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Shreya Sarkar-Barney

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Board Chair at HR Strategy Forum
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Dr. Shreya Sarkar-Barney is the CEO and founder of Human Capital Growth, where she applies her expertise as an organizational psychologist to improve global workforce effectiveness. She is an award-winning scientist-practitioner who is often described by colleagues as an astute, inclusive, and creative leader. She has also completed coursework at UC Berkeleys Haas School of Business.

Originally from a small industrial town in southern India, Shreya is a strong believer in using evidence-based methods to create equitable workplaces. Outside of her primary role, she contributes to her community by serving on the Economic Development Advisory Committee for the City of Vacaville, appointed by the mayor to help grow the local economy.

Unique fact: Shreya chaired the SHRM effort to develop an ANSI national standard on employee turnover.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Board Chair
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI in HR
As Board Chair of the HR Strategy Forum, she is leading the 2026 theme, "People Strategies for Successful AI Implementation, " and frequently posts about AI's role in HR.
Evidence-Based Management
This is the core philosophy of her firm, Human Capital Growth, which uses science and data to design its talent management solutions and consulting.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Board Chair
HR Strategy Forum
10-2019
Affiliated Research Scientists
Center for Effective Organizations at USC Marshall
7-2019 - 4-2023
Editorial Board Member
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)- Professional Practice Series
12-2018
Member, Economic Development Advisory Committee
City of Vacaville
5-2014 - 5-2017
Visiting Scholar and Lecturer
UC Berkeley
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Education
2015 - 2015
MBA course on marketing
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
2014 - 2014
Entrepreneurship Academy
University of California, Davis
1997 - 2001
Ph.D.
Bowling Green State University
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