Santa Clara University

2009 Certification Council Biography

Pam Van Gordon-Ellis, CEP, Chief Operating Officer, Stock & Options Solutions

Pam is integral in SOS’ recruiting and staffing, marketing and sales efforts, client relationship management, consulting for client projects, and business development with industry organizations and providers across the country. She has advised numerous nationwide companies in the vendor evaluation process over the last few years. Her experience includes compensation and benefits programs, shareholder relations, stock plan administration for global enterprise companies, project management, and corporate services business development with a major outsourcing/brokerage firm.

A Certified Equity Professional, Pam has participated in test development, item review, and standards-setting for the Certified Equity Professional Institute. She served a two-year term on the CEP Curriculum Committee and is a current member of the Certification Council. She is an active member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, where she held the positions of Program Committee Chair (2002-2004) and President of the San Francisco Chapter (2004-2007), and has a B.A. in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley. Pam has spoken on issues in equity compensation administration at a national level.