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Colleen Ferry, Account Manager, Temporary Division

Colleen joined the temporary division of RuthiPostowStaffing in 2007 as an account representative. In 2008 she is moving into marketing for the division. She came because, “I was drawn to the energy, motivation, and team spirit here.  I also really liked the focus on individual development.”

Colleen grew up a farm-girl in North Carolina, field-and-stream country, and then went on to travel the world. She has backpacked through Europe and Ireland, ridden horses in Dunleary and bikes in Kilkenny.  She has hiked in the Canadian Rockies, sunbathed in Mexico, spent a summer in Australia, and most recently spent time in England with her sister.

Somehow she found time to graduate from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, while working throughout, volunteering with the Red Cross. In addition to her biology studies she took communication classes and even made films. Then she went to work as a buyer for a boutique and did more travel as she attended markets in NY, LA, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Miami.

We suspected she came to Washington because she was exhausted, but she hasn’t slacked off. When she’s not making it happen on the job, her activities include pilates and running (with her Irish setter, Penny), dancing (hip-hop to ballet), DC kickball, and now she’s joining the Daughters of the American Revolution.