Tatiana Torres

Tatiana Torres leads, manages, and directs the strategy for all NYRA’s Human Resources and Labor Relations functions. These functions include recruitment; compensation and benefits; employee relations; labor union relations with 24 unions; and the overall development, retention, and succession management of all NYRA’s employees.

Torres returned to NYRA in 2019 after working as an HR professional for a large residential real estate firm in Manhattan. She first worked for NYRA from 2016 to 2018, as an HR manager. In that role, she administered collective bargaining agreements and served as NYRA’s domain expert for HR analytics and employment issues.

Torres began her career while she was still an undergraduate, working at the Building Service 32BJ Benefit Funds, the benefit funds of the largest property service union in the U.S. There, she gained expertise on day-to-day issues related to the administration of benefits in health, pension, legal, profit sharing, 401(K) and training funds. Later, while working toward a Master’s degree, she served as the primary benefits analyst and administrator for a New York City-based cleaning contractor with 11 unions and more than 2,700 unionized employees.

Outside the office, Torres is the Founder and Executive Director of RIEcuador, a charitable organization that raises money to provide educational opportunities, school uniforms, shoes and supplies for children in rural Azuay, Ecuador.

Torres earned a Master of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from the City University of New York’s Baruch College, where she also holds a B.A. in HR Management.