Jay Whitehead (born April 8, 1959) is an American author and publisher most notable for publishing Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) magazine.[1] As of January, 2023, he is the Chairman & CEO of ReentryCenters.com, Chair of the Reentry Leader Conference and author of Reentry Leader (Ingram Spark, 2023).[2]

Writing and publishing career

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Whitehead graduated from UCLA with a BA in History and earned a strategic finance certificate at the Harvard Business School.[3]

He co-founded The CRO Association.[4] He published Human Resources Outsourcing Today[5] and HRO Europe Magazines.[6] He co-founded The HRO Association.[7]

His magazine Corporate Responsibility Officer issues an annual list, The 100 Best Corporate Citizens,.[8] This effort was ranked by PR Week/Burson-Marsteller as the 3rd most influential corporate ranking in the nation.[9] In 2009 Whitehead was named #73 on Ethisphere Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics list.[10]

Whitehead is co-author (with Amit Chatterjee) of the 2009 book The Post-Carbon Economy.[11]

On May 4, 2012, Whitehead started serving as CEO of Charity Partners, Inc. and Tickets-for-Charity.com.

Personal

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Whitehead is an avid marathon runner.

References

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  1. ^ www.thecro.com
  2. ^ Team, Editorial (2023-02-27). "Running with a Reentry Leader". Digital First Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  3. ^ Whitehead, Jay (May 30, 2023). "LinkedIn page". Retrieved May 30, 2023 – via LinkedIn.
  4. ^ www.croassociation.org
  5. ^ www.hrotoday.com
  6. ^ www.hroeurope.com
  7. ^ www.hroassociation.org
  8. ^ www.thecro.com/100best09
  9. ^ http://goodcorporatecitizen.com
  10. ^ "ethisphere.com". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  11. ^ www.amazon.com
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  • [1]Ethisphere Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics List for 2009
  • [2] EcoInnovator's review of The Post-Carbon Economy book
  • [3] Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine's website
  • [4] Managing Automation magazine's interview with co-author of The Post-Carbon Economy
  • [5] Boston Herald features Jay Whitehead as CEO of Tickets-for-Charity.