About Us

Staff Biographies

Craig "Stan" Eury
Founder
Stan has been involved in matching employers with farmworkers since 1979.  From 1979 until 1989 Stan worked as a rural manpower representative for the North Carolina Employment Security Commission.  During his time there, the farm labor shortage was apparent and the guestworker programs as we know them today were in their infancy. 

In 1989, Stan started the North Carolina Growers Association assisting North Carolina agricultural employers in utilizing the H2A program.  As people from all over the country began contacting Stan, he decided in 1994 to establish another company to assist employers outside of North Carolina, that company was International Labor Management Corporation (ILMC).  When ILMC began, it had a whopping five clients.  Today ILMC has over 600 clients that span the entire country that assist employers in various employment environments.

Since 1989, Stan has been committed to making the guestworker program easier and more user-friendly for all employers.  Stan has testified as an expert witness before Congress on several occasions as a representative of labor-intensive agriculture.  He has also been an active member of the National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE) where he served as Chairman of the Immigration Committee.  In that capacity, he introduced immigration reform legislation and testified before Congress on behalf of the NCAE and the American Association of Nurserymen.  In 1995, he was elected to the board of directors for the NCAE.  Stan is also a member of the North Carolina Agri-Business Council and the North Carolina Agricultural Safety & Health Council.  Stan has been working diligently since 1994 to lower the H2A pay rate and reform the guestworker programs.

Stan has also been an agricultural employer himself as he served as Vice President and co-owner of S&S Greenhouses, a horticultural wholesale and retail operation.  Stan received a B.S, Education from Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC.  Stan is a native of Newport News, VA but has been a resident of North Carolina for 37 years. He and his wife Susan have three children, Sarah, Rachel and Craig.  His daughter Sarah has served as ILMC's Vice President since 2003 and became President in 2008.

Sarah Eury Farrell
President
Prior to joining the ILMC staff in January of 2003, Sarah worked under Stan as his apprentice while attending high school and college.  Her knowledge base of the guestworker programs has been forming since an early age.  Sarah also worked at the family-owned greenhouse operation as a child and young adult.  While employed at ILMC, Sarah has been Marketing Director, H2A Supervisor, Vice President and became President in April, 2008.  Sarah has attended various green industry tradeshows across the country and has attended annual meetings for the National Council of Agricultural Employers. Sarah is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she received a B.A, Communication Studies and a minor in Media Studies.  Sarah and her husband Daniel had their first child in May of 2008.

Theresa Ward
Senior H2A Account Representative
Since Theresa began with ILMC in 2000, she has adorned many hats but all have involved assisting agricultural employers in navigating the H2A program.  Theresa has facilitated all of the steps in this cumbersome and technical process, she has watched the guestworker program undergo both change and growth.  Theresa currently assists over 500 H2A clients across the country.  Theresa has two daughters Danielle and Erin.

Christi Tabaretti
H2A Account Representative, Bookkeeper
Christi began at ILMC in 2006 soon after relocating to North Carolina from Indiana.  She started as ILMC's bookkeeper but now works alongside Theresa in filing H2A cases.  Christi currently assists over 500 H2A clients across the country. Christi received her B.S, Management from Kaplan University.  She and her husband Dominic have been married for five years and they have two daughters, Jordan and Madison.

Laurie Booth Jenkins
Recruitment Report Specialist
Laurie Jenkins came to ILMC after relocating from Southern Georgia in the winter of 2008.  Before working for ILMC, Laurie was employed at Booth Farms and J&J Produce in Ellenton, GA.  Laurie has a farming and agribusiness background.  She received a B.A, Philosophy and Applied Ethics from Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA.  She and her husband Chris have been married for seven years.

Jenee Schieler
Worker Specialist
Jenee started at ILMC in 2005 when Consulate procedures were much different from what they are today.  Jenee grapples with all issues concerning worker requests.  Jenee enjoys working with computers ranging from personal computers to large systems.  She received an Associates Degree in Computer Programming from Martin Community College in Williamston, NC.  Jenee and her husband James stay busy raising a family of eight.

Kristin White
Worker Specialist
Kristin is new to the ILMC family in 2008.  Kristin handles all issues concerning worker requests alongside Jenee.  Prior to working for ILMC, Kristin had a career in radio where she worked for WYRV-FM in Huntington, WV. Kristin received a B.S, Communication with a minor in Marketing from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.