Vensure appoints staffing vet as CGO and Board Member

ARIZONA, UNITED STATES — Human resources firm Vensure Employer Solutions (Vensure) has appointed Pat Cleary as Chief Growth Officer and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors.

Cleary brings over 25 years of experience in government, policy, public affairs, and communications. Prior to joining Vensure, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) from 2011 to 2023. 

The NAPEO, the PEO industry’s trade association, has approximately 500 members operating in all 50 American states. Members range in size from start-up PEOs to large publicly held companies. 

“I’m honored to be joining the Vensure Employer Solutions organization during this period of enormous growth,” Cleary said. “I believe my PEO industry experience will further complement and secure Vensure’s position as an industry leader, and I’m excited to see what the future holds for the company.”

Cleary was also Senior Vice President of the National Association of Manufacturers for ten years and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor for over three years.

Vensure closed out 2023 with senior secured financing worth $500 million, led by private equity firm Stone Point Capital Market. The company aims to use this financing to propel its mergers and acquisitions strategy. 

Since 2017, Vensure has acquired and integrated over 58 firms. Thirty-four of these deals came in after Stone Point Capital’s investment in 2021.