CURRICULUM VITAE VICTOR O. RIVERA HERNANDEZ B.A., M.A.P., J.D. riverav38@yahoo.com victor.rivera@grupoerantonio.com victor.rivera20upr.edu EDUCATION 08/91 05/94 Juris Doctor School of Law Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 01/90 12/93 Master in Arts Public Administration Graduated School University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus 08/85 05/89 Bachelor in Arts Concentration in Political Science, Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus 1992 Courses European Economy Community Law and Technological Advances in Civil Law, Center of International Studies José Ortega Gasset, Toledo, Spain 1989 Intensive English Language Program, Temple University; Philadelphia, PA. WORK EXPERIENCE 08/08 Actual President / CEO Grupo Erantonio & Associates, Corp., San Juan, Puerto Rico 06/10 Actual Law & Notarial Practice, Víctor Rivera Hernández Law Offices, San Juan, Puerto Rico 01/04 Actual Adjunct Professor Public Administration Graduated School, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus 01/04 Actual Official Examiner, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Children and Family and the Transit Safety Commission, San Juan, Pueto Rico 1
08/03 05/10 Law & Notarial Private Practice Bello, Rivera Hernández & Puig, P.S.C., Attorneys at Law, San Juan, Puerto Rico 01/01 06/03 Department of Labor & Human Resources Secretary, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 03/97 12/00 Advisory on San Juan Mayor, Hon. Sila M. Calderón; Legislative, Municipal & Labor Advisor, Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico 04/95 03/97 Legal Private Practice & Notary Reyes, Alberty & Rivera Law Offices, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 08/94 12/03 Professor Intermerican University of Puerto Rico; Guayama, Bayamón, Metro Campuses and Law Faculty 01/89 01/91 Executive Assistant & Legislative Assistant, Senator Marco A. Rigau, Puerto Rico Senate s Juridical Committee, San Juan, Puerto Rico ACADEMIC, EXTRACURRICULAR AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 06/14 Actual Member of the Board of Directors Agenda Ciudadana Foundation 08/11 Actual Member of the Board of Directors Community Foundation of Puerto Rico 08/07 Actual Member of the Board of Trustees Interamerican University of Puerto Rico 05/04 Actual Member of the Board of Directors Society of Education & Arts of Puerto Rico and New York 09/04 09/16 Member of the Labor Law Committee of the Puerto Rico; Law Bar Association 06/10 6/15 Investigative Panel of Corruption and Human Resources, Puerto Rico Commission on Civil Rights 07/03 10/04 Columnist, El Vocero Journal 1997 2015 Occasional Columnist Perspective Section, El Nuevo Día Journal 03/97 Admission to the Court of Appeals of United States, First Circuit 2
03/96 Admission to Notarial Practice in Puerto Rico 06/95 Admission to Law Practice of Puerto Rico 06/94 Distinguished Student Award, 1994 Law Faculty Class, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico 04/93 04/94 President of National Association of Law Student, School of Law, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. 04/93 09/94 Member of the Legislative Committee of the Puerto Rico Law Bar Association 04/93 Highest Punctuation Comprehensive Test for Master in Public Administration, University of Puerto Rico BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS & PROLOGUES 07/15 Corruption and Human Rights Report Commission of Civil Rights of Puerto Rico 10/03 Labor Law Treaty (Prologuist) (Author: Attorney Charles Zeno) 04/01 Ramos Antonioni; Una Historia Necesaria (Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe), 1st. Ed. April 2001; 2nd. Ed. April 2004 07/95 Guide in Penology Studies Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, July1995 12/93 Double Legislative Session: Dynamic of a Rutinary Process with No Sign of Organizational Innovations Public Administration Graduated School, December 1993 07/92 Legal Conditions for a Living Will José Ortega Gasset Foundation, Toledo, Spain, July 1992 SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES 04 16 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC. 3
04 15 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Phoenix, AZ. 04 14 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC. 04 13 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Orlando, Fl. 04 13 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, San Francisco, CA 04 11 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Baltimore, Washington 04 10 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Orlando, Florida. 04 09 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, San Diego, CA. 04 08 Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Boston MA. 06 07 Campaigns and Elections Seminar, Washington, DC. 04 07 Fifth Labor Law Conference, PR 04 02 Second Labor Law Conference, PR 03 02 National Employment Law Institute, NELI, California, CA 10 99 Campaigns and Elections Seminar, Chicago, Illinois 02 97 US Conference of Mayors, Washington, DC. OFFERED SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND TALKS 09 16 Organizational Culture, Compliance, Ethics Regulations and their Impacts in Auditor s Role Internal Audits Institute, Puerto Rico Chapter, San Juan, PR 09 16 Organizational Changes, Municipality of Guaynabo, PR 09 16 Domestic Violence in Workplace, CIMA, Isabela, PR 08 16 Sexual Harassment in Workplace, CIMA, Isabela, PR 4
