The American Staffing Association announced this week is National Staffing Employee Week, highlighting the achieves of temporary and contract employees hired by US staffing firms. The ASA also reported Dr. Kelly Byrd of Supplemental Health Care was named 2024 National Staffing Employee of the Year.

“As we enter National Staffing Employee Week, we are excited to celebrate the millions of temporary and contract employees who contribute their talents to industries across the nation,” ASA CEO Richard Wahlquist said in a press release.

Byrd, the national staffing employee of the year, founded the nonprofit organization Love for Literacy, which promotes Black family literacy in her community. She also wrote the children’s book, Sunshine on an Otherwise Miserable Day. In November 2022, Byrd partnered with Supplemental Health Care to create family literacy resources for Family Literacy Day that were shared with speech-language pathologists, student and school districts.

The ASA also named Meisha Millwee, who works through Harvey Nash, as the engineering, information technology and scientific sector all-star. In addition, Kathy Stanifer, who works through EmployBridge, was named industrial sector all-star. Cassandra Hughes, who works through Express Employment Professionals, was named office/clerical and administrative sector all-star. Carla Monroe, who works through Kelly Services, was named professional-managerial sector all-star.