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September 20, 2019

Kelly Services Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) announced that Rick Lenkey will serve as VP of education practice sales at its Kelly Education division. Lenkey has more than 20 years of experience at McGraw-Hill Education, where he most recently served as VP, national sales manager.

On-demand staffing platform Bluecrew reported that Sam Estes will serve as VP of sales and Tom Knight will serve as director of growth. Estes most recently led regional sales for Paycom Software, but he began his career at Aerotek. Knight most recently led driver growth and retention strategy at Lyft Inc. (NASDAQ: LYFT); he has also held positions at Wells Fargo, Fifth Third and Reliant Bancorp.

Orion Talent appointed three to its board of directors, including Kristina Cleary, who most recently served as chief marketing officer for Ceridian; Keith Dorsey, president and executive advisor of Dorsey Management Consulting; and Mike Drolet, who has served as chief operating officer and executive VP, global head of RPO, for Pontoon Solutions. Orion Talent, based in Cary, North Carolina, provides talent acquisition, RPO and military hiring to businesses.

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AMN) announced Teri Fontenot has been appointed to its board as an independent director. Fontenot is CEO emeritus of Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Fontenot has also served on board of the Sixth District Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta for 12 years.

Trusted Health, an online nurse staffing platform, named Dan Weberg as head of clinical innovation. Weberg was formerly director of nursing innovation at Kaiser. Weberg has authored more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and two textbooks, including Evidence Based Innovation Leadership for Health Professionals.

Contemporary Staffing Solutions PSG named Josline Jose as a branch manager in Philadelphia and Parisa Dionisi as a branch manager in Jacksonville, Florida.

Recruitment firm Solutions Driven announced that Todd Maners will serve as executive partner, overseeing its US operations. Maners is the 20-year-old company’s first key appointment in the US by the UK-based firm.

PrideStaff announced Firas Kajy and Zina Kajy are co-owners/strategic partners of its new Detroit West office.

Empower Consulting, a firm that aims to help companies navigate the PEO marketplace, named Andrea Garcia as CEO; Jeffrey Farber as COO; and Rachel Barden as president. The firm recently launched and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.