Speaker Biographies

Threase Baker is vice president of operations and an owner of Abbtech Staffing Services Inc., a woman-owned small business with two U.S. General Services Administration schedules. The company supports both the government and private sectors by providing information technology, engineering, and office–clerical staffing services, as well as personal identity verification. Baker's 20 years of experience in the staffing industry includes extensive corporate recruiting, executive placement, and staff augmentation. She serves as president for the Capital Area Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter in metropolitan Washington, and as cochairman of the ASA education and certification committee.

Deon Barber joined the Bartech Group in 2008 to lead the company's enterprise staffing division. He has almost 20 years of industry experience, with particular expertise in recruiting and information technology, and developing and establishing strong staffing sales and delivery centers across the country. Before joining Bartech, he was a global vice president at RCG Information Technology, where he was responsible for recruiting and service delivery initiatives that supported the company's enterprise vendor management system business. Barber had previously started and operated his own company, so he brings an innovative, entrepreneurial approach to staffing services.

Michael Beygelman is president of Adecco RPO, North America. Prior to joining Adecco, he had served as executive director of the Human Resources Outsourcing Association, chairman of a national electronic payment processing company, and cofounder of a national human resource services provider. HRO Today magazine has named Beygelman an HRO Superstar for several years; he has also been nominated for HRO Thought Leader of the Year and HRO Person of the Year.

Alden J. Bianchi is a member of the law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo PC. He leads the firm's employee benefits and executive compensation practice, and is a member of its employment, labor, and benefits section. He advises corporate, not-for-profit, governmental, and individual clients on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits issues. He testified before the Senate Finance Committee on health care reform. A graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the Suffolk University and Georgetown University law schools, Bianchi holds a master of laws degree in taxation from Boston University law school.

George Birdsong has been managing and selling businesses for nearly 20 years. As president of Computer Resource Group, he grew the company from less than $1 million in annual revenues to $23 million. As founder and president of Systems Partners, Birdsong grew the company in five years to $44 million in annual revenues before selling it to IMI Systems in 1998. He serves on numerous boards of directors and advises company owners and management teams. He speaks regularly on matters related to buying and selling companies.

Crystal Blackwell, CSP, has more than 30 years of experience in staffing industry. She is currently president and chief executive officer of Staffing One, as well as chief executive officer of Human Capital Management Inc. and Blackwell Capital LLC. She is a past president of the Georgia Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, as well as a past board member and officer of the ASA-affiliated chapters in both New York and Massachusetts. Blackwell currently serves as cochairman of the ASA education and certification committee.

Hope Bradford, enterprise architecture for Kelly Services Inc., has more than 12 years of experience in the staffing industry, spanning multi-faceted applications and system integrations. Bradford contributes to the development of internally built as well as purchased Internet-based solutions. Her expertise lies in investigating business requirements and engineering processes, and designing automated technology solutions that complement business operations. She is responsible for negotiating and managing the company's relationship with suppliers, and often serves as an interpreter between business requirements and technology solutions. Bradford chairs the technical advisory subcommittee of the ASA education and certification committee.

Jennifer Brigham started Brigham Group Staffing more than 27 years ago in her living room with a rented typewriter and single-line phone with the intention of providing off-site, overload secretarial work for local companies. She soon adjusted her business plan, getting into temporary help and recruiting. She has since placed thousands of employees at hundreds of job sites in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and across the nation. Brigham now places the children of people she placed in the 1980s and '90s. Brigham currently serves on the board of the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Tracy A. Butz is the owner of Think Impact Solutions, a training, keynote speaking, and consulting business. She has more than 15 years of training experience in manufacturing and service industries. Her expertise includes leadership development, handling difficult conversations, change management, customer service, time management, e-mail effectiveness, dealing with personality differences, fostering accountability, motivating others, and performance management.

Stephen A. Candland has pioneered and led the implementation of vendor management systems at many of the world's top financial services companies. As a co-founder of Advantage and now managing director of SPG Managed Services, he has sold and delivered VMS and recruitment process outsourcing to American Express, CitiGroup, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers in the U.S., as well as Bear Stearns and Standard Chartered Bank in Europe. He has served as a leader of a staffing company with managed services capabilities and worked with 300 staffing suppliers in maximizing volume and margin while helping clients enhance talent quality and reduce costs.

