Meet our Team
“The employee benefit ecosystem is confusing and rife with inequities. During major life events, families need to find and navigate over a dozen benefit plans and time off programs. BenefitBump was created to address this issue. We deliver a holistic, human-first service experience that reinforces an employer’s commitment and care for its employees.”
— Scott Liebman, Founder
Scott Liebman
Scott has over 25 years of experience advising employers on the design of their employee benefit plans and leave programs. Early in his career, he developed a healthy maternity program for a regional health plan. Scott developed BenefitBump to try to help plan participants navigate an increasing complex or inconsistently resourced benefits ecosystem and the myriad of leave programs and entitlements.
Crosby Spiess
Crosby is a graduate of Lafayette College where she double majored in Government and Law and Psychology. As she looked for a career after college, Crosby was drawn to positions where she felt she could truly make an impact on both the organization and greater society. She is thrilled to have found that with BenefitBump, where she leads many operational areas including technology, client implementation, reporting, and more.
Sarah Moore
Sarah's passion for equitable outcomes in maternal health and comprehensive support of women and parents in the workforce is why Sarah joined the BenefitBump team. Sarah champions and empowers businesses to further family friendly work environments by implementing developed best practices, including low-cost ways employers can support working parents. Prior to joining BenefitBump, Sarah worked in the corporate practice group at a large St. Louis area law firm and as a corporate lawyer in an in-house setting.
Rachel Steele
Rachel is a Social Worker with nearly twenty years of experience in child welfare. She is certified in the State of Florida as a Child Welfare Professional. Rachel has specialized experience in the areas of adoption and foster care policy development and implementation. Rachel is passionate about improving the care systems available to support adoptive parents.
Linda Hack
Linda is an employee benefit plan and leave expert with over 25 years of experience in employer benefit plan design and system implementations to enhance the overall employee experience while she worked in Human Resources for large employers. Linda will lead our HR strategy and program design with a modernized lens to establish fundamental strategies for creating an inclusive culture and offer meaningful employment to all at BenefitBump.
Kate Saunders
Kate is a Master’s Level Licensed Clinical Social Worker and certified EMDR clinician whose career has focused on mental health and guiding children and families through complex life events. Kate is passionate about building systems and environments that prioritize individual and community resilience and well-being. She is excited to be part of an initiative that prioritizes solutions to the emotional and logistical challenges faced by working families.
Tonya Davis
Tonya is a graduate of Florida State University where she majored in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. Since then, her career has always focused on helping children and families through social services to improve the odds for lower income families. After twenty years in child welfare, Tonya recently retired as a Program Director over one of the largest Specialized Therapeutic Foster Care Programs in the state of Florida. As a program director, she discovered the difficulties that her employees were having in trying to navigate and understand their general employee benefits, especially when it came to starting or growing their families. She is thrilled to be able to help others grow their families working with Benefit Bump and through the experience she has gained working with various human resource departments throughout the years.
Brittany Tryzbiak
Brittany is a Master’s Level Licensed Social Worker and military veteran whose career has focused on connecting individuals and families with the resources to help them succeed. Brittany is also a fitness instructor working with pregnant and post-partum athletes and is inspired by the effectiveness of a holistic care approach for women and growing families. She is a fervent advocate for couples experiencing infertility and is excited to join an organization that helps other companies provide critical support to the individuals and families as they navigate todays challenges.
April Chan
April is a dedicated marketing professional, and has made it her mission to empower and uplift working parents, ensuring they feel supported in their personal and professional lives. With a deep understanding of the challenges faced by working parents, April is committed to creating strategies and campaigns that resonate with employers, fostering a sense of understanding, empathy, and advocacy. She is also a certified meditation teacher.
Sarah Whittington
Sarah is a licensed Midwife, and has a rich background supporting families in home, birth center and hospital settings, as they move through preparation, conception and growth of their families. Sarah has worked with a wide range of families, in bilingual and bicultural settings, and strives to provide meaningful and appropriate support to each family’s individual needs. In 2019, Sarah and her partner welcomed their first child into the world, with a natural birth in the comfort their own home, with the support of midwives. This experience solidified her desire to support growing families in wide range of areas, in an effort provide the tools needed to grow their families, staring with a strong foundation from the start. Sarah enjoys supporting BenefitBump participants on their journeys to parenthood.
Lannea Adamson
Lannea has worked in the field of social service for over fifteen years. She holds master's degrees in both Social Work and Public Health and has taught at the graduate level at the University of Pittsburgh. As her passion for maternal and child health grew throughout her career, she became a certified birth doula and is also a published author, speaker and serialpreneur. Lannea is passionate about maternal health disparities and openly shares her experience with pregnancy loss. She is thrilled to be able to use her knowledge and experience at BenefitBump to help ease some of the stress and anxiety that comes with expanding a family.
Shay Cross
Shay is a Master’s Level Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor whose experience and work with children and families has created a passion for helping others navigate their growing families milestones. Shay’s experience within the school system supports her understanding of working families trying to find a work/life balance. Shay is grateful to work for an organization whose vision aligns with her passion of helping families thrive.
