60 seconds with Rosemarie F. Lamanna

TITLE: President, Advance Personnel Staffing Inc., which provides staffing and employment services for clerical, professional, medical, light industrial and skilled trades.

PERSONAL: Husband, Samuel LaManna; son, Samuel LaManna Jr.; daughter, Kim Miller; three grandchildren

WHAT ARE THE

WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG IDEA COMING TO YOUR COMPANY OR INDUSTRY? "Debit card to pay employees vs. paychecks. Employees benefit because most don't have bank accounts and can use the card to make purchases as well as cash.

Staffing agency benefits from higher security for wages and less cost for paperwork."

WHAT TRENDS IN YOUR PROFESSION DO YOU SEE IN CENTRAL PA? "Accelerated growth of the logistics industry due to the interstate highways and large distribution centers for national companies opening in the area require (many) workers."

DEFINE A LEADER: "Must have the intuition to know your employees' strengths and weaknesses. This enables you to create a team of professionals with varying areas of expertise that feed off of each other, excel in what they do and motivate each other to succeed."

WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE TO MAKE CENTRAL FAA BETTER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS? "Make drastic changes to workers compensation and unemployment compensation in PA to create a better balance of equity to both the employer and employee; becoming more businessfriendly to private sector businesses in PA."