Stephen Carter is senior manager of government relations for TALX tax services. TALX—a wholly owned subsidiary of Equifax Inc, a global leader in consumer and commercial data services—provides unemployment claims and tax administration services nationally. Carter tracks legislative and regulatory changes, and consults with state and federal agencies regarding payroll taxation and unemployment insurance.

Alfred F. De Bellas, Jr., has more than 43 years of experience in all phases of investment banking, with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate valuations, financial advisory services, public securities offerings, and private financing transactions. Prior to founding De Bellas & Co., he held investment banking and corporate finance positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., Underwood Neuhaus & Co. Inc., and Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards Inc. De Bellas has served on the American Stock Exchange member firm advisory committee and as an allied member of the New York Stock Exchange.

Steve DeVoe, CSP, is vice president of Tiger Personnel Services Inc., for which he obtained Small Business Administration 8(a) certification and a General Services Administration schedule contract. He previously managed Steve DeVoe and Associates LLC, which provided management services to small and medium-sized businesses and assisted numerous companies in getting SBA certifications and GSA schedule contracts. He has also managed staffing firms that used government contracts as a primary source of revenue.

Greg Doersching is managing partner and founder of the Griffin Search Group, a three-person national search firm. For the past 14 years, Doersching has been an internationally recognized industry trainer. He currently consults with more than 20 nationally known staffing and recruiting firms and mentors countless others. He is a member of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Association of Personnel Services, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and served as its president for two years.

B. Kemp Dolliver, CFA, is senior research analyst and managing director for health care services at Avondale Partners, an investment banking firm. Prior to joining Avondale, he was senior analyst and managing director for health care providers at the investment banking firm of Cowen & Co. Previously, he was senior portfolio manager at TradeStreet Investment Associates, part of NationsBank Corp. He has also worked as a securities analyst for Aetna Life & Casualty Co. and as an investment banker for Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.

Stephen Dwyer, Esq., is ASA deputy general counsel. He coordinates legal and public affairs activities for ASA, and advises the staffing industry on labor and employment law and policy issues. Dwyer was instrumental in creating the ASA employment law certification programs. Before joining ASA, Dwyer was deputy general counsel of an 800-employee corporation in Sterling, VA. He was also associated with a New York multinational law firm, Chadbourne & Parke, as well as De Forest & Duer, a 100-year-old Wall Street firm. Dwyer has published many articles on legal and policy concerns pertaining to the staffing industry.

James A. Essey, CSP, is president and chief executive officer of the TemPositions Group of Cos., which operates in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California. In addition to providing office support personnel, Essey's firm offers staffing in information technology, accounting, human resources, legal, hospitality, light assembly, substitute teaching, and health care. Essey served five terms as president of the New York Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter. He was ASA chairman in 2004; has chaired the chapter relations, member education and certification, political action, and industry practices committees; and is current chairman of the legal and legislative committee.

Dan Fisher is the founder and managing director of the Menemsha Group as well as author of the Menemsha Methodology, a proprietary sales methodology designed exclusively for sales professionals in the information technology staffing and consulting industry. He focuses on transforming underperforming sales teams and territories into market leaders. During his career, Fisher has gained industry-specific experience in recruiting, sales and business development, service, operations, and branch management.

Tim Giehll brings more than 30 years of experience as a staffing industry veteran, technology visionary, and manufacturing expert to his role as co-author of Human Capital Supply Chains. Giehll gained management expertise at IBM, Manpower Inc., Sequent Computers, Chen Systems, and Control Data Corp. During the last 10 years, Giehll has served as chief executive officer of eEmpACT Software, a division of Bond International Software PLC. He is a member of the technology advisory subcommittee of the ASA education and certification committee.

Eric Gilpin is president of the staffing and recruiting group at CareerBuilder, an ASA corporate partner and the sponsor of the Staffing VOICE Awards. He has more than 10 years of experience in the staffing industry, which includes leading a CareerBuilder team in the creation of customized solutions for staffing and recruiting companies. Gilpin is responsible for developing sales teams and strategies to help clients meet their goals and to promote the staffing industry overall. With people development and industry awareness as priorities, Gilpin is focused on technology, social media, and product design as key growth drivers for the staffing and recruiting industry.

Fran Goldstein, CPC, CSP, has had three decades of recruiting and sales success, which led her to establish Gold Staff Consultants Inc., a blended placement firm specializing in administrative support. Her speaking, training, and consulting business, FranSpeaks, coaches chief executive officers, recruiters, and sales professionals. Goldstein is a past vice president of the Massachusetts Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and past president of the National Speakers Association of New England.

