Ranjini Poddar is the CEO and co-founder of Artech LLC, a global IT staffing organization. With $712 million annual revenue in 2019, Artech is one of the largest IT staffing firms in the US and the 25th-largest overall. Poddar’s understanding of the global staffing industry, pursuit of excellence and ability to think differently have helped [...]
As COO of WilsonHCG, Kim Pope leads a global team that develops and delivers strategic talent solutions for some of the world’s most admired brands. She’s played an integral role in the company’s global expansion and has led several acquisitions over the years, most recently that of Hong Kong-based Profile Search & Selection earlier this [...]
As CFO at Staffmark Group, Jennifer Prospero is responsible for accounting, finance, treasury and administration. She joined Staffmark Group 16 years ago, wanting to be a part of an organization that makes a difference. Recently, as part of an integration project to combine two national staffing companies with 10 brands, she led her team in [...]
An accomplished leader dedicated to gender diversity, Centerline Drivers President Jill Quinn built a workforce that is 60% women and a leadership team that is 50% women, while growing the commercial driver staffing arm of TrueBlue Inc. into a nationwide operation. For this work, she was named one of the Top Women to Watch in [...]
Akraya Co-founder and President Sonu Ratra launched the organization’s Women Back to Work initiative that has become a movement within the industry, enabling companies, MSPs and leaders to hire diverse technical talent. She continues to expand the program’s service offerings and accelerate Akraya’s overall growth. Ratra currently serves on the foundation board of directors at [...]
As the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically increased the need for healthcare providers, Laurie Reichert, COO of Fastaff Travel Nursing, helped her company rise to the occasion. Reichert joined Fastaff in 2019 and went to work streamlining the key production functions, including recruiting, credentialing, and travel and housing. This increase in efficiency enabled Fastaff to accommodate increased [...]
Allison Robinson is the founder and CEO of The Mom Project, the digital talent marketplace connecting talented women with supportive, family-friendly employers. Robinson founded The Mom Project while on maternity leave in 2016, with the ultimate goal of ensuring women can reach their professional potential, no longer choosing between families and careers. She’s raised $36 [...]
A powerful force in the staffing industry during her 30-plus-year Adecco career, Joyce Russell focuses on improving the lives of American workers as president of the Adecco Group US Foundation, to which she was named in January 2019. The foundation focuses on upskilling and reskilling American workers and ensuring work equality for all. The foundation [...]
CEO Susan Salka has led AMN Healthcare through a strategic evolution from a small travel nurse agency to the largest healthcare staffing provider in the nation. Over her 30 years with the company, Salka and her team have positioned AMN Healthcare as a trusted, innovative and influential force working with healthcare organizations to provide quality [...]
In 2019, Lori Schultz was promoted from COO to Volt Information Sciences’ chief global solutions officer, overseeing a number of businesses including Volt Consulting Group, Volt IT & Technical, DTS SOW solutions, Volt International and Arcten outsourcing offshore solutions. In support of the organization’s cost alignment initiatives in 2020, Schultz was responsible for the largest [...]
