Ms. Thatcher retired in December 2013 after 33 years of legal practice at Alston & Bird LLP, where she developed and led the firm's executive compensation practice for 18 years and served as special executive compensation counsel to many publicly traded companies. She is widely recognized as a national expert on executive compensation and governance and co-authored the Compensation Committee Handbook (2nd and 3rd editions). She previously served on the boards of Batson-Cook Company and The Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. At Roper she chairs the Compensation Committee and serves on the Executive Committee.