Chyrese Downs
Chyrese is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She earned her Master of Social Work degree at the University of Utah. She has been practicing for six years. Chyrese's experience has primarily been in substance use working with inmates to reduce relapse potential. She has a strong value for family and understands the many challenges that come with balancing work and family. She feels a great sense of purpose as she supports and guides individuals on their journey as they establish their own family.
Lauren Jarrell
Lauren is a graduate of University of Missouri-Columbia where she majored in Political Science with a minor in Business. She has had a successful career in business-to-business sales, and has worked in many different industries. After starting her family, Lauren was looking for a career where she could make a positive impact and help growing families while they navigate the many challenges in front of them. As a Business Development Specialist with BenefitBump, Lauren is excited to share the meaningful and impactful solutions that BenefitBump offers with her clients and their employees.
Jacqueline Kemp
Jacqueline is a dedicated Human Resources professional and candidate in the HR Management master’s program at Washington University School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Her background is in healthcare recruiting and coaching. She is passionate about offering knowledge and guidance to empower employees navigating the intersection of their personal and professional lives. She is thrilled to support the BenefitBump team!
Jose Flores-Gomez
Jose is a graduate of The University of Texas at El Paso where he majored in Engineering Innovation and Leadership. He is passionate about helping others and wanted to join an organization where he could make a positive impact on society. As a Technology and Analytics Lead at BenefitBump, Jose leads technology development and assists in many areas including client implementation, process optimization, and more.
Erin Schlozman
Erin is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado and has worked in perinatal health for over ten years. Erin has worked in hospital settings, outpatient settings and has worked with new parents throughout the front range community. Erin completed her master’s degree in Community Counseling at Regis University and has been a volunteer coordinator with Postpartum Support International for the last two years. Erin is thrilled to support Benefit Bump participants at all points throughout their journey to parenthood and continuing to provide support to working families.
Lauren Hill
Lauren is a licensed social worker and mother of three whose previous work experience includes working as part of an integrated healthcare team in a primary care environment where she focused on social determinants of health and performing case management for the underserved. Before graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi with her Master's in Social Work in 2022, Lauren worked as an exercise physiologist and prenatal exercise coordinator within her local healthcare system's wellness center. Lauren is passionate about supporting others in a holistic way, especially those that are in the process of growing their families.
Bethel Trask
Bethel (Bee) is a mother, military spouse, master’s level Social Worker, life coach, doula, and mindfulness teacher. Prior to her social work career, she spent a decade working in the childcare industry as an infant/preschool teacher and director for daycares, as well as school-aged non-profit programs. After receiving her MSW from the University of Southern California in 2016, Through Bethel’s own personal experience on the road to becoming a parent to two beautiful children, she has made it her passion to support families to not just survive through the seasons in growing their families, but thrive. She is honored and thrilled to be a part of the Benefit Bump team as they revolutionize all pathways to parenthood for working parents.
Torrie Real
Torrie has found her passion at the intersection of family well-being and digital technology. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis where she earned a Master's in Public Health. Her work has focused on decreasing disparities in maternal and child health outcomes through evidence-based programming that promotes community resources, as well as the integration of community health workers and doulas on clinical teams. As an Implementation and Account Manager at BenefitBump, Torrie focuses on client implementation, client support, and the experiences of our participants. She is honored to help employees and their growing families be knowledgeable of their benefits and have holistic, human-centered support as they find their work-life balance.
Katie Freeze
Katie is a Master’s level licensed Social Worker with ten years of experience working with children, families, and the systems that support them. Katie is passionate about healthy family relationships, emotional well-being, and parental mental health. Her previous experiences in early childhood systems work and as a parent coach highlighted the lack of support parents face related to typical childrearing challenges as well as the pressures of modern-day parenting. Katie’s empathetic approach is largely shaped by her own experiences with pregnancy complications, traumatic birth, and parenting two young children herself. She is delighted to join the Benefit Bump team in a role that so closely aligns with her ultimate goal of equipping parents with the tools and confidence they need to thrive.
Regan Hemmy
Regan has a deep-seated passion for supporting families, through continued social work education and experience, and finds purpose in helping bridge the gaps between professional and personal employee life events. Her commitment to this field is fueled by a strong drive to make a meaningful impact on individuals and families, ensuring they receive the support to navigate pivotal moments. She is excited to continue to learn and grow at BenefitBump!
Personal Experiences Driving Our Passion
“When my husband and I decided that we were ready to have a baby, I had no idea the journey we were about to embark on. After 3 years of losses, we finally became pregnant with our son. During that pregnancy I experienced depths of anxiety I never knew possible, constantly fearing loss and feeling unprepared for what would happen after our son’s arrival. I felt alone and overwhelmed.”
“When pursuing an adoption, the abundance of information offered can be overwhelming. It’s important to have a passionate and knowledgeable expert to help you navigate this new space.”
“After starting a family and a tough battle with postpartum depression, I returned to work and was overwhelmed with concern about how I would maintain a career and support my family. I recognized the process of leaving and returning to work after having a child was full of unrealistic expectations.”
“Despite working for one of the Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers, when I became pregnant with my third child, I was overwhelmed and anxious about taking time off work, childcare costs, and how and when I would return to work. The process was confusing and could have been much smoother with a little direct guidance. ”