Managing Director
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Steven Hall is a founding Partner and Managing Director of Steven Hall & Partners.  He has consulted for more than 30 years with senior management and Board Compensation Committees in the 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.   Mr. Hall personally leads Steven Hall & Partners' practice among global corporations.  He also serves as expert witness and consults with corporations and law firms on litigation matters.

Mr. Hall is a member of the faculty of the National Association of Corporate Directors where he teaches courses related to executive and director compensation and best practices in compensation committee governance.  A frequent speaker on issues related to compensation and governance, he is also the co-author of the book Executive Compensation Best Practices and has been identified by The Directorship Institute as a Top 100 Influential in Corporate Governance for the last three years.  Additionally, he is frequently quoted in notable publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fortune,  and BusinessWeek and has been interviewed on Good Morning America, ABC's World News, CNBC, Fox Business and National Public Radio.

Mr. Hall holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Accounting. 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 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.

Diane Posnak

Managing Director
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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 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 on matters of executive and Board remuneration in the consumer goods, hospitality, pharmaceutical, financial services, communications, technology, auto, regulated utility and chemical sectors, as well as spearheading the firm's litigation support activities.

A graduate of New York University, he received an M.B.A. from the Leonard N. Stern Graduate School of Business.

Managing Director
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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 clients at both publicly and privately held companies in the design and implementation of executive compensation and Board remuneration programs, including sales incentive plans, equity participation programs and special incentive arrangements. 

Ms. Pace leads the firm's marketpricing practice, developing market pricing models and assisting clients in compensation benchmarking. She has worked extensively with clients in the healthcare and information services, retail, financial, manufacturing and consumer product sectors.

A graduate of the City University of New York, Ms. Pace holds a degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.



Nora McCord

Managing Director
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Nora McCord, Managing Director, 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.  Clients served include transportation, financial services, retail and consumer packaged goods companies. 

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.

Ms. McCord previously was affiliated for five years with Equilar, Inc., as Senior Manager in charge of research operations and client services, and Senior Product Manager responsible for product design and customized research activities.

Ms. McCord earned her B.S. from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Masters degree from Georgetown University Public Policy Institute.



Christina C. Young

Managing Director
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Christina Young is a Managing Director of our Firm.  She has over six years of experience working with both publicly and privately held companies and non-profit organizations.  Prior to joining SH&P, Ms. Young was an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where she was a member of the executive compensation and employee benefits practice group.  Ms. Young received her J.D. from New York University Law School, was an editor of the Journal of Legislation and Public Policy and holds a B.S. in Policy Analysis from Cornell University and an M.S. in Education from City University of New York. 

Consultant
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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.



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