Women to Watch: Connie Harden

Connie Harden

Principal

Buck Consultants L.L.C.

San Francisco

Age: 58

Connie Harden joined Buck Consultants in 1991 after working for eight years as an attorney in the employee benefits groups of two law firms. She consults on a wide range of employee benefits legal issues and has served on an Internal Revenue Service task force to help the IRS develop COBRA health care regulations. More recently, she has been working to help clients implement innovative approaches in adopting consumer-driven health care plans.

What would you change: "I would slow things down a bit so we could spend more time talking face to face. Although e-mail has revolutionized business communication and made us more efficient, it can also interfere with the synergy that flows from direct interaction."