Jorge Figueredo is the executive vice president of human resources at McKesson Corporation. Mr. Figueredo was named HR "Executive of the Year" by Human Resource Executive magazine in 1999 and was listed among the 100 "Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business

Hispanic Business

Hispanic Business, Inc. is a media company based in Goleta, California, in the United States of America. The firm was founded by Jesús Chavarría in 1979 and its publications are oriented towards Hispanic professionals and entrepreneurs.-Publications:...

 magazine in 2004. Mr. Figueredo also served as a David Rockefeller Fellow with the Partnership for New York City in 2000.

Mr. Figueredo previously was the senior vice president for Human Resources at Dow Jones & Company

Dow Jones & Company

Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm.The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Like The New York Times and the Washington Post, the company was in recent years publicly traded but privately...

. And he was the president of Liz Claiborne International

Liz Claiborne

Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is best known for founding Liz Claiborne Inc. which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500...

 from May 1999 to February 2007 and senior vice president of Human Resources from May 1994 to December 2000.

Mr. Figueredo currently serves as Chair of the Board of Advisers to the Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences

Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences

The Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest and largest schools within Fairfield University located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The College is host to 15 departments and 19 programs, led by roughly 150 full-time faculty and serving approximately 2,000 students...

. In 2004, Mr. Figueredo was honored for his accomplishments with a Fairfield University Alumni Professional Achievement Award.

Education

Mr. Figueredo received his Bachelors of Arts degree from Fairfield University

Fairfield University

Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university located in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the...

 in 1982 with a major in English and a minor in international business and received his Masters in Business Administration in international finance from the New York University Stern School of Business

New York University Stern School of Business

The Leonard N. Stern School of Business is New York University's business school. It was established in 1900 as the NYU School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance. In 1988 it was named after Leonard N. Stern, an alumnus and benefactor of the school...

in 1995.

External links

• Fairfield University Alumni Professional Achievement Award Profile
• Jorge Figueredo: Liz Claiborne's Senior Vice President of International Operations: a Latino human resource, Latino Leaders: The National Magazine of the Successful American Latino, June-July, 2004, by David Everett
• Jorge Figueredo: Still Reinventing Himself
• New York University Alumni in the News: Jorge Figueredo MBA '95