Meredith Corp.’s board of directors has elected Thomas Harty as its chairman and Elizabeth Tallett as its lead independent director, the company announced. Harty, Meredith’s president and CEO, has been a member of the board since 2017 and succeeds Stephen Lacy, who is retiring from Meredith’s board after 16 years. Harty joined Meredith in 2004 as vice president of its Magazine Group and was named National Media Group president in 2010. He became president and chief operating officer in 2016 and CEO in 2018. Tallett is currently chair of Anthem Inc. and is a member of the boards at Moderna Inc., Qiagen Inc. and Principal Financial Group. She was lead independent director at Principal until this year, and previously served in that role at Coventry Health Care Inc. “Liz brings broad board and independent director experience to Meredith, supported by a career focused on operational and strategic leadership roles at large and complex organizations in the consumer products and biopharmaceutical industries,” Harty said in a statement. “We look forward to working together with Liz in her expanded board role at Meredith.”