DAVID ABRAHAMSON PROJECT MANAGER | CHINA CENTER FOR LABOR & ENVIRONMENT AND GRI TRAINER

As Project Manager of the China Center for Labor and Environment, Intertek’s platform for supply chain sustainability in China, David helps plan initiatives that build capacity, facilitate compliance and promote ethical sourcing. Living in China since 2001, David brings to Intertek years of nonprofit experience working with rural communities in some of the farthest reaches of the Chinese countryside. Prior to Intertek, David worked as Guangdong Manager for Concordia Welfare and Education Foundation where he set up their local office and expanded rural scholarship and poverty al-leviation projects in Guangdong. David also held positions as Research Analyst with Business for Social Responsibility and Communications and Philanthropy Associate for The Nature Conservancy, China Program. He has also worked with WWF, Habitat for Humanity International and other NGOs. David hails from North Carolina and has a BA in psychology from the Colorado College.

BETSY BLAISDELL SENIOR MANAGER OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP | THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY

Betsy Blaisdell is the Senior Manager of Environmental Stewardship for The Timberland Company, headquartered in Stratham, New Hampshire. In this capacity, Betsy is responsible for implementing programs and policies designed to re-duce Timberland’s environmental footprint. Specifically, she leads the execution of projects that reduce energy, chemi-cal, and resource use at Timberland owned and operated facilities worldwide and supports internal teams in adopting more sustainable business practices.

Aside from her focus on Timberland’s environmental stewardship, Betsy is also involved in several cross-brand initiatives aimed at improving the environmental performance of suppliers, including the Outdoor Industry Association Eco-Work-ing Group and the Leather Working Group.

Prior to joining Timberland, Betsy served as the Industrial Energy Manager under NH governors Benson and Shaheen. She also co-developed the nation’s first mixed plastics recycling/manufacturing facility under a grant from the U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency. Betsy’s other work experience includes international environmental policy development with the U.S. Department of State and environmental education with the National Park Service.

A native of Marblehead, Massachusetts, Betsy earned her BS in Environmental Science and International Affairs from the University of New Hampshire and her MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.

KARIN BOGAERS COORDINATOR OF SOCIAL COMPLIANCE | ROYAL AHOLD, THE NETHERLANDS

Karin Bogaers works for the Product Integrity department of Royal Ahold. As the Coordinator Social Compliance, her responsibilities include the development and enforcement of group policies in the fields of social compliance and sus-tainability. In addition, she is also actively involved in industry wide standard setting organizations in the fields of social compliance, working conditions and critical commodities.

Ahold is an international group of quality supermarkets based in the United States and Europe. Its mission is to make it easy for customers to choose the best – for themselves and the people they care about – through strong local brands and by putting the customer at the heart of every decision. Ahold offers great value, a convenient and innovative shopping experience and a wide range of products and healthy choices. In addition, Ahold commits to act responsibly and to serve the interests of its customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders and communities. At the end of 2009, Ahold had 2,909 stores, 206,000 employees and total sales of € 28 billion.

KATHRIN BOHR DIRECTOR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY SERVICES | INTERTEK

Kathrin heads up the Advisory Services practice of Intertek Sustainability Solutions (ISS) where she manages a team of consultants in the New York City and Paris ISS offices. She has over fifteen years experience working in the field of consulting. Prior to joining ISS she built and grew the consulting practice of Canadian Business for Social Responsibil-ity (CBSR) where she worked with leading North American and multi-national corporations to develop and strengthen their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies and programs with an emphasis on supply chain issues, stakeholder engagement and non-financial reporting. Kathrin is a GRI accredited trainer and created the Intertek GRI training cur-riculum for China. Kathrin holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto as well as a MBA with a specialization in Business & Sustainability from the Schulich School of Business, York University.

NANCY BOSWELL PRESIDENT & CEO | TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL - USA

Nancy Boswell is the President and CEO of Transparency International- USA (TI-USA), the US chapter of TI, the global anti-corruption organization.

Recognized by Ethisphere on its 2008 “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics,” Ms. Boswell serves on the State Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, the USTR Trade & Environment Policy Advisory Com-mittee and the board of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy of Georgetown University.

Her prior experience includes the practice of public international and trade law at Steptoe & Johnson and international finance at Citicorp.

