Stephen Dwyer is 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 Washington, DC bar associations.

Malara advises on all staffing-related legislation and regulation, including the Affordable Care Act, immigration and Form I-9 compliance, paid sick leave, sales tax, and per diem issues. He also directs the association’s political activities through StaffingPAC, the political action committee of the American Staffing Association.

Sakata is an experienced labor and employment attorney with more than 11 years of experience litigating matters on behalf of individuals and employers. She advises American Staffing Association members on labor and employment law and policy issues, including equal employment opportunity, wage and hour, immigration/I-9, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and National Labor Relations Board issues.

Elliott is an attorney and c-suite adviser with more than 20 years of executive and legal experience in the workforce solutions and staffing industry. Her diverse experience in both the practice of law and executive management offers unique value-added legal solutions to her clients. Prior to launching Staffing GC, Elliott served for 15 years as general counsel at Elwood Staffing, one of the largest U.S. light industrial staffing and workforce solutions firms. With Elwood Staffing, Elliott served on the executive committee and partnered with the board of directors, officers, shareholders, and other crossfunctional team leaders to help grow and scale Elwood Staffing from a $160 million company to a nearly $1 billion enterprise with more than 250 service locations, 130,000 contingent employees assigned across more than 6,000 diverse client facilities, and 1,000 internal corporate employees. Elliott earned a bachelor of science degree in business from Purdue University and juris doctor degree from Valparaiso University School of Law.