Eric Gregg

CEO and Founder, ClearlyRated

With nearly 15 years of research experience in the staffing and recruiting space, Gregg and his team at ClearlyRated (formerly Inavero) have analyzed more than three million surveys with the goal of determining what drives success for staffing and recruiting firms. From trying to find, attract, and retain top flexible and permanent talent to delivering world-class service to the clients they serve, ClearlyRated’s research has influenced top staffing firms across the globe. ClearlyRated’s popular Best of Staffing program turns actionable client and talent satisfaction surveys into credible online ratings and testimonials, recognizing the top firms on clearlyrated.com. Gregg has served as an adjunct faculty member in Portland State University’s marketing program, and has published numerous articles, business cases, and technical notes in the field of marketing, client loyalty, and employee satisfaction. His research and consulting have been featured in articles, and he is a noted industry speaker.

Leslie Vickrey

CEO and Founder, ClearEdge Marketing

Vickrey is a marketing expert and business adviser who began her career with McDonald’s Corp. and Junior Achievement. After serving as head of marketing for Spherion’s technology division, Vickrey founded ClearEdge Marketing in 2006. Vickrey is a frequent speaker on diversity and co-founder of ARA, a national organization that seeks to attract, retain, and advance women in technology and leadership. She is a member of the board of directors for Chicago Innovation and a judge for its annual awards program; was recognized by Blue Network as one of Chicago’s most compelling innovators and entrepreneurs; is in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame; and was named one of the Enterprising Women of the Year. Vickrey is a contributor to industry publications such as Recruiting Daily and Entrepreneur.

DeLibra Wesley

coo, The Delta Cos.

As chief operating officer at the Delta Cos., Wesley oversees all aspects of operations consisting of travel, housing, privileging, credentialing, quality assurance, licensing, and human resources for health care providers. With more than 14 years of health care staffing experience, she has the unique expertise to support any back-office challenges—including training, quality measurement, compliance, project management, and business development. Wesley serves as a strategic business partner to the Delta Cos. executive team by initiating development and improvements to best meet company goals and stay ahead of changes within the industry. She has been recognized with numerous internal and external industry accolades, but takes most pride in leading a team that embraces and cultivates a culture of service. Wesley is a single mother of two boys: Tristen, an avid football lover, and Trace, who loves music and drawing.

Patrick McCall

chief sales officer, Randstad

Pat has spent almost equal parts of his career in technology, talent acquisition and process outsourcing, which has placed him at the center of many of the fundamental shifts in our industry. Change and disruption imply uncertainty but also represent distinct opportunities for organizations and workers. Pat gets great satisfaction from being in the business of connecting talented people with opportunity to realize business success.

Ken Taunton, CSC (Moderator)

President and CEO, The Royster Group Inc

In 2001, Taunton leveraged his proven track record of leading mid- to senior-level executive searches for public and private companies and founded the Royster Group. Prior to establishing his company, Taunton was a senior associate with Korn/Ferry International and held various recruiting and sales positions at Merck & Co. The Royster Group recently completed the Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection Program and the Small Business Administration’s Emerging 200 Initiative Program—a federal training initiative that specifically focuses on executives of businesses poised for growth in historically challenged communities. Taunton is chairman of the ASA inclusion, diversity, and equality advocacy interest group.

Nishith Parikh

ceo, Rangam Consultants Inc.

Parikh is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Rangam, a New Jersey-based company specializing in developing a range of innovative solutions for special needs education, vocational skills training, and inclusive employment. He is also the founder and executive director of LetUsConnect, an employment research park designed to identify and implement sustainable self- and community employment practices for the disabled in Princeton, NJ. Parikh serves on the external executive board of the undergraduate research and innovation (URI) programs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has collaborated with researchers, board-certified behavior analysts, cross-industry thought leaders, and transition coaches to build cost-effective tools for special needs management from preschool through adulthood and employment.

