Javier Barrientos

Javier is thrilled to be making a difference in the healthcare space, where his career in diversity, equity, and inclusion began. His expertise and insight in DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) are informed by a long personal and professional history of turning adversity, inequity, and exclusion into forces of change and opportunity, especially for the underserved and underrepresented.
His corporate career encompasses the technology, telecom, finance, health care, and health sciences sectors. He has worked for companies such as Takeda, T-Mobile, Amazon, Biogen, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Bank of America, the TJX Companies, and Business for Social Responsibility.
His work includes several firsts and leading-edge practices in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Most recently, Javier introduced My Inner Compass inclusive leadership program, became a founding member of the Latino DEI Collective, and has joined the advisory boards of Pride in the Workplace, Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA), and Novo Nordisk’s Fit for the Future Research and Early Development.
He is the proponent of the “inclusionist mindset,” an appeal to individuals, teams, and organizations to proactively identify and act to close diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility gaps wherever they appear. Other notable achievements include the Multiple Sclerosis program for underserved patient populations (MS-UP), tax benefit equality for same-sex couples, women’s leadership programs, transgender healthcare benefits, the Biodiversity Leadership Fellowship, and Raising the Bar Women on Corporate Boards.
Among his recognitions are Color Magazine’s Top 50 Chief Diversity Officers, the Boston Business Journal’s Leaders in Innovation Award, Harvard Medical School Biomedical Career Sciences Program’s Honor Roll, the National Center for Race Amity, and GK100’s Top 100 Most Influential Leaders in Greater Boston, and Boston’s Whittier Street Health Center Men’s Health Champion. Javier earned his MBA from Boston University, a graduate certificate in Diversity Management from Cornell University, and a bachelor’s degree in law from Universidad de Costa Rica. In addition, he is a coaching graduate of the Augere Foundation and Coaches Training Institute in Barcelona, Spain.
In his spare time, Javier loves traveling, watching independent films and theater, hiking, nature walks, and visiting his country of birth, Costa Rica.