PEBA's 29th Annual Forum

Thursday April 21, 2011
The Philadelphia Marriott
12th & Market Streets

Opening Presentation

8:45 to 9:30 am
Salon E

Speaker TBA!

Closing Presentation:

William Strahan

Senior Vice-President of Human Resources

Comcast

2:45pm-3:45pm- Salon E

Bill Strahan has been involved in various aspects of Human Resources work for almost 30 years. He began his career with over a decade of work at Macy’s Department Stores and Riggs National Bank. At those companies his work ranged between recruiting, compensation, benefits and employee relations work. The second decade of Bill’s work included practicing law in the area of Compensation and Benefits – mostly in the context of mergers and acquisitions and in initial public offerings. He was with Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette, a Washington, D.C. boutique firm specializing in financial institutions. For nine years, Bill worked at Mercer HR Consulting. Bill was the Office Head in Philadelphia, the firm’s second-largest US office and a Worldwide Partner. His area of personal consulting expertise was Executive Compensation. His client list included numerous Fortune 25, 50 and 100 companies. Bill has returned to corporate HR work and is currently the SVP of Human Resources at Comcast – the country’s largest cable system operator and a leader in telecommunication and information distribution.  Bill has responsibility for all aspect of HR at Comcast.

Bill holds a B.A. from Villanova University; a Certificate in Employee Benefit Administration from Georgetown University; and a Juris Doctorate from the George Mason University School of Law.  He is an Active Member of the Virginia State Bar.  His writings have been published in numerous books, articles, and speeches.  He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Villanova University M.S. program in HR Development.

Along with his wife and two sons, Bill resides in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Reinvestment Fund, a leading community development fund (www.trfund.com) and is both on the Board of Directors as well as Treasurer of the Cable Telecommunications HR Association.

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