She received her law degree summa cum laude from American University

STEPHEN BRAMMER PROFESSOR OF STRATEGY | WARWICK BUSINESS SCHOOL, UK

Stephen Brammer is Professor of Strategy at Warwick Business School in the UK. He is a leading scholar in the areas of business ethics and corporate social responsibility. His research explores firm-stakeholder relationships, the strategic management of these, and the impacts of these upon company performance and reputation.

Recently, Brammer’s research has focused upon the inclusion of social and environmental criteria within firms’ procure-ment decisions. He has recently completed two large scale international comparative projects concerned with how pub-lic bodies and private companies embed social responsibility within their supply chains. His research has been widely published in leading journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Financial Management, and the Journal of Business Research. He is a member of the executive board of the International Associa-tion for Business and Society, a Section Editor at the Journal of Business Ethics, and a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Management Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly, and Business & Society.

CHRIS CAMPOLONGO SENIOR MANAGER, SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLIANCE | MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION (MWV)

Chris Campolongo is the Senior Manager, Supply Chain Compliance for the MeadWestvaco Corporation (MWV). Chris has over 20 years of experience in supply chain compliance both in the public sector for Customs and Border Protection and in a variety of private sector retailers and manufacturers. He began his career with MWV in 2006 as Manager of Logistics Compliance and Regulations where he implemented a C-TPAT program for the corporation. In 2009, he was named Se-nior Manager of the Supply Chain Compliance group. His team’s responsibilities include leading MWV’s Corporate Social Responsibility program, maintaining MWV’s status as a validated C-TPAT importer, Import and Export (Trade) Compli-ance, and administering the corporate Supplier Approval program.

Chris is a Licensed Customs Broker. His Professional Associations include the Institute of Supply Management and the Interna-tional Compliance Professionals Association.

Chris earned a B.S. in Marketing from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona as well as a Master of International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona.

MITCH DITKOFF CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT | IDEA CHAMPIONS

Mitch Ditkoff is the co-founder and President of Idea Champions, a highly acclaimed management consulting and train-ing company. He specializes in helping forward thinking organizations go beyond .business as usual. and establish dy-namic, sustainable cultures of innovation.

Educated at Lafayette College and Brown University, Mitch has worked with a wide variety of Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies who have realized the need to do something different in order to succeed in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. These clients include: GE, Merck, Allianz, Lucent Technologies, NBC Universal, AT&T, Goodyear, Pfizer, A&E Television Networks, General Mills, MTV Networks, Duke Corporate Education, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dominos, and a host of others.

At the heart of his work lies the fundamental belief that a company’s most important capital asset is the collective brain power, creativity and commitment of its work force and that this asset can be significantly leveraged when people are provided with the appropriate setting, systems, tools and techniques to think (and act) out of the box.

Prior to his work with Idea Champions, Mitch was a principal in Ki Learning Systems and a Senior Consultant with the Inner Game Corporation — both organizational development firms dedicated to catalyzing superior performance in the workplace.

In addition to his consulting work, Mitch is also an accomplished public speaker and writer. Author of Awake at the Wheel: Getting Your Great Idea Rolling (in an uphill world), Banking on Innovation, Free the Genie, Thirst Quench Thirst, and the very popular Heart of Innovation business blog. In addition, he is the founder of Face the Music (the world’s only interactive business blues band) and co-founder of Ingenuity Bank (enterprise-wide idea management software).

Mitch lives in Woodstock, New York, with his wife, Evelyne, and their two children, Jesse and Mimi.

WARRINGTON ELLACOTT CHAIR | CANADIAN APPLIANCE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Chairman of the Canadian Appliance Manufacturers Association. More than 20yrs plus experience in profitable, sus-tained product development/management. Experienced engaging speaker. Extensive work in recent areas of legislative change: Extended Producer Responsibility, consumer product safety, environment, energy efficiency, chemical manage-ment, codes and standards development. Serve on the board of Electro Federation Canada representing the electrical sector as well as the management committee for the Healing Cycle a Provincial Non-Profit dedicated to improving Pal-litiave Care.

TOM EWART COMPLIANCE MANAGER | NETWORK FOR BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY

Tom Ewart is Managing Director of the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)--a non-profit organization that brings together academic and industry thought leaders to share authoritative sustainability knowledge. He helped conceptual-ize the organization and has managed it since its inception.

