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Dana Etra is a Principal in FW Cook’s Boston office. She has broad experience in executive and board compensation, advising a diverse range of organizations on all aspects of compensation strategy and program design, including corporate governance considerations and tax, accounting, securities law, and other regulatory implications. 

Dana works with clients of all sizes and industries, including large publicly-traded companies, smaller publicly-traded companies, private companies, and tax-exempt organizations, as well as companies planning an IPO. She supports many companies with overlapping industry profiles and talent markets and works with clients to create custom, company-specific compensation philosophies and holistic remuneration programs that support strategic compensation objectives. She specializes in designing effective short- and long-term incentive plans and assisting clients with cross-industry compensation issues.

Stephen Charlebois has over 13years of executive and international compensation consulting experience which was gained through a combination of external consulting and in-house roles. He has extensive experience working across a broad spectrum of international executive and management pay issues typically facing global multi-national organizations. Working and living in both Europe and North America helped develop Stephen’s unique perspective on pay.

His current client base is representative of his background and experience and is focused on companies in the Technology, Media, and cyclical/ capital intensive industries.

Before joining Semler Brossy in 2013, he most recently worked for a global multinational organization and a Private Bank/Asset Manager headquartered in Switzerland. Prior to that, he worked with Mercer Consulting’s human capital practice in both Calgary, Canada and Geneva, Switzerland.