She’s the former board chair of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank…was a flight attendant for TWA and worked charter flights for both the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Yankees…and started her highly successful staffing company from her kitchen while raising three children.
  The only child of a New York City policeman, she worked for the New York Daily News in the editorial department...has flown in an F-16 fighter…is a horse racing fan…survived a bout with colon cancer four years ago…and has been married to the same man for 51 years.
  She’s Doris M. Damm and, in addition to being the driving force behind ACCU Staffing and its host of staffing industry subsidiaries, she has to be one of the most unassuming and interesting people you’ll ever meet.
  While she is (unforgivably) unapologetic about her affection for both the Cowboys and the Yankees, the 75-year old grandmother is equally at home reminiscing about a chance encounter with former Cowboy’s coach Jimmy Johnson and his girl friend, meeting with former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, or reveling in the work ethic of her grandson Connor—who has started his own car detailing business at age 16.
  By the way, her business advice to her grandson (with whom she has cruised to Alaska, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean) is characteristically straightforward. “Work hard. Save money…always pay yourself first. And spend money only when you have it.”
  Damm’s office is filled with memorabilia…autographed footballs and photos abound. But none hold the place of honor on the desk in her Cherry Hill office that is reserved for a crystal gavel that she used while serving her two-year term as Federal Reserve board chair in Philadelphia.
  Not bad for a Farleigh Dickinson English major from Brooklyn—who now lives in Moorestown but has homes all around the country, runs the 31-year old ACCU family of companies and its 30,000 employees with a velvet glove, and dotes on her “beautiful” Maltese, Charlie, in addition to her grandchildren.
  While she is completely unassuming and charmingly self-deprecating in person, Damm also is well aware of her strengths. Asked for a self description, she responds “wise, smart, professional, generous, astute businesswoman, direct, inspiring, sharp, witty, prestigious, impressive, no nonsense and kind hearted.”
  In fact, about the only thing that Damm is not forthcoming about is her age, which she declines to reveal. But, as she concedes, “it is a matter of public record.”
  Damm’s business philosophy “is not to do better than my competitors. It is to do the best for our clients!” And, at the same time, “be the best you can be.” And her most important lesson learned is “Work hard, be honest and always remember the customer does come first!”
  Her toughest decision is one that she has yet to make—when to retire. “When is enough, enough?” she asks rhetorically.
  Damm’s greatest fear is having a family member become ill and “not being able to help them.” As for herself, this cancer survivor insists that she is “not afraid to die…just take me quickly.”
  She counts her husband of half a century, Edward as her mentor and her mother as her favorite person—“for all of the expertise as a business person she passed onto me and teaching me the ground rules on being a successful business woman.”
  The people she most admires range from Bill Gates, “for the way he has shaped the technology world, by working very hard and even after all of his hard earned success, he has always found time to both donate his time and money to give back to many organizations” to Ernest Hemingway
  Her favorite thing to do is “relaxing on the beach reading,” and her hobby is thoroughbread horseracing. So, not surprisingly, if she had a do-over, it would be to “own a Thoroughbred for racing.
  Favorite Book, Movie, and TV Show:
  “Why Bad Things Happen to Good People” Pretty Woman, and 20/20.
  Five People To Invite to Dinner
  My parents, President and Mrs. Reagan, and Ernest Hemingway. Why? “I admire these people the most and it would make for very interesting conversation that would be made of politics, policies, different character types, etc.”
  Summer Jobs:
  NY Daily News, Cushman’s Bakery
  Favorite Elected Official:
  President Reagan...”a true American. He fought for his country. He was a President who fought and defended our rights and privileges as Americans. He was a president of courage, hope and opportunity. All of those things were Ronald Reagan, an American hero.”
  Least Admired:
  William Clinton…”as President he was immature, self-absorbed, indecisive in domestic affairs and disastrously weak when it came to representing America in the affairs of the world.”
  Favorite Vacation Spot:
  Singer Island, Florida…a 12 mile island with private beaches, surrounded by the ocean and intercoastal with 2 bridges that are the entry and exit to the island
  Extravagances:
  Jewelry and St John Clothing
  Change You Would make to South Jersey:
  “The tax structure is terrible; real estate is astronomical; and business taxes are out of control.”