Gould to head Newell Rubbermaid home segment

ATLANTA Newell Rubbermaid has announced that Jay Gould, president of the company's Graco global business unit, has been promoted to group president of the home and family segment. He succeeds Timothy Jahnke, who, as previously announced, is leaving Newell Rubbermaid to become ceo at another company.

Before joining Newell Rubbermaid in May 2006, Gould held senior marketing and general management roles at Campbell Soup, Coca-Cola and General Mills.