The People Behind The Scenes
World-class service delivered by industry experts.
Joan Fought
President
Joan has been in the staffing industry for 40 years, beginning her career in 1979 as a sales representative. She worked her way up in her initial company to become director of operations, started a new division specializing in Temp-to-Perm Positions.
In 1994, Joan decided to start her own staffing company that allowed employees to have a better balance of family and work.
The firm she created, Cardinal Staffing Services, created a family friendly environment, and promoted strong business ethics. Joan's marketing, sales, strategic planning, and training and development techniques are infamous, but the culture that she has developed has been essential to the success of the company. She believes that associates should be recognized and awarded for excellent service to the company. This is the core of the Cardinal Culture that she endorses and supports.
After 25 years she still gets excited to come into work and see people happy to be there. The “Cardinal Culture” truly is her legacy and is what sets Cardinal apart from the competition.
Rhonda Clemons
Senior Vice President of Sales
Rhonda has been in the staffing industry for 30+ years, beginning her career in 1988. She has held many different positions including: Supervisor, Workers’ Compensation Manager, Sales Manager, City Group Manager and Vice President, Sales. In 2003 she joined Cardinal Staffing that allowed her a better balance of family and work.
Her passion for helping people and changing lives through gainful employment has kept her motivated and focused. She found a true fit at Cardinal Staffing. The company culture and business ethics are unsurpassed in the industry. She believes that is what has contributed to Cardinal Staffing’s success and growth. Cardinal truly values their employees and continually recognizes and rewards their hard work and dedication. The owners have an open door policy and welcome your input. Internal and external customers are our number one priority. We pride ourselves in over delivering and under promising. We do what we say we will do and provide the highest level of customer service. Our quality programs allow us to measure customer satisfaction and set standards above the industry average.
Rhonda values her colleagues and clients. Because of them she continues to strive for excellence and strengthen relationships.
Christina Ice
Vice President of Operations and Business Development
Christina has worked in staffing for more than six years, with an additional six years of hiring experience and ten years as an entrepreneur prior to joining the Cardinal Staffing team. Since starting her career with Cardinal Staffing, Christina has held a variety of positions, including Compliance and Benefits Administrator, Onsite Manager, Onsite Director, Director of Operations and Vice President of Business Development.
The excitement of being a resource for people and helping others find their career fit is so inspiring to Christina and keeps her working to find those opportunities for people. She thinks some of the things that make Cardinal Staffing a top company to work for are the transparency of the owners in their leadership, accountability to our core values and ethics, and the dedication to our customers and candidates. She firmly believes that the Cardinal culture enables its internal employees to develop into the best version of themselves. Cardinal works hard to ensure our teams are heard and valued.
Our success comes from working as partners with our customers from the very beginning of the relationship. Our teams are empowered to make the best decisions for their customers. We work hard to make sure the customer experience is second to none.