Ashraf has spent more than a decade with Monster in its staffing business unit. He brings a passion for solving staffing industry challenges with innovative technology. His team has helped many staffing firms develop a tech-and-touch strategy that enables their recruiting teams to connect with the right candidates at the right time.

Dearth has been with Insight Global since summer 2010. Starting out as an entry-level recruiter in Seattle, he has held multiple roles in sales and recruiting leadership throughout his career. In his current role as president he is responsible for all things candidate and consultant at Insight Global. This includes oversight of the recruiting, consultant engagement, and digital services organizations as well as the strategic oversight of the company’s global recruiting strategy, helping to account for more than 60,000 placements annually.

Essey is president and chief executive officer of the TemPositions Group of Cos., which operates in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California. He served five terms as president of the ASA-affiliated New York chapter. Essey was elected ASA chairman in 2004—exactly 30 years after his father, Dick, served in the same role—and has chaired the chapter relations, member education and certification, political action, and industry practices committees. He is a member of the ASA board of directors and currently chairs the legal and legislative committee and the public policy advocacy taskforce. Essey received his bachelor of arts degree from Trinity College and master of business administration degree from Harvard University.

Rogan first joined CoWorx in 2005 as a director, overseeing a relatively small market. By 2010, she was promoted to senior director, Southern New England; in 2016, she was promoted to vice president, East region, managing more than 30 locations. Throughout her career at CoWorx, Rogan continuously took on greater geographic areas and additional responsibilities, building the sales and operations team for the East region, and leading corporate initiatives focused on customer development, field sales, and operations. Her growing team generated increased revenue and profits each year and, in 2018, she was selected as a “40 Under 40” honoree by Staffing Industry Analysts—the annual list recognizes a rising group of leaders making their mark on the workforce solutions ecosystem as trailblazers and innovators. She was recognized as one of the “Global Power 150–Women in Staffing” in 2022 by the SIA and as one of the “Top 10 Staffing Leaders to Watch” in 2022 at the World Staffing Awards.