Presenters

Our Staffing World 2025 presenters represent a broad range of perspectives and expertise.

Ron Hetrick

Vice president, staffing strategy; senior labor economist, Lightcast

Hetrick is the senior labor economist and vice president of staffing product at Lightcast. With 30 years of experience in labor economics, he is a leading expert in the current state of the U.S. labor market. Hetrick is passionate about educating companies concerning the labor world that surrounds them. His previous experience includes a 20-year career with Allegis Group, building and overseeing market analytics and data science teams, and eight years as a senior and supervisory economist with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hetrick has been quoted by CBS, CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and numerous nationally syndicated news channels and magazines on a near-weekly basis, and has provided analysis for past Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan, the Council of Economic Advisers to the President, Congress, and numerous Fortune 100 companies and trade associations.