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Executive Director J. Robert Carr

Biography

J. Robert Carr, an attorney and human resources professional, is Chief Professional & Business Development Officer for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in Alexandria, VA.  Carr formerly served as SHRM’s Chief Human Resource & Strategic Planning Officer.  He also led SHRM’s diversity initiative and served SHRM as its chief ethics officer.

Prior to joining SHRM, Carr was principal of Carr & Associates, LLC, a law firm specializing in a broad spectrum of employment issues, including employee relations/EEO, executive compensation, mediation and arbitration, and diversity management.

From 1996 to 2002, Carr was with AARP where he served as director of the Human Resources Group.  While at AARP, he was the association’s chief human resource officer responsible for strategic oversight of all employee programs and strategies.  Serving in that function, Carr was strategic lead for all major organizational development activities, human resource management, diversity management and several volunteer programs.

Prior to joining AARP, Carr was senior director of human resources and strategic planning for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (1991-1996).  He has also directed the human resources function for Howard University (1988- 1991) and Howard University Hospital and also served the university as its associate general counsel (1985-1988).  Carr has also served in government, first as deputy counsel to the Ethics Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as deputy counsel in the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor.   

Earlier in his career, Carr was engaged in the private practice of law as a litigation associate with the Atlanta, Georgia based law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy.  Bob received a B.A. in economics from Morehouse College, a J.D. from Columbia University Law School and a LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.  Carr is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the United States of America.  

Carr is active in a number of legal and professional societies, including the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association and the American Society of Association Executives. He also recently served on the Conference Board Council of Human Resource Executives.  His civic activities included chairing the board of Young Audiences of the District of Columbia, which funds arts education programs in the City’s public schools.

Carr has lectured and made numerous presentations on a wide range of labor and employment matters and is the recipient of several professional and civic awards.