ROBIN A. FERRACONE
Executive Chair, Farient Advisors
CEO, RAF Capital LLC
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Ms. Ferracone is founder and CEO of RAF Capital LLC, and founder and Executive Chair of Farient Advisors. RAF Capital makes strategic investments in HR-related businesses, one of which is Farient Advisors. Farient Advisors helps clients make performance-enhancing, defensible, and timely decisions that are in the best interests of their shareholders. Ms. Ferracone provides executive advisory services to public and private companies, including private equity firms.
From March 2005 to March 2007, Ms. Ferracone was President of the Human Capital business of Mercer, a business which includes human capital consulting, software, and data services globally. Prior to that, Ms. Ferracone was Chairman of the U.S. West Region for Mercer's parent company, Marsh & McLennan Companies, market leader and Worldwide Partner at Mercer, and President and Chairman of SCA Consulting, a firm she co-founded in 1985 and sold to Mercer in 2001.
With over 25 years of consulting experience, Ms. Ferracone has advised clients in the areas of business and talent strategies, executive compensation, value management, and performance measurement. Her work has focused on providing high-impact decision-making support and organizational solutions based on strategic and market insights.
Ms. Ferracone has authored numerous articles and has been quoted frequently in national publications. She has been a frequent presenter for prominent organizations and testified before a Congressional sub-committee in Washington, D.C. regarding the salary of the President of the United States. In 2003, Ms. Ferracone received the 2003 WorldatWork Distinguished Service Award.
Ms. Ferracone is a member of Duke University Board of Trustees, Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees, and World Presidents' Organization. In 2007, Ms. Ferracone led a special Task Force on Governance for Duke University. She currently chairs the Compensation Committee for Harvey Mudd College. In addition, she served on the Board and chaired the Compensation Committee of Candle Corporation from 1999 until 2004, when Candle was sold to IBM.
Ms. Ferracone received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar and a B.A. summa cum laude in Management Science and Economics from Duke University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.