Diane J. Brisebois, Co-Chair

President & Chief Executive Officer - Retail Council of Canada
Diane J. Brisebois, CAE, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Retail Council of Canada (RCC) in January 1995. RCC is the largest retail association in the country serving over 45,000 retail establishments.

Prior to joining RCC, Ms. Brisebois was Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Office Products Association. Diane is also Chairman of the Forum for International Retail Association Executives. Additionally, she serves on the Advisory Board of Ryerson University's School of Retail Management, the University of Alberta's School of Retail, the Advisory Board of Canada Post, the Board of Stewardship Ontario (Ontario Blue Box Program) and Waste Diversion Ontario.

She continues to be involved with Covenant House Toronto after serving 6 years on its Board as well as with Traffic Injury Research Foundation.

In 2002, Ms. Brisebois received the Pinnacle Award from the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE), which is the most prestigious designation for an Association Executive. In addition, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award from her previous organization, the Canadian Office Products Association.

Ms. Brisebois is a native of Montreal and studied at Concordia University, and St-Laurent College. She has a degree in Social Sciences and Modern Languages as well as her certification in Association Management.

Patrick Neyts, Co-Chair

Senior Advisor - VECTRA International
Patrick has held senior management positions within Environment, Health and Safety and Social Responsibility at Levi Strauss & Co, the first multinational to implement a code of conduct. Following a successful career at Levi Strauss & Co Patrick joined Timberland to work with the CEO on Labor and Human Rights through its various CSR programs. Before Levi Strauss & Co, he was general manager / managing director of a Benelux Institute for Research. Patrick started his career as head of public affairs and environment in the pharmaceutical industry.

His practical management experience provides a strong background in social responsibility strategy and implementation within the private and corporate sectors. In this capacity Patrick has effected significant pragmatic change within the value chains and its stakeholders on labor and human rights as well environment, health and safety conditions within factories and communities in over 35 countries.

Patrick is also an active member of several civil society organizations, has co chaired numerous multi stakeholder round tables and has served on many boards of Foundations, NGOs and multi stakeholder organizations such as the ETI

Peter Burrows

Executive Director, Fair Factories Clearinghouse
Founding Board Member, Fair Factories Clearinghouse
Peter Burrows has more than 35 years of IT executive management in diverse industries including consumer goods, footwear and apparel, and high-tech electronics and manufacturing industries.

In his position as the CIO of adidas Group, Peter provided a shared IT service for each of adidas Group's multiple brands: adidas, Reebok, Rockport, and Taylor-Made Golf.

Peter was awarded the Babson College Center for Information Management Studies (CIMS) 'IT Achievement Award' in 2001, received the Bobbin Apparel Industry All-Star Award in 2002, was named 'Most Influential Consumer Goods Executive' by Consumer Goods Technology in 2004, in May 2005 was cited one of 'Five to Watch' in the field of retail information technology by Women's Wear Daily, and received the Retail Systems Achievement Award for Best in Corporate Systems. In addition, Reebok was a recipient of the 1998 and 2000 Computerworld 'Smithsonian Innovation Award.'

Prior to Reebok, Peter was CIO of the Foxboro Company where he received numerous awards for his ground-breaking work in re-engineering this process control industry leader. Examples include the Interop Achievement Award, Communication Week's O.N.E Award, and Industry Week's Top Ten Electronics Factories in the United States.

Peter received a bachelor's degree in management from Northeastern University. He served as a member of the board of directors of i-Mediation, based in Paris, France, and is a member of Private Sector Council, based in Washington, DC. He is a founder and Executive Director of the not-for-profit Fair Factories Clearinghouse, Chairman of the National Retail Federation's CIO Council (2006-2008), a board member for the Association of Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), and Unified POS Committee member.

Robbert de Kock

WFSGI, Secretary General

WFSGI is our latest Trade Association member and actively promotes the FFC to their members who are not already members of the FFC. Robbert has agreed to join our board as a trade association member.

