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Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch may be smiling. Sesame Workshop’s executive vice president, Diana Lee, has been named Employee Benefit News’ 2019 Benefits Professional of the Year.
Lee joined the company, best known for its Sesame Street children’s educational television programming, about four years ago, and has relied on her 40 years of experience to expand Sesame Workshop’s health plan, adding a second medical plan and migrating 80% of employees to the new option.
Walden Siew is editor-in-chief of the Employee Benefits Group at Arizent.
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