Meet The Team at Premier Medical Staffing Services
Welcome to our Family! At Premier, we are with you every step of the way. From our Compliance Team to the Executive Team, we all have a hand in making sure you’re taken care of in your healthcare career or healthcare staffing journey with us. In everything we do, we believe it will make a positive difference in those we serve.
Welcome to the Premier Experience
Laura Hanoski
Owner, Managing Member
Laura co-founded Premier Medical Staffing Services (“Premier”) 17 years ago with her husband, Mark Hanoski. She is a nurse by trade and has worked in a variety of specialty areas as a pool nurse, including 6 years in orthopedics. Laura has a passion for healthcare and improving quality of life for patients. She oversees all the clinical aspects of Premier, from medication teaching to maintaining Joint Commission standards. She works alongside Mark to help grow and plan the future of Premier.
In 2017, Laura Hanoski started a non-profit called Heroes for Healthcare. This organization helps military transitioning to civilian life and Veterans find their career in healthcare. Learn more by visiting heroesforhealthcare.org
Laura attended a Tony Robbins conference and walked across fire.
Laura's Fun Fact
Mark Hanoski
Owner
Mark is an experienced manager with expertise in the understanding of the complexities in delivering health care services to the medical industry. Mark is versed in healthcare requirements and operational issues that face and challenge healthcare systems today such as the Affordable Care Act, cost containment, joint commission, census fluctuation and budget concerns. Sound clinical background, including 8 years of extensive professional experience as a healthcare professional, has helped Mark in his ability to see and understand the whole healthcare picture. His ongoing, long-term goal is to continue his professional growth in healthcare and to support his company by managing and creating unity within the organization for a better work environment and a smoother running organization.
Mark originally went to college to become a professional piano player (Performance Major).
Mark's Fun Fact
Cherise Strzok
Director of Operations
Cherise Strzok wears a multitude of hats in her executive leadership role managing operations of Premier Medical Staffing Services. She has been a family member growing with Premier since 2007. Cherise began her career at Premier holding a dual role of Account Management in Therapy & Pharmacy; working in business development, client management, as well as recruiting establishing/maintaining relationships with over 150 hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and private practice groups through-out the Midwest. She began managing daily operations for the company in February of 2014 and transitioned into her role as Director of Operations in December of 2016. She graduated with her Bachelors of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism management from UW-Stout. Combined with years of management experience within restaurants and healthcare, Cherise brings an extensive knowledge in the elevated customer service experience, leadership and business acumen.
Cherise had participated in a Royalty Spaghetti Eating Contest where she was able to mow down a pound of spaghetti noodles in under 90 seconds!
Cherise's Fun Fact
Lindsay DeGroot
Division Manager
Lindsay is a graduate of UW-Milwaukee with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications. Her role as Division Manager at Premier Medical Staffing Services is a great fit communication skills and penchant for relationship building with her staff and clientele.
Lindsay is a lefty!
Lindsay's Fun Fact
Kelly Foley
Division Manager
Prior to joining Premier Medical Staffing Services, Kelly spent several years recruiting, scheduling, and managing healthcare professionals in home health care settings. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration Degree at Cardinal Stritch University along with her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification. With Kelly’s combined healthcare knowledge and background in recruiting and human resources, she is able to establish close relationships with employees and clients. Her desire to find the best match for her clients is just as important as finding the best opportunity for her staff.
She is known to be the “cat lover” in the office, however, she also owns a husky.
Kelly's Fun Fact
Brianna Kramer
Division Manager
Brianna is a local Wisconsin girl and graduated from UW-Stout with a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality and Tourism and a Minor in Business Management. She has experience in Hotel and Retail Management with a passion for customer service, personal attention, and a drive to go the extra mile. Brianna spends her time with family and friends exploring the city, vacationing in Northern WI, and finding new restaurants and breweries to try. She loves to cook and ride her bike along the Milwaukee lakefront.
Brianna is a great cook. She can take any dish or leftover and make it into a gourmet feast!
Brianna's Fun Fact
Rich Zanon
Division Manager
Rich is a graduate of UW-Whitewater and brings program management and recruiting experience from both sides of the table – the client and professional service. Having an understanding of what a business wants and how it operates allows for Rich to provide the most efficient strategies that create tremendous value to managers and executives. When he’s not identifying and bringing solutions to his clients, you will find Rich playing volleyball, softball, brewing beer, and having amazing adventures with his wife and two young boys.
Rich graduated as a licensed teacher and taught business and technology classes for two years.
Rich's Fun Fact
Dan Lopez
Client Manager
Dan is a motivated, hardworking family man. He enjoys spending his free time with his four children and playing basketball. Dan’s favorite sports team is the Milwaukee Bucks. He strives to provide the best healthcare talent for long-term care facilities in Wisconsin by creating a relationship based on communication, honesty, and strategies focused on goals for the organization.
Dan isn’t a fan of cooking; however, every now and then he will cook his grandfather’s famous enchiladas recipe.