08 16 Sexual Orientation and Identity Gender, CIMA, Isabela, PR 06 16 Puerto Rico Third Labor Law Talk, Escape Association, San Juan Hotel, Isla Verde, PR 02 16 Implications and Realities of Reasonable Accommodation Petitions, Interboro System Corporation, Guaynabo, PR 02 16 Focus in the Leadership Transformations Impact, SHRM, Caguas, PR 11 15 Bioethics and Professionalism in the Health Profession II, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 11 15 Labor Market Tendencies and Transformation in the Economy Development, University of Puerto Rico 09 15 Advisory Role in OMB; Modeling, Formation and Ethics in the Public Functions, Office of Management and Budget, San Juan, PR. 08 15 Government Fundaments and the Public Management, Office of Management and Budget, San Juan, PR 06 15 Puerto Rico Second Labor Law Talk ; Escape Association, San Juan Hotel, Isla Verde, PR 05 15 The New Profile of Public Employees, OCAM, Hato Rey, PR 06 14 First Labor Talk in Puerto Ric, Escape Association, San Juan Hotel, Isla Verde, PR 09 14 Defining Diversity and Inclusive Leadership; a New Strategy for Organization, SHRM, Conquistador Hotel, Fajardo, PR 09 14 The Actual Audit Roll on his Contribution as Leader of Transparency, Internal Audits Institute, Puerto Rico Chapter, San Juan, PR 04 14 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Chamber of Commerce in Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 5
02 /14 14 Supervision Aspects and Inclusion and Diversity, Interboro Corporation System, Guaynabo, PR 12 13 Implications in ADA Law State Rehabilitation Council of PR (COERE), San Juan, PR 01 13 Ethics and Professionalism in the Health Profession, Auxilio Mutuo Medical Faculty, Hato Rey, PR 09 12 Achieving Excellence in the Public Sector in Time of Uncertainty, SHRM, Conquitador, Fajardo, PR 09 12 Legal Aspects in Supervision, Carrier de Puerto Rico, Guaynabo, PR 05 11 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, JLM Learning Center, Hato Rey, PR 06 10 Collective Bargaining in Puerto Rico, JLM Learning Center, Hato Rey, PR 05 10 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, JLM Learning Center, Hato Rey, PR 04 10 Discrimination in Employment Law, JLM Learning Center, Hato Rey, PR 09 10 Labor Market in Turbulent Times, SHRM Convention, Fajardo, PR 09 10 Law 7 Legal Aspects, Law Bar Association of Puerto Rico Convention, Fajardo, PR 02 10 Essential Aspects in the Labor Field, Sacred Heart University, Santurce, PR 10 09 Practical and Effective Collective Bargaining; In Times of Economic and Labor Crisis, JLMA Learning Center, San Juan, PR 04 09 Supervision as on Instrument of Good Management, UPR, Río Piedras Campus, Río Piedras, PR 04 09 Labor Market in Puerto Rico, Presentation of Former Secretaries of Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources, UPR Law School, Río Piedras Campus, Río Piedras, PR 03 09 Layout in Communications Media in Puerto Rico, Overseas Press Club, Puerto Rico Bar Law Association, Miramar, Puerto Rico 6
08 09 Equity Measures in the Labor Environment Law Bar Association of Puerto Rico Assembly Westin Río Mar, Río Grande, PR 08 07 The Political and Social Perspective of a Country Luis Garratón Enterprise San Juan, PR 05 07 Discrimination at Workplace and the Implantation of Discipline, Sun Com Wireless, San Juan, PR 01 07 Hidden Racism in the Pubic Services and in the Legal Practice, Puerto Rico Law Bar Association, San Juan, PR 10 06 Second Entrepreneurial Academy Mediation on Conflicts School of Economic and Administrative Science Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Metro Campus 04 06 Organizational Management and Employment Environment Puerto Rico Court s Administration Office San Juan, PR 10 05 First Entrepreneurial Academy School of Economic and Administrative Science Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Metro Campus, San Juan, PR 09 05 Considering the Employment Law and Labor Relations in Puerto Rico, San Rafael Credit and Saving Cooperative, Quebradillas, PR 08 05 Management Role in the Public Servants Syndication, Department of Consumer of Affair, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 06 05 Human Resources Administration and Supervision in the Government of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Human Resources Office of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (ORHELA), San Juan, PR 10 04 Seminars The Key to Success and Discrimination at Workplaces Executive s Association of Puerto Rico Cooperatives; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 04 05 Human Capital in Puerto Rico Metropolitan University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 09 04 Management of Time in the Workplace Area, Universities Register s Association, San Juan, PR 7
10 03 Orientation for Life; Making Championship, Ana G. Méndez University System. 10 03 Ethic Behavior at Workplace, State Department of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR ASSOCIATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, COLLEGUES, BOARDS CHAPTER Puerto Rico Bar Association Notary Association of Puerto Rico American Bar Association Member of the Board of Directors, Agenda Ciudadana Foundation Member of the Board of Trustees, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico Member of Board of Directors, Community Foundation of Puerto Rico Member of the Board of Directors, Society of Education and Arts, Puerto Rico and New York Former President, Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory Former President, Roberto Sanchez Vilella Foundation Ateneo Puertorriqueño, Political Science Section Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation AWARDS, DISTINCTION AND RECOGNITION Distinguish Citizen Award, Given by the National Students Law Association, Chapter Law Faculty, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico (2016) Distinction Executive Association of Cooperatives of Puerto Rico (2004) 8
Dr. Hipolito Marcano Honorific Medal, Graduated Law School Alumni Association, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico Dedicatory of Carnival Mabo of Guaynabo City 2003; Guaynabo s Predilected and Distinguished Son Mayor of Guaynabo City, Hon. Héctor O Neill (2003) Special Recognition Falú Foundation of Puerto Rico and New York, Defense of the Afrodecendent Culture (December 13, 2003) Distinguished Alumni, Black Velvet Gala ; Interamerican University of Puerto Rico Alumni Associaction (October 2003) Special Distinction Caguas Municipality (2002) Recognition from Ana G. Méndez University System (2002) Recognition from the Employer Committee of Puerto Rico (2001) Recognition from the Alpha Betha Chapter, Ernesto Ramos Antonini Chapter School of Law, University of Puerto Rico LANGUAGES Spanish and English 9