Cliff R. McNary

MA, THRP | Director of Compensation Consulting

20+

Years

Total Experience

1

Year

With REDW

Specializing In:

  • Employee Classification & Compensation
  • State & Local Government

Education:

Both BA and MA degrees in Social Psychology from the University of New Mexico

Meet Cliff

Cliff leads the firm’s Compensation Consulting practice as part of the Human Resources Consulting team, backed by more than 20 years of public sector/government experience in the fields of compensation and organizational development. He is responsible for handling key HR areas for clients in State & Local Government, including classification and compensation, labor and employee relations, organizational development, and talent acquisition.

Prior to joining REDW in 2022, Cliff held the top compensation position in the State of New Mexico, directing classification projects and compensation surveys for all state agencies and classified service employees. These included:

  • Creating new occupationally-based classification and salary structures that allowed New Mexico to become more competitive with the external job market; and
  • Creating and implementing hundreds of new job classifications, both individual and family series, to capture the work being performed in state government.

Cliff has served as a consultant to cabinet-level management and all levels of HR management and is a resource for collective bargaining matters. In this role, he prepared compensation distribution plans and recommendations to the governor’s office regarding annual union negotiated pay increases. Prior to his last position, Cliff also gained experience in the NM Department of Health and the NM Children, Youth and Families Department and started his own consulting firm specializing in organizational development and human resources management for public government and business clients.

Professional Qualifications

In addition to earning the Tribal Human Resources Professional (THRP) credential from the National Native American Human Resources Association (NNAHRA), Cliff is a Certified Conflict Resolution Mediator with Mediation Alliance and qualified for the World at Work training series on market analysis and structure development.

Community Involvement

Cliff is active in his local community, having served as a nonprofit board member for CLN Kids and Bike ABQ and volunteered as an officer for neighborhood associations and other charitable causes.

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