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44 February 2018
Age: 33
Title: Head of Diversity Re-
cruitment - Global
Name of Organization: Groupon
Bio: Carlos Y. Vale was born
and raised in Puerto Rico until
the age of 7, when he and his
family moved to Elgin, Illinois.
Throughout his childhood, Vale
was involved in the community
and earned his first Excellence in
Service Award before age 13.
Over the past six years Vale
has co-chaired The George
Washington University's Chica-
go Alumni Network, served as a
board member of ALPFA Chica-
go and the Illinois Technology
Foundation, and been an active
member of the Society for Hu-
man Resource Management
and the Chicago Loop Alliance.
He also is involved with the Chi-
cagoland Chamber of Commer-
ce, where he was recognized as
an emerging leader.
Vale has successfully pivoted
across a variety of industries.
At 20, he managed a $15 mi-
llion retail business, leading a
team of up to 125 people while
going to school full-time. Upon
earning his degree from The
George Washington Universi-
ty, he transitioned to govern-
ment and worked for U.S. Rep.
Adam Schiff from California.
Then Vale moved back to Chi-
cago and began a career with
Robert Morris University that
lasted more than eight years. As
one of the university's youngest
senior managers, he worked ar-
duously to set and achieve goals
that would support the school's
mission to serve the underser-
ved. Most recently, he became
Groupon's Head of Diversity
Recruitment. There, he leads
the company's global diversity
recruiting strategy to build pi-
pelines of talent for critical po-
sitions across all levels.
When Vale isn't working, he
enjoys traveling, playing volle-
yball and the performing arts.
Carlos Y. Vale
Advancing
Diverse Top
Talen
"A
lways find a way to make
things a little better for
others--people will appreciate
it more than you can possibly
imagine."
Carlos Y. Vale
