Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2024

From the Front Lines

Hear from Benchmark employees across the country.

Katie, what is the best thing about your job?
The best part is building relationships with the families. I love learning how to empower them and assemble a team to support parents on their journey.

What is the most challenging?
It’s hard to see the child exit the program at age three. It is great watching them grow and progress and you hope they stay on the same trajectory in the next setting.

What game show or reality competition show do you think you could win and why?
My favorite game show has always been The Price Is Right. I have been to the traveling show twice and went to L.A. for a taping last year. If I ever get picked to “Come on Down,” I’ll have a great chance to win. I know the games, and I am great with prices!

Hannah, what is the best thing about your job?
The rapport with clients and co-workers. I also like that you can move up within the company.

What is the most challenging?
Last minute call-offs.

What game show or reality competition show do you think you could win and why? 
LOL. Maybe The Price is Right. I have to shop a lot!

Deosha, what is the best thing about your job?
The opportunity to constantly learn and grow.

What is the most challenging?
Communication challenges.

What game show or reality competition show do you think you could win and why? 
I don’t watch many game shows or reality competition shows. If I had to choose, I would say Wheel of Fortune.

Abbagail McMinn – 5
Adama Kanu – 5
Alisa Appling – 5
Amber Johnson – 5
Amera Erby – 5
Amos Fallah – 5
Angelica Tubbs Jones – 5
Anna Stokes – 5
Ashel Bangura – 5
Audrey Simmons – 5
Beatrice Uwamahoro – 5
Carol Hasson – 5
Carrie Wakefield – 5
Cecily Brown – 5
Chrisie Williams – 5
Christina O’Brien – 5
Craig Havens – 5
Crystal Ashby – 5
DaEnglan Lee – 5
Daniela Elias – 5
Decarius Collier – 5
Elbert Minus – 5
Emery Nkurunziza – 5
Gayflorzee Muryanquoi – 5
Iraccia Pegues – 5
Jacki Richardson – 5
Jaimee Gordon – 5
James Madave – 5
Jedidiah Doles – 5
Jennifer Larson – 5
Johnice Smith – 5
Joseph Nzikamira – 5
Katherine Hadley – 5
Kevin Hills – 5
Kimberly Hatcher-Murphy – 5
Kris Conant – 5
Kristabell Requena – 5
Lanisha Witkop – 5
Laura Robertson – 5
Laura Sutton – 5
Lawanda Brown – 5
Lawrence Blamah – 5
Logan Weaver – 5
Maria Loza – 5
Mariah Evans – 5
Marideli Cruz Sosa – 5
Marie Harden – 5
Nakia Cochran – 5
Nicole Herber – 5
Pamela Kernan – 5
Patricia Arrazola – 5
Rahamata Sangare – 5
Rocky Anderson – 5
Samuel Murphy – 5
Shannon Nash – 5
Sharon Ransberger – 5
Tiruneh Yimam – 5
Tonya House – 5
Tyrone Washington – 5
Wilson Gichobi – 5
Xavier Rias – 5
Ammaad Sims – 6
Andrea Garriott – 6
Arita Wheeler – 6
Ashley Griffith – 6
Baseema Butler – 6
Benjamin Thompson – 6
Cicerly Clemons – 6
Cindy Ellefson – 6
Cynthia Lockhard – 6
Cynthia Mitchell – 6
Diane Mount – 6
Ina Young – 6
James Byrne – 6
Jeffrey Marcum – 6
Kaitlin Lamison – 6
Kathryn Saffer – 6
Kevin Harvey – 6
Linda Ford – 6
Malik Lockett – 6
Megan Munoz – 6
Michael Nthiga – 6
Mickayla Moye – 6
Onyedika Opara – 6
Ramel Abercrombie – 6
Rebecca Denison – 6
Richard Wells – 6
Siera Jackson – 6
Tamlyn Fowler-Lee – 6
Tao Bartleson Mosley – 6
Aaria Ward – 7
Amanda Brewer – 7
Amy McNiel – 7
Angela DuBois – 7
Brian Croft – 7
Clara Hathaway – 7
Courtney Bierle – 7
Courtney ODell – 7
Debbra Anderson – 7
Donna Thomas – 7
Drema Myers – 7
Eboni Calhoun – 7
Ernestine Whitney – 7
Grace Manga – 7
Jariatu Collier – 7
Jawand Brannon – 7
Kendra Nolton – 7

