I am sure this is something quite simple but I can't seem to figure this out (I am new to SPD and workflows in general).  I am building a workflow to notify key individuals of a new item(s) being added to a list in SharePoint. I need SharePoint to email those users depending upon the selected value of an existing drop down selection (called "Department").  This selection is a SharePoint lookup column that refers to the title of an external list (called Departments).

In my workflow I can get SharePoint to simply email someone (or a group) when the item is created...that works just fine.  What I need is for SharePoint to email user A if selection A is chosen from the aforementioned lookup column...user B if option B from the lookup column is selected...user C for lookup column C...etc.

Here is an example:  
1.User creates a new Item and in the dropdown (lookup column) for Department selects "accounting"  
2.The workflow sees that "Department"  is equal to "accounting" and it emails Jane Doe

*In this example if the selected department was "Technologies" the workflow would email Jon Smith.

I have attempted to configure the condition as:

    If Current Item:Department equals Accounting

    | Email Jane Doe


*In this example I have manually typed the word "Accounting" into the value field.


However this does not work as no email is ever sent to Jane.  I suspect that does not work because Department is a lookup column in this list but I do not know how to properly configure the associated Lookup for Lookup in the condition and I have tried quite a few combinations to no avail.