The Benchmark TeamThere isn't enough room on this page to mention all of the integral members of our team. Benchmark employs coordinators, managers, executive team members, and call center support staff who are highly experienced with appropriate skill sets. Please select the team member you are seeking on the right for their contact information and experience description. If you need to contact a coordinator directly, you may do so by calling the site main phone number.
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The TeamJennifer Bacchi, Director of Human Resources Scott Barrett, Chief Operations Officer Misti Bearden, San Angelo Site Manager Lamar Box, Austin Associate Site Manager Kim Brittain, Director of Marketing and Communications Charlie Ciarlo, Manager of Customer Service Cori Favalora, New Orleans Associate Site Manager Andrea Favalora, Director of Contracts / Budgets Andrea Favalora, Director of Investigator Relations Lauren Foreman, Associate Director of Marketing and Development Eric Garcia, Sacramento Site Manager Beau Garland, Western Regional Manager Rita Gesch, Finance Director James Girard, San Francisco Co-Site Manager Ramona Irizarry, Fort Worth Site Manager Mark Lacy, President, Chief Executive Officer Ben Lacy, Chief Financial Officer Michelle Listz, Austin Site Manager Olivia Payton, Associate Site Manager Melissa Reynolds, Director of Clinical Operations Jason Roth, Director of Research and Development Jeff Segner, New Orleans Site Manager |
Benchmark HistoryBenchmark Research, founded in 1997 by Mr. Mark Lacy and Mr. Scott Barrett, began with the simple yet fundamental goal of providing exceptional service in clinical research. Benchmark's basic philosophy is that quality is paramount, and integrity, professionalism, dedication, and old-fashioned hard work should be applied to the burgeoning clinical trial industry. Starting in the
As Benchmark rapidly grew, in 1998 the firm opened a second facility in Along with the leadership of Dr. Paul Bristol in 2001, Benchmark opened a site in the densely populated Northern Region of the Austin Metro Area in, near major employers such as Dell, Apple, Texas Instruments, and AMD. This site accesses a unique patient market of over 600,000 people in the rapidly growing cities of Georgetown, Round Rock and Pflugerville.
Also in 1998, Benchmark recognized and capitalized upon emerging industry opportunities by creating a centralized recruiting department, to facilitate aggressive, seamless, and appropriate advertising, as well as for pre-qualification of prospective patients. Thus, the The following year (1999), Benchmark began operations in The company's controlled growth in
In January of 2005, Benchmark expanded into Metairie, the densely populated NW region of New Orleans. With the leadership of Andrea Favalora and physicians Shailaja Raj and William Renaudin, this site was successfully enrolling patients from its inception. Although the site took a minor hit from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, operations resumed in November 2005, again with the support of our doctors and amazing coordinator team. |