Tara Tays, a partner with Pay Governance LLC, has 20+ years of executive compensation experience and advises management and boards of directors on a range of compensation matters, including the design and implementation of annual incentive and long-term incentive plans; the review and development of internal compensation policies and procedures; the assessment of risk associated with incentive programs; and the design of employment agreements and change-in-control/severance arrangements. She has extensive knowledge of shareholders’ and proxy-advisory firms’ concerns with executive compensation programs and works with companies to improve shareholder support on Say on Pay.