Founders

The management team of Mackey & Guasco Staffing Associates LLC is extremely passionate about the service they provide. Their need to delight their clients and support their candidates (job seekers) is genuine. This passion and commitment is what differentiates them from the rest. Clients and candidates experience this difference and return back time after time.

Maureen Mackey has been in the staffing industry for over 22 years specializing in the areas of Human Resources, Office Administration, Marketing and Accounting. In 2002 she co-founded Mackey & Guasco Staffing Associates LLC in Darien, CT and prior to that she was Vice President of another staffing firm which she co-founded in 1989. Maureen has held a number of Board positions for the Southern Connecticut Chapter of The Society of Human Resources Management (SOCT SHRM) since 1997. Currently, she sits on the Executive Board of Directors as Co-Chair In-Transition Group and Past President/Advisor. She also served as Vice President of Programs with the National Human Resources Association (NHRA.) Maureen has been affiliated with both The Connecticut Association of Personnel Services (CAPS) and the American Staffing Association (ASA) since 1989. On a quarterly basis she participates in a PodCast that is sponsored by AllCountyJobs.com, where she discusses the current job market conditions and what candidates really need to know. Maureen was nominated as Human Resources Vendor of the Year at the prestigious 2007 Annual Human Resources People of the Year Awards ceremony hosted by SOCT SHRM. She earned her BA from Pace University.

Maureen is best known for her uncanny ability to read and expertly match candidates to a variety of corporate cultures. In addition, Maureen has mastered the art of networking while maintaining an empathetic personal approach to both job seekers and businesses alike.

To contact Maureen, email her at: maureen@mackeyandguasco.com or www.linkedin.com/in/maureenmackey.

Luisa "Lu" Guasco has over 12 years of recruiting experience in the staffing industry plus an additional 15 years of corporate human resources management experience in Fairfield County. She began her career in Human Resources in 1983 when she joined The Pittston Company as HR Assistant and ended with Caradon Inc. as Director of Compensation & Benefits. Her corporate career included several HR roles in recruiting, employee relations, employee communications, pension & benefits administration, plan design, and compliance. Lu served as Vice President of Programs for the National Human Resources Association (NHRA) and is a current member of the Southern Connecticut Chapter of the Society of Human Resources Management. She earned her BA with an emphasis in Human Resources Management from Pace University.

Lu's corporate HR background allows her to seamlessly consult to and partner with her corporate clients. Clients and candidates appreciate, and have grown to count on, Lu's caring yet no-nonsense approach towards recruiting.

To contact Lu, email her at: lu@mackeyandguasco.com or www.linkedin.com/in/luguasco.