Speaker

Jose Berrios is President of BTG: Berrios Talent Group, a diversity consulting and search firm based in San Antonio, TX. Prior to this, he served as the vice president of leadership development & diversity at Gannett Co., Inc., a news and information company based in McLean, Virginia. In that role, he was responsible for corporate HR programs, leadership development, succession planning, and its nationally-recognized diversity strategy for over ninety daily newspapers including USA Today, and twenty television stations in the U.S. Berrios joined Gannett in 1987 from Time Inc., where he directed the company's staffing and diversity programs. Prior to Time, Inc., he worked for NBC as associate director, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Berrios was elected to the SHRM Board in 2006 and currently serves as its Chair.  Additionally, he was a founding member and past chairman of The Conference Board's Workforce Diversity Council and served on the board of advisors of Catalyst, and the board of directors of the National Association of Minority Media Executives. He is a founding member of the National Hispanic Corporate Council. Berrios attended Oblate College in Washington, D.C., and the University of Puerto Rico. He has been a SHRM member since 1989