Kenneth Arroyo Roldan CEO of Wesley, Brown & Bartle

With a BS from Cornell University and a law degree, Ken was appointed to the Civil Rights Bureau of New York State Attorney General's Office where he was instrumental in shaping and enforcing EEO legislation. After several years working for the government, he joined Wesley, Brown & Bartle (WB&B), a leading global executive retained executive search firm with a niche in diversity and inclusion, as General Counsel and Managing Partner.

Mr. Roldan became the first Hispanic CEO of a national search firm.  Moreover, he partners with top corporations such as Google, Nucor, Microsoft, Tyco, BP, Target, Raytheon,  Nationwide, Wachovia, HP, Bloomberg, Merck, The McGraw-Hill Companies, OfficeMax, Computer Associates, AstraZeneca, and Cox Communications in creating formal strategies to court and recruit talented minority professionals into the company. With a passion in diversity management recruitment for over a decade, Ken’s unique strategies in diversity staffing, succession planning and retention have made a difference to the ethnic, gender and cultural diversity in America's corporate structure.

Considered an expert in minority hiring, Mr. Roldan has been interviewed by CBS News Sunday Morning, CNN, Fortune, ABC News, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, Crain's New York Business, Tavis Smiley, Black Enterprise and Hispanic Magazine. Mr. Roldan has expanded his audience by writing a book, Minority Rules: Turn Your Ethnicity Into a Competitive Edge, published by Harper Collins in fall 2006. Minority Rules helps minority professionals plan their careers, create strategic roadmaps for success, master mentoring and networking, handle corporate politics and strengthen their performance. Moreover, the book shows HR departments how to level the playing field and provide diverse professionals an equal opportunity to rise in the corporation.

Ken is currently working on assembling an advisory council of notable Hispanic corporate executives with an underlying mission of increasing the representation of Hispanics on corporate Boards. In addition, he serves on the Board Development Committee for the Girl Scouts of Greater New York.

Ken resides in Long Island with his wife and their two children.


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