Tom has delivered on a wide range of responsibilities at the NBS. For example, he has recruited over 1,600 members and crafted over 30 partnerships, managed 9 major research projects and published 20 reports, delivered over 20 invited presentations from Paris to Denver to Toronto, organized 12 events, helped to raise nearly $3m, all while managing budgets and reporting to key stakeholders. In addition to his work at the NBS, Tom has taught business sustainability courses in the University of Western Ontario’s Masters of Environment and Sustainability program, and in the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Environment and Business. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario as a gold medal-ist in the Engineering Faculty and as an Ivey Scholar from the Richard Ivey School of Business.

CAROL FORAN SENIOR MANAGER, MEMBER ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS | CANADIAN BUSINESS FOR SO-CIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CBSR)

Based in our Toronto office, Carol is responsible for developing and managing CBSR member services to enhance the value of membership. She supports the team and their account management work by leading events, managing mem-ber communications, and enhancing the resources available to CBSR’s membership.

Prior to joining CBSR, Carol spent several years at a large information technology company. Her career provided a broad range of experience in sales, marketing, business development and management. Through leadership development, employee volunteerism, and partner engagements Carol developed a keen awareness of the positive impact business can have on their employees, their communities and the environment.

Carol holds an Honours Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.

DIANE HAMPTON COMPLIANCE MANAGER | NEW ERA

Diane Hampton is Compliance Manager at New Era, where she’s responsible for the company’s supply chain social com-pliance program. She has 10 years’ experience in international labor standards and CSR in both the non-profit and private sectors. Prior to New Era, she was Global Labor Practices Program Manager for Eddie Bauer Inc, and she has also worked for the Fair Labor Association and Consumers International. Diane is a graduate of Georgetown University with a BSLA, and has lived and worked in Japan and Malaysia. She currently resides with her family in East Aurora, NY.

NATE HERMAN VICE PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE | AMERICAN APPAREL & FOOTWEAR ASSOCIATION

Mr. Herman joined AAFA in 2001. Mr. Herman manages AAFA’s regulatory and legislative affairs activities, advocating on behalf of, and providing information to, the industry on international trade and corporate social responsibility issues. Mr. Herman also handles product safety, customs, transportation and other technical (slip resistance, safety toe, etc) issues as well as labeling matters for AAFA’s footwear members as co-leader of AAFA’s Footwear Team. In addition, Mr. Herman develops all apparel and footwear industry data and statistics as AAFA’s resident economist.

Prior to joining AAFA, Mr. Herman worked for six years at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Admin-istration (ITA) assisting U.S. firms in entering the global market. Mr. Herman spent the last two years as the Department’s industry analyst for the footwear and travel goods industries. Mr. Herman received a Masters of Public and International Affairs (MPIA) from the University of Pittsburgh in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics from the University of Delaware in 1992.

DAVID GEORGE HORLOCK VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL INSPECTION & AUDITING | INTERTEK CONSUMER GOODS

David has a Bachelor of Business Degree with 25 years work experience in the Agri-Food, Life Science, Commodities and Consumer Products sector dealing in the Trade Compliance Industry.

His positions include international management postings working as a CEO, Country Manager, Global Product Manager and Global Vice President for internationally recognized compliance companies gained from postings in Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Australia and Middle East.

He is an active leader in Quality, Product Safety, CSR and Environmental Sustainability working with global brands to bring their supplier facilities into acceptable compliance with Regulatory and Market requirements.

He was awarded to the world’s most accomplished individuals by Princeton Premier Business Leaders & Professional Honours Award for 2009-2010 Registry.

He is a truly global citizen with English parents, born in Thailand and educated in Australia.

PATRICIA JUREWICZ DIRECTOR | RESPONSIBLE SOURCING NETWORK - A PROJECT OF AS YOU SOW

With As You Sow since 2006, Patricia now heads up the Responsible Sourcing Network, which addresses human rights abuses at the raw commodity level of corporate supply chains. Previously she was at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, where she co-authored a report on U.S. Compliance with Global Treaties. At Gap Inc. she rewrote the compa-ny’s Vendor Handbook. She is fluent in Spanish and has past work experience with natural dyes, Latino political outreach, and women’s handcraft cooperatives. She has degrees from Thunderbird Business School, Cornell University, and the Fashion Institute of Technology.

