Our Team
Jessica Koenig
President
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Category: Administrative, Supply Chain
Jessica joined City & National Employment in 2007 as a Supply Chain Management Recruiter. After quick success as a Recruiter, she moved into CNE’s Staffing division, as the Staffing Manager and part owner of City & National Employment. In February of 2013, Jessica took over the President role at City & National Employment where she uses her positive leadership style, tireless dedication and overall character to enable CNE to continue to achieve industry success.
A graduate of Truman State University with a degree in Business Administration, Jessica began her career as a financial planner/analyst. Her experience with Investor’s Title Insurance and Smith’s Aerospace (now GE) have contributed to her success in working with both large and small companies and understanding the unique cultures among clients in order to help them find employees who fit those cultures.
A former student athlete, Jessica earned the honor of ‘Division II Honda Female Athlete of the Year’ for her success as a six-time national champion swimmer. She has transferred her commitment and determination in sports toward continuing to build CNE as the leading staffing firm in the Cedar Valley.
Leah Connor
Office Manager
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Category: Administrative
Leah’s focus is in Marketing, having earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration: Marketing & Management from Wartburg College. She joined City & National Employment in 2011 as the Recruiting Assistant, assisting our Engineering, Food & Beverage & Supply Chain Recruiters. Leah now stands as our current Office Manager. Her focuses are on marketing and branding of City & National Employment’s services through all channels. As well as running the front office and handling all the behind the scenes that keep our company in tip-top shape. Leah’s determination and openness to learning new things has helped her develop and grow into a great asset for CNE.
Scott Adkins
Engineering Recruiter
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Category: Engineering
Scott joined the City & National team in June 2013 as a Recruiter in our Engineering department. Scott has his Bachelor’s Degree from Central College in Pella, IA in History and has built a profile complete with sales, business development and management experience from past positions. Scott has over 10 years of management and sales experience, working with many different clients and prospective leads. His strong interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills will contribute to great success here at CNE.
Randy Sadd
IT Recruiter
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Category: IT
Randy started at City & National Employment in 1997 as an Information Technology Recruiter in our IT Recruiting Division, Resource Placement Group III. He specializes in the placement of Information Technology professionals in permanent and contract positions of all levels on a national basis. Over the past 20 years, he has consistently been a top IT recruiter and has set a number of records as well as receiving some prominent awards.
Randy began as an IBM Midrange AS/400 iSeries Recruiter and has a proven track record as a leading recruiter in the IBM Midrange specialty market. Randy now has branched out into all areas of IT and now is an expert recruiter across every proven IT technology, including extensive work in the .Net world. No matter what level of experience or skill set you need from CIO’s to operators, he has the expertise to assist you in hiring the highest quality candidate available.
Nobody will work harder to fully understand your staffing needs and then identify, qualify, present, set interviews, debrief candidates and negotiate a successful hire for you. If you are an IT professional looking for a new opportunity, he will take the time to fully understand your skills and experience as well as the goals you want to accomplish. Randy will then work hard to find the right position that closest matches your background and expectations.
Jon Maas
Recruiting Associate
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Category: Engineering
Jon joined City & National Employment in early 2018 and is eager to put his sales experience to work! Jon attended Grand View University where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Finance. Following graduation Jon completed an internship with a Major Insurance Firm in Iowa which allowed him to gain quality sales experience. Jon enjoys interacting with people and listening to their desires in hopes he can assist them to meet those goals.
Darcy Birch
Staffing Associate
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Category: Staffing
Darcy joined CNE in January 2020 as our latest Staffing Associate. With her experience in sales, marketing, recruiting, teaching and event coordinating, she brings creativity and great enthusiasm to CNE. Darcy’s love of the outdoors shines in her bubbly personality and we are lucky to have her after her move from Connecticut to the Waterloo area.