Board of Directors

Adrienne Drew is an attorney with more than 15 years of experience providing legal counsel to entrepreneurs, start-ups, and global employers. As G-P’s Associate General Counsel, Adrienne has been instrumental in the company’s exponential growth. This includes developing and launching the company’s commercial and privacy practices, expanding the footprint to 100+ global entities, managing global employment and compliance risk, and opening new service lines in more than a dozen countries. She currently drives strategic corporate development initiatives, leads the company’s product counsel, and is a Co-Founder and current Chair of the Global Employment Innovation Organization (GEIO), an EOR industry association. Adrienne lives in San Diego with her family.

Scott A Aicher, a passionate global talent solutions veteran of over 30 years, has been a successful Board Member, Entrepreneur, Industry Speaker and Executive Leader with some of the industry’s most respected public/private global firms. Along with being a reoccurring awardee of SIA’s Top 100 Executives in the Industry, Mr. Aicher is currently the President/Board Member of CXC Global – America’s. Previously, Scott served as Chairman of TechServe Alliance/Executive Board Committee member, COO of USTech Solutions, President of Belcan Workforce Solutions, COO of RGBSI, COO of Mastech, etc… Scott is excited to bring his open book style and relatable insights to GEIO’s Board of Directors on behalf of the industry. Residing in Michigan with his wife Bridgette, he enjoys spending time with his family/friends on the lake, traveling, golfing, and attending sporting events when possible.

Caroline Esser is Assistant General Counsel, Product & Employment, at Rippling. She serves as a legal adviser and strategic business partner to Rippling’s Professional Employer Organization (PEO) and Employer of Record (EOR) product teams. She is helping to support Rippling’s global expansion, including by advising the EOR team on how to compliantly launch EOR services in new countries and employ people around the world. She serves on the Legal Advisory Council of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO), as well as on the Government Relations Committee and Core Principles/Best Practices Committee of the Global Employment Innovation Organization (GEIO).

Before joining Rippling, Caroline was a senior litigation associate at Latham & Watkins in San Francisco, representing public and private companies in copyright, antitrust, and complex commercial litigation matters. She also completed a secondment as product counsel at Instagram where she advised the Integrity product teams on features and launches raising a wide variety of legal issues, including data protection and privacy, consumer protection, competition, and platform liability.