She passed away on Monday, Feb. 27 at age 82.
Legendary Businesswoman Doris M. Damm (nee Stubergh), of Moorestown, who rose to prominence as a staffing industry pioneer, died on Monday, Feb. 27. She was 82.
Damm was born in Jamaica Queens, N.Y. She was a graduate of Fairley Dickinson College with a bachelor’s degree in English.
Widely considered one of the nation’s preeminent experts in the temporary staffing industry, Damm’s rise to prominence began in 1978 with a tiny office in Cherry Hill. Under her leadership, Accu Staffing Services grew to become one of the fastest growing and most highly respected staffing firms in the country. Today, under the leadership of Doris’ husband Edward, their three children and one grandchild, the company employs more than 30,000 people annually throughout its twelve offices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Throughout her career, Damm has been honored with countless awards for her role as an innovator, lecturer and successful businesswoman. She has served the regional business community as chairman — Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; board member — Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center and Our Lady of Lourdes Foundation; member — Advisory Board and Foundation Board, Rutgers University School of Business, Camden; panelist — Rutgers quarterly economic Outlook panel; member — Women’s Business Enterprise National Council; and member — Board of Directors, Cherry Hill Chamber of Commerce.
She was the beloved wife of 57 years to Edward J. Damm, dear mother of William Damm, Edward H. (Laura) Damm, Elaine M. Damm, and loving grandmother of Lisa Damm-Tipping, Michael Connor Sweeney and Erica Nicole Damm.
Funeral services and interment were held privately. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, the family requests that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or the American Cancer Society.