Karenjo Goodwin has been in the staffing industry for more than 25 years, working with large international staffing corporations and smaller privately held firms. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Exact Staff Inc., which has been consistently recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately held women-owned companies in California. Goodwin is an active member of various staffing associations and women's groups, and she serves on the board of the Young Presidents Organization of Los Angeles.

Eric A. Gregg is founder and managing partner of Inavero, a leading provider of client and employee surveys for the staffing industry. As ASA research partner, Inavero currently conducts the association's annual membership satisfaction survey, annual staffing sector benchmarking survey, quarterly employment and sales survey, and weekly ASA Staffing Index survey. The creator of Best of Staffing, Gregg is an expert on client retention in the staffing industry. He has spoken at many industry events and published numerous articles on the subject.

Kevin J. Hedrick is a tax partner at Williams Benator & Libby. Hedrick specializes in tax planning and compliance services. His expertise includes tax return preparation for corporations, partnerships, trusts, and individuals. He has advised numerous businesses on international tax issues, mergers and acquisitions, and choice of entity considerations. He has also represented a wide variety of businesses and individuals in Internal Revenue Service and state tax examinations.

J.J. Hurley is the founder and president of GDH Consulting Inc., a consulting and staffing firm providing qualified candidates from the information technology, accounting and finance, and consulting industries to the commercial and government sectors. Hurley's focus is on building a world-class firm that helps top professionals find the best opportunities with the top employers. The success of this goal has allowed GDH Consulting to be recognized as one of the fastest growing human resource firms in the country.

Jeffrey A. Joerres is chairman and chief executive officer of Manpower Inc. He has led the transformation of Manpower's business strategy, adding new business lines that have expanded the company's ability to assist clients and candidates in navigating the changing world of work. Joerres is recognized as a thought leader within the staffing industry and a pioneer in emerging markets. In his role at Manpower, he has advised domestic and foreign government officials about how to transform their labor markets to compete in the global economy.

Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq., is president of Centre Consulting Inc. Before starting Centre, she was the head of a government contracts practice group at a major law firm. With more than 20 years of experience in federal government contracting, she offers expert advice to help clients identify, pursue, and obtain federal contracts; comply with federal mandates, and fulfill contract performance obligations. Through Centre's Federal Contracting Institute, Kinosky has taught numerous courses to hundreds of government and contractor employees on all aspects of federal government contracting.

Joel A. Klarreich, Esq., is a partner in the law firm Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, where he chairs the firm's employment law, staffing industry, and corporate law departments. Klarreich is a leading expert in staffing law, having spent more than 35 years counseling and representing staffing firms in all facets of their business. Klarreich is general counsel for the New York Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and served as general counsel to the Association of Personnel Consultants of New York for 13 years.

Celina Klee joined Labor Finders International Inc. in 2008 as the company's manager of public relations. She is a seasoned public relations executive who has served as a consultant and has both agency and corporate communications experience.

Rolf Kleiner is senior vice president and general manager for the outsourcing and consulting group of Kelly Services Inc., a world leader in human resource solutions headquartered in Troy, MI. Kleiner is responsible for Kelly's world-wide operations, strategic direction, and growth. His focus is on business process outsourcing, contingent work force outsourcing, recruitment process outsourcing, executive search, human resource consulting, and outplacement. Kleiner joined Kelly in 1995 and launched the Kelly Scientific Resources business unit—the first introduction of dedicated scientific staffing into traditional staffing services.

Art Knapp is executive vice president of the managed service provider segment at IQNavigator. Prior to joining IQNavigator, Knapp spent seven years with Chimes Inc., where he became chief operating officer with overall responsibility for clients' day-to day operations. Previously, Knapp was founder and president of the Bedford Group, an executive search and human resource consulting firm focusing on venture-based, technology-oriented companies.

Jennifer F. Knippenberg is senior recruiting manager for digital recruiting and integrated marketing at Manpower Inc. She has more than 12 years of recruiting and staffing experience. Knippenberg has designed solutions and recruiting plans for all business lines, including staffing, recruitment process outsourcing, and managed services. Her experience has enabled her to build customized solutions based on individual client needs, understanding all aspects of the business from pricing to implementing, delivering, and executing measurable results.

