Lee Cortez

Head of Global Benefits , Block

Lee Cortez, SHRM-SCP, CDE®, LMSW, is the head of global benefits at Block (formerly Square), overseeing US and non-US employee benefits, well-being, leave policies, immigration and global mobility. He occasionally teaches “Workers and the Workplace” at the Columbia University School of Social Work. Cortez’s experience includes roles at Google, Aon and Mercer. He’s an Executive MBA degree candidate at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, where he is the inaugural recipient of the Dean’s Diversity Scholarship and elected EDI representative. Cortez holds degrees from Columbia University (MSc) and the University of California, Berkeley (BA).