Steven A. Jarrett

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

 

Steve Jarrett is FINRA's Senior Vice President, Human Resources. In this role, he manages HR support for executives, managers and employees in all of FINRA's offices across the country, and oversees HR strategy and employee relations, and FINRA's benefits, professional development, compensation, worklife and diversity programs. Before joining FINRA in 2007, Steve was Vice President, Human Resources for IBM in the Integrated Technology Delivery unit. He held several executive HR positions throughout his tenure at IBM, which began in 1981.

 

Mr. Jarrett currently serves as a member of the National Advisory Board for the National Society of Black Engineers and on the Board of Directors for The Society of Human Resource Management, which serves over 200,000 HR professionals across the world. In addition, he is a visiting professor with the National Urban League's Black Executive Exchange Program (BEEP). Steve has served on the Detroit Area Advisory Board for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and was named the 1988 Big Brother of the Year. Mr. Jarrett served on the board for United Way Community Services of Greater Detroit and as a trustee for the Union Baptist Church in Stamford, CT.

 

Steve is a 1981 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC, with a bachelor's degree in marketing.