Building Summit: Week 5 – Staff Growth in 2014

We decided to move offices primarily to accommodate the new staff members that have joined our team this year. In 2014 alone, we’ve had nearly 40 new employees join us at 718 7^th St NW. Even with our recent expansion, available desk space has become tight.

In late 2013, Summit embarked on a major organizational shift: splitting into six distinctive directorates from the previous two practice areas (Modeling & Forecasting, Quantitative Evaluation). This change resulted from careful planning and was implemented to foster Summit’s growing role as a trusted advisor to our clients. To better serve the changing needs of our clients, we sourced more subject matter experts to serve on engagements, and leveraged industry expertise to provide actionable strategies to complement our analyses.

How do we enhance these abilities? In one word, hiring. We’ve welcomed staff members of all levels—from Analysts to Directors—to provide more comprehensive services in all directorates. To attract (and keep) the best and the brightest, we also rolled out new benefits for our employees, including a 401(k) with employer match, a flexible spending account, and paid Capital Bikeshare membership.