Jenny Taylor

vice president of career services, Goodwill of North Georgia

Jennifer Sheehy

deputy assistant secretary, Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor

The mission of the Office of Disability Employment Policy is to develop policy that increases job opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities. In 2016, she was also appointed by the president to the AbilityOne Commission. Prior to her current position, Sheehy spent 10 years at the U.S. Department of Education in many roles—including acting director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, acting deputy commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and special assistant to the assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Sheehy came to the Department of Education from the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities, where she was senior policy advisor and served a detail as associate director in the White House Domestic Policy Council. Before she joined the taskforce staff, she was vice president of the National Organization on Disability and director of its CEO Council. Sheehy has received many civic and achievement awards, including the 2019 Presidential Rank Award, the Accenture Women in Government "Rising Leader" award, and the Diet Coke/Glamour magazine "Women at Their Best" award.

Dan Campbell, CSP (Moderator)

Founder and Executive Chairman, Hire Dynamics LLC

Campbell is founder and executive chairman of Hire Dynamics, which provides staffing services through its 15 offices in Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina. The company was recognized by Staffing Industry Report for four years in a row as one of the fastest-growing private staffing companies in America, and by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the No. 1 best place to work in Atlanta in 2007 and 2008. Campbell previously served as chief executive officer of Hire Dynamics. Before joining Hire Dynamics, Campbell was chief executive officer of a Los Angeles-based staffing company. He also was director of business planning for AHL Services and an investment banker for PwC.

Thomas Bailey

managing director, Houlihan Lokey

Bailey is a managing director in Houlihan Lokey’s business services group. He specializes in advising clients in the human capital management, IT, and professional services industries on both the sellers’ and buyers’ side of mergers and acquisitions (M&A); debt and equity financings; strategic alternatives assessments; and valuations. Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Bailey was a director at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in the firm’s technology and services M&A group. Before that, he was with middle-market investment bank Childs Advisory Partners, where he focused on M&A for small- to middle-market IT and professional services companies. Previously, Bailey was with Endeavor Argentina, a nonprofit private equity firm, supporting small companies with corporate finance and growth equity investments. He started his career with Banc of America Securities, where he focused on the origination and execution of private placements for Australasia-based companies.

Bob Livonius

founder, Livonius Consulting

With 30 years in the staffing industry, Livonius is still very active in “semiretirement” with private equity (PE) and venture capital funded board work, where he currently is a mentor to multiple staffing chief executive officers and advisor to several PE firms who seek to acquire in the staffing space. He is currently working on the board and/or with the CEO of GrapeTree Medical Staffing, Favorite Healthcare, Nomad Health, and Supplemental Healthcare. Livonius is formerly a board member at ettain Group, Avaap, Global Novations, and Genesys Talent. Over a 24-year period from 1991 to 2015, he was chief operating officer at Spherion, CEO at Nursefinders, and president of AMN Healthcare. He has participated in 55 staffing company acquisitions. Livonius has been inducted into both the ASA Leadership Hall of Fame and the Staffing Industry Analysts Hall of Fame. He is a past chairman and board member of the ASA board of directors.

Greg Palmer

founder and managing partner, G Palmer and Associates

For the past 13 years, Palmer has led the consulting firm G Palmer and Associates, which supports corporate boards and private equity firms as an operating partner and has advised on over $3 billion in staffing industry transactions. He served six years as president and chief executive officer of public company Remedy Temp Inc., a national leader in professional staffing services. Palmer also developed “The Palmer Temp Labor Forecast,” a highly respected tool that predicts trends in contingent labor. Ten years ago, Palmer added health care to his area of focus; he is currently chairman of Supplemental Healthcare and sits on the board of Catapult Learning, Stepping Stones Group (behavioral health), Chiro–One, UHS (United Healthcare Services—Delta and Accountable health care), and Express Wellness Urgent Care. He recently stepped down from the Fast Pace Urgent Care board after its successful recap. His health care focus is in the areas of profitable multiunit growth and where tight labor supply is constricting the growth of the asset. Staffing Industry Analysts voted Palmer to the Staffing 100 Most Influential list five years running, and also to the SIA Hall of Fame. Palmer has a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Morehead State University, where he served on its board of regents and is a member of its Alumni Hall of Fame.

