Board of Directors

	Judy Lawton, CAC, CSP President In 1985, Judy founded TLC Staffing and has since watched it grow into five professional divisions in two Southern California locations. In addition to serving as Founder and CEO of TLC Staffing, Judy shares her employment expertise by having served on the Workforce Investment Board, is a past chair, and currently serves on the San Diego Workforce Partnership Board, and the Workforce Advancement Committee, also as past chair. She is active in numerous organizations, including Soroptimist International of San Diego, LEAD San Diego ('94), Women President's Organization and serves on the State and Local Boards of California Staffing Professionals. Judy co-chaired CSP's very successful Owners Only Retreat in 2005, and served as its chair in 2006. She also served as a Chapter Director, Secretary, 3rd, 2nd and 1st VP on CSP's State Board and Executive Committee. And she currently serves as its President. Judy's many awards include, The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) "Certificate of Recognition," the San Diego Regional Conference for Women's "Woman of Distinction," Soroptimist International of San Diego's "Woman of Accomplishment," Enterprising Woman award, was recognized as one of San Diego's 100 fastest growing companies, is the recipient of "Women Who Mean Business" award and continues to be recognized as one of San Diego's top "50 Woman Owned Businesses."
	Heather Leemon-Raboff, CAC, CSP 1st Vice President/President Elect Born and raised in the Property Management industry, Heather spent her first 10 years in the workforce in a variety of sales, marketing and management positions. She began her professional career in property management when she returned to college to complete her degree in architecture. Motivated to advance her career, Heather contacted a staffing firm for opportunities in her field and was asked to join their team. So began her career in the staffing industry. Since 2002 Heather has assisted hundreds of candidates in achieving their goals in the property management industry. She has assisted those desiring to enter this industry or continue on their career path through Property Management Personnel's temporary and temp-to-hire services. She has also assisted those with experience in achieving the next step in their career through Direct Hire Services. Knowing the importance of acquiring more knowledge of the staffing industry because of her training and experience in Property Management, and as the hiring authority in previous positions, Heather worked diligently to learn this business and earned her California Accredited Consultant (CAC) in May 2003. She became CSP certified, through American Staffing Association, in June 2004. She formed Property Management Personnel, Inc., in June 2003. In July of 2003 she was appointed to the Los Angeles Chapter board as Hospitality Chair. In June of 2004 Heather was installed as Vice President of the chapter, and served as its President from 2005-2007. Since 2005 she has served on the Executive Committee of CSP's State Board of Directors.
	Tom Tassinari, CAC 2nd Vice President After 20+ years as an engineer in the R&D world that included space technology, tracking sniper bullets with cameras and measuring clouds with lasers, Tom Tassinari found himself in the recruiting industry. Adapting the problem solving and process discipline skills of engineering to the recruiting world, Tom works with companies on locating and hiring top talent...with his own techie twist. Tom primarily focuses on the technical niche searches that are best filled by someone who has some background in technology and can speak the talk. Tom holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. In 2004, Tom and his wife Michele co-founded Synergy Solutions and joined CSP shortly after. Tom is actively involved in the Orange County chapter and is currently serving as its president. He is active in the community serving as a board member of the Orange County Workforce Investment Board. In an interesting twist on the personal side, it was Michele, his yet-to-be wife, who recruited Tom to Southern California as an engineer for her company where she was the Vice President. Little did they know that recruiting would play such a significant role in their lives going forward.
	Richard Rue, CAC, CSP 3rd Vice President Richard is the President of The Volare Group, a Direct Hire Executive recruiting firm specializing in filling mid level management positions within the High Technology sector. Before relocating to California, Richard sold consumer products for a Fortune 1000 company within a multistate area of the Midwest. He has held various regional sales and marketing positions in his 25 year technology career selling hardware, integration, services and software. Richard started with CSP at the chapter level in 2006 as Secretary, held the role of chapter Vice President for 1 ½ years and is currently President of the CSP Silicon Valley Chapter. He holds both California Accredited Consultant (CAC) and Certified Staffing Professional (CSP) certifications. Richard has been on the State Board of Directors for California Staffing Professionals since July 2006 and has served on numerous committees as well as Chapter Director on the Executive Committee. In 2010 Richard was awarded the "Essey Award" which recognizes the individual who has "most furthered the association or the staffing industry." Richard holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from Michigan State University.
