Robin Katzman Elected President of DirectEmployers Association

Indianapolis, IN – Monday, November 6, 2006 - Robin Katzman, Program Manager for Staffing Services at Lockheed Martin has been elected president of DirectEmployers Association for 2006-2007. DirectEmployers Association is a non-profit consortium of over 200 leading U.S. employers which owns and operates JobCentral National Labor Exchange.

Ms. Katzman succeeds Ray Schreyer, IBM Corporation’s Program Manager, Internet Recruiting Strategies who will continue on DirectEmployers’ board-of-directors and will serve the coming year as Past-President. Randy Shute, Sr. Manager of Recruiting at Internap Network Services is the Association’s new President-Elect and will become President in 2007-2008.

Bill Warren, executive director of DirectEmployers Association, stated, “Our member companies and everyone on our headquarters staff appreciates Ray Schreyer’s many contributions and the far-ranging impact he has had as one of the founders and as the first President of DirectEmployers Association.” He added, “We look forward to working with Robin Katzman who has previously served on the Association’s board-of-directors and has been a valued member since its inception.”

About DirectEmployers Association and JobCentral National Labor Exchange
DirectEmployers Association's purpose is to share best practices, create new industry standards, provide research, and develop and manage systems and software for employers to increase efficiency and reduce recruiting costs. JobCentral National Labor Exchange is a service of the Association. Its member companies include an impressive group of industry leaders such as Abbott Laboratories, Analysts International, Allstate, ALLTEL Corporation, Anheuser-Busch, Ashland, Avaya, Bausch & Lomb, Baxter, Bell South, Capgemini, Cargill, Cingular Wireless, Cisco, Coca-Cola, General Electric, General Dynamics, H&R Block, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Kindred Healthcare, Lockheed Martin, Mellon Financial Corporation, Merck, Harris Corporation, Home Depot, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Mayo Clinic, National City Corporation, Northrop Grumman, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, Raytheon, Southern Company, Sprint, Textron, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Union Pacific, Volt Information Sciences, and Xerox Corporation.

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