Kristina Maxwell – 7
Leah Leidholdt-Bauer – 7
Mandy Ditto – 7
Melanie Ross – 7
Oluyinka Adebisi – 7
Saintecile Theodore – 7
Shandareen Sanders – 7
Shandrel Riddle-Thelwell – 7
Stacey Stevens – 7
Teresia Gichachi – 7
Te’Zhira Heard – 7
Thomas Dennin-Beebe – 7
Vicky Grubbs – 7
Victoria Heiser – 7
Yves Rutagengwa – 7
Ashlee Okane – 8
Babila Mba – 8
Bernadette Bill – 8
Christopher Diehl – 8
Cindy Stolte – 8
Cleta Griffin – 8
Cynthia Hughes – 8
Daisy Johnston – 8
Edward Dahlkamp – 8
Elisa Della Ventura – 8
Heather Maas – 8
Jeanne Smith – 8
Jennifer Bush – 8
Joy Scholten – 8
Joyce Aaron – 8
Juliet Ihedike – 8
Kalan Phinezy – 8
Kenneth Keegan – 8
Kenneth MacCutcheon – 8
Martha Williams – 8
Merlande Deravil – 8
Nancy Westmoreland – 8
Nicole Cocce – 8
Norma Jackson – 8
Portia Lewis – 8
Richard Adams – 8
Robert Kirkwood – 8
Sharlet Davis-Sandles – 8
Shonta Hazel – 8
Stephanie Dennis – 8
Summer Gerry – 8
Tiana Gaddis – 8
Anna Geething – 9
Annette Powers Kilburn – 9
Anthony Zephy – 9
Ashley King – 9
Emily Grohnke – 9
Jessie Bryant – 9
Joanna Gallagher – 9
Kameisha Johnson – 9
Kelly Kroeger – 9
Laura Kauffman – 9
Lisa Hendrix – 9
Miriam Sisay – 9
Renardo Gleenio – 9
Robertson Asamoah – 9
Rosena Roberts – 9
Ameria Sheriff – 10
Beth Weiss – 10
Christina Norris – 10
Dennis Meyer – 10
Isaac Ogundairo – 10
Janelle Jansson – 10
Jody Martin – 10
Leshan Dix – 10
Robin Horn – 10
Shadrack Mibeere – 10
Sonya Burnett – 10
Alex Berrios – 11
Angel Ripoll – 11
Ann Wainaina – 11
Brenda Severns – 11
Christy Ware-Payne – 11
Dawn Brown – 11
Eucharia Okendu – 11
Julia Glover – 11
Kacianne Sealy – 11
Kristin Adkins – 11
Marissa Spiess – 11
Megan Tracy – 11
Mysti Joye – 11
Noelle Utley – 11
Patrice Buchanan – 11
Patti Greer – 11
Paul Kabutha – 11
Sandra Houston – 11
Shannon Winston – 11
Sue Ellis – 11
Valencia Davidson – 11
Willie Gardner – 11
Andrea Walker – 12
Angela Couch – 12
Bueford McKinney – 12
Danielle Smith – 12
Diane Ressler – 12
Eureke Moorman – 12
Festus Bolarinde – 12
Gloria Baity – 12
Jason Frame – 12
Karen Geiger – 12
Mallory Leatherman – 12
Maryann Caldwell – 12

Nicole Infante Forsythe – 12
Rodney Geis – 12
Selly War – 12
Tamera Pendarvis – 12
Anjali Joshi – 13
Antwan Byrd – 13
Army Burks – 13
Betty Holloway – 13
Charles Osei – 13
Christine Taylor – 13
Connie Walters 13
Cynthia Driggers – 13
Franklin Briggs – 13
Franklin Davis – 13
George Harris – 13
Ginger Sunbom – 13
Jayne Spitznogle – 13
Jeanne Warno – 13
Jerri Flowers – 13
John Sesay – 13
Joyce Johnson – 13
Kwabena Boaitey – 13
LaShonda Thomas – 13
Litonlya Lester – 13
Marcia Fowlkes – 13
Max Gilyan – 13
Peter Belsky – 13
Robert Ashlock – 13
Sharon Sonnenberg – 13
Teresa Salemi-Gumiran – 13
William Hopkins – 13
Derrick McGraw – 14
Jean Beausoleil – 14
John Guercio – 14
Kimberly Finn – 14
Leslie Armstrong – 14
Maritza Baden – 14
Minerva Coker – 14
Olasunkanmi Faturoti – 14
Tony Rainbolt – 14
Vicki Kennedy – 14
Cassandra Clubb – 15
Christina Narasimhan – 15
Courtney Schaffner – 15
David Muthike – 15
Eileen Baker – 15
Heather Morelan – 15
Jodi Phillips – 15
Joella Wiggins – 15
Katie Flinner – 15
Kristen Gentilini – 15
May Listenberger – 15
Nancy McClimans – 15
Peter Mbugguss – 15
Ruth Nothdurft – 15
Solomon Daniel – 15
Victoria Halbert – 15
Alice Pilarski – 16
Amanda Musser – 16
Amber Adams – 16
Deborah Cartwright – 16
Kristina Lambert -16
Tamara Nash – 16
Dewayne Totten – 17
Erma Wims – 17
Evelyn Gillespie – 17
Gladys Arlotta – 17
Jayne Underwood – 17
Philip Boakye – 17
Robert Taylor – 17
Jeff Harris – 18
Kerrie Miller – 18
Michelle Maio-Venezia – 18
Jason McCain – 19
Rosa Sturgis – 19
Lennie Singano – 21
Margaret Davis – 22
Tammy Schmitt – 22
Angela Heller – 24
Cynthia Graeber – 25
Lorraine Di Novo – 25
Mary Zumbaugh – 25
Holly Eykholt – 26
Joy Dennison – 26
Elaine Berning – 26
Brandy Patterson – 27
Michelle Desmonds – 27
Tom Titus – 27
Karen Lichtsinn – 30
Anne Titus – 32
Margaret Cantey – 33
Karen Shollenberger – 36