Eastwood Group Partners team

Our Team

Decades of HR Experience at Your Service

Eastwood Group Partners brings together a team of seasoned human resources professionals with deep expertise across industries. We work as trusted advisors — not vendors — helping business owners and leaders make sound HR decisions with confidence.

Fred Crandall, Ph.D.

Fred Crandall, Ph.D.

Managing Director

An internationally recognized expert in human resources matters, Fred has spoken at national and global forums and co-authored three books, including The Headcount Solution: How to Cut Compensation Costs and Keep Your Best People and Work and Rewards in the Virtual Workplace: A New Deal for Organizations and Employees (the 1999 SHRM Book of the Year). Fred has previously served as Consulting Director for Willis Towers Watson, Founding Partner of The Center for Workforce Effectiveness, National Practice Director at Sibson & Co., National Partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and a faculty member of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Fred holds a Ph.D. in industrial relations from the University of Minnesota, as well as degrees from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, and the University of California at Berkeley. He is a past president of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Foundation.

Suzanne Silberman

Suzanne Silberman

Senior Consultant

Suzanne's fifteen years of experience encompasses a broad array of human resources functions including recruitment, benefits, regulatory compliance, training, employee relations, and compensation. Suzanne has held various human resources positions with large corporate, financial, and educational organizations, as well as entrepreneurial companies and not-for-profit institutions. Most recently, Suzanne was the Manager of Recruitment and Benefits for a university in the Chicago area. Suzanne holds an M.S. in Human Resources from Loyola University Chicago as well as a B.A. with Honors in Sociology from Union College in Schenectady, NY.