Daniel Pianko

co-founder and managing director, Achieve Partners

Pianko is the co-founder and managing director of Achieve Partners. He also serves as managing director of University Ventures. With nearly two decades of experience in the education industry, Pianko has built a reputation as a trusted education adviser and innovator in student finance, medical education, and postsecondary education. A frequent commentator on higher education, Pianko’s insights have been featured in national media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, TechCrunch, Inside Higher Ed, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He began his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, and quickly became intrigued by the potential of leveraging private capital to establish the next generation of socially beneficial education companies. After leaving Goldman Sachs, Pianko invested in, founded, advised, or managed a number of education-related businesses. He also established a student loan fund, served as chief of staff for the public/private investments in the Philadelphia School District, and worked as a hedge fund analyst.

Jeff Wald

founder, Work Market

Wald, president and co-founder of Work Market, is widely recognized as a thought leader on workforce management, labor legislation and the on-demand economy. Wald has a long track record as a successful entrepreneur across the technology and services landscape, including investing in more than 20 companies in the staffing ecosystem. Wald is a regular writer for the Huffington Post and Forbes and speaks frequently at industry conferences and television on the topic of startups and labor issues. Launched in 2010, Work Market has become the preferred software platform for many enterprises managing a flexible workforce. Among the company’s recognitions: Cool Vendor in Procurement and Sourcing by Gartner; Crain’s Fastest-Growing Company in NYC; 2016 Inc. magazine list of fastest-growing private companies in America.

Kia K. Matthews (Moderator)

Certification and Education Specialist, ASA

Matthews has worked at ASA since 2017 and has assisted hundreds of staffing professionals earn and maintain ASA credentials. She is passionate about professional development, specifically within the staffing industry, because she believes that knowledgeable staffing owners, recruiters, and other professionals ultimately have the greatest opportunity to improve the lives of temporary workers nationwide. In addition to her work at ASA, Matthews volunteers with Washington, DC-area organizations to assist persons experiencing homelessness. She also writes novels and studies the viola. 

Patty Hampton, CSP

vice president and managing partner, Nonprofit HR

Hampton has dual leadership roles with Nonprofit HR. As vice president, she is recognized for driving multiple strategies and expanding the footprint for the firm’s talent acquisition and executive search practice areas. She has a deep appreciation for innovation backed by over 25 years of extensive expertise in human capital management and executive recruitment and consultation. With a keen focus on talent acquisition and management and executive search, she is also considered the firm’s resident expert in employee engagement and communication, executive talent recruitment, and transformational leadership. As the managing partner, Hampton co-leads the business and financial strategies of the firm and is a member of the senior management team. She received a bachelor’s degree in communications from Trinity University in Washington, DC, and she is a Certified Staffing Professional, a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, and a member of the ASA women in leadership interest group.

David Leto

President, Palmer Group

Leto joined Palmer Group in 2004 and has held multiple roles in his 16 years with the company. Currently serving as president, Leto is responsible for leading the operations and strategy for Palmer Group and its nearly 80 internal employees. Leto is involved in community and volunteer activities such as JDRF, serves in cabinet and board positions for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, is a board member for the West Des Moines Leadership Advisory Board, and volunteers in a variety of leadership capacities at Holy Trinity Catholic Church and School, Dowling Catholic High School, and the Diocese of Des Moines. Leto grew up in Des Moines and attended the University of Northern Iowa and earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies in 1999.

Jennie Taylor

President, NW Staffing Resources

Taylor is president of NW Staffing Resources, an award-winning regional staffing agency based in Portland, OR, and Sacramento, CA. Her mission is to foster a supportive, collaborative, and fun company culture that encourages progressive thinking, ethical decision making, compassion, accountability, and excellence. After spending more than two decades in a variety of roles in the staffing industry, Taylor knows that a great customer experience starts with a compassionate staff who understand the stressors of finding work and onboarding a new employee—and that the best solutions for clients happen when candidate goals are understood and prioritized. Taylor actively participates in Vistage, numerous industry peer groups, and the ASA Washington Network. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Oregon State University.

