Maria Novoa, Founder and Principal Partner

Maria Novoa helped co-found ATR International, Inc. in 1988. She currently functions as the Chairman of the Board for the company. She served as the CFO until 1999 where she oversaw all accounting and finance concerns, including payroll, billing, budgets and financial statements. Currently she is involved in determining the organizations direction and purpose, ensuring effective organizational planning, enhancing the organizations public image and assessing the company's overall performance.

Prior to co-founding ATR International, Maria worked as an administrator at Stanford University and as a counselor and job developer for SER-Jobs for Progress Inc. SER-Jobs for Progress is an agency funded by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and dedicated to addressing the needs of economically challenged individuals in education, job skills training, literacy and employment. Her ultimate goal was to place its program participants into permanent, unsubsidized, and productive employment.

Maria has been honored multiple times with the Women in Leadership Award presented by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).

Jerry Brenholz, President and CEO

Jerry Brenholz co-founded ATR International, Inc. in 1988. He has been instrumental in developing ATR into an important provider of contract staffing, consulting and flexible workforce management solutions. In his current role, he is responsible for establishing corporate-wide vision and defining strategic direction.

Prior to ATR, Jerry held various technical and administrative positions with General Electric, Westinghouse, Applied Materials and Quadrex Corporation. During his 18 year career as a technical professional he assumed various leadership roles and made significant contributions in engineering as well as in research and technology development.

In addition to his daily duties, he is actively involved in the American Staffing Association (ASA), National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB) and supports a number of cultural and non-profit organizations and institutions including The Tech Museum of Innovation, The Computer History Museum, The San Francisco Opera, SFMOMA, BASHOF, CYO, the de Young Legion of Honor. In addition, he served on the Advisory Board at The California Israel Chamber of Commerce (CICC), was a member of the Founders Circle for The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) and served on the board of directors of Adult and Child Guidance Center.

Jerry earned a Master of Science Degree in Engineering Mechanics from Santa Clara University and Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University.

Theresa Siegfried, Vice President of Finance

Theresa Siegfried has over 20 years of corporate experience in finance, accounting and human resources. As Vice President of Finance she oversees and directs all financial planning and analysis. In addition, she manages all legal, tax and corporate accounting activities for the company.

Theresa joined ATR in October, 1999. Prior to joining ATR, she was the Director of Business Services with Palmer College for 9 years. She earned her MBA Degree from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Statistics from the University of California, Davis.

Wendy Sun, Vice President of Recruiting

Wendy Sun joined ATR in October, 1994. She is responsible for overseeing ATR's internal operations including client recruiting, client managed services and the efficiency, productivity and continued improvement of the company's procedures and processes.

During her tenure with ATR, Wendy has held various management positions in recruiting, operations and managed services. Prior to joining ATR, she worked for MCI Communications in business development. Wendy has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jeff Monaghan, Director of Marketing

Jeff Monaghan joined ATR in 1998. In his role, he is responsible for the strategic direction and management of ATR's branding efforts as well as driving the company's marketing and corporate communication initiatives. This includes the internal and external building of ATR's corporate reputation in support of company objectives. In addition, Jeff oversees all of ATR's service, product, and partnership marketing initiatives, from planning and positioning to the execution of customer acquisition and retention strategies.

Jeff has held various strategic and marketing positions within ATR and other service oriented companies. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing from California State University at Fullerton.

Lisa Stoltz, Vice President of Sales and Client Services

Lisa Stoltz possesses more than 20 years experience within the staffing industry. Her vast background includes various leadership roles in the areas of recruiting, business development, and most recently the oversight of a strategic sales support organization responsible for driving the firm’s client services initiatives. Today, Lisa is responsible for the design of ATR’s new client offerings, as well as ensuring that the delivery of solutions are effectively implemented and result in improved efficiencies and total costs savings for our customers.