Dan's Fun Fact
Janelle Barnett
Talent Acquisition Manager
Janelle Barnett graduated from Bob Jones University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education. She spent the first part of her professional career teaching in Greenville, SC then moved back to Wisconsin. Knowing that Janelle truly cares about people, providing nurses with opportunities that meet their skillset is importance to her. Coaching and providing support are top priorities for Janelle. In her free time, Janelle likes working out, writing, mentoring others to become more self-aware, and spending family time.
Janelle loves studying the mind and human behaviors plus long walks on the beach with her dog, Milo!
Janelle's Fun Fact
Stephanie Brown
Talent Acquisition Manager
Building relationships is important to Stephanie.She has a Bachelor’s in Business Management and Human Resources from Herzing University. Stephanie has experience in the HR field in industries such as home health. Previously she was an Operations Manager for a different staffing agency, so Premier is excited to have Stephanie's experience as part of the team. She enjoys spending time with her baby girl, running outside in the summer, and playing tennis.
Stephanie loves wine and dance! She created her own dance team in high school!
Stephanie's Fun Fact
Cheryl Gross
Talent Aquisition Manager
Cheryl brings with her progressive recruiting experience in all disciplines and environments within the healthcare industry. In her career to date, Cheryl’s exceptional interpersonal skills and compassion to help others have been just a couple of the reasons why her applicants enjoy working with her. Cheryl firmly believes there is a right fit for everyone seeking employment. Not only does she take extra time to become acquainted with prospects, she improves resumes, provides interview coaching and really takes that extra step in helping people find the ideal job. In addition, her positive attitude and determination have played an instrumental role in establishing outstanding relationships with her client companies as well.
Cheryl has acquired quite an elaborate coat collection (currently filling 3 closets).
Cheryl's Fun Fact
Amanda Hanson
Talent Acquisition Manager
Prior to joining Premier Medical Staffing Services, Amanda was new to the recruiting world and being a recent graduate from Concordia University Wisconsin, she was eager to apply her knowledge to helping medical professionals. She graduated with a Bachelors degree in Biomedical Sciences and has past experience in healthcare, customer service, and management. She was drawn to this position at Premier because of her outgoing personality and love for helping others be successful. Outside of the office, Amanda enjoys being active, spending time with the ones she loves, and is a major dog lover.
Amanda is a “dog mom” to an English Bulldog named Bane.
Amanda's Fun Fact
Michael Masterson
Talent Acquisition Manager
Michael Masterson is a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate with experience recruiting for a variety of different positions. Michael loves forming personal connections with his candidates and is committed to delivering that next level Premier Experience. In his free time, he enjoys whatever recreational sports he can get involved in, softball, volleyball, disc golf and table tennis.
Michael was the captain of his high school volleyball team.
Michael's Fun Fact
Kenda Qualman
Talent Acquisition Manager
Kenda was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She attended Marian University where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Human Resources/Information Technology. Kenda is married and has 4 children. She has experience recruiting in healthcare including focuses in life sciences (biopharmaceutical manufacturing), information technology, health insurance, engineering, and travel nursing. Kenda is now working on becoming an expert in correctional nursing and correctional pharmacy.
Kenda is a foodie! She loves going out to eat and try new things.
Kenda's Fun Fact
Meghan Sullivan
Talent Acquisition Manager
Meghan Sullivan was born and raised in sunny, southwest Florida where she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Ave Maria University. Meghan loves what she does because building relationships is something she prides herself in being able to successfully do, and what a better group of people to build relationships with than our nation’s healers – nurses! Outside of work, Meghan likes riding her bike to the gym, spending time with little ol’ Lacy, her dog, and volunteering at various non-profit events.
Meghan is a big Harry Potter fan with season passes to Harry Potter World at Universal Studios.
Meghan's Fun Fact
Liz Tronnier
Talent Acquisition Manager
Liz comes to Premier with account management and human resources experience. One of her favorite things is connecting with people who have a passion for healthcare and who genuinely love helping others. It’s all about discovering people’s dreams and matching them with assignments that will allow them to grow and do their very best work. When not looking to grow the amazing talent pool at Premier, Liz enjoys hanging out with her family and friends at the Milwaukee County Zoo and all the various festivals in the greater Milwaukee area.
Liz loves traveling to Disney World.
Liz's Fun Fact
Shay Washington
Talent Acquisition Manager
Shay is a Navy Veteran, previously a Navy Corpsman (medical assistant). She has a Business Management degree and years of recruiting experience. An extremely motivated person, Shay is described by her peers to have a strong work ethic, self-discipline, professional, dedicated, and personable team leader. As a recruiter, she works to place a variety of qualified and motivated healthcare professionals with positions that meet their goals, interest, and skills. Shay is known to exhaust every resource she has to exceed expectations of both her clients and candidates. When not recruiting, she enjoys spending time with her fiancé and son.
Originally from Georgia, Shay loves boiled peanuts and anything with peaches.
Shay's Fun Fact
Denise Kujawa
Talent Acquisition Manager
Denise comes from a family of healthcare professionals (She even worked in home health as a companion while in college) and has a strong desire to make sure that today’s caregivers are given the best tools to support them to allow them to best provide care to others. She became a recruiter to help match talent to rewarding careers and has stayed in the industry because of the relationships she is able to build with others. She has been in professional recruiting roles for more than 15 years and holds educationsl degrees in Correctional Science, Marketing and Business Management.
