Executive Compensation

Deb Lifshey

Managing Director

Deb Lifshey

Managing Director New York

Deb advises on executive compensation from a legal and regulatory perspective, including securities disclosure, tax and governance matters, contract negotiation, and reasonableness opinion letters.

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Lanaye Dworak

Vice President

Lanaye Dworak

Vice President Chicago

Lanaye has 10+ years advising compensation committees and management teams on executive pay strategy, benchmarking, and incentive design, including equity plans and change-in-control/severance programs.

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Grace McCullough

Vice President

Grace McCullough

Vice President Louisville

Grace advises committees and senior management on executive compensation and governance for life sciences and technology companies, with expertise in equity strategy and IPO readiness.

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Michael Franklin

Affiliate Managing Director

Michael Franklin

Affiliate Managing Director Los Angeles

Michael is an affiliate managing director with over 25 years of experience helping CEOs, boards of directors, and senior managers to align on strategic direction and build leadership and organizational capability to drive successful performance.

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Nana Adu

Survey Account Manager

Nana Adu

Survey Account Manager Boston

Nana is a survey account manager at Pearl Meyer. In this role, Nana supports several compensation and benefits surveys and manages client accounts.

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Benji Sheiffer

Senior Survey Account Manager

Benji Sheiffer

Senior Survey Account Manager Boston

Benji Sheiffer is a senior survey account manager. In this role, Benji supports several compensation and benefits surveys and manages many client accounts.

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Matthew Donahue

Senior Survey Account Manager

Matthew Donahue

Senior Survey Account Manager Boston

Matt is a senior survey account manager at Pearl Meyer.In this role, he manages client accounts and assists in the survey publication process.

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Jacob Harden

Vice President

Jacob Harden

Vice President Bozeman

Jacob advises boards and management on executive compensation, including data-driven benchmarking, incentive design, equity utilization, and severance/change-in-control programs, supporting companies from pre-IPO to Fortune 500.

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Veronika Valcheva

Senior Survey Account Manager

Veronika Valcheva

Senior Survey Account Manager Boston

Veronika is an associate account manager for Pearl Meyer’s survey team. She is responsible for supporting several compensation and benefits surveys, as well as handling client accounts.

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Taryn Schrader

Vice President

Taryn Schrader

Vice President Boston

Taryn advises on executive, director, and broad-based compensation, designing market-based plans and incentives and supporting practical analyses such as FLSA classification, compression, and cost-of-living.

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Deb Lifshey

Lanaye Dworak

Grace McCullough

Michael Franklin

Nana Adu

Benji Sheiffer

Matthew Donahue

Jacob Harden

Veronika Valcheva

Taryn Schrader