Valerie Bennett

Valerie Bennett graduated from West Virginia University Reed College of Media in 2015 where she earned her bachelor’s degree in advertising and is an alumnus of the Daily Athenaeum, having served as the Student Business Manager from 2012-2013.

She is currently a Marketing Planning Supervisor at Thermo Fisher Scientific where she manages a team that develops and executes digital channel marketing as well as integrated tactical plans for the Fisher Scientific B2B ecommerce business.

Throughout her career, she has held professions in Corporate Communications, Project Management, Strategic Marketing Planning, and Social Media Management. Having a focus and passion for digital retail marketing, she has worked for and collaborated with multiple customer-facing retail brands including DICK’S Sporting Goods, Field & Stream, Golf Galaxy, and Bob Evans.

Valerie currently resides in Pittsburgh but frequently travels back to her home state of West Virginia for the beautiful views and endless hiking opportunities.