Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) has hired Alaska Jean Bednar as director
of communications, and has hired Julie Kingrey as assistant director of
financial operations.
Alaska Jean Bednar begins tomorrow, Aug. 20, as
director of communications for BBT, working at the Church of the
Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill. Jim Lehman concluded his
four-month service as BBT’s interim director of communications on July
25.
Bednar most recently was director of Advancement for Judson
University in Elgin. She also has done freelance and volunteer work and
is deeply involved in the community of Elgin. She serves as vice
president of the Gail Borden Public Library Board and is a member and
board member of the Gifford Park Association. She holds a bachelor of
arts degree in English from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Bednar grew up in Kenai, Alaska, and Chicago, Ill.. She and her family
live in Elgin.
Julie Kingrey begins as assistant director of
financial operations for BBT on Aug. 25. She and her family recently
relocated to the Chicago area from Farmville, N.C. Prior to the move,
she was employed for more than 10 years as fund accounting manager for
the Nottingham Company in Rocky Mount, N.C. The Nottingham Company is a
vendor of BBT’s and Kingrey worked on account managing BBT funds along
with more than 40 others.
Kingrey holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting with a minor
in management from Pennsylvania State University. She and her family
now reside in Wheaton, Ill.
For more about the work of Brethren Benefit Trust go to www.brethrenbenefittrust.org.
Source: 8/19/2014 Newsline
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