The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) was founded in 1978 and is the world authoritative body for the sports industry officially recognized by the IOC as the industry representative within the Olympic family. The WFSGI is an independent, non‐profit and non‐ governmental association formed by sports brands, manufacturers, suppliers, retailers, national federations and all sporting goods industry related businesses. The WFSGI plays a strategic role in the support and promotion of the sporting goods industry worldwide. The WFSGI promotes free and fair trade and provides platforms for the intergovernmental cooperation with regards to the International Organizations interested or affected by sports. Our aim is also to expand the cooperation on the protection of intellectual property rights and improve human rights issues related to working conditions. All this can be done through contacts with International Organizations such as the ILO, WTO, WHO, UN but also through International Sports Federations (FIFA, IAAF, FIVB, etc.) and the IOC, via the exchange of information and clearing house on issues and topics developed by WFSGI’s various committees.

Erik Autor

Vice President and International Trade Counsel, National Retail Federation

Erik Autor is Vice President and International Trade Counsel to the National Retail Federation in Washington, DC, where he serves as the principal advisor on international trade, customs, international transportation, and international labor issues to the world’s largest retail trade association and its member companies, including the leading department, specialty, discount, mass merchandise, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, and grocery stores.

From 1992 until joining NRF in May 1998, Autor was International Trade Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.  From 1990 to 1992, Autor was an international trade associate in the Washington, DC office of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.  From 1988 to 1990, he was a law clerk at the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York.

Autor received a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA, a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and two law degrees from Duke University.

Mike Sheehy, Secretary

Manager, Global Monitoring - L.L.Bean, Inc.
Mike Sheehy is Senior Manager, Global Monitoring at L.L.Bean, Inc. Mike has been with Bean for 22 years. In that time he has worked in the manufacturing, international sales, and supply chain divisions. He was a member of the Apparel Industry Partnership and in 1996 developed Bean's compliance program, which he has led since that time.

Guido Palazzo

Professor of Business Ethics at HEC - University of Lausanne
Guido Palazzo is Professor of Business Ethics at HEC, University of Lausanne and a visiting fellow at the Universities of Oxford and Nottingham. His research deals with corporate responsibility in global supply chains and (un)ethical decision making. His papers have been published in world-leading management journals such as the Academy of Management Review. He is associate editor at the Business Ethics Quarterly and the European Management Review. Guido Palazzo consults and teaches on business ethics and CSR at numerous multinational corporations such as Siemens, Daimler and Volkswagen. He also works with the WHO and various UN organizations on corporate responsibility related topics.

Dr Marsha Dickson

Chairperson - Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies

Dr. Marsha Dickson is professor and chairperson in the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies and co-director of the Sustainable Apparel Initiative at the University of Delaware. Her Department offers undergraduate degrees in Apparel Design and Fashion Merchandising, as well as an innovative graduate certificate in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Apparel Business and a master's degree in fashion and apparel studies. Dr. Dickson is internationally known for her research and teaching on social responsibility in the apparel industry. She is lead author of the book Social Responsibility in the Global Apparel Industry and has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Business & Society, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Fashion Marketing & Management. She has conducted research on social responsibility in the apparel industry in China, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Dickson is President of the international consortium of Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Business. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a non-governmental organization originally formed by President Clinton to improve working conditions in factories around the world. She also serves the FLA as executive committee member and chair of the monitoring committee. In 2009, Dickson was recognized for her academic and industry contributions in social responsibility with the All Star Award from Apparel Magazine. She received the International Textile and Apparel Association's Distinguished Scholar Award in 2011.

Michael S. Greene

Ernst & Young LLP, Partner Advisory Services

Michael is a Partner in Ernst & Young’s Advisory Services practice. He is based in Boston and serves as Client Service partner for numerous assurance and advisory services engagements.
Michael has over 20 years of experience in providing audit and advisory services to clients, including:

1. Financial Statement Audits
2. Internal Control Evaluations
3. Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 Readiness Assessments
4. Third Party Attest Reporting Examinations
5. Business Process Assessments
6. Information Security Assessments and Implementations
7. Application Security and Control Reviews

Mike has served numerous Fortune 1000 and global multi-national clients in a broad range of industries with a specific focus on the retail and consumer products sectors. Mike also has extensive experience serving small and emerging growth companies in the technology sector.

