UUP’s Benefit Trust Fund has hired a new administrative assistant to help implement all written communication, meeting planning, mailing, travel and projects related to the Fund.

Tina Ryczek comes to UUP from the Albany-based law firm Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, where she worked as a legal secretary responsible for preparing, typing and maintaining legal documents and administrative correspondence.

“Tina possesses the skills we need from an administrative assistant,, she is detail-oriented, knows how to manage her time, and has excellent communication and word processing skills” said Doreen Bango, UUP Member Benefits and Services manager and Benefit Trust Fund administrator. “The Fund will benefit from her expertise.”

Prior to Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, Ryczek worked as a customer service representative for both The Hartford and Callahan & Hooey Insurance agencies. She also has worked as a receptionist and administrative associate.

She is a 2002 graduate of Utica College of Syracuse University, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology.

Ryczek joins Member Benefits and Services supervisors Karen Dombrowski and Khalil Nehme and staffers Jane Hrynio and Anne Marine, as well as UUP Benefit Trust Fund representatives Kimberly Arras, Regina Kane, Joyce Montgomery and Gretchen Sarnowicz. — Karen L. Mattison