Shari Dunn, Managing Director

Shari Dunn, Managing Director of CompAnalysis, leads a staff of talented consultants, researchers, and administrative professionals, who are well-versed in the areas of consulting and human resources.  CompAnalysis is qualified to address compensation strategies and implementation, performance management, salary management, labor market research, organizational design, benefits analysis, and other general human resources services.

Prior to establishing CompAnalysis, Ms. Dunn held management and professional positions with a number of major U.S. companies where she functioned as both consultant and manager in the areas of salary administration, executive compensation, and sales/incentive compensation.

She established CompAnalysis in 1980 and today the firm has a staff of seven. CompAnalysis has worked with more than 850 different employer organizations to improve their compensation management practices. Clients have been in a broad variety of industries, including technology, healthcare, manufacturing, agribusiness, financial services, professional firms, nonprofits and government agencies. Typical client sizes range from 30 to over 1,000 employees.

In addition to her management and consulting activities, she is a well-known speaker and regularly leads seminars and workshops on employee compensation and related matters for a variety of audiences. She also serves as an expert witness in connection with wage and hour litigation and other compensation matters.

Ms. Dunn has a B.A. degree in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. She is the former President of the 5,000 + member Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA), the nations' largest chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). In addition, she maintains active memberships in the Bay Area Compensation Association, World at Work (formerly the American Compensation Association), and the Women Presidents' Organization. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the California Alumni Association Personnel Advisory Committee. Previously, she was active on the Board of Directors of Easter Seals of the Bay Area and a Director of the Haas Alumni Network of the School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, where she serves as a guest lecturer.

Shari Dunn can be reached by phone at 925-298-9233.