Updates return on local music students
Hello Champaign County!
You’ve not had a column from me for awhile! I do have an excuse…the pandemic. Every time I sat down to write something – everything changed before I hit the “send” tab! That’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it!
Meanwhile, I have nothing but great praise and good wishes for our local educators, and music educators in particular. As a former teacher, I cannot visualize what this past year has been for preparations in music departments. Bless our teachers and students for working so hard to maintain the work needed.
Executive search specialist Buffkin / Baker has named Jen Bradley the firm’s 11th partner.
Bradley joined Buffkin / Baker in 2008 and has completed more than 100 senior-level assignments, specializing in the health care, digital and private equity spaces. She previously worked in the treasury management division of Fifth Third Bank and in institutional sales at Fifth Third Securities.
“Jen has been an outstanding search consultant for more than a decade,” Craig Buffkin, managing partner, said in a release. “She understands what it means to truly serve clients and to deliver outstanding results.”
Bradley earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Wittenberg University and holds an advanced certificate in executive search and leadership consulting from Cornell University. She is one of 25 people under the umbrella of Buffkin / Baker, which in addition to Nashville also runs offices in New York City, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and