Schwab picks COO

Schwab Institutional of San Francisco on Friday named Patricia “Trish” Cox its new chief operating officer.
She fills the position vacated in May when Charles Goldman was promoted to president of Schwab Institutional after Deborah D. McWhinney announced plans to resign.
Since May, Mr. Goldman fulfilled the responsibilities of both president and COO.
Ms. Cox, 39, has headed the client service and support organization for Schwab’s retail businesses, Schwab Investor Services, since 2005.
In addition, a spokeswoman for Schwab confirmed that Myra Rothfeld, senior vice president of marketing for Schwab Institutional, will retire after the company’s IMPACT 2008 conference in Atlanta next fall.
Her role has been largely assumed by Bernie Clark, senior vice president of sales and relationship management at Schwab Institutional.