Tom Gimbel is founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, a national staffing, recruiting and culture firm. LaSalle has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies for 12 years, Fortune’s “Best Companies to Work for in Chicago” and “Best Medium Workplaces,” Forbes’ “Best Professional Recruiting Firms,” Inc. Magazine’s “Best Workplaces” list, and Crain’s Chicago Business’ “Best Places to Work in Chicago.”

Individually, Gimbel is an honoree of Staffing Industry Analysts’ “Staffing 100” award, which recognizes influential leaders globally within staffing, among Crain’s Chicago Business’ “Notable Leaders in HR,” and to Crain’s “40 Under 40” list, when younger. He was also inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.

With over 25 years of industry experience, Gimbel is an expert on corporate growth, hiring, culture and management/leadership, contributing to Inc., Fast Company and The Wall Street Journal. Gimbel also appears frequently on CNBC and in The New York Times, Fortune, Crain’s Chicago Business, among others.

Gimbel is on the Board of Directors of Start Early, the American Staffing Association, Lurie Children’s Hospital Foundation and on the Midwest Advisory Board for Huntington Bank. He also has been an active member of Young Presidents’ Organization for the last 10 years as well as of the Economic Club of Chicago.

She has been instrumental in building LaSalle Network’s client base and sales program. Her role includes creating and executing sales strategies; coaching and training a business development team, as well as a project management team; identifying, attracting and engaging key target clients and cultivating and growing client relationships.

Originally hired as a Business Development Manager in 2003, Maureen was an early leader in developing LaSalle Network’s suburban presence. Growing key clients in the retail, entertainment, business services, food and beverage and healthcare industries, Maureen has placed job seekers with some of the best small, medium and large sized businesses.

Maureen has an uncommon depth of knowledge in staffing and recruiting having been in the industry since 2003 and working with startups and Fortune 500 companies. She understands individual and organizational goals and concerns to effectively deliver top talent.

In 2016, Maureen was honored as one of the Chicago Business Journal’s Women of Influence.

Maureen has a BA from The University of Iowa.

Over the past 20 years, Sirmara has assumed roles in accounting, operations and human resources. Sirmara has been involved in the planning and execution of nearly all LaSalle’s new initiatives in the last 20 years, including most recently, compliance with the Affordable Care Act. Highlights of Sirmara’s accomplishments include a Field Employee benefit plan, a rare and differentiating service in the staffing industry, and creation and implementation of a detailed onboarding program for new hires to ensure a smooth transition into LaSalle Network employment.

In addition to her human resources responsibilities, Sirmara handles all LaSalle Network operations functions, including best practice procedures, in order for LaSalle to operate at a high level of efficiency, quality and professionalism.

Sirmara was recognized on Crain’s Chicago Business’ 2020 list of Influential HR Leaders, by Workforce Magazine as a Workforce Game Changer and by the Daily Herald Business Ledger among its list of Influential Women in Business.

Sirmara has a BA from Columbia College Chicago.

Prior to joining LaSalle Network, Lawrence owned a practice specializing in part-time controller/CFO services, as well as providing accounting and tax services. Previously, Lawrence was a chief financial officer of a technology services firm in Chicagoland. Prior to that, Lawrence spent over six years as a controller in the staffing industry.

As the Chief Financial Officer of LaSalle Network, Lawrence oversees all aspects of internal accounting and is responsible for financial management and reporting, process and procedures and financial and business analysis.

Lawrence was recognized with the Daily Herald’s CFO of the Year in 2013.

Lawrence graduated with a BS in Accountancy from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.