Joseph Cabral

Joseph Cabral is the Chief Human Resources Officer for Cleveland Clinic.  The organization has an annual operating budget of more than $7 billion and a workforce comprised of more than 42,000 employees.  The Cleveland Clinic health system is a global health organization with its latest addition in Abu Dhabi. Patients come for treatment from every state and from more than 130 countries. U.S.News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation’s best hospitals.

With more than 19 years of experience developing and executing strategies that enhance cultural and organizational change, Mr. Cabral has spent more than a decade driving business objectives, vision and values forward in all aspects of Talent Management and Human Resources in order to achieve the organization’s goals.  

Prior to going to Cleveland Clinic, Mr. Cabral served as the CHRO for North Shore LIJ Health System, which received the SHRM/SIOP Award.   Previously he held other key HR leadership roles at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA, and has been cited by Time Magazine, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes and other industry publications for his expertise in Human Resources “Best Practices”.  He holds an M.S. in Quality Systems Management, has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts and has also served as a Baldrige Examiner as well as a trustee for one of the largest Taft-Hartley Pension Plans in the country.  Between 2010-2014, Mr. Cabral was appointed by the Governor of New York to serve on the Regional Economic Development Council.  Additionally, in 2014 he received the CHRO of the Year Award from HRO Today.