Helen L. Konrad, Esq., is a director in the immigration practice group of the law firm McCandlish Holton PC, where she concentrates on employment-based and professional immigration. Konrad is a member of the J visas national task force of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has worked with the staffing industry for more than 10 years and has addressed staffing professionals at such ASA events as Staffing World and the staffing law conference.

Jenifer Lambert, CPC, is a partner with Terra Staffing Group, one of the largest privately held staffing firms in the Pacific Northwest. She is also vice president of sales and senior recruiter with Terra division Talentum Search Partners, where she leads an active search practice. She began her career in the recruiting industry working in a variety of capacities including management, training, and business development. She recently launched Elevate Performance Systems to help clients build and sustain superior performance.

Chad Lane is president of Allegis Group Services Inc., headquartered in Hanover, MD, with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. AGS is a leading provider of human capital and work force management solutions, including managed services, recruitment process outsourcing, and consulting services. Lane, a 16-year veteran of the company, has been instrumental in developing a newly formed integrated services practice and a work force management solution, as well as establishing operations in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Mike Lejeune, CPC, CTS, CERS, serves as the executive vice president and a partner of Steverson Staffing Services. He currently manages sales and marketing, operations, and new product development at Steverson, one of the top recruiting and staffing firms in Texas, serving market niches in accounting, office support, and information technology.

Edward A. Lenz, Esq., is ASA senior vice president for public affairs and general counsel. Lenz is the staffing industry's chief legal advocate and a leading authority on the legal and public policy aspects of staffing. He has testified before Congress, state legislatures, and regulatory agencies, and written and spoken widely on industry issues. Before joining ASA in 1989, Lenz was vice president and assistant general counsel of Kelly Services Inc. in charge of legislative and regulatory affairs, and also served as chairman of the ASA legislative committee. In 2001, he was inducted as a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Bob Livonius is chief executive officer of Medfinders (formerly Nursefinders), one of the nation's largest providers of managed staffing programs, health care professionals, and home care services. He has nearly 20 years of staffing industry experience, which includes making more than 40 acquisitions. Before joining Medfinders, Livonius was chief operating officer of Spherion Corp. He began his career with IBM Corp. and later worked for Verizon as vice president of sales and operations. Livonius is a member of the ASA board of directors, chairs the health care section policy council, and serves on the member education and certification committee.

Joe Mackey, CAC, CSP, is founder, president, and chief executive officer of XL Staffing Service Inc. and XL (Excell) Security Inc., based in Southern California. He has nearly three decades of experience in business and management, with particular emphasis in the security, hospitality, and event staffing sectors. Mackey is past president of California Staffing Professionals, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and serves on the board of directors of the California Association of Licensed Security Agencies, Guards, and Associates. Before founding his companies, Mackey provided event and security staffing at Texas Stadium and worked in hospitality, tourism, and special event staffing in Las Vegas.

Toby Malara, Esq., is ASA government affairs counsel. He handles federal and state legislative issues for the industry while assisting association members and state chapters in state lobbying efforts, and providing industry related information to members on laws, legislation, and regulation. Prior to joining ASA, Malara was executive director of the National Technical Services Association and also served as the association's general counsel and director of government relations. Malara previously served as legislative counsel to Rep. Jack Quinn (R-NY), where he developed policy and recommendations on legislation, wrote speeches and news releases, and handled news media calls and constituent relations.

Donna Mallard, CSP, CTS, brings 25 years of staffing industry experience to her role as chief executive officer of Mallard & Associates and partner in Staffing E-Trainer. Mallard has provided training services at numerous national and state industry association meetings over the past 15 years. She provides executive coaching, consulting, and staff development services specifically for the staffing industry. Mallard offers a practical, customized approach to on-boarding new hires, enhancing employee skills, and coaching for ongoing success.

Robin Mee is founder, president, and managing executive recruiter of Mee Derby & Co., a leading national executive search firm specializing in placing professionals in staffing, professional, and work force management services. Mee chairs the ASA placement and recruiting section policy council and serves on the ASA member education and certification committee. She also serves on the board of directors of the Capital Area Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and is a past president and program chairman.