JOHN KELLEHER PRESIDENT & CEO | R.J. McCARTHY

John Kelleher is President and CEO of R.J. McCarthy, Canada’s largest school uniform company. Previously, John was Presi-dent and CEO of Black’s Photography, Canada’s largest specialty photo retailer with 114 stores nationally, and over 1,200 employees. Prior to Black’s, John worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. John volunteers his time as a Director of Covenant House, Canada’s largest youth homeless shelter. John has HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business; an MA in Public Administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated with Distinction.

MATHIEU LAMOLLE MARKET ANALYST | TRADE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (T4SD)

Mr Mathieu Lamolle holds a Masters degree in Management Science from the Solvay Business School in Brussels and speaks English, French and Spanish. He participated in the executive program on international trade, development and business practices at the Tsinghua University in Beijing and in the executive program on international trade regulations at the World Trade Institute in Bern.

Mr Lamolle joined the Division of Market Development of ITC in October 2007. He works as Market Analyst for the Trade

for Sustainable Development programme (T4SD) in the Market Analysis and Research section. Its main responsibility in T4SD is to coordinate and supervise the development of the Global Database of Sustainability Standards and ensure that mechanisms are in place to continuously improve its scope, depth and relevance through regular consultations with stakeholders and experts within and outside ITC.

Mr Lamolle has extensive experience working in developing countries, delivering training programs and providing tech-nical support and advice on market access issues and trade negotiations at multilateral or regional level. Its most recent former employment was as associate expert at the EU-ACP Project Management Unit in Brussels, a programme financed by the European Commission to provide technical assistance to African Caribbean and Pacific countries and regions in the context of the Economic Partnership Agreements negotiations.

JIA LIU PROGRAM MANAGER | INTERTEK SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS

Jia Liu is an environmental specialist with extensive hands-on experience. She is the program manager of the Think Green Initiative (TGI), which is a supplier focused environmental initiative. She is responsible for developing and growing this initiative globally. She is passionate about Corporate Environmental Responsibility and works closely with brands and their suppliers to minimize the supply chain environmental footprint through a win-win approach. She combines practitioner’s perspective with industry environmental good practices to advise suppliers on continuous improvement programs. She has supported suppliers in successfully transforming their traditional compliance mindset and improving their reporting and communication methods. She is a member of The China Center for Labor and Environment.

TIM MOHIN DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY | AMD

Tim Mohin is the Director of Corporate Responsibility at AMD. He is responsible for the company’s overall strategy, per-formance and communications on corporate responsibility matters.

Prior to joining AMD, Tim advised senior executives at Fortune 500 companies as the lead sustainability consultant for EORM. Formerly, Tim led Apple’s Supplier Responsibility program where he initiated the company’s world-class social and environmental responsibility program.

Tim also had a twelve year career with Intel Corporation where he held several positions including Director of Sustainable Development, Director of Employee Communications, Corporate Environmental Manager and Government Affairs Man-ager. Before joining Intel, Tim worked for ten years in the Federal government with both the U.S. Senate and U.S. EPA.

Mr. Mohin has a Bachelors degree in Environmental Biology from the State University of New York and a Masters degree in Environmental Management from Duke University.

CRAIG MOSS DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE PROGRAMS & TRAINING | SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY INTERNATIONAL (SAI)

Craig Moss, Director of Corporate Programs and Training at Social Accountability International (SAI), is a leading expert on improving social compliance in a company and their supply chain. Pulling from his background in international busi-ness development and corporate social responsibility, Craig led the development of the Social Fingerprint™ Program, a pragmatic process-based rating system and tools that focus on measuring and improving social performance.

At SAI, Craig wrote Measuring and Improving Labor Standards Performance for the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, and Implementing a Socially Responsible Supply Chain for Social Accountability Inter-national (SAI).

As Director of Corporate Programs & Training at SAI, Craig develops and manages programs to assist Global Fortune 1000 companies with the continual improvement of social performance in their supply chain. Craig oversees SAI training for auditors, suppliers and buyers on social compliance in the supply chain, the SA8000 standard and other corporate and industry codes.

