Samantha Ortiz

Samantha Ortiz is currently the Director of People at BuzzFeed. Prior to that, they were an HR Business Partner at ESPN from September 2015 to October 2017. Before ESPN, Samantha was an Employee Relations Associate at HBO from September 2010 to September 2015 where they provided support to over 400 employees within the technology departments. Samantha has also worked as a Human Resources Coordinator at Rubenstein Associates from August 2009 to September 2010 where they provided daily administrative support to the Executive Director of HR and Senior HR Manager.

Samantha Ortiz received their BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and their MSILR from Baruch College. Samantha is certified by the HR Certification Institute as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR).

Some of their coworkers include Aileen Joa - Director of People, Stella Park - VP, Talent Acquisition, and Andrea Mazey - VP, Talent. Samantha Ortiz reports to Chandler Bondan, Interim Chief People Officer.