Compensation Committee Handbook

JAMES F. REDA is President of James F. Reda and Associates. Hisareas of specialization are board of directors issues, corporategovernance, senior executive employment arrangements,change-in-control metrics, business combinations, and long-termincentive arrangements for both public and private companies.STEWART REIFLER is a shareholder at Vedder, Price, Kaufman &Kammholz, P.C., and heads the firm's executive compensationpractice in New York City. He negotiates and structures executiveand director compensation arrangements for both companies andexecutives.LAURA G. THATCHER is a partner with Alston & Bird LLP inAtlanta, Georgia and heads its executive compensation practice.With a background in securities and business law, she developedexecutive compensation as a separate specialty area of thefirm's tax practice in 1995 and now works exclusively in thatarea. Her practice includes working with public and privatecompanies on the design and implementation of compensationprograms, executive employment severance arrangements,change-in-control analysis, securities compliance, insider trading,public disclosure, and corporate governance issues.