Craig has extensive experience in international business and economic development, with a focus on export develop-ment from emerging markets to the US. He has worked on over 3,000 international business development projects in 50 countries. These projects spanned numerous industries and often focused on working with small and mid-sized en-terprises (SMEs). Craig has developed and managed innovative research-based export promotion, investment attraction and supplier development programs.

Craig has written and spoken extensively on corporate social responsibility, export development and international busi-ness topics.

CHRISTINA O’CONNELL PRESIDENT | CREDIT360 AMERICAS

Christina Siun O’Connell is the director of Credit360 North America, providers of sustainability data management and communications systems to the World Bank, Starbucks, HSBC, ING, Telefonica, Virgin Media and the Resort Municipality of Whistler. Prior to joining Credit360, Christina was SVP of Flag Communications and led the consulting team for both the first sustainability report and the Ethical Sourcing report for WalMart Stores Inc. She began her work in sustainability as the director of CSRwire. Previously, she worked as Senior Associate for an early boutique technology PR firm and di-rected advertising programs for a portfolio of 60 European IT publications.

JENNA PIRES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT | INTERTEK SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS

Jenna Pires has been with Intertek since 2005. She is responsible for research & development, advisory services and pro-gram management for Intertek Sustainability Solutions based in New York City. She is currently managing the strategic development of Intertek’s new online audit technology solutions for improving workplace conditions. Prior to joining Intertek, she worked in China for several years where she was a research analyst for Ipsos, a Market Research & Consulting company. Jenna holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master in International Affairs with a special emphasis on Human Rights and CSR from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York.

RUTH ROSENBAUM, PhD CO-FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | CENTER FOR REFLECTION, EDUCATION & ACTION (CREA)

Ruth Rosenbaum, a social economist and educator, is the co- founder and Executive Director of CREA: Center for Reflec-tion, Education and Action, Inc., located in Hartford, Connecticut. CREA is a social-economic research and education organization unique in that its analysis of social and economic systems starts from the perspective of their effect on the lives of persons and communities who are economically poor. Dr. Rosenbaum is the creator of the Purchasing Power In-dex (PPI), a trans-cultural, trans-national and trans-cultural measurement of the purchasing power of wages and income used to determine what constitutes a sustainable living wage. Under her direction, CREA has completed purchasing power studies in Haiti, Mexico, the U.S., El Salvador, Kenya, Bangladesh and Guatemala. Dr. Rosenbaum has extensive background in human rights, labor rights, women’s issues, and environmental issues.

JOE SIBILIA FOUNDER & CEO | MEADOWBROOK LANE CAPITAL (MBLC)CEO | CSRwire

As a visionary of the socially responsible business movement, Joe Sibilia is founder and CEO of Meadowbrook Lane Capital (MBLC), described by the Wall Street Journal as a “socially responsible investment bank” specializing in turning values into valuation.

He is also the CEO of CSRwire, the social responsibility newswire service that distributes and archives corporate social re-sponsibility/sustainability news to journalists, analysts, investors, activists, academics, public relations and investor rela-tions professionals worldwide. His long-range plan for CSRwire is to establish a “platform for innovative revenue sharing applications advancing the ‘movement’ towards a more economically just and environmentally sustainable society and away from single bottom line capitalism.” Joe also founded the Gasoline Alley Foundation, a 501(c) 3 corporation that has incubated 43 small businesses since 1985 and teaches inner city and/or underprivileged persons to be successful entrepreneurs using socially responsible/sustainable business practices while revitalizing inner city neighborhoods.

Through MLBC, Joe has worked with a number of Socially Responsible Companies and has been widely recognized for his work in attempting to take Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream private, while creating a private stock exchange for CSR companies. MBLC successfully preserved many of the founders’ social initiatives, and advancing the connection between good corporate citizenship and increased share value.

Joe and David Mager recently co-authored Street Smart Sustainability: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Profitably Greening Your Organization’s DNA as part of the Social Venture Network Series published by Berrett-Koehler.

