Jay Whitehead (born April 8, 1959) is an American

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and

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most notable for publishing ''Corporate Responsibility Officer'' (CRO) magazine. As of January, 2023, he is the Chairman & CEO o
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Chair of the ''Reentry Leader Conference'' and author of ''Reentry Leader'' (Ingram Spark, 2023).

Writing and publishing career

Whitehead graduated from

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with a BA in History and earned a strategic finance certificate at the Harvard Business School. He co-founded ''The CRO Association''. He published ''Human Resources Outsourcing Today'' and ''HRO Europe Magazines''. He co-founded ''The HRO Association''. His magazine ''Corporate Responsibility Officer'' issues an annual list, The 100 Best Corporate Citizens,. This effort was ranked by PR Week/

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as the 3rd most influential corporate ranking in the nation. In 2009 Whitehead was named #73 on

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's 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics list. Whitehead is co-author (with Amit Chatterjee) of the 2009 book ''The Post-Carbon Economy''.www.amazon.com
/ref> On May 4, 2012, Whitehead started serving as CEO of Charity Partners, Inc. and Tickets-for-Charity.com.

Personal

Whitehead is an avid

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runner.

References

External links

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's 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics List for 2009

EcoInnovator's review of The Post-Carbon Economy book

Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine's website

Managing Automation magazine's interview with co-author of The Post-Carbon Economy

Boston Herald features Jay Whitehead as CEO of Tickets-for-Charity. {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead, Jay Corporate governance in the United States 1959 births Living people American publishers (people) American male writers