Art Papas (Moderator)

Founder and CEO, Bullhorn Inc.

As Bullhorn’s founder and chief executive officer, Papas has led the company through more than 15 years of consecutive growth. He was the original architect of Bullhorn's flagship customer relationship management system, which now helps more than 10,000 companies around the world run their businesses. He sits on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Staffing Association (an ASA-affiliated chapter) and Portfolio Science Inc., and he is chairman of the board at Career Collaborative, an organization that strives to end working class poverty. In 2014, Ernst & Young named Papas an EY Entrepreneur of the Year award winner in New England. Prior to starting Bullhorn, Papas started his career as a software engineer at Thomson Reuters.

John W. Healy

vice president and managing director, Office of the Future of Work, Kelly

Healy consults with clients and market leaders interested in the evolving future of work, including the four key dimensions: the workforce, the workplace, technology, and social norms. He has responsibility for leading the researc and development, centers of excellence, supplier engagement, and analytics teams to develop customized workforce management strategies for companies around the world. He joined Kelly in 1993 and has held a number of leadership positions, domestically and globally. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, he currently serves on the board of directors for the World Employment Confederation serving as the chairman of the corporate member committee. He is a member of the Conference Board’s talent management advisory board, HFS Research’s future of operations in the robotic age council, and the Duke University Center for International Business Education and Research.

Jason Leverant, TSC, CSP, CSC, CHP

President and COO, AtWork Group

Leverant currently serves as president and chief operating officer of the AtWork Group. The AtWork Group helps more than 50,000 people find jobs at over 1,500 different client companies each day. Under his leadership, AtWork has grown 61% in annual revenue over the last two years and has been recognized by a number of organizations for accelerated growth and operational excellence, including Inavero (Best of Staffing—Client and Best of Staffing—Talent), Staffing Industry Analysts (U.S. Largest Staffing Firms, U.S. Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms, U.S. Largest Light-Industrial Staffing Firms), Inc. magazine (Inc. 5000), Entrepreneur (Franchise 500, Top Home-Based Business Opportunities), Franchise Times (Top 200+, Fast & Serious List), and Franchise Business Review (FBR50, Top 100 Franchises for Veterans). Additionally, Leverant has been recognized in the Knoxville Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” list honoring Knoxville, TN, area professionals who have achieved significant personal and professional milestones before reaching age 40.

Jake Rohn

Founder and CEO, WorkN

Rohn is co-founder and chief executive officer of WorkN. Together with co-founder and chief technology officer Steve Blakely, he brings more than 20 years’ experience in building successful software companies. Started in 2015, WorkN came out of the desire to power a fundamental change in the way that work is organized. Prior to starting WorkN in 2015, Rohn and Blakely founded Capiche, a video staffing platform for language interpreters (acquired by Stratus Video), and Albridge Solutions, an investment management platform for financial advisers (acquired by PNC Bank). Rohn currently serves on the board of Delta Data Software and the advisory board for Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.

Sara Luchsinger, CSP (Moderator)

Vice President of Organizational Development, SEEK Careers / Staffing

Luchsinger has more than 20 years of staffing industry experience and more than 25 years of experience in customer service and sales, with a strong emphasis on client and team member relations. Since 1993, Luchsinger has served as a staffing consultant, client services representative, team leader, district team leader, and region team leader. Luchsinger earned her Professional in Human Resources certificate in 1999. She has served on the board of directors for the Sheboygan-area chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. Luchsinger is chairman of the ASA corporate responsibility committee and a member of the diversity subcommittee. Her involvement also includes serving on the board of directors for the Wisconsin Association of Staffing Services, an ASA-affiliated chapter. She is a member of the Northeast Wisconsin Chapter of Association for Talent Development and served for six years on the board as program director, membership director, president, and past president. Luchsinger earned a bachelor of arts degree in business from Lakeland College.