JOHN C. SCOTT DIRECTOR OF PLASTIC BOTTLE PROCUREMENT | PEPSICO

John currently serves as PepsiCo’s Director of Plastic Bottle Procurement for North & South America and has been a Sedex Board Director since 2007. Prior to this role, John served as PepsiCo’s Director of Responsible & Sustainable Sourc-ing, initiating a global program under his leadership that encompassed responsible sourcing policies and compliance, extending environmental programs to suppliers and shaping PepsiCo’s sustainable packaging & sustainable agriculture strategies. John also served as Vice-Chair of the AIM-PROGRESS responsible sourcing initiative for the CPG industry at its inception. Prior to PepsiCo, Mr. Scott was a management consultant in the CPG industry and also held a variety of management positions at Nabisco/Kraft Foods in Supply Chain, Procurement and Customer Logistics.

John holds an MBA from New York University - Stern School of Business and a BS from Cornell University.

TOM SMITH HEAD OF MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | SEDEX

Tom is the Head of Marketing and Business Development at Sedex. He feels passionate about how real improvements can be made in working conditions across the world by empowering suppliers with the tools to share their information in an easy and cost effective manner.

Prior to Sedex Tom worked at the Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council, a Latin American think tank based in London. He worked in partnership with Al-Invest, an EU funded economic co-operation programme that aims to support the internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America in order to reinforce social cohesion in the region.

Tom holds a BA in Politics from the University of York (UK) specialising in theories of inequality and the role of religion in Middle Eastern politics. In his free time he enjoys cycling and learning to tele-mark.

DAVID URICOLI SENIOR DIRECTOR, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE | POLO RALPH LAUREN

David joined Polo in 1988 and has successfully worked his way through the company in many areas; from product de-velopment and design to production and sourcing. His diverse exposure to the global apparel manufacturing industry has provided a keen insight into apparel factories and their management. He is responsible for the development and implementation of Polo’s social compliance and human rights program implemented in all Polo Ralph Lauren and Club Monaco product suppliers. David continues to oversee the human rights compliance department while developing new strategies and directions. He has also concentrated his efforts developing compliance alternatives in the cottage in-dustry. David studied Special Education at William Paterson University and is a 1983 Fashion Institute of Technology graduate in Menswear Design and Marketing. He is a member of FIT’s Executive Alumni Association and sits on the International Trade and Marketing Department Advisory Board.

CORINNE ADAM PROJECT MANAGER | CHINA CENTER FOR LABOR & ENVIRONMENT AND GRI TRAINER

Corinne Adam is an independent corporate social responsibility consultant with over 10 years’ experience in the CSR field. Prior to working as a CSR consultant, Corinne led Gildan’s CSR practices for five years and ensured the Company de-veloped leading programs and practices in labor, environment, community and stakeholder dialogue. Passionate about these topics, Corinne was educated in France and the United states and had a lengthy career in International humanitar-ian organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as well as NGOs where she worked as a labor rights researcher and social monitor. Corinne was also a Member of the Board of the Fair Labor Association (FLA) from 2008 to March 2011. Contact Corinne at corinneadam@aol.com.

CATHERINE BENOÎT SOCIAL ASSESSMENTS AND STRATEGY DIRECTOR | NEW EARTH

Catherine Benoît is Social Assessments and Strategy director at New Earth, a non-profit organization (www.newearth.info). In particular she is the co-creator and executive director of New Earth Social Hotspots Database project (www.socialhotspot.org). She is the lead editor of the Guidelines for S-LCA that were published by the UNEP Life Cycle Initiative in May 2009 (http://lcinitiative.unep.fr/). Catherine is a visiting scholar at the University of New Hampshire and a project leader within the Sustainability Consortium. In 2008, she joined Sylvatica (www.sylvatica.com), a Life Cycle Assessment consulting firm, directing Social LCA projects. She is also leading the development of the social sustainability assessment capabilities of Earthster (www.earthster.org). Prior to her current positions, she was the research coordinator for social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) within CIRAIG (www.ciraig.org), based at the University of Quebec at Montreal business school (www.esg.uqam.ca) for 6 years (2004-2009). Catherine is also an advisor to sustainable purchasing initiatives, to social responsibility supply chains metrics development initiatives, to the Ecoinvent committee on impact indicators, a project leader within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative and the co-coordinator of the Stewardship index for specialty crops Human Resources metrics development group.

DOUG CAHNPRINCIPAL | THE CAHN GROUP, LLC

Doug Cahn is the principal of The Cahn Group, LLC (www.thecahngroup.com) a corporate responsibility consultancy dedicated to creating sound business practices that are consistent with societal needs and stakeholder expectations. He is also president of Clear Voicesm (www.clearvoicehotline.net), a service that enhances communications between fac-tory and farm managers and their workforces.

