Staff

Rima K. Matsumoto currently serves as executive director of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), a coalition of some of the largest and most influential national Hispanic organizations in the United States.Founded in 1986, HACR’s mission is to advance the inclusion of Hispanics in corporate America. To this end, HACR partners with Fortune 500 companies, universities, and government leaders to increase Hispanic representation in employment, procurement, philanthropy and governance.

Prior to her current role, Rima was senior director of development where she led all fundraising activities for the organization, as well as annual symposia and executive educational programs, including the HACR/Harvard Business School Corporate Governance Series. As head of the corporate membership unit, Rima was charged with membership strategies and HACR's ever-growing corporate membership base.

Rima joined HACR in 1998, and has held various positions in marketing, corporate communications and corporate relations. Previously, she was a member of the international business development department at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) where she was liaison to national chambers of commerce of Latin American nations. She also worked at the Washington, DC office of representation for Mexico's Confederación de Cámaras Nacionales de Comercio, Servicios y Turismo (CONCANACO-SERVYTUR).

Rima graduated magna cum laude with a BA in International Studies from Frostburg State University. In 1996, she was chosen to participate in a program on "How to do Business in Mexico" at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico City under the auspices of the Mexican-American Solidarity Foundation. She has completed graduate course work in international commerce and policy at George Mason University, and corporate governance coursework at Harvard Business School.