Distinguished Leader and Female Business Pioneer Darla Moore Joins GEE Group Board of Directors

NAPERVILLE, Ill., June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GEE Group Inc. (NYSE American:JOB) (the “Company” or “GEE Group”), a provider of professional staffing services and solutions, today announced that Darla Moore, renowned business leader and philanthropist, will join the GEE Group Board of Directors as an Outside Independent Director. Ms. Moore brings extensive public company corporate board experience, as well as specific expertise serving on the board of a publicly traded staffing company, having served on the MPS Group, Inc. (formerly traded on the NYSE under symbol "MPS") board for many years.

Darla Moore is the first woman to be profiled on the cover of Fortune magazine and named to its list of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business. She has served on numerous corporate and philanthropic boards, including Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, The South Financial Group, MPS Group, the National Advisory Board of JP Morgan, the National Teach for America Board of Directors, the Board of Trustees of the New York University Medical School and Hospital and the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Moore was formerly a managing director of the predecessor Chemical Bank (now a part of JP Morgan Chase) where she became one of the highest paid women in finance in the 1980s and 1990s. She earned the title “Queen of DIP” (debtor-in-possession financing). Darla Moore also currently serves on the Culture Shed Board. Until 2012, Ms. Moore was Vice President of Rainwater, Inc., a private investment company. She is Founder and Chair of the Palmetto Institute, a nonprofit think-tank aimed at bolstering per capita income in South Carolina, and she is also the founder and chair of the Charleston Parks Conservancy, a foundation focused on enhancing the parks and public spaces of the City of Charleston.

The University of South Carolina’s business school, “The Moore School of Business”, is named in her honor, the first business school in America named for a woman. Ms. Moore received the Business Person of the Year Award from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. Darla Moore was chosen along with Condoleezza Rice as one of the first female members of the prestigious Augusta National Golf Club, home of the “Masters”. Ms. Moore is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, and she holds an M.B.A. from George Washington University. Currently, Darla serves as Chairman of the Darla Moore and Richard Rainwater Foundation.

Commenting on the appointment of Darla Moore, Chairman and CEO, Derek Dewan, stated: “We are extremely fortunate to have such an accomplished and renowned addition to our board. Her experience as a director, with corporate governance, as a business leader, financial expert, and corporate pioneer, coupled with her knowledge of the staffing industry, will prove invaluable as we execute our growth strategy.”

About GEE Group

GEE Group Inc. is a provider of specialized staffing solutions and is the successor to employment offices doing business since 1893. The Company operates in two industry segments, providing professional staffing services and solutions in the information technology, engineering, finance and accounting specialties and commercial staffing services through the names of Access Data Consulting, Agile Resources, Ashley Ellis, General Employment, Omni-One, Paladin Consulting and Triad. Also, in the healthcare sector, GEE Group, through its Scribe Solutions brand, staffs medical scribes who assist physicians in emergency departments of hospitals and in medical practices by providing required documentation for patient care in connection with electronic medical records (EMR). Additionally, the Company provides contract and direct hire professional staffing services through the following SNI brands: Accounting Now®, SNI Technology®, Legal Now®, SNI Financial®, Staffing Now®, SNI Energy®, and SNI Certes.

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Contact:

GEE Group Inc.

Kim Thorpe

(904) 512-7504 

SOURCE: GEE Group Inc.