On Assignment Names Jennifer Hankes Painter as Vice President and General Counsel
04 June 2013 - 7:16AM
Business Wire
On Assignment, Inc. (NYSE: ASGN), a leading global provider of
diversified professional staffing solutions, announced today that
it has named Jennifer Hankes Painter as the company’s Vice
President and General Counsel.
Peter Dameris, President and CEO of On Assignment, commented,
“We are pleased to have someone of Jen’s caliber join us as Vice
President and General Counsel. Jen, with her background,
professionalism, and talent, will be a great asset to On
Assignment. We are equally thrilled that the decision of our
outgoing General Counsel, Tarini Ramaprakash, to balance her
profession and family includes remaining as Assistant General
Counsel. We will continue to benefit from Tarini’s experience and
decade-long tenure with the company as we continue to grow.”
Ms. Painter joins On Assignment after serving since 2009 as Vice
President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary
of MRV Communications, Inc., a global provider of carrier Ethernet,
wavelength division multiplexing optical transport, infrastructure
management equipment and solutions as well as network integration
and managed services. From 2004 through 2008, Ms. Painter served as
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for The Ryland Group,
Inc., a leading national homebuilder traded on NYSE, where she was
responsible for the company’s regulatory compliance, corporate
governance, financings, and general corporate and employment law.
From 2001 through 2004, Ms. Painter served as Vice President and
General Counsel of Cadiz, Inc., a water and agricultural company
traded on NASDAQ, where she was responsible for the company’s
domestic and international legal and compliance issues. Prior to
joining Cadiz, Ms. Painter was employed as an associate with
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, an international law firm, where she
dealt with merger and acquisition transactions, securities, and
other corporate matters. She was an officer in the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers prior to her legal career. She received a Bachelor of
Science degree in Civil Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point and a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School of
Los Angeles.
In connection with the commencement of her employment with On
Assignment, on June 3, 2013, On Assignment granted Ms. Painter a
restricted stock unit award covering 5,444 shares of On Assignment
common stock. The restricted stock unit award will vest, subject to
continued service, with respect to 1,361 shares on the first
anniversary of the grant date, and with respect to 4,083 shares
over the next two years in substantially equal quarterly
installments. The restricted stock unit awards are granted as
employment inducement awards pursuant to the NYSE rules.
Safe Harbor
Certain statements made in this news release are
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and involve a high
degree of risk and uncertainty. Forward-looking statements include
statements regarding the Company's anticipated financial and
operating performance in 2013. All statements in this release,
other than those setting forth strictly historical information, are
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance, and actual results might differ
materially. In particular, the Company makes no assurances that the
estimates of revenues, gross margin, SG&A, Adjusted EBITDA,
income from continuing operations, adjusted income from continuing
operations, earnings per share or earnings per diluted share set
forth above will be achieved. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include actual demand for our
services, our ability to attract, train and retain qualified
staffing consultants, our ability to remain competitive in
obtaining and retaining temporary staffing clients, the
availability of qualified temporary nurses and other qualified
temporary professionals, management of our growth, continued
performance of our enterprise-wide information systems, and other
risks detailed from time to time in our reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2012, as filed with the
SEC on March 18, 2013. We specifically disclaim any intention or
duty to update any forward-looking statements contained in this
news release.
About On Assignment
On Assignment, Inc. (NYSE: ASGN), is a leading global provider
of in-demand, skilled professionals in the growing technology,
healthcare, and life sciences sectors, where quality people are the
key to success. We provide short- and long-term placement of
contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire professionals. With
nearly three decades of experience, On Assignment focuses on
positions that advance our clients’ competitive advantage while
remaining the employer of choice for professionals at various
stages in their career.
On Assignment was founded in 1985 and went public in 1992. The
corporate headquarters is located in Calabasas, California, with a
network of approximately 130 branch offices throughout the United
States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Ireland, and Belgium.
Additionally, physician placements are made in Australia and New
Zealand. To learn more, visit http://www.onassignment.com.
On Assignment, Inc.Ed PierceChief Financial
Officer818-878-7900
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