March is Women’s History Month here in the U.S., and as a women-owned and WBENC-certified company, we hold this month near and dear to our hearts! We would like to offer a brief tribute to all those in our global “sisterhood” whose expertise, hard work, and camaraderie reflect the heart and mission of Bennett International.
Women comprise over 90% of our global consulting team. This impressive group represents not only former teachers and admissions directors, but also scholars, artists, volunteers, third culture kids, and mothers. Their lived experience in the education and relocation worlds allows them to bring a unique perspective and unmatched level of empathy that is so necessary to our work with families and students. To our consultants, we thank you!
Bennett’s HQ team features 16 women spanning at least six time zones. It is a rare joy when we are all together, whether in person or virtually. The mutual respect, professionalism, expertise, and laughter that characterize the daily interactions of this group are what keep Bennett moving forward. To our HQ team, we thank you!
We would be remiss if we did not recognize the legacy of our founder, Georgia Bennett, and our fearless leader, Elizabeth Sawyer. Your leadership, moral compass, grace, and care are an example to us all, and it is a privilege to work for and with you! We thank you!
We also salute our network of relocation management companies and clients, and all the women we work with regularly to problem-solve and provide our relocating families with the best possible service for their needs. To our valued partners, we thank you!
Finally, we would like to recognize the relocating families that we support, specifically the women who embrace the opportunity to move across school districts and oceans, while prioritizing and advocating for their children’s education needs amidst a million other moving parts. We also recognize the daughters in these families, and we are grateful to support the next generation of women in pursuing quality education as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime! Relocations are not for the faint of heart, and we are honored to come alongside you. To those we’ve had the pleasure of supporting, we thank you!
Empathy. Education. Guidance. Expertise. Problem Solving. Civility. We are grateful for our “sisterhood” of women who embody Bennett International and make us who we are.
A tribute on behalf of everyone at Bennett International, penned by Hannah Buzzelli.
Hannah Buzzelli joined the Bennett Operations team in 2019 where she helped manage the company’s daily workflow and provided natural expertise in process refinement. In 2022, Hannah took on a new role at Bennett as Scholarship Programs Manager, and in this capacity she has led the building out of all aspects of Bennett’s Scholarship Management Program: the IT platform for the receipt of scholarship applications, the processes whereby scholarship students are selected, the communications related to all stages of the application process, the onboarding of new scholarship recipients, and the student tracking and reporting required by the corporate scholarship provider. She has also helped to develop the mentoring program that supports scholarship recipients as they transition from secondary school their native countries to universities around the world.
Over the years, Bennett International Education Consultancyhas worked with hundreds of corporations across the globe, many of them Fortune 500 companies, providing domestic and international school advisement & placement services - preschool through university - to the dependents of relocating employees. In addition to education placement, our team provides customized consulting for corporations with a range of education issues: education policy writing & benchmarking, tuition studies, group move advisement & planning, and remote education solutions.