This week, Jacob Patterson-Stein was selected to receive the 2015 Junior Professional Award, given out as part of the annual SAS Global Forum conference. This year's conference will take place in Dallas, Texas on April 26-29.

A recent Yahoo! Finance article mentions Summit and 76 other companies as recipients of the 2015 Seal of Distinction from the WorldatWork Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP). The award recognizes companies who have demonstrated a commitment to their employees' work-life balance through innovative policies and benefits.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) published a substantial Summit report this week, "Analysis of Form M-1 Data for Filing Years 2010-2013."

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) today published a Summit report examining facets of employment for veterans, notably how federally funded employment services assist outcomes for this group of job seekers.

Summit is pleased to announce staff promotions for Winter 2015. These individuals have met and exceeded the professionalism and skill required of their day-to-day duties, and for that we thank and congratulate them.

WorldatWork Alliance for Work-Life Progress (AWLP) is proud to announce that Summit has earned the Work-Life Seal of Distinction for 2015. The seal is a unique mark of excellence designed to identify organizational success in work-life effectiveness. Summit is one of the 77 to be honored March 18 at the Gala Awards Dinner at the WorldatWork AWLP 2015 Future of Work Forum in Nashville.

Summit is proud to share that a number of staff members have been promoted into management roles, or advanced on the management career path.

Jon Carver, Summit's Director of Financial Services, has been appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security.

Michael Loehlein, a Consultant in Summit’s Mortgage Finance practice group, is now a certified SAS Programmer.

Dr. Albert Lee recently co-authored a paper on mortgage default for multifamily (MF) properties, and it is currently being reviewed for publication in Real Estate Economics. Co-authored with Dr. Yvon Pho and Mr. Colin Cushman, "Testing the Double-Trigger Hypothesis Using Loan-Level Annual Financial Statement Data from an FHA-Insured Multifamily Program" discusses existing literature on the topic, and finds that "other financial metrics, such as a property’s level of reserves, also play a significant role in the MF default decision."