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Karen C. Butcher

Managing Director
Boston

Expertise

  • Employee Compensation
  • Executive Compensation
  • Incentive Compensation
  • Leadership Development and Talent Management
  • Executive and Leadership Coaching

Education

  • BA, Skidmore College
  • M Ed, Northeastern University

Certification

  • Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching, William James College

Get in touch with Karen

(508) 630-1519 (617) 406-9559 LinkedIn Contact Karen

Commitment to Clients

Partnership is at the heart of the consulting relationship. My consulting focuses on working with organizations to create compensation programs and leadership practices that support each client’s unique business and leadership strategy. Carefully crafted programs ensure retention, engagement, and recruitment of a workforce that supports the success of the organization today and into the future.    

Biography

Karen Butcher is a managing director with Pearl Meyer. Her areas of expertise include executive and board compensation, broad-based compensation design and administration for employees at all levels, short- and long-term incentive compensation design, performance management, leadership development, and coaching.

Prior to joining Pearl Meyer, she held positions in compensation at Clark Consulting and WM Sheehan & Company.

Karen holds a BA from Skidmore College and a Masters degree from Northeastern University as well as a graduate certificate in Executive Coaching from William James College.

Publications and Presentations

Research Report
Karen Butcher
Kathy Baron
March 2022

Officer Titling in the Financial Industry

Survey data from 92 banks and credit unions that show what titles are used currently and how those titles influence incentives and other benefits.

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Research Report
Karen Butcher
Kathy Baron
January 2022

Tracking and Reporting on DE&I - Financial Industry Edition

Input from 111 financial industry organizations on how they are examining diversity, equity, and inclusion and including it in executive incentive plans.

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Article
Kathy Baron
Karen Butcher
March 2021

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Banking: Determining the Levers That Can Turn Proclamations and Policy into Action

Key findings, trends, and recommendations specific to the financial institutions in our DE&I survey.

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Research Report
Kathy Baron
Karen Butcher
January 2021

2020 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Survey

Survey results from more than 200 organizations indicating interesting trends in how companies view and address DE&I issues.

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