Ignacio Salazar serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of SER Jobs for Progress National, Inc., a national network of employment and training providers comprised of affiliates in 24 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. SER provides services to more than one million people annually. Mr. Salazar is committed to SER’s mission of transforming lives through employment, education, and empowerment.

Mr. Salazar began his four-decade career with SER in 1975, serving as Executive Director of SER Metro-Detroit Corporation.  Following this, he served as SER National Vice President (1980-1984).  He returned to SER Metro-Detroit as President in 1984. He established subsidiaries in Arkansas, Illinois, New Mexico, and parts of Texas along with a for-profit entity (SERCO) and title holding company (Empresa). While in Detroit, he also created the Samaritan Center, the nation’s largest one-stop workforce development complex. He has held the position of President for SER National since 2001.

Management Team

The outstanding people who make up our management team draw experience from many different facets of society – corporations, community-based organizations, governmental entities, academia, etc., but they all have one thing in common: their dedication to empowering people through education, training and employment.