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Barrie founded Barrie Gross Consulting based on her deep respect and passion for all things human capital related. She is a recognized expert in human resources, and has the background and experience to provide practical assistance while addressing your business goals and the needs of all the stakeholders.

After graduating law school, Barrie worked as a staff attorney for the California Supreme Court and as an attorney with a premier national employment and labor law firm. Then, hired by an international Fortune 500 financial services company to create and lead the in-house employment law function, she built the department info a full service employment law service provider as Vice President & Senior Corporate Counsel.

Leaving her in-house practice after eight years, Barrie honed her consulting and training skills in a non-legal capacity, working with international consulting firms and as an adjunct professor teaching business and communications to undergraduate and graduate students. In addition, Barrie worked as out-sourced HR and she created a sub-specialty supporting family offices, private family foundations and non-profit organizations. She was also retained by premier international e-learning companies to develop sophisticated management and employee development coursework. That e-learning work continues today as part of Barrie Gross Consulting.

Barrie Gross earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont and a Juris Doctorate from the University of San Francisco, School of Law, where she was a member of the McAuliffe Honor Society. She later received the Women in Business award from her law school, as a high-achieving female alumni. Barrie was a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and served on the executive committee for ACC’s Employment & Labor Law membership. Her ACC peers nominated her for the Jonathon S. Silver Committee Member of the Year Award. Barrie is also a member of the Society for Human Resources Management. 

Barrie has authored scores of articles about human capital management published by online business resources portals and by respected print and online journals such as the New York Times, Washington Post, BusinessWeek Online, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Business Journal and other business journals and reviews. Barrie also does public speaking on talent management strategies, management development and leadership.