HighRoads, the company providing employers – for the first time – complete control over their health care costs and compliance, today announced that Gary Lawson, the head of global compensation and HRIT for Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, has joined the company’s strategic Board of Advisors. Together, the HighRoads Board of Advisors will contribute valuable customer-side insights into continued methods for increasing cost and compliance control for the world’s largest employers.

“HighRoads is an exciting company with tremendous growth potential in today’s demanding economy,” said Lawson. “Their powerful combination of technology and services enables employers to ensure cost and compliance control for one of their largest and most critical expenses: health care plans. I am pleased to be a contributor to their ongoing strategy for success.”

“Gary is a tremendously respected visionary in the world of human resources,” said Paul Daoust, Chairman of HighRoads. “His experienced insights will be integral to both the planning and execution of our long-term strategy. We are eager to welcome him to our Board of Advisors.”

Lawson, the head of global compensation and HRIT for Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, is responsible for the design, development and implementation of compensation programs on a global basis. In addition, he is responsible for the development, communication and implementation of a global HRIT strategy to support the company’s globalization initiative. Lawson plans on retiring later this year and dedicate his efforts in supporting HighRoads in their business strategy.

Most recently vice president and a member of the North American Compensation Practice Leadership Group for Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Lawson previously served a term on The Wyatt Company Board of Directors and was the Chairman for the Compensation Practice of The Wyatt Company. Lawson has also served as vice president of corporate compensation for The Citizens and Southern Corporation (C&S), which is now a part of Bank of America, as well as director of compensation and benefits for National Data Corporation. He has also served as the chairman of the board for the Atlanta chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and as a member of the National Compensation and Benefits Committee for SHRM. In addition, he served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the Georgia Junior Achievement and Atlanta Center for the Visually Impaired.

Lawson joins HighRoads’ existing Board of Advisors members which include:

• Ted Chien, Executive Vice President of Ingenix
• Fred Foulkes, DBA, Director of the Human Resources Policy Institute at Boston University 's School of Management
• Mike Hager, President of Hager Strategic, Inc.
• Anne Szostak, President and CEO of Szostak Partners
• Robert Toohey, Vice President for Human Resources at Verizon Communications

About HighRoads

The world’s largest employers – such as General Dynamics, Honeywell, IBM, Kraft, Staples and Boeing – choose HighRoads to gain complete control over their health care costs and compliance. With HighRoads’ service, employers – for the first time -- have online access to benefits plan information and pricing, competitive benefits benchmarks, and complete benefits supply chain management. The privately-held company is headquartered in Woburn, Mass.