Mr. Cahn has been a corporate responsibility executive for 20 years. Mr. Cahn led the implementation of Reebok Inter-national’s corporate commitment to international human rights, both through the company’s business practices and-philanthropic endeavors. He developed a child labor free soccer ball factory in Pakistan and human rights training pro-grams, worker communication systems, and assessment tools in over a dozen countries.

He is the co-founder of the Fair Factories Clearinghouse, a non-profit initiative of global retail companies, consumer brands and retail trade associations dedicated to efficiently managing and sharing information about workplace condi-tions. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Verité, a non-profit research and advocacy organization dedicated to humanizing the global workplace.

JOHN M. GABRIEL CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY CITIZENSHIP COALITION (EICC)CORPORATE MANAGER, SUPPLY CHAIN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | IBM CORPORATION

John M. Gabriel is serving as the Chairman of the Board of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), which is a 65 member global organization focused on a common supply chain code of conduct and implementation tools for the electronics sector. The EICC is recognized for its engagement of multiple-tiers of the electronic supply chain in assessing and developing recommended improvements in social and environmental matters. In the past two years the EICC has deployed its Validated Audit Process, Auditor Certification program, and Smelter Validation Process (as part of its conflict minerals work in conjunction with GeSI).

John is also corporate manager of IBM’s Supply Chain Social Responsibility program. Appointed to this position in Janu-ary 2004, he oversees a cross-functional team responsible for administering the company’s Supplier Chain Social Respon-sibility initiative. Under Mr. Gabriel’s leadership, the program has been deployed to its suppliers with focus on emerging markets. In addition, he has played a lead role in dialog with clients, nongovernmental organizations, and industry leaders regarding IBM’s efforts in this area. IBM is a leader in the sector with its extensive audit program (using EICC

Validated Audits) and Supplier Improvement Plan discipline which is serving to raise the level of sustainable compliance in the extended supply chain.

Mr. Gabriel also manages Global Procurement Environmental Supply Chain activities which encompass applying IBM’s portfolio of environmental initiatives across its hardware and services supply chain.

For six years, John managed IBM’s Mechanical Commodity Council, responsible for the global sourcing of all sheet metal, mechanical assemblies, plastics, and decorative coatings. He was involved in the development of the industry’s first desktop personal computer using 100% recycled engineering-grade plastics for all its main structural elements. In addi-tion, he helped to implement the application of environmentally friendly decorative powder paint coatings across IBM’s hardware lines.

Mr. Gabriel holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Union College (Schenectady, NY) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA).

LORRAINE SMITH ADVISOR | EARTHSTAR PROJECTSTRATEGIC ADVISOR | FASHION TAKE ACTION

Lorraine Smith is a sustainability consultant who applies her knowledge of stakeholder engagement and life cycle think-ing, to bring about positive social and environmental change within business.

Lorraine’s extensive engagement with anti-sweatshop activists, socially responsible investment experts, municipal lead-ers and large retail and consumer products companies has brought her an understanding of the complex issues ranging from human rights in the supply chain to consumer education. She focuses on taking a Life Cycle Approach to sustain-ability, and to supporting collaborative, learning-based initiatives.

Lorraine is on the advisory board of the Earthster Project supported by Walmart’s Sustainability Consortium, and she is a strategic advisor to Fashion Takes Action, a member-based organization dedicated to making the fashion industry social-ly and environmentally responsible. Lorraine has also written for a range of publications on the topic of ethical sourcing including the Retail Council of Canada’s Canadian Retailer Magazine, Sept/Oct 2008, The Politics of Sourcing and Canadian Business for Social Responsibility’s retail industry collaboration report, Retail CSR Leadership Report: Ethical Sourcing.

Prior to her seven years’ experience in sustainability consulting, Lorraine worked as a Senior Business Analyst for Manulife Financial, Manager of Logistics for a New Zealand-based electronic engineering firm, as well as supporting fundraising and communications for World Wildlife Fund Canada. Lorraine is fluent in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese and has an Honours BA from Mount Allison University. She lives in New York with her husband Christopher Foss, a sustain-ability communications professional and extraordinary poet.