Crawford & Company today announced that Bonnie Sawdey, vice president in Human Resources, has been named Benefit Manager of the Year by Business Insurance magazine. The national Benefit Manager of the Year award was created in 2004 to recognize outstanding performance in the management or administration of group health, group life, retirement and pension or work/life benefit programs. As additional recognition for her achievement, Sawdey will be profiled in the June 22, 2015, issue of Business Insurance and at www.BusinessInsurance.com.  

"In more than 25 years with our company, Bonnie has worked on numerous complex and challenging benefit programs and human resources initiatives and has always delivered her best, and we are proud of what she has accomplished here," said Phyllis Austin, executive vice president- Global Human Resources for Crawford. "She drives major change in the organization when launching new benefit programs, and everyone at Crawford has benefited from her efforts."   

Sawdey joined Crawford as a payroll clerk and has progressively advanced in rank and responsibilities at the Company. She was named a vice president of Corporate Benefits in 1998 and became a vice president in Human Resources in 2014.

Any full-time employee of a corporation, nonprofit organization or government entity who oversees or manages employee benefit functions is eligible for the award. Benefit Manager of the Year honorees are selected by a nomination, and nominations are judged by an independent panel of insurance and benefit professionals representing recipients of the award and organizations including employee benefit consultants, benefit brokers, health insurers and managed health care organizations and other benefit service providers.

Sawdey holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources Management from Georgia State University.