Washington College Provides Top Talent for Benchworks

Friday, July 23rd - 2010

CHESTERTOWN, MD—Benchworks continues to find graduates of Washington College to be a valuable source of new talent as the firm grows and adds product line extensions.  Washington College graduates can be found in project management, operations, and the executive ranks at Benchworks.  Benchworks’ President and CEO, Thad Bench, Sr. comments, “Washington College graduates come to us well prepared to take on challenging assignments from day one.  The curriculum at Washington College produces graduates with strong critical and analytical thinking skills that are so necessary in today’s challenging and ever changing business environment.”
 Benchworks recently added a 2010 Washington College graduate to their staff.  Kelly Trancedi from Wallingford, PA, recently joined the Benchworks Team as a Project Manager.  Ms. Trancedi graduated this past June with a double major in Business and Art.  She will be working with several other Washington College graduates already employed by Benchworks:  Melissa Johnston, Erika Naundorf, and Jon Atkinson.  
Melissa Johnston (Reading, PA) graduated from Washington College magna cum laude in 1998 with a B.A. in both Business and Economics.  She started with Benchworks in 2005 and is currently a Senior Vice President, implementing business procedures and controls, managing financial and balance sheet matters, helping to administer Benchworks’ go-to-market plan, and managing Benchworks’ project management staff.  
Erika Naundorf (Chestertown, MD), a 2005 graduate with a B.A. in Business and a minor in Economics, came to Benchworks in 2008.  Today, her Project Management responsibilities include managing several online and ecommerce stores and handling online point of sales systems for some of Benchworks’ major accounts.
Jon Atkinson (Severna Park, MD) graduated from Washington College in 2008 with a B.A. in Economics with a Business minor.  He joined Benchworks in December of 2007 as an intern and quickly rose to a full-time position as Operations Manager/Project Manager.  He is responsible for overseeing and coordinating online store fulfillment and other fulfillment projects, managing and controlling inventory and serving as project manager for several large clients.  
Washington College is among the nation’s leading liberal arts institutions, listed as one of the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review.  Thad Bench, Sr., said, “We are very lucky to have such a fine institution close by to provide us with a steady stream of talented graduates.”  Mr. Bench has frequently been invited to the college as a visiting lecturer on marketing and leadership.  

 

CHESTERTOWN, MD—Benchworks continues to find graduates of Washington College to be a valuable source of new talent as the firm grows and adds product line extensions.  Washington College graduates can be found in project management, operations, and the executive ranks at Benchworks.  Benchworks’ President and CEO, Thad Bench, Sr. comments, “Washington College graduates come to us well prepared to take on challenging assignments from day one.  The curriculum at Washington College produces graduates with strong critical and analytical thinking skills that are so necessary in today’s challenging and ever changing business environment.” 

Benchworks recently added a 2010 Washington College graduate to their staff.  Kelly Trancedi from Wallingford, PA, joined the Benchworks Team as a Project Manager.  Ms. Trancedi graduated this past June with a double major in Business and Art.  She will be working with several other Washington College graduates already employed by Benchworks:  Melissa Johnston, Erika Naundorf, and Jon Atkinson.  

Melissa Johnston (Reading, PA) graduated from Washington College magna cum laude in 1998 with a B.A. in both Business and Economics.  She started with Benchworks in 2005 and is currently a Senior Vice President, implementing business procedures and controls, managing financial and balance sheet matters, helping to administer Benchworks’ go-to-market plan, and managing Benchworks’ project management staff.  

Erika Naundorf (Chestertown, MD), a 2005 graduate with a B.A. in Business and a minor in Economics, came to Benchworks in 2008.  Today, her Project Management responsibilities include managing several online and ecommerce stores and handling online point of sales systems for some of Benchworks’ major accounts.

Jon Atkinson (Severna Park, MD) graduated from Washington College in 2008 with a B.A. in Economics with a Business minor.  He joined Benchworks in December of 2007 as an intern and quickly rose to a full-time position as Operations Manager/Project Manager.  He is responsible for overseeing and coordinating online store fulfillment and other fulfillment projects, managing and controlling inventory and serving as project manager for several large clients.  

Washington College is among the nation’s leading liberal arts institutions, listed as one of the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review.  Thad Bench, Sr., said, “We are very lucky to have such a fine institution close by to provide us with a steady stream of talented graduates.”  Mr. Bench has frequently been invited to the college as a visiting lecturer on marketing and leadership.