Network of Experts
| Primary Consultants |
| Paula Ivey |
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Paula is the founder of The CSR Group LLC. Her work at The CSR Group LLC includes working with Fortune 500 companies on CSR strategy, Ethics, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability Reporting, CSR Communications. Clients have included Dell, Brown Forman, The Coca Cola Africa Foundation, Devon Energy, The McGraw Hill Companies, AMD and others. read more... |
| Carol Atwood |
Carol Atwood is a successful entrepreneur who is actively involved
in creating, investing in, and participating in socially focused ventures.
She is a recipient of many awards, including “NYC Entrepreneur
of the Year” award, which was sponsored by NASDAQ, Kaufmann Foundation,
and Ernst and Young. Ms. Atwood formerly owned and operated TMG, an
international marketing company that developed programs for Fortune
500 companies. |
| Ed Adams |
Ed Adams is a community relations and public affairs consultant whose clients include the IBM International Foundation, IBM South Africa and State Farm Insurance. Prior to his retirement from IBM on April 1, 2000, he managed community relations and public affairs for IBM’s manufacturing and development sites in the western United States. (Austin, TX; Boulder, Colorado; Rochester, MN; San Jose, CA and Tucson, AZ). read more... |
| Leslie Wright |
Leslie has extensive knowledge of the NGO international community and clients include World Learning NSP Project in Armenia, the Taiwan International Medical Association, AARP and The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). She possesses excellent working knowledge of the UN system through various roles. She is a representative for WAGGGS at the UN. In the past, she has served as First Vice President of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN and as Chair for the NGO Committee on the Status of Women. read more... |
| David Batstone |
David Batstone is the author of Not for Sale - The Return of the Global Slave Trade and How We Can Fight It, and Saving the Corporate Soul. He is also Senior Editor of Motto Magazine - the first media company for people seeking a more personally fulfilling and socially responsible route to business success. Batstone was a founding editor of Business 2.0 magazine , Executive Editor of Sojourners magazine, and a contributor to The New York Times, Wired, The Chicago Tribune, Spin and The San Francisco Chronicle. read more... |
| Susan Ross |
Susan has worked in the international development arena for the past decade, with experience in over 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. She worked for United States Agency for International Development in Nigeria, Eritrea, and Washington, DC. In 1996, she moved to CARE International where she was the Asia Regional Technical Advisor based in the Philippines. Since 2001 Susan was the director of CARE’s global reproductive health program that supported over 70 projects in 23 countries. read more... |
| Frank Dixon |
Frank Dixon is an author and consultant specializing in sustainability, system change and enhancing financial performance through increased corporate responsibility. He is also a Senior Advisor to Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, the largest firm in the world analyzing corporate sustainability performance. Formerly, as head of research at Innovest, he oversaw the sustainability analysis of more than 2,000 corporations around the world for six years. read more... |
| Geoff Cline |
Geoff left private practice to become General Counsel for Patagonia, Inc. and its affiliated entities around the world. During his tenure at Patagonia, he was part of the Senior Management team and was involved in all aspects of the Company’s policies and practices, with responsibility for the Company’s legal affairs and compliance globally. His experience includes vendor and supply chain audits and oversight, employment practices and policies, labeling and advertising issues, intellectual property protection, and extensive research, exploration and hands-on work on what the terms “sustainable” and “socially responsible” really mean in the context of an international business. read more... |
| Affiliated Consultants |
Expertise:
Corporate Ethics, CSR Strategy, CSR Communications
Expertise:
Corporate Communications 
Expertise: Community and Public Affairs
Expertise: International Development, NGO Management
Expertise:
Ethics, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Social Entrepreneurism
Expertise:
International Development, Public Private Partnership, NGO Management
Expertise:
Socially Responsible Investing, Energy, Manufacturing, Total Corporate
Expertise: Corporate Law, Supply Chain Responsibility, Employee Policy, Responsible Marketing and Labeling