When Susan Salka joined AMN Healthcare, it was a small, “mom and pop” travel nurse company. Nearly 30 years later it is the largest healthcare staffing provider in the world, and Salka has been there every step of the way. As CEO, Salka considers her role to be the “culture and engagement obsesser,” remaining focused [...]
Dawn Serpe is VP of strategic accounts at Collabera, the ninth largest IT staffing firm in the US, leading the company’s new client acquisition team throughout North America. Serpe leads a team that contributes to Collabera’s continued growth by bringing in some big clients and opportunities for the company. She also leads the company’s culture [...]
Ajeta “AJ” Sinha has more than 17 years of experience in business development, account management, and service delivery, and is currently managing Net2Source’s P&L to support contingent & direct staffing, statement of work, RPO, payroll management, and managed IT services in 21 countries globally. She is a strong client advocate who believes in innovation, transformation and [...]
Laura Smith is VP of global HR with Digital Intelligence Systems LLC, the 17th-largest IT staffing firm in the US. Always looking for unique ways to differentiate culture, she innovated “Inspire Others,” which encourages public recognition for values-based behaviors, and “Disys Dream,” which motivates employees to give a dream to others or live their own [...]
Nicola “Nikki” Soares is senior VP of Kelly Education, the largest education workforce solutions provider in the US with revenue of $433 million. She oversaw its expansion this year in early childhood education as well as into three states — Illinois, New Jersey and New Mexico — for a total of 38. She is executive [...]
As president of professional staffing services for the West and Southwestern US at Robert Half, Rita Steel is committed to the development of a strong workforce. She oversees the operations of four specialized staffing divisions at Robert Half: Accountemps, OfficeTeam, Robert Half Finance & Accounting and Robert Half Management Resources. She pioneered Robert Half’s annual [...]
Senior VP and chief HR officer of Kelly Services Inc. since 2017, Kristin Supancich is changing the way Kelly thinks about internal and external talent into a single, total talent platform. Under her leadership, employee engagement and overall experience are up. Kelly has also increased internal mobility, leadership development, talent planning and the company’s percentage [...]
Mara Swan was appointed ManpowerGroup’s executive VP, global strategy and talent, in 2009; in 2014, she added global brand leadership for the Right Management business. The company designated 2019 as its “Year of Learning” and designed learning pathways for all levels of the organization — including senior leadership — to develop their digital and human [...]
Sue Tidswell is the founder and CEO of Pplumm LLC, which was established this past year. Pplumm’s mission is to enable people and companies to achieve their full potential through leveraging a talent ecosystem in which everything is connected. Its foundation is a network of like-minded staffing agencies and consultants across the US and South [...]
As Beeline’s senior VP of product management, Colleen Tiner is responsible for strategy and planning related to Beeline’s flagship vendor management system product line. Over the last five years, she has led the development of innovative new solutions, including direct-sourcing technologies and the application of artificial intelligence and augmented intelligence to enhance Beeline’s product portfolio. [...]
