MENLO PARK, Calif., March 23, 2016 -- Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) today announced that Marc H. Morial has been elected to its board of directors.

Mr. Morial is president and CEO of the National Urban League, the largest historic civil rights organization in the United States, and has served in that position since 2003. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of the city of New Orleans and was elected by his peers as president of the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors. Before becoming mayor, Mr. Morial was a Louisiana state senator for two years. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received his law degree from Georgetown University. Mr. Morial also served on the independent advisory board of Robert Half’s Protiviti subsidiary from 2009 until his election today to the Robert Half board of directors.

Founded in 1948, Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a recognized leader in professional consulting and staffing services. The company’s specialized staffing divisions include Accountemps^®, Robert Half^® Finance & Accounting and Robert Half^® Management Resources, for temporary, full-time and senior-level project professionals, respectively, in the fields of accounting and finance; OfficeTeam^®, for highly skilled administrative support professionals; Robert Half^® Technology, for project and full-time technology professionals; Robert Half^® Legal, for project and full-time staffing of lawyers, paralegals and legal support personnel; and The Creative Group^®, for interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals. Robert Half also is the parent company of Protiviti^®, a global consulting firm that helps companies solve problems in finance, technology, operations, governance, risk and internal audit.

Robert Half has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide.