Testimonials

Catherine can help a company leader imagine and think through a pay plan that ties the executive incentives to the success of the business. Catherine is very patient and gracious, and she has excellent people skills.

Ben Harmon, MD, MBA
CEO
Radia

Catherine was able to explain and facilitate decisions with the president and controller of our company who are foreign nationals.

Linda Rose
Business Manager
Heraeus Shin-Etsu

Catherine Dovey is professional, competent, engaging and easy to talk to and work with. She uses a structured process as her prototype, but where we needed to take special circumstances into consideration, she was able to fold those in with no problem.

Duane Francis
CEO
MCMC

Catherine Dovey is certainly an expert in these issues and has access to market data to formulate and support solid recommendations. She is knowledgeable, professional, thorough and timely. We feel we have a solid relationship with her. I would not hesitate to recommend Catherine Dovey.

Jeff Ohlstrom
CFO
Bellevue Club

I will use Catherine Dovey again in the future. She has extraordinary resources,extraordinary judgment, works well with boards and CEOs.  Plus, she has given us a successful outcome three times. I offer my unqualified recommendation.

Doug Brown
President
All Star Directories

Catherine is pleasant, professional and very enjoyable to work with. I have found her to be knowledgeable, thorough, fast and flexible. She provides me what I need whether it's a detailed report or an e-mail response. I highly recommend Catherine Dovey.

Francine Murphy
HR Director
Furuno

Catherine is responsive, and I was very satisfied with the quality of her work. Catherine is experienced working with nonprofit directors and boards. In fact, one of our board members volunteered that she was impressed with how thorough Catherine's work had been and that she was happy with Catherine's board presentation! 

I am happy to recommend Catherine Dovey. She is one of a very few consultants I would consider using on a regular basis. I anticipate bringing Catherine back the next time we review the competitiveness of our key compensation packages.

Mary Ellen Stone
Executive Director
KCSARC

What I came to appreciate was how good Catherine is at pulling out what we were looking for on both sides of the agreement. It's better to look at the package from both sides and involve an experienced professional who can help craft a package that will work the way both sides intend it to. Both parties are equally happy with the end result. It wouldn't have been effective to have an attorney draw this up for us. It really is a specialized field.

Kemper Freeman
Chairman
Kemper Development

I'm very happy with the whole plan. I think Catherine Dovey has all the right skills and tools for this kind of project. She has a strong understanding of industry standards and the marketplace. She's approachable and easy to talk to, which is crucial when you consider all the emotions involved in mediating this kind of dialog. She did a very good job.

Jim Melby
President
Kemper Development

My experience with Catherine Dovey is that she works hard to understand what you want then delivers what you need. Her subject matter expertise is impressive. She did a very nice job of helping me think through what I needed, and she adjusted ideal best practices to fit my organization's reality. Catherine is enjoyable to work with, she has a great sense of humor and she has the gift of being both analytical and human.

Jane Brenneman
SVP Human Resources

"I wholeheartedly recommend Compensation Works as the expert to facilitate and maximize every facet of your company's strategy for structuring a highly-effective, comprehensive compensation plan."

Kellie LeTexier, SPHR
Senior Vice President
Chief HR Officer