Maria Rivera
Maria Rivera oversees Continuing Education and Professional Development at Berkeley College. Ms. Rivera has more than 10 years of experience in management, higher education, sales, and technology, project management, web development, and video production. She has led training and development initiatives and developed blended digital media training solutions for Fortune 500 companies, professional service organizations, and educational institutions, including the New York University (NYU) School of Professional Studies, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College, and the CUNY School of Professional Studies.
Ms. Rivera has shared her expertise as a speaker at various conferences:
- AT&T’s HACEMOS Leadership Conference
- HISPA.org Youth Conference
- Trenton Computer Festival
- mLearning Conference
- ACE Women’s Network Women of Color Conference at Vaughn College
- “The Reality of Extended Reality” at the 2021 International Institute for Learning – Innovation and Leadership Conference
- “Women Making a Difference in Talent Development” to the Association for Talent Development (ATD) Florida Suncoast Chapter in March 2021
Most recently, Ms. Rivera moderated a panel on “Building a Future-Ready Workforce: Practical Strategies for Upskilling and Reskilling” for a group of Career Advisors from the Metropolitan New York College Career Planning Officers Association. She also moderated an artificial intelligence (AI) panel with speakers from Prudential Financial, Microsoft, and ZetaGlobal for a conference with Prospanica in 2024. Ms. Rivera was a panelist at the Newark Regional Business Partnership’s inaugural Leadership Summit in January 2026 and is the 2026 President of the Northern New Jersey Association of Talent Development (NNJ-ATD).
Ms. Rivera holds a Master of Arts in Adult Education and Training from The University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Arts from Lehman College. She is a certified New York State/New Jersey Real Estate Instructor, a Certified Scrum Master (CSM®), and she earned a Data Visualization Certificate from the NYU School of Professional Studies.
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