Senior Leadership Team
Our leadership team is comprised of industry-recognized experts, with a combined 140 years experience, all committed to leading the company in its quest to be the Superior Provider of skilled trades staffing, nationwide.
Patty Musolf, President
Patty Musolf was promoted to president of CLP in 2012. She joined CLP in 2004, and served as Division Vice President for CLP's Northeast, Southeast, Texas and Florida regions, before being promoted to her most recent position as Senior Vice President for CLP sister company, Labor Ready.
She came to CLP with an extensive background in staffing, having started with Olsten Staffing Services in 1990, progressing from account executive to general manager. She also served more than four years with Volt Services Group as Regional Vice President of the Southeast and Caribbean regions.
Originally from the Midwest, she currently resides in Atlanta, where she is a member of Atlanta Women in Business.
Howard Aronson, Director, Gulf Region
Howard Aronson serves as the Director of the Gulf Region, where he is responsible for existing operations and opening of new operations from Texas to Florida. Aronson has more than 10 years in the construction staffing industry, having opened new branches to growing operations for existing profit centers throughout the western states.
Originally from New York, Aronson and his family recently relocated from the Pacific Northwest to the Austin, Texas area.
Aronson is an active member of both the ABC and the Master Builders Association.
Clint Bennett, Director, California Region
Clint Bennett joined CLP in June 1993, and currently serves as Director of the California Region, overseeing CLP offices across the state.
He was originally hired as a branch staffing supervisor, and progressed through branch, area and regional management ranks within the Northern California Region.
As regional manager from 1999 through 2003, he built the region into the company's largest profit center.
Eric Feinberg, Vice President, Strategic Markets
Eric Feinberg joined CLP in January 2006, and currently serves as Vice President of Strategic Markets, with responsibility for ensuring strategic growth and development of CLP’s customer base within the industrial, government, energy and large commercial sectors throughout the United States.
Previously, Feinberg was CLP’s Regional Director for the Southwest and Intermountain Region. While in this role, his leadership, strategic planning and vertical market expansion initiatives proved instrumental in making his region become the top sales region within CLP.
He came to CLP with more than 15 years staffing experience, having been a Vice President of Sales with Manpower Technical and a Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Professional Access. He is a former Marine Corps Officer, combat veteran and distinguished Bronze Star recipient.
Feinberg is a graduate of the Defense Intelligence College, Command and Staff College and the Defense Intelligence Agency Post Graduate Intelligence Program.
Joe Flannery, Director, East Region
Joe Flannery has been in the staffing industry since 1995, joining CLP in 2006, as New England Regional Director. In October 2008, he added the Mid-Atlantic region to his list. In 2009, his territory was expanded to include the entire Eastern Region.
Before joining CLP, Flannery was the Northeast Regional Vice President of Sales for Veritude, the staffing division of Fidelity Investments. Before that, he served as President for Venturi Technology Partners and Regional Vice President for Renaissance Worldwide.
Before entering staffing, he served as a branch manager for Digital Equipment Corporation, a $14 billion computer equipment & services company.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Northeastern University; and his MBA from Suffolk University, both in Boston.
He is a past president of the Catholic Memorial High School Alumni Association in Boston.
Shannon Kahn, Director, West Region
Shannon Kahn joined CLP in 2003 as the Regional Director for the Pacific Northwest, where she was responsible for overseeing CLP operations for Washington, Idaho and Oregon. She was promoted to Director, West Region in 2009 and is now responsible for overseeing offices throughout the West. Before joining CLP, Kahn owned Aeon Strategies, a consulting company specializing in recruitment, development, performance management and other human resources services. She also worked for Talent Tree Staffing out of Los Angeles for fourteen years, ultimately serving as Vice President of West Coast Operations before moving back home to the Pacific Northwest and striking out on her own.
Kahn serves on the board of directors for a local youth sports program, Island Thunder Volleyball Club. She also volunteers for other education and youth programs. She holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Oregon.
Sandy Perkins, Director of Project Management
As Director of Project Management, Sandy Perkins creates partnerships with customer's executive management teams to successfully implement new programs and projects; while providing oversight and management of the CLP Project Management team. Sandy's responsibilities provide quality assurance and planning procedures to ensure proactive management of our strategic accounts.
Prior to joining CLP, Sandy spent 20 years as a project management professional in the IT Semi Conductor business. Sandy served 10 years at Motorola as an IT senior project manager and assistant project manager where she successfully helped manage the implementation of complex multi-faceted SAP ERP projects. She has also served in the same role at Freescale and Avnet.
Merirae Tackett, Director of Sales & Operations Support
Merirae Tackett joined CLP in 2000, and has held a variety of roles providing oversight of strategic programs, special projects and expansion, as well as providing overall support to the CLP operations team. In her role as Director of Sales & Operations Support she serves as a liaison between CLP and its parent company, TrueBlue Inc., ensuring operations run smoothly between the two. Her department provides full support to sales and operations, ensuring they have the tools they need to effectively service CLP customers and field employees.
She entered the staffing industry in 1996 in Reno, NV with quick success in all areas of sales, operations, and management. She then became the owner/managing partner of a national accounting and finance staffing company, based in Orlando.
Prior to staffing, she spent nearly 20 years in sales and operations management within the automotive and wholesale distribution industries.
