About Us

Lola K Lass, CTS, CSP

llass@adeeta.com

President/Founder

Biz owner. Wife. Mom. Leo. Planner. Poor Social Distancer. Do Gooder. Great Talker - Ok Listener. Mentor. Leader. Coach. Student. Volunteer. New Orleanian. College Grad. Interviewer. Champagne Drinker. Sister. Friend. Dog Owner. - that about sums it up, but for those that prefer a traditional professional BIO, please read on.

Lola is a long time New Orleanian, attended Valparaiso University (B.S. in Business Administration) and returned to New Orleans where she began her career in the staffing industry. At 29 she started her first staffing company (Brooke) and after 9 years of growth, sold to her partner in 1998, and opened ADEETA Corporate Staffing. She acquired her CTS (Certified Temporary Staffing-Specialist) in 1992, and her CSP (Certified Staffing Professional) in 2004. She served on the board of the Louisiana Staffing Association for 17 years (7 years as President) and was a member of the State of Louisiana’s DOL Advisory Council for Private Employment Services from 1996-2002. She has also served on the Boards for: Each One Save One, NOLA SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management), ARMA, St. John Lutheran Church and GNOEA. Lola received the 2010 Co-Alumnus of the Year award from Lutheran High School of Greater New Orleans, and was named one of New Orleans’ Leading Women by radio station “Magic 101.9” in December, 2012. Lola is an active board member of the Greater New Orleans Executives Association and was named the 2013 GNOEA Executive of the Year. She is also an active member of the American Staffing Association (ASA) and currently serves as Past Chairperson of the ASA Admin/Office Section Policy Council, and as Facilitator for an ASA Peer Group. She is also a proud alum of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program Cohort 16.

Andrew R. Lass, CSP

alass@adeeta.com

Vice President/Partner

Andrew Lass, a native New Orleanian, graduated from Isidore Newman School and attended Millsaps College, where he was recruited to play football. After a year he returned to New Orleans to pursue a career in the culinary arts. He spent 6 years as part of the Dickie Brennan & Co. team during which he continued his education on a part time basis at Tulane University and Delgado Community College. Making the decision to pursue a career path that would allow for more family time, he left the restaurant industry in 2014 to join the ADEETA Team. Andrew started as a Junior Recruiter and worked his way up to Staffing Manager in 2019. Andrew was named Vice President of ADEETA on his 6th anniversary with the company and became a partner in December, 2020. He is a member of NOLA SHRM (NOLA Society for Human Resource Management) and received his CSP (Certified Staffing Professional) designation from the American Staffing Association in 2017.

Ellshaa Rogers Dirmann, CSP

erogers@adeeta.com

Recruiting Associate/Payroll Administrator

Ellshaa Rogers is a native of New Orleans who moved to Dallas to begin her career in office administration. After 10 years in the legal support services field, she moved back to New Orleans in 2005 to be closer to family. She joined ADEETA as Office Manager in June, 2005 and after 15 years in that role, moved into Recruiting in early 2020. She handles ADEETA's payroll and accounting functions on a PT basis but spends the majority of her time actively recruiting. She earned her CSP (Certified Staffing Professional) designation in early 2014 and is passionate about keeping her knowledge current of all things HR labor law through ongoing education. Ellshaa is a member of both NOLA-SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) and the American Payroll Association, and is also an active member of the American Staffing Association.

Kenny Lass

Media Coordinator - Photography and Videography

Kenny first worked as a temp for ADEETA after his high school graduation and continued to do so each summer during his college years. He graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Film Studies/School of Media Arts and Design and a degree in English in May, 2009 and moved back to New Orleans. Before returning home, he went to Alaska to help shoot and produce his first documentary which was based on the International Beard Competition. He started his own production company (So It Goes Productions, LLC) in 2010 and kicked off Kenny Lass Photography just a few years later. He works on projects both through his own company and as a free lance artist - including feature films, commercials, music videos, short films and animated films. He joined ADEETA in the role of Media Director/Staff Photographer on a contract basis in 2016 and has assisted ADEETA in a variety of projects but most noteworth was his production of ADEETA's first video commercial (released August, 2018). As our Staff Photographer he does all our head shots and candids, doing an excellent job of capturing the REAL us.