Spotlight - Featured Employee

Name Candice Darr

Title DPAS Account Manager

Role at DataPath
Providing day-to-day administrative support for client groups in the management of employee benefit and reimbursement plans for health, transportation and dependent care.  I work with most of our HRA groups as well as a number of FSA groups. 

What do you see as the most important function of your department?
To provide our employer groups with efficient, compliant, cost-effective administration and support for their employee benefit plans.

How do you envision your department developing / improving in 5 years?
DPAS will continue to grow rapidly as a result of our emphasis on customer service, education, and compliance, use of technology and leadership in the field of consumer driven health care plan administration.

What is the best thing about your job?
Getting to work with some really wonderful people.

What is the most challenging thing about your job?
Keeping up with the constant learning curve (but even that can be fun).

Fill in the blank to this bumper sticker...
“I’d rather be ..." Traveling, to just about anywhere.

What are your 3 ‘desert island’ albums?
The Moody Blues, "Time Traveler"
Garth Brooks, "Garth Brooks"
Earth Wind & Fire, "Greatest Hits Live"

What is your work background?
Most of my career has been spent in the fields of advertising, marketing, and public relations.  I was the president and creative director of a full-service agency for more than a decade, followed by half a dozen years running a creative services shop.  Then I switched gears to e-commerce, selling educational software on eBay and similar sites for 7 years.  Switching gears again, I joined DataPath in 2008 as a benefits coordinator.

Where were you born?
I was born in Gardena, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, and grew up in Redondo Beach.  Moved to Arkansas at age 11 and have been here ever since.

Family Information
My husband, Matt, is an information systems analyst at Verizon Wireless.  Chase Whitmore, who has worked in Customer Support for DataPath for the past 3 years, is my oldest son.  Matt and I are the very proud, very blessed parents of 3 boys and 3 girls in all, ranging in age from 11 to 30, and also have two grandkids, Kaitlyn (1-1/2), and Chase's daughter Avery (3-1/2).

Hobbies
I love traveling, listening to music, reading, and watching news programs and documentaries.  I'm a "news junkie" who enjoys learning for the sake of learning and keeping up with what's going on in the world.