WJM Associates Increase Staff to Meet Growing Demand

Rick Cumberland and Scott Litchfield have joined WJM Associates as account executives serving corporate clients in New York and New Jersey.

"As the economy has improved, we're seeing a lot of pent-up demand in the marketplace among major employers who want to groom individual executives for future responsibilities and also improve the organizational effectiveness of their management teams," says William J. Morin, chairman and chief executive officer of WJM Associates. "Rick and Scott will give us the additional capacity to best serve these companies."

Cumberland comes to WJM Associates from La Rue Retail Payment Solutions, where he was vice president of sales and marketing. Before that, he held senior management positions with Data General Corporation, Telxon, and Fujitsu-ICL. He will serve clients in the high technology and venture capital sectors.

A graduate of Merrimack College, Cumberland has a BA degree in economics. He also served in the United States Air Force.

Litchfield has extensive account management experience in the consumer packaged goods, energy and human resources consulting industries. Previously, he held executive positions with Compensation Resources, Inc., and Goodrich & Sherwood Associates, Inc. He will serve clients in New Jersey and New York City.

Litchfield has a BA in history from Gettysburg College and an MBA in finance from Long Island University. A member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), he is chair of the 2004 Garden State Council SHRM Annual Conference & Expo. He also serves as an ambassador for Commerce & Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) and participates in CIANJ's Human Resources Committee.