside a CRNA executive at the top of the unit's clinical leadership.

HOUSTON – October 28, 2026 -- Kraton Corporation, a global producer of specialty polymers and bio-based chemicals derived from pine wood pulping byproducts, has appointed Brian Rea as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and added him to its executive leadership team.

BASKING RIDGE – October 28, 2026 -- Ascendion, an AI-native software engineering company serving 250+ enterprise clients, has appointed four former senior executives from banking, retail, high-tech and industry bodies to its AI Advisory Community as it steers its AAVA platform toward governed, production-scale enterprise AI.

The appointees are Andy Gamble, Jack Madrid, Julieta Ross, Ph.D., and Joseph Sirosh, Ph.D. Their combined experience spans banking, high-tech, media and retail. Each will work directly with Ascendion's regional and engineering leaders.

Denver – October 28, 2026 -- EverPeak Insurance has appointed Patrick K. Daley, CPCU, a underwriter with more than 30 years of experience in large, complex and hard-to-place risks, as Chief Underwriting Officer. He will lead underwriting strategy and quality standards across all EverPeak lines of business.

Rossville, Md. – October 28, 2026 -- LifeLogics, a nonprofit technology company serving the organ and tissue donation and transplantation community, has appointed Ankit Mathur as Chief Executive Officer. Mathur, who has more than two decades of experience in technology, healthcare and organizational leadership, most recently served as Chief Technology Officer of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).

DENVER – October 28, 2026 -- Onward Energy, an independent power producer with a 6.6 GW portfolio, has appointed Chief Financial Officer Patrick Welch as CEO and promoted Adam Heath to CFO, both effective October 27, 2026.

Welch moves from interim CEO to the permanent role and joins the board

Welch, CFO since 2023 and currently Interim President and CEO, will also join Onward's board of directors. He has more than 34 years of energy and power experience, including 18 years in CFO roles at Atlantic Power, JP Energy Partners and Jonah Energy.