Cooper to Chief HR Officer at Oswald Cos.; Powers Now Assistant Controller at Rockford Mutual

Oswald Companies

Oswald Companies in Cleveland, Ohio, has appointed Deborah Cooper to the position of chief human resources officer.

Cooper joins the 128-year-old risk management and insurance brokerage firm as a member of the executive team and will be based at the firm’s Cleveland headquarters. She assumes responsibility of human resources operations for Unison Risk Advisors, which includes oversight of all Oswald and RCM&D companies.

Cooper has more than 20 years’ experience in the field. Most recently she was senior vice president of Operations and People for FRONTSTEPS, a Denver-based software development firm.

Prior to FRONTSTEPS, she held senior leadership positions in Operations and Human Resources at Colorado-based Dish Network Corporation within the company’s In-Home Services division. Previous professional experience includes leadership positions for technology, media, and services companies.

Rockford Mutual

Rockford Mutual Insurance Co. (RMIC) in Rockford, Ill., has promoted Aaron Powers to assistant controller.

Powers previously served as accounting manager and has been instrumental both in affecting positive change in the Financial Services Department and in creating process efficiencies throughout the enterprise, the company said.

Powers began his career in the banking industry and switched to insurance accounting approximately 10 years ago. He joined RMIC in 2016 as a senior accountant.