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<br />5 | 2025 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
<br />Project Staffing
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<br />Our team of specialists and experts brings a proven track record of designing and executing comprehensive compensation strategies,
<br />performing complex classification analyses, evaluating pay equity to ensure fair, competitive structures, and delivering high-value
<br />strategic HR advisory services. Many of our professionals have served as practitioners within the very sectors we support, granting us
<br />unique insight into real-world operational challenges. We combine rigorous data analytics, industry best practices, and innovative
<br />thinking to craft customized, forward-looking solutions aligned with each organization’s strategic HR goals. By drawing from hands-on
<br />experience and leveraging an in-depth understanding of market trends, we help our clients both meet current standards and proactively
<br />prepare for an ever-evolving talent landscape.
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<br />Gallagher fosters a commitment of excellence, professionalism, integrity, collaboration, and urgency to each of our clients. With each
<br />unique client, Gallagher combines these principles to deliver client services customized, specifically to meet your needs. Your
<br />Gallagher consulting team has years of experience consulting to public sector clients, including those with unionized and represented
<br />employees with a significantly diverse employee workforce with organizations nationwide, including a long history of serving Minnesota
<br />cities, counties, and public bodies - we have worked with more than 1,000 public sector and higher education clients over the past
<br />decade. Each member of Gallagher’s public sector compensation consulting practice has achieved one or more of the following
<br />certifications and/or degrees:
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<br />• Certified Compensation Professional from WorldatWork
<br />• Compensation Analyst Credential from Economic Research Institute
<br />• IPMA-SCP from the Public Sector Human Resources Association
<br />• PHR and/or SPHR from the Human Resources Certification Institute
<br />• SHRM-CP and/or SCP from the Society for Human Resource Management
<br />• SWP and HCS from the Human Capital Institute
<br />• Master’s degree or above, in Human Resources, Business Administration, and/or Organizational Psychology
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<br />PROJECT LEADERSHIP & LEADERSHIP SUPPORT
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<br />ERIK SMETANA, MBA, MFA, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, SWP, HCS, Managing Director & Practice Leader - 25+ years of experience
<br />Erik manages operations and leads Gallagher’s public sector & higher education Human Resources & Compensation Consulting
<br />practice. Erik’s 25-plus-year work history has led him to serve in various diverse roles across human resource management, particularly
<br />in compensation and benefits, talent management and organizational development, people analytics, and employee relations and policy
<br />development. Erik has extensive experience in private and public sectors, working with an eclectic mix of dynamic organizations,
<br />including Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries, international not-for-profit organizations, membership associations, media
<br />outlets (e.g., NPR and NBC affiliates), institutions of higher education and research, and others. Before joining Gallagher, he served as
<br />the enterprise-wide Deputy CHRO and business unit CHRO with the University of Missouri System and with Vanderbilt University as
<br />the Executive Director of People & Engagement, leading, designing, and implementing compensation, employee learning, talent
<br />acquisition, and people-focused programs and initiatives.
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<br />As a consultant, Erik has been engaged in more than 250 client projects with organizations ranging from cities and counties to
<br />state agencies to tribal nations and more including school districts, colleges and universities, special districts and
<br />authorities, and other sector aligned entities in the provision of compensation, classification, pay equity, organizational assessment,
<br />leadership coaching, performance management, and other strategic HR advisory services.
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<br />ZAK SHTULBERG, Senior Consultant II & Project Operations Lead - 15+ years of experience
<br />Since starting as an HR consulting intern at Buck (now Gallagher) in 2012, Zak has been mission-driven and passionate about
<br />collaboration with clients and partners on transformative people, compensation, and other HR initiatives that improve the lives of
<br />employees and their communities. Projects have spanned a broad spectrum, including compensation strategy design, change
<br />management and communications, workforce planning, project management, analytics and technology enablement, and organization
<br />design, among many others. With both internal and external partners, he is recognized for blending strategic and technical advice with
<br />innovative analytics and technology and has grown as a trusted partner and subject matter expert in HR and compensation. Prior to
<br />starting his career, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
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