Terry Connolly
Benefits Outreach Specialist
Why Benefits Data Trust?
"You don’t often get the chance to change the world around you, at BDT we do it every day. It doesn’t get much better than that."
My Family
My sisters are spread out all over: Jeanne in Los Angeles, Geraldine in Boston and Patty in Norway. My daughter Dana Lyn and her husband Ron, My son Kristopher and his wife Teresa and of course my amazing grandchildren Sarah and Jeremy.
Passionate About
My job and civic responsibility
Best Advice Ever Received
My father once said “ when you take a job, you take all responsibility that goes with it. You should always give your best every minute of every day.” I have always tried to live by that.
Past Employment
Highmark, Monarch Recovery Management, Academy Collection Service
If I Had Chosen Another Career, I Would Have Been…
History Teacher, Politician
Greatest Personal Accomplishment
Finishing my novel
Favorite Travel Destination
I have always wanted to go to Alaska and I would also like to see Ireland
Make And Model Of Your First Car
I would like to say it was a 1968 Candy Apple Red GTO, it wasn’t. It was a 1971 AMC Hornet
Favorite Food
Rare steak, cheeseburgers and potato chips
Key To Success
Punctuality
Can’t Go A Day Without
Coffee
Favorite Book
Edmund Morris Trilogy on Theodore Roosevelt, The Great War by Peter Hart
Favorite Movie
Impossible to choose there are so many, but forced to choose I would say “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” or “Tombstone”
Hobbies
Reading, old movies
Fun Fact About Me
At 58 I have the unique distinction of being the oldest person on the contact center floor. Which makes for some very interesting conversations. I am also a history and trivia buff. I am in fact running a trivia contest for my associates