LocumTenens.com promoted Brooke Thompson to senior VP, customer operations, and Susanne Hodges to senior VP, information services. Both will join the senior leadership team. Thompson began her career with Jackson Healthcare, LocumTenens.com’s parent company and the second-largest US provider of locum tenens staffing, as a college intern. She was hired by the customer care department at LocumTenens.com in 2004 and promoted to director of the customer care division in 2006 and to VP in 2011. Hodges joined LocumTenens.com in 2017 as VP of customer experience and innovation.

Egon Zehnder International, a privately held executive search firm, elected Jill Ader as chair of the firm at its Summer Partners’ Meeting. Ader will take over on Nov. 1 upon the retirement of Damien O’Brien, who has chaired the firm since 2010. Based in London, Ader is a senior partner and board director. She has held a number of leadership roles since joining the firm in 1996, including London office leader, and has been a member of the executive committee and board.

Strategic Staffing Solutions, an IT and business services corporation based in downtown Detroit, promoted Bob Zhang to Detroit market team leader. He previously was director of customer care and contact services of the company’s customer contact centers. Zhang will lead S3’s Detroit branch, its largest branch. He will also lead the Detroit Development Center, S3’s hub for managed services software business process outsourcing, ERP integration, web and application development and maintenance services. The DDC also houses S3’s call center.

ASGN Inc. (NYSE: ASGN) appointed Mark Frantz and Vice Admiral Joseph Dyer (US Navy, Ret.) as advisers to its board of directors to tap their experience within the government contracting space. Frantz is the co-founder of BlueDelta Capital Partners, a growth capital firm focused on the US federal government technology marketplace. Dyer is an independent consultant in the technology, aerospace and defense markets; he is also a commissioner for the Congressional NDAA Section 809 Acquisition Streamlining Commission, which is responsible for reviewing the acquisition and purchasing programs of the defense department.

Avant Healthcare Professionals, an Orlando, Fla.-based firm that works in the field of international recruitment and placement of healthcare professionals, named Adam Kless as VP of clinical operations, effective June 11. Kless has 10 years’ experience as a chief nursing officer for health systems including Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Ohio Health, Community Health System and HCA.

GEE Group Inc. (NYSE MKT: JOB) announced Darla Moore will join its board of directors as an outside independent director. Moore has extensive public company corporate board experience and for many years served on the board of MPS Group Inc., which formerly traded on the New York Stock exchange. Moore previously was a managing director of the predecessor Chemical Bank (now a part of JP Morgan Chase).

DSJ Global — the Phaidon International brand that provides professional services including supply chain, procurement, logistics, and financial planning and analysis — announced VP Christine Corson will lead its Midwest expansion from a new Chicago office that opened June 18. The regional office will function across all DSJ Global areas of niche market coverage, initially targeting the procurement and supply chain function. The DSJ Global brand launched in London and operates US offices in New York, Boston, Dallas, and now Chicago.

Floyd Lee Locums, a physician staffing firm based in Charleston, SC, added Tracy Zeidler as psychiatry consultant to craft the recruitment efforts within its psychiatry division. Zeidler most recently was a consultant on the neurology team at Weatherby Healthcare, a division of CHG Healthcare Services that provides locum tenens.

Executive search provider Heidrick &Struggles (NASD: HSII) announced San Francisco-based partner Ryan Bulkoski will lead its new specialty practice in artificial intelligence. Bulkoski is also a member of the digital practice and the disruptive innovators team. He targets the financial services, technology, industrial, pharmaceutical and consumer retail sectors.

Staffing provider Vaco added Kristin Curry as managing partner to lead its Atlanta location. Vaco Atlanta will now provide finance and accounting consulting and executive search solutions. Curry has 15 years of industry experience.