	Deborah Shapiro, CAC, CSP Secretary Deborah has been in the staffing industry since 1982 … by mistake. As a freelance bookkeeper, she helped an independent staffing company join a franchised, national company. The independent company was in the midst of financial woes and the bank said that if they let Deborah take over the books, they would be able to avoid disaster. It wasn't long before their Beverly Hills branch was ranked #1 for more than 10 years in a row. She was hooked on the industry. They expanded to three offices and were very successful. After leaving the company in 2005, she founded Perfecto Staffing with Debi Olcese and discovered California Staffing Professionals and has been an active member since 2005. She has held officer titles the last 3 years and plans to stay active as long as CSP lets her. She earned her CAC designation in 2006 and Certified Staffing Professional designation in 2007. Aside from her love of the staffing industry, she cherishes the people that she connects with in this industry. Born in Connecticut, raised in Upstate New York, attended college in Long Island, NY, Deborah moved to California in 1979 and has not regretted one moment, except for the distance of her family. Perfecto Staffing has been very active in the community, receiving acknowledgements from many charity organizations.
	Craig Knudson, CAC Treasurer Craig Knudson has been active in California Staffing Professionals for many years. He has been a board member at both the state and local chapter levels. Craig is no stranger to non profit associations. He has been a past president of the Girls Club of El Cajon and Stepping Stone of San Diego. In addition, he has been a board member of many civic and community associations over the years. Craig is a native of South Dakota and a graduate of the University of South Dakota. Immediately following college, Craig moved to San Diego and has been here most of his life. A banker for most of his years, he has also been an entrepreneur having founded or owned fast food restaurants, a grocery store, equipment leasing company, and money exchanges. He currently owns and operates a staffing company focused on bank, credit union, mortgage, title, and escrow called BancForce Financial Staffing with offices throughout Southern California.
	Joe Cummings Chapter Representative Joe grew up in New York City and after graduation from Pace University he moved to Los Angeles and started his career in the Staffing and Recruiting industry. In August of 1989 he joined Royal Staffing as a placement specialist placing candidates in temporary and regular full time positions. Throughout his tenure with Royal, he acted as Account Manager, Branch Manager and VP of Branch Operations. Joe's progressive business success culminated with the purchase of Royal Staffing Services in 2004. Since 2004, the company has been named within the top 7 staffing firms within Los Angeles and Ventura counties and within the top three within the tri counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties. He has served on the Board of the Los Angeles Chapter of CSP for the past 7 years and this year Joe is entering his 3rd term as President of the Chapter. His passion for the industry remains unwavering and is most evident in the strength of his loyal client and candidate base. These connections have led to consulting and advisory positions. These positions are as close as Los Angeles and Ventura counties and as distant as Dublin, Ireland, London, England and Paris, France where he has filled various positions and trained recruiters for the past several years. In December 2008 he was nominated for the Business Leadership Award presented by the American Ambassador to Ireland to Irish Americans' doing business in Ireland.
	Rosanna Hayden, CAC, CSP Chapter Representative Rosanna is the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and owner of Artizen, Inc. a $15,000,000 Redwood City, CA based Information Technology, Marketing and Accounting & Finance Staffing firm. Artizen has been cited as one the fastest growing privately held companies, and/or fastest growing woman-owned businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times for many years. Rosanna is Immediate Past President of the CSP Golden Gate Chapter and is 3rd Vice President on the CSP State Board of Directors. She earned her CAC accreditation in April 2005 and CSP certification in December 2006. Prior to her joining Artizen in 2000, Rosanna worked in the Accounting/Finance field. During her 18 years in the field, she quickly progressed from an individual contributor to management, and ultimately became a CFO. During her last 10 years in the field of Accounting and Finance, she helped lead companies through rapid growth periods in which they tripled their revenues within a two-year period after her joining their teams. Her former employers include New West Products, inventors of the Spacebag, Esprit De Corp, and Sierra Detroit Diesel Allison, Inc. Rosanna is an alumni of San Francisco State University College of Business. She is the mother of three wonderful children ages 20, 19 and 12.
	Lynn Ebro Executive Director Lynn has been the Executive Director of California Staffing Professionals since June 1997. She has lived in San Diego since 1989 and for 7 of those early years in San Diego she lived aboard her 55' wooden trawler at various marinas. Prior to CSP Lynn was Vice President at Chase Manhattan Mortgage, managing all branch office relocations, openings and closings west of the Mississippi. She has also been a Realtor in Orange County and, while living in Florida, was Associate Editor and Caribbean Advertising Manager for "Skin Diver Magazine" for 15 years. Lynn is also active with the homeowner's association where she currently lives, and served on their Board of Directors for 4 years. Lynn was graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's degree in English. She lives and works in Ramona, and is the single parent of three very wonderful (and very spoiled) dogs.

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