Jim is the Managing Director of Fox Lawson & Associates, a division of Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc in our St. Paul office. He has experience in executive compensation, employee pay, job evaluation, organization analysis, and performance management systems. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Sociology from the University of Minnesota and is a Human Resources Certified Professional (IPMA-CP) from IPMA-HR.

Dr. Fox has over twenty-five years experience in the review and design of compensation systems for a variety of companies and public sector organizations.

Prior to forming Fox Lawson & Associates, Dr. Fox was a partner in the compensation and benefits practice of Ernst & Young and director of the Midwest region compensation consulting practice.

Dr. Fox has been an instructor at Metropolitan State University and the University of Minnesota, and has been a guest lecturer at regional conferences and meetings. He has served on the Board of Directors Marketing Committee of the Wells Fargo Bank of St. Paul. He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and was the Vice Chairman of the Compensation Council of the Twin Cities Personnel Association. He is on the faculty of WorldatWork, where he teaches Job Analysis, Job Documentation and Job Evaluation. He is on the Certification Council of IPMA- the Chair of the Human Resources Committee of the Boy Scouts and past Board Chair of Project Pathfinder.

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Mr. Lawson is a Managing Director in the firm of Fox Lawson & Associates, a division of Gallagher Benefit Services, Inc. Prior to joining Fox Lawson, Bruce spent 15 years with the firm of Ernst & Young LLP. He has a Master's degree in Public Administration from California State University at Fullerton and a Ph.D. (a.b.d.) in Public Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. His consulting experience includes work in job evaluation and compensation, organization analysis, executive search, personnel systems and policy development.

Mr. Lawson is an active member of several professional associations including WorldatWork and also serves on the adjunct faculty in the Graduate School of Arizona State University where he teaches courses in personnel management and labor relations. For 12 years he served on the City of Phoenix (AZ) Public Safety Retirement Board. He also has served as a member of four National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Peer Review Committee Site Evaluation Teams. He is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) by the WorldatWork and is a Human Resources Certified Professional (IPMA-CP) from IPMA-HR.

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