North Bay Business Journal

SONOMA — Staffing company founder Gary Nelson and his wife, Marcia, are making a $3 million gift toward an extensive upgrade of Sonoma Valley Hospital, including a new emergency department and other improvements, it was announced today.

SONOMA — The Nelson Family of Companies today announced that longtime director Monty Houdeshell was elected chairman, replacing Gary Nelson, founder of the company and chairman since 1970.

SONOMA — Craig Nelson will become chief executive officer of Sonoma-based The Nelson Family of Companies as a result of its recent sale of the WorkForceLogic division to Orlando-based ZeroChaos.

SONOMA — The Nelson Family of Companies today announced the sale of a “majority and controlling interest” in its WorkforceLogic division to Orlando-based ZeroChaos, a workorce solutions company, along with its financial partner Snow Phipps.

SONOMA — Catherine Candland, the former chief executive officer of Advantage Human Resourcing Inc., was hired as the new CEO for the Sonoma-based Nelson Family of Companies last week.