Daniella Adinolfi, CSP

vice president of recruiting, Industrial Staffing Services Inc.

As vice president of recruiting, Adinolfi is responsible for all recruitment teams at Industrial Staffing Services. She has designed one of the industry’s most streamlined sourcing and hiring approaches, establishing the processes, policies, and procedures that her team leverages to help clients develop high-quality, performance-driven, and optimized workforces. Adinolfi has more than 11 years of experience in the staffing and recruiting industry. Throughout her career, she has successfully built and maintained client relationships and uncovered valuable business opportunities. Her strengths include identifying and placing talent across many industries, overseeing retail and enterprise managed service provider accounts, and training and leading large teams of recruiters.

Lewis Cheatwood

training manager and director of operations, Abbtech Professional Resources

Cheatwood is a retired Army veteran with 21 years of active duty service. Beginning with his time in the Army to present day, he has a total of 25 years of experience in leadership and training. Cheatwood also has a total of 18 years of recruiting experience, with the last six of those years being in the fields of the intelligence community and information technology. He is currently serving as the director of operations and training at Abbtech Professional Resources, which is headquartered in the Washington, DC, area, with a staff of approximately 60 employees providing staffing needs in the IT field across the U.S. for both cleared and uncleared IT positions.

Tiffany Travis

director of talent development, Curative

Travis serves as the director of talent development at Curative, a nation-wide health care staffing firm specializing in temporary and permanent staffing of physicians, advanced practitioners, and c-level health care executives. Curative combines the heart and hard work of experienced recruiters with the intelligent technology of Doximity, the world’s largest professional medical network. Utilizing her knowledge of both the temporary and permanent health care staffing space, Travis has overseen the development and implementation of a comprehensive training and onboarding program at Curative. In addition to supporting all new staff joining the organization, Travis works directly with leadership to ensure that future and current leaders have the tools and resources available to continue to grow in their careers.

Toby Malara, Esq. (Moderator)

Government Affairs Counsel, American Staffing Association

Malara is government affairs counsel for ASA. He manages information about all staffing-related legislation and regulation on behalf of ASA and represents the industry’s interests before the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. He provides government relations counsel to the association’s affiliated state chapters and regional councils and directs political fundraising activities through the ASA political action committee, StaffingPAC. Malara is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his law degree from Catholic University. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association.

Stephen Dwyer, Esq.

General Counsel, American Staffing Association

Dwyer is general counsel for ASA and a leading authority on the legal and public policy aspects of staffing. He engages in and coordinates the association’s legal and public affairs activities and advises the staffing industry on labor and employment law and policy issues. He has testified before legislatures and regulatory bodies regarding, and written extensively and spoken widely on, the staffing industry. Before joining ASA, he was associated with the New York multinational law firm Chadbourne & Parke, as well as De Forest & Duer, a 100-year-old Wall Street firm. Dwyer is a member of the New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, and District of Columbia bar associations.

Brittany Sakata, Esq.

Associate General Counsel, American Staffing Association

Sakata is associate general counsel for ASA. She is an experienced labor and employment attorney with more than 15 years of experience counseling and litigating matters on behalf of individuals and employers. She advises members on labor and employment law and policy issues, including equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, and immigration law; occupational safety and health issues; and the U.S. National Labor Relations Board.

Ed Lenz, Esq.

Senior Counsel

Lenz is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the legal and policy aspects of staffing. He joined ASA in 1989 as the association’s first general counsel and later, as senior vice president for legal and public affairs, was the industry’s chief legal and legislative strategist. Since passage of the Affordable Care Act, Lenz has led the industry’s advocacy efforts before Congress and the administration regarding how the ACA uniquely affects staffing firms. Before joining ASA, he was vice president and assistant general counsel for regulatory affairs with Kelly Services and chairman of the ASA legislative committee. In addition to his ongoing leadership role with ASA, Lenz also serves as senior adviser for employment, labor, and benefits to the law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC.