Ray Washburne
Ray Washburne is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Charter Holdings, a private real estate investment company. Washburne is also the former president and chief executive officer of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a self-sustaining US government agency that helps American businesses expand into developing markets by providing them with tools to manage […]
Wendy Lai-Ching Chan
Wendy is a Senior Manager in Accenture’s Federal Services Strategy practice. Wendy’s expertise is in non-profit and government transformation. She has worked with a variety of federal agencies and domestic and international NGOs on strategic planning, innovation scaling, program development, and partnership design. Wendy holds a M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of […]
John G. Tomaszewski
John G. Tomaszewski (“JT”) is currently regional director for Africa at IRI where he leads and provides overall strategic guidance for IRI democracy and governance programs throughout sub-Saharan Africa. A political parties and democratic governance specialist, Tomaszewski has worked on a range of programs focusing on political party and legislative strengthening, youth and gender inclusion, […]
Alison Taylor
Alison leads BSR’s energy and extractives practice and co-leads the sustainability management practice. She focuses on approaches to sustainability through risk management, strategy, stakeholder engagement, transparency, ethics and governance, and organizational change. Previously, Alison was a senior managing director at Control Risks, where she helped companies operate with integrity, particularly in high-risk environments. She has […]
Deogratius Rutabanzibwa
Mr. Deogratius Rutabanzibwa (Deo Ruta) brings in extensive experience in Corporate and export finance. He began his career in 2004 as Proxy Analyst for Investor Responsibility Research Center, a leading research group on Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility. With IRRC, Mr. Ruta managed and advised the company’s largest client (Capital Group SA & Capital Guardian […]
Monique Villa
Monique Villa is CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation and Founder of TrustLaw and Trust Women. Ethisphere has ranked her among the world’s 100 most influential people in Business Ethics. Since her appointment in 2008, Ms. Villa has transformed the Foundation, launching a number of programs that leverage the expertise of Thomson Reuters to trigger change and […]
Irit Tamir
Irit Tamir is the Advocacy Manager for Oxfam America’s Private Sector Department. In this role she is focused on working with companies to ensure that their business practices result in positive social and environmental impacts for vulnerable communities throughout the world. Irit oversees the advocacy and campaigns work focused on corporate behavior. Most recently, she […]
Keeli Sorensen
Keeli Sorensen is the Director of Government Relations and Public Policy at Polaris. She provides strategic guidance on national and international programs and strategic partnerships, ensuring the organization engages thoughtfully in movement-wide efforts. In this role, she also oversees government relations and public policy efforts. With more than ten years of experience assisting exploited and […]
Anna Pienaar
Anna Pienaar serves as Global Director of Institutional Partnerships at International Justice Mission, applying IJM’s expertise in anti-human trafficking programs around the world to corporate supply chains. International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global non-profit with extensive experience addressing human rights abuses in the developing world. IJM’s mission is to protect the most vulnerable from […]
Krishna Patel
Krishna R. Patel currently serves as General Counsel and Director of Justice Initiatives at Grace Farms Foundation, a private operating foundation located in New Canaan, Connecticut. In her role as the Justice Initiative Director, Krishna is an active strategist combating human trafficking on the global, national, and state levels. Across a distinguished legal career spanning over fifteen […]
Anh Nguyen
With over 20 years of private and public sector experience, Anh is responsible for overseeing IOM’s global approach to the protection and assistance of migrants, including programing on IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) and Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants (AVM). AVM addresses the issue of human trafficking, children on the move, and marginalized and […]