Denise was a Wisconsin Dairy Goat Princess in high school.
Denise's Fun Fact
Jon Gessay
Compliance and Billing Manager
Jon Gessay has been working in the healthcare industry since 2004. He graduated with a Marketing degree from Waukesha County Technical College. By learning during past employment experiences, Jon strives to help streamline current processes to an automated process for an efficient outcome. On his off time, Jon enjoys playing a wide range of sports such as soccer, volleyball, golf, and bowling along with traveling.
Mac ‘n’ Cheese, donuts, and peanut butter M&Ms are Jon's kryptonite. He cannot resist against its powers.
Jon's Fun Fact
Amanda Horvat
Compliance Specialist
Amanda Horvat graduated from St. Ambrose University as a double major with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in both History and Fine Art. Though the recession stopped her from pursuing a career within her field, Amanda explored the world of customer service and found that she loves helping people through research and providing them with resources. When she’s not in the office, you can find Amanda discovering new fun things to do in the Milwaukee area with her husband and son, lost in a new book, or traveling back to Chicago.
Though Amanda grew up in Illinois, she and her family are all Packers fans!
Amanda's Fun Fact
Roxanne Meier
Compliance Specialist
Roxanne is attending Kaplan University for her Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration. She is an active member of the Society for Collegiate Leadership & Achievement (SCLA). Roxanne enjoys taking her old son to swim classes, car shows, and STEM programs in the Greater Milwaukee area.
Roxanne is a Batman enthusiast and has original artwork from the DC Comics “Detective Series” Artist Christian Duce Fernandez along with figurines from 4 countries.
Roxanne's Fun Fact
Mark Cerwin
Business Development Manager
Upon graduation from Marquette University, Mark began his extensive career in sales and business development where he could combine his enthusiasm to meet new people and help solve their problems at the same time. His role at Premier Medical Staffing Services is to attain new and exciting clinical opportunities and locations for our great staff to provide their best care. A strong advocate of Animal Assisted Therapy, Mark has either had his dogs or helped others gain certification to provide love to people of all ages.
If you’re looking for a new place to explore in the Milwaukee area, just ask him!
Mark's Fun Fact
Lyndi Mirkes
Billing and Payroll Specialist
Lyndi graduated with a BS from UW-Oshkosh. She was a gymnast her entire life until the age of 23. She has a husband, 2 teens and a dog. Lyndi is busy carting them around and coaching competitive gymnastics at night.
Lyndi can still walk on her hands!
Lyndi's Fun Fact
Jenny Augustynowicz
Billing and On-Call Specialist
Jenny has been employed with Aurora Health Care for 14 years. For the past 11 years, she has worked in Labor and Delivery in the Aurora Women’s Pavilion at the Aurora West Allis Medical Center. Jennifer grew up in Oak Creek and lives in Caledonia with her boyfriend, Paul, their crazy, sweet, funny son, Gavin, their cat, Jack, and their 2 Vizsla dogs, Mollie and Callie Rae.
Mollie broke Jenny's knee in 2014, and it took over a year to heal! She still loves her, though!
Jenny's Fun Fact
Debbie Travanty
On-Call Scheduler
As On-Call Scheduler, Debbie is available for staff and clients during non-business hours. She is a graduate of Carroll University with a double major in Business and Psychology. Debbie lives in Waukesha, WI with her husband and 3 children. In her spare time, Debbie enjoys volunteering at her children’s schools, attending their sports and activities, long walks, and biking.
As a teenager she modeled for retail stores, featured in TV commercials and magazines.
Debbie's Fun Fact
Janelle Thompson
Marketing Manager
Janelle is the Marketing Manager at Premier Medical Staffing Services. What gets her up every morning is the variety of branding projects her team creates and executes that showcase Premier's Core Values and the Premier Experience. Previously, Janelle worked in marketing for a marketing agency, assisted living corporation, and commercial real estate firm. She graduated from UW-Eau Claire and her love for hot chocolate is endless.
Frank Sinatra, Jr. winked at Janelle.
Janelle's Fun Fact
Norissa DeVillers
Community Development Manager
Norissa started as a recruiter with Premier Medical Staffing Services then transformed her customer service and devotion to helping people into the role of Community Development Manager. She networks with healthcare students and associations to provide resources on healthcare contract jobs, career development, and more. Norissa graduated from UW-La Crosse and enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, and dog.
Norissa's daughter's name, Madison, is inspired by her and her husband's love of UW-Madison.
Norissa's Fun Fact
Meaghan Hoadley
Marketing Coordinator and Graphic Designer
As a graduate of UW-Milwaukee with a few years of marketing experience under her belt, Meaghan joins the Premier Medical Staffing Services family to help promote the Premier Experience! Bringing along her knowledge of advertising and some recruiting, as well as a passion for photography/videography, she brings an exciting energy to the Marketing Team.
She recently became a first-time dog mom to the most wonderful white German Shepherd, Mia.
Meaghan's Fun Fact
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