Joanna Monroe, Esq., is vice president, deputy general counsel, and chief compliance officer for TrueBlue Inc., a leading provider of blue collar staffing. Monroe manages TrueBlue's legal, government relations, compliance, and internal audit departments. She is accountable for implementing strategic legal and legislative initiatives to support operations, providing legal advice to management and the board of directors, and successfully developing and implementing policy across 900 branches in the 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Gary R. Morris is executive vice president for the Judge Group, where he is also president of emerging services. Morris has more than 25 years of sales, operations, and management experience. Prior to joining the Judge Group, he was a co-founder of the FedSecure Group, a staffing and executive search firm serving the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security as well as intelligence agencies. Previously, Morris was vice president of sales for Olsten Staffing Services. He has also held senior management positions with TNT Express Worldwide and Emery Worldwide. Morris is currently chairman of the ASA technical, IT and scientific section policy council.

Jason Morris is the president and chief operating officer of EmployeeScreenIQ, an industry-leading, global pre-employment screening company. He is a former co-chairman and current board member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners, which promotes ethical business practices within the background screening industry. He is an expert consultant to government agencies, having presented to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Morris has advised and consulted with the Obama Administration on matters relating to the background screening industry and has published work in many professional journals.

Rob Mosley is the senior director of training and development for Next Level Recruiting Training. Mosley joined Next Level from MRINetwork Corporate, where he served as the chief learning officer, responsible for world-wide training and sales development. Previously he was with Acclivus Corp., an international performance development company, where he was part of the corporate team responsible for global relationships. Mosley's knowledge of the search industry comes from his 10 years with Merritt Hawkins & Associates, where he served as vice president of training and corporate development.

Sara Moss is co-founder and president of the Code Works Inc., a Silicon Valley-based technology strategy and software development consulting company. Moss frequently consults with staffing firms on strategic technology options, staffing software selection, custom software development, and application integration. Her areas of expertise include front- and back-office technology, candidate- and client-oriented technology, and vendor management systems. She frequently publishes on staffing technology topics in leading staffing journals and on her blog, "The Business of Staffing Technology." Moss has presented at a number of events, including Staffing World and software user conferences.

Amy Munroe, CSP, is the president of MTS Inc., and a partner in Staffing E-Trainer. Munroe has more than 25 years of experience in the staffing industry, working with small independent staffing firms as well as large international companies. She has been providing training for the past 18 years, helping staffing companies provide greater value to their clients, decrease time to full productivity for internal staff, and improve employee retention and engagement.

Greg Palmer formed the consulting firm G. Palmer & Associates in 2006, after retiring as president and chief executive officer of RemedyTemp Inc. His 22 years of proven field and boardroom experience make his firm an asset to the staffing industry, giving him expertise in strategic turnarounds, chief executive mentoring, growing niche-specialty business, acquisition integration, and franchise expansion. Palmer serves on the boards of publicly traded Diedrich Coffee and Sperry Van Ness (one of the top commercial real-estate brokerage firms in the U.S.) as well as two privately held companies in the staffing and human capital sectors.

Connie Rossi is president of Rossi Staffing LLC, which helps to meet the employment needs of attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants, and also consults with law firms, corporations, and sole practitioners regarding litigation support and trial presentation. Rossi has more than 25 years of experience as a litigation paralegal, including several years focusing on staffing and staffing management.

Samuel R. Sacco has been a partner with R. A. Cohen Consulting since 1998. He has been involved with the staffing industry for more than 27 years, and is an expert on the sales and operating procedures critical to mergers and acquisitions. During his tenure, Sacco has provided in-depth knowledge of the staffing industry and historical understanding of its development to numerous trade publications and news media. He works with temporary, information technology, and technical staffing as well as permanent placement firms to help them recognize their different needs.

Wayne Salen serves as director of risk management for Labor Finders International Inc. Salen, a risk management veteran of 32 years, is responsible for all property and casualty programs at Labor Finders, as well as safety, health, contract administration, claims management (all lines), and regulatory compliance.

Dan Shube is director of marketing for Labor Finders International Inc. Shube began his marketing career in 1979 and joined Labor Finders in 2007. He has initiated numerous corporate social responsibility programs, enabling Labor Finders to give back to the communities it serves. Labor Finders received two Staffing VOICE Awards in 2008 and, for outstanding corporate social responsibility initiatives, a 2009 ASA Care Award.

Paul Siker, CPC, is the founder and managing partner of the Artisan Group, an executive search firm. He is also a principal of Advanced Recruiting Trends, a recruitment training and consulting firm. He has more than 20 years of experience in the recruiting industry, and has also served as an officer, partner, and executive search consultant at the Guild Corp. in the Washington, D.C., recruitment marketplace. He is a featured speaker for numerous association meetings nationwide.

