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Leticia G. de la Rasilla and a panel of education professionals, Bennett’s Erin Brady and Heather Gatto, spent the half-hour discussing the complexities of the New York school scene and their role in relocation.
This conversation sheds light on the complicated New York school scene and provides helpful information for families relocating to New York with school-aged children and for all those supporting them: relocation management teams, Global Mobility, and HR.
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Based in Madrid, Spain, Leticia G. de la Rasilla is Bennett's Client Services representative and a Global Team Lead, overseeing and supporting Bennett’s Europe-based consultants. She also plans education outreach for our corporate and RMC clients, leading webinar discussions on relevant education topics and providing updates on high-demand locations. Leticia brings firsthand understanding of the expat experience to her Bennett work.
She initially began work with the company in 2007 as an independent consultant based in Mexico, only to relocate to Germany and eventually repatriate to her native Spain. She has also lived in Ireland, France, and Belgium. As a mother of four children who had to “figure it all out,” she empathizes with the families she supports and understands exactly the kind of help they need.
Erin Brady wears several hats at Bennett as Co-Director of Private Client Services and as one of our Global Team Leads (GTLs). As a GTL, she supports a consultant team that works with families headed to the greater NYC area, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada, overseeing their casework and providing updates to our corporate and RMC clients. She also serves as Account Manager of one of Bennett’s largest financial services clients in New York.
Erin began consulting with Bennett in 2006, supporting families relocating throughout the U.S., eventually focusing on U.S. boarding school and New York city placements, Pre-K through grade 12. She joined the ranks of Bennett employees in 2018 in her current leadership roles.
Heather Gatto is a Greater New York expert who specializes in private and public school placement in New York City, Westchester, NY, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Since joining the company in 2009, she has worked with hundreds of families and has successfully placed countless children in schools throughout the greater New York area. Heather is appreciated for her signature blend of smarts, wit and professionalism, and she is often requested by some of Bennett’s most demanding clients to support their most “high-touch” employees.
Over the years, Bennett International Education Consultancyhas worked with hundreds of corporations across the globe, many of them Fortune 500 companies, providing domestic and international school advisement & placement services - preschool through university - to the dependents of relocating employees. In addition to education placement, our team provides customized consulting for corporations with a range of education issues: education policy writing & benchmarking, tuition studies, group move advisement & planning, and remote education solutions.