Bruce R. Ellig: Human Resources

Bruce R. Ellig moved in and out of roles during his tenure at Pfizer, one of the leading American pharmaceutical companies in the world. Hired in 1960, he remained with the company for 36 years until retiring in 1996. He served as a manager of compensation and personnel research, corporate director and vice president of compensation and benefits (the first corporate officer in the U.S. with this title), vice president of employee relations and personnel, and for over 12 years, vice president of employee resources reporting to the Company's Chairman and CEO.

At this time, he was simultaneously Secretary to the Board of Directors Executive Compensation Committee. He served as worldwide head of human resources as well. Mr. Ellig was renowned for his diligent hard work and exceptional commitment at Pfizer. Mr. Ellig dedicated much of his time to serving on their savings investment, retirement plans assets, retirement plan, employee compensation and management development standing committees between 1985 and 1996.

Aside from his work at Pfizer, Mr. Ellig spent five years with the Corporate Advisory Council in corporate education, and upon retirement, he spent another two years with the Career Center on their advisory panel. Locally, Mr. Ellig was active on numerous boards, including the dean's advisory board for the School of Business at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, for the Global Remuneration Organization and the Kentucky Educational TV.

Mr. Ellig is the author of the book "American History Impact on Employee Pay and Benefits" in 2015 and 2018, "The Evolution of Employee Pay in the United States" in 2005, and "The Complete Guide to Executive Compensation" in 2002, 2007 and 2014, in addition to other books. He served as a contributing author for several books, served on the advisory board for the Journal of Compensation and Benefits for 12 years until 1996, authored and co-authored more than 100 articles in various peer reviewed journals, and participated in more than 400 presentations on television and radio.

Mr. Ellig was a faculty staff member, and on the board of directors with the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) for many years including Board Chairman in 1996, an elected fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 1983, a year after it was created, the Employer Benefits Research Institute, and the National Academy of Human Resources, among others, and member and lifetime member of several additional societies.

Bruce received a Distinguished Business Alumnus Award from the University of Wisconsin's School of Business in 2007 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the SHRM in 1999 and the American Compensation Association (WorldatWork). In 2004, he funded the Bruce R. Ellig Distinguished Chair in Pay and Organizational Effectiveness in the Business School at the University of Wisconsin. In 2015, he established the Bruce R. Ellig Scholarship Fund at the University.

Born in Manitowoc, WI, Mr. Ellig completed both a Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin in 1959 and 1960, respectively. He and his wife Janice have since traveled to 146 countries and enjoy reading hundreds of books each year and visiting their second home in Florida.