Myrna Cooks has been in staffing for 34 years, and today she is CEO and president of Premier Staffing Source Inc. The company has 15 locations and serves clients in 26 states. Cooks initially launched her company, IMRG Inc., as a consulting firm and then got into staffing at the behest of clients. She then focused on developing her staffing subsidiary after the economic slowdown. Cooks says she [...]
Teresa Creech has spent her career optimizing the intersection of flexible talent and demand. In 2015, Creech became CEO at ICon Professional Services, a provider of payrolling and independent contractor compliance, which merged in October 2015 with competitor Synergy Services to become TalentWave. The combined firms boast spend under management of $400 million. Creech leads the firm in executing a strategy to transform the world of independent work. Previously, [...]
Tania De Decker, in her role as global director, life sciences for Randstad, is responsible for overseeing the design and implementation of the brand’s global strategy. De Decker has more than 22 years’ experience in the staffing industry, having originally joined Randstad in 1994 as a branch manager in Ghent, Belgium. She was promoted to [...]
Former first vice chairman of the American Staffing Association, Susan Dietrich was elected chairman in October 2016. Dietrich chaired the 2016 ASA Political Action Committee, which reached an all-time high for PAC funds raised. A second-generation staffing industry entrepreneur, Dietrich is principal owner of TOPS Staffing LLC, which her mother founded in 1987. In addition to TOPS Staffing, Dietrich is a principal owner of AllTek Staffing and [...]
As an executive at ManpowerGroup, Kate Donovan’s business lines have led the organization and the industry in growth. She is senior VP of ManpowerGroup Solutions and Global RPO president. Donovan received in the past year the 2016 Women World Award for female executive of the year, as well as a Silver Stevie Award recognizing her achievements in business. She was named an HRO Superstar by the Human Resources Outsourcing [...]
Rhona Driggs, president of Volt Consulting Group and executive VP of Volt Workforce Solutions, has spent her 26 years in the industry building a sustainable client delivery model for long-term workforce management and staffing solutions with many of the world’s most highly respected companies. As an industry veteran, Driggs embodies a philosophy to challenge the [...]
Veronica Muzquiz Edwards is founder, president and CEO of InGenesis, one of the largest staffing firms in the US. In 2016, Edwards was invited by the American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Developer for Healthcare Administration to help develop new International Standards Organization standards for quality management in healthcare recruitment and workforce planning. For the [...]
Janet Elkin is president and CEO of RecruitIQ Staffing, a commercial staffing firm focusing primarily on providing nonclinical personnel to the healthcare industry. Prior to launching the new firm this year, Elkin served as president and CEO of Supplemental Health Care, the seventh-largest provider of healthcare staffing in the United States. As an expert in [...]
Traci Fiatte is US group president of Randstad Staffing, Randstad Life Sciences and Strategic Accounts, where she is responsible for strategic direction and business operations. Fiatte is a respected leader with a passion for helping others develop leadership skills and reach their full potential, both inside and outside of Randstad. An elected board member of [...]
Lynne Marie Finn is the president and CEO of Superior Workforce Solutions Inc. The company provides managed service programs, a vendor management system, statement-of-work management, independent contractor compliance programs and more. Finn is also vice chair and board member of the Women Presidents’ Educational Organization; serves on the finance committee for the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council; and serves on the board of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, the regional chamber of [...]
