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| Pearl Meyer Senior
Managing Director Pearl Meyer, Senior Managing Director of Steven Hall & Partners, has served for more than 30 years as advisor to Boards and senior management, here and abroad, in matters of executive and Board compensation, performance, governance, organization and selection. Mrs. Meyer co-founded Steven Hall & Partners, as well as Pearl Meyer & Partners. She is known for the creation of groundbreaking, innovative compensation strategies that translate corporate goals into managerial results and rewards. Mrs. Meyer and her Partners are retained as outside independent counsel by the Compensation Committees of Boards of Directors in the discharge of their fiduciary responsibilities. She has played an integral role in developing many of today's most widely used Board and executive compensation programs and arrangements. As a recognized authority on corporate governance, she also serves as expert witness in executive compensation litigation. Mrs. Meyer is regularly quoted by major news organizations and is a frequent contributor to business periodicals. She has served as Chairman and keynote speaker for The Conference Board, the National Association of Corporate Directors, WorldatWork and the American Management Association, as well as for seminars at Harvard, Yale and other leading business schools. A cum laude graduate with Ph.D.
studies at the New York University Stern Graduate School of Business
Administration, Mrs. Meyer received her initial training in executive
compensation at Kraft.
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| Steven E. Hall Managing
Director Steven Hall, Managing Director, is a founding Partner of Steven Hall & Partners and has consulted for more than 30 years with senior management and Board Compensation Committees in planning and implementation of senior executive compensation programs and incentives for corporations, subsidiaries, business units, spins and divestitures. His strong technical background in
tax, accounting and finance is of major importance in the design of innovative remuneration programs, including
partnerships, LLC carried interests and side-by-side investments. In addition to managing the
Firm, Mr. Hall personally leads Steven Hall
& Partners' practice among global corporations and in the financial
services, real estate, regulated utility and energy sectors. He also
serves as expert witness and consults with corporations and law
firms on litigation matters. Mr. Hall, who holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Accounting, is a Certified Public Accountant. His prior experience was with Pearl Meyer & Partners, as President and co-founder, Ernst & Young, Handy Associates and as Chief Financial Officer of two private firms.
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| Steven C. Root, Esq. Managing
Director Steven Root, Managing Director, co-founded the Firm after eight years as Senior Consultant and Managing Director of Pearl Meyer & Partners. With over 20 years of experience as a securities and corporate lawyer in the area of executive compensation, he leads the Firm's technical consulting services with respect to the legal, accounting and tax aspects of Board and executive compensation programs. Mr. Root specializes in the development and drafting of stock based incentives, special transactions, change-in-control and employment agreements, and other compensation arrangements. A graduate of Brown University with an A.B. in English, he received his J.D. cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center and was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. Prior to joining Pearl Meyer & Partners, Mr. Root was with the law firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, where he specialized in securities law and mergers and acquisitions.
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| Diane D. Posnak Managing
Director Diane Posnak, Managing Director of Steven Hall & Partners, specializes in issues related to managerial and Board effectiveness. She advises clients in compensation planning and the tailoring of remuneration programs for diverse industries, including many insurance and other financial services firms, as well as industrial and not-for-profit organizations. Mrs. Posnak was a co-founder of Pearl Meyer & Partners and now serves as a Consulting Partner of Steven Hall & Partners. A graduate of Grinnell College, Mrs. Posnak holds an M.S. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. She previously was a Senior Consultant with Handy Associates and held human resources positions at Ernst & Young and Raychem Corporation.
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| Joseph A. Sorrentino Managing
Director Joseph Sorrentino, Managing Director, joined the Firm on its founding. He previously served as Managing Director and Senior Consultant for nine years with Pearl Meyer & Partners. Mr. Sorrentino, who leads our professional staff of analysts and researchers, consults with public and privately held companies in the design and implementation of equity participation programs and incentives for subsidiaries, business units, spins, IPOs, bankruptcies, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Sorrentino works extensively with clients in the financial services, pharmaceutical, communications, technology, auto, regulated utility and chemical sectors. A graduate of New York University, he received an M.B.A. from the Leonard N. Stern Graduate School of Business.
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| Sandra E. Pace Managing
Director Sandra Pace, Managing Director, joined the Firm on its founding. She previously served for thirteen years as Vice President and Consultant at Pearl Meyer & Partners. Ms. Pace assists in the design and implementation of executive compensation and sales incentive programs for publicly and privately held companies, including equity participation programs, special incentives and development of market pricing models. She has worked extensively with clients in the consumer products and information services sectors. A graduate of the City University of New York, Ms. Pace holds a degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
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| Michael Sherry Consultant Michael Sherry, Consultant, joined the Firm in October 2005. He previously served as a Consultant for five years with Pearl Meyer & Partners. Mr. Sherry, a member of our professional staff, serves both public and privately held companies in the analysis, design and implementation of equity participation programs as well as special incentives and the development of market pricing models. A graduate of the New York
University, Mr. Sherry received a B.S. from the Leonard N. Stern School of
Business. Consultant Nora McCord joined the Firm in
December 2005 as a Consultant assisting clients in the assessment of their compensation programs and development of executive
pay for performance plans. She also leads the Firm's
research activities in the analysis of financial data and development
of models for performance-based incentive plans, as well as the design
of data collection techniques and the conduct of customized surveys
to meet client needs. Her expertise includes research and analysis in support
of the Firm's litigation support practice.
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