Andrew W. Singer, Esq., is a leader of the employment law practice group for Tannenbuam Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP. He has extensive litigation and alternative dispute resolution experience, including defending discrimination and retaliation claims based upon sex, race, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, disability, age, and other protected classes. He has also handled discrimination matters filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the New York City Commission on Human Rights.

Donald Stallard is the founder and chief executive officer of the Reserves Network, a staffing and human capital management firm which he founded in 1984 as Stallard, Schrier & Associates Inc., an executive recruiting firm. Stallard is an active public speaker, author, and news media guest on contemporary staffing, human resource, and business issues.

Terry Terhark is president and chief executive officer of the RightThing Inc., a recruitment process outsourcing firm that he founded in 2003. The RightThing was on the Society for Human Resource Management's list of the Top 25 Best Small and Medium Companies to Work for in America for three consecutive years. Prior to founding the RightThing, Terhark founded Selective Staffing Inc., an innovator in RPO, which was subsequently acquired by Aon Consulting, where he then served as senior vice president of Aon's employment outsourcing group. Terhark has more than 20 years of industry experience and is regularly featured in industry publications and conferences.

Carolyn Thompson is director of human resource services for Goodman & Co., the fourth largest accounting firm in the Mid-Atlantic region. She has been an executive recruiter since 1988. A certified career coach, she is the author of 10 Easy Steps to a Perfect Resume, 10 Steps to Finding the Perfect Job, and 10 Secrets to Getting Promoted. Her articles on career development and the employment industry have been published in various national magazines and trade journals.

Bruce Tulgan is the founder of Rainmaker Thinking Inc. He is internationally recognized as an expert on young people in the workplace and as a leading authority on leadership and management. Tulgan is the author of the best-selling book It's O.K. To Be the Boss, an advisor to international business leaders, and a sought-after keynote speaker and management trainer. His articles appear regularly in human resource, staffing, and management journals.

David Ulrich is a professor of business at the University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organizations build capabilities of speed, learning, collaboration, accountability, talent, and leadership through leveraging human resources. Ulrich has helped generate award-winning data bases that assess alignment between strategies, human resource practices, and human resource competencies. In addition, Ulrich has published multiple articles and books, and served as editor of the Human Resource Management Journal.

Gene C. Waddy is owner of Diversant LLC, one of the nation's largest African-American owned information technology staffing and solutions firms. Prior to founding Diversant, Waddy was national practice director for infrastructure services at Spherion Technology, where he managed the provision of IT staffing and solutions for large clients nationwide. Waddy serves on the ASA corporate social responsibility committee and its diversity subcommittee.

Ben Walker is vice president of strategy and client solutions at ProcureStaff Ltd., the managed service provider subsidiary of Volt Information Sciences. Walker has been with Volt for eight years, serving in many different capacities, including program implementation and program operations. Before joining Volt, Walker served two years as vice president and general manager at a professional services startup and eight years with PricewaterhouseCoopers' management consulting practice, providing procurement consulting to both public and private sector clients. Walker is a founding member of the Human Capital Institute's standards board for MSPs and vendor management systems.

Jack Wellman, TSC, CSP, is president and chief operating officer of Joulé Inc., a growing regional and national provider of temporary staff, direct hire, and other outsourcing services. Wellman has been a manager in the staffing industry for more than 20 years and is actively involved in national and state trade associations representing the staffing industry.

Scott Wintrip, PCC, is the founder and president of StaffingU, an ASA member service provider and approved continuing education provider. StaffingU is a leading provider of training, coaching, and consulting services for the staffing and recruiting industry. Wintrip has more than 20 years of experience as a staffing industry consultant and trainer. He also spent years on the front lines of staffing, winning new business and overseeing new branches.

Kristin Motta Zwickau is co-founder and director of CM Access, a boutique staffing firm for marketing, interactive media, and creative professionals headquartered in Boston. Zwickau began her career in sales as an account executive for a graphic arts representation firm. Her 16 years of experience include sales and operations, with a focus on a customized, personal approach to building partnerships with clients. Her firm doubled its revenues since its founding in 1996 and was purchased in 2003 by Joulé Inc. a specialized, regional staffing company, providing resources for growth.