Kelly chief takes Economic Development role in US
4 January 2013
Carl Camden, president and chief executive of recruiter Kelly Services, has been appointed as co-chair of non-profit business-led policy organisation the Committee for Economic Development (CED).
Fri, 4 Jan 2013
Carl Camden, president and chief executive of recruiter Kelly Services, has been appointed as co-chair of non-profit business-led policy organisation the Committee for Economic Development (CED).
He succeeds Donald K Peterson, chairman and chief executive of business communications firm Avaya, and will serve alongside Roger W Ferguson, Jr, president and CEO of financial services firm TIAA-CREF, who has been a CED co-chair since June 2011.
Other interests of Camden’s include being a founding member of Better Health Care Together in 2007, a coalition urging fundamental reform of the US healthcare system, sitting on the board of directors of the Detroit Medical Center and the board of trustees of the University of Detroit Mercy.
He says: “We need to be the voice of reason in a time when it's difficult to be heard, and deliver solutions the country needs for long-term fixes to our economy. Only by improving fundamental American competitiveness can we make certain that everybody can participate in the American dream."
Carl Camden, president and chief executive of recruiter Kelly Services, has been appointed as co-chair of non-profit business-led policy organisation the Committee for Economic Development (CED).
He succeeds Donald K Peterson, chairman and chief executive of business communications firm Avaya, and will serve alongside Roger W Ferguson, Jr, president and CEO of financial services firm TIAA-CREF, who has been a CED co-chair since June 2011.
Other interests of Camden’s include being a founding member of Better Health Care Together in 2007, a coalition urging fundamental reform of the US healthcare system, sitting on the board of directors of the Detroit Medical Center and the board of trustees of the University of Detroit Mercy.
He says: “We need to be the voice of reason in a time when it's difficult to be heard, and deliver solutions the country needs for long-term fixes to our economy. Only by improving fundamental American competitiveness can we make certain that everybody can participate in the American dream."