Michael currently serves as E&Y’s Retail Advisory Leader for the New England area marketplace as well as the Third Party Assurance Champion for the Northeast region,  In these capacities, Mike is responsible for coordinating all Advisory and Trust Services, SAS 70 and Agreed Upon Procedures examination initiatives.

Michael currently represents E&Y on the AICPA/CICA’s Trust Services working committee, responsible for updates to the Trust Services (WebTrust for CA) program as well as supporting industry specific audit and third party assurance initiatives.

Selcuk Buyukozer

Regional Manager for Programme Operations - Adidas Group

Selcuk Buyukozer has been working in the Social and Environmental (SEA) department of the adidas Group since 2002. He worked as a field manager conducting supplier audits in Europe, Middle East and Africa region for six years and in 2008, was relocated to the USA as the Regional Manager for programme operations. He acts as the deputy of the Americas region and oversees the adidas Group’s licensees and indirect supply chain monitoring programme, as well as Strategic Compliance Planning for the Group’s own brands adidas, Reebok, Taylor Made adidas Golf, Rockport and CCM.

Selcuk’s programme operation responsibilities include development and revision of SEA Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures, management of the daily relationship with the Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC), and oversight of the external monitoring programme in the Americas. He is SEA’s point person for the Sustainable Compliance Initiative (SCI), the ARTS development of a seamless data interfacing platform, and the Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP). He serves on the advisory group for the Fair Labor Association’s (FLA) Monitoring Committee and is a tireless promoter of brand collaboration and harmonized compliance methodology. Before joining the adidas Group, he worked for Li & Fung as the Human Rights Manager for the Reebok account.

Selcuk has a BA in Economics from Bogazici University and an MBA from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. He speaks Turkish, English and French and makes his home in Milton, Massachusetts

Phil Marsom

Compliance Manager, VF Corporation

Phil Marsom is VF's Corporate Social Compliance Manager with responsibilities for the Americas and Europe. He directs audit planning, Coalition Compliance Managers, and is the Global administrator for the FFC. Brands included in the Compliance program include: The North Face, Wrangler, Lee, Vans, Nautica, Jansport, Reef, amongst others. The VF Compliance program is also responsible for Licensees of VF's brands.

Phil has been with VF since 1981 and has been working in Compliance since 2002. Previous responsibilities as Engineer, Plant Manager, Sourcing Manager, and Quality Control Manager help bring a wide range of manufacturing experience to his Social Compliance responsibilities. He is also currently a member of the American Apparel and Footwear Association's Social Responsible Committee. He has a BS in Economics from Kent State. Phil also speaks fluent Spanish and makes his home in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Doug Cahn, Advisory Board Member

Principal, TheCahnGroup, LLC
Founding Member, Fair Factories Clearinghouse
Doug Cahn is the principal of TheCahnGroup, 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 founder and president of Clear Voice Hotline Service (www.clearvoicehotline.net), an independent and confidential communication channel for workers.

Mr. Cahn has been a corporate responsibility and public policy executive for nearly 30 years. During that time, he has implemented corporate programs that address supply chain labor standards, human rights, environment, government relations, community relations, advocacy and communications. As vice president of human rights programs at Reebok International for 15 years, Mr. Cahn led the implementation of Reebok'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 programs, worker communication systems, and assessment tools in over a dozen countries.

Prior to joining Reebok, he served as chief of staff and legislative assistant for human rights and foreign policy to US Representative Barney Frank and legislative assistant for human rights and foreign policy to US Representative Robert Drinan.

Doug served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fair Factories Clearinghouse, a non-profit initiative of global retail companies, consumer brands and retail trade associations dedicated to creating a system for managing and sharing information about workplace conditions. 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.

Kimberly K. Billoni, Advisory Board Member

Chief Executive, SPLiCE
Society of Product Licensors Committed to Excellence
Kimberly K. Billoni is Chief Executive Officer for SPLiCE. Kimberly was a foundational SPLiCE Board of Director and served as the first President of the Board of Directors. Today, she maintains a schedule overseeing the strategic organizational management which includes all SPLiCE benchmark initiatives as an active team member, SPLiCE Board of Director collaborative Governance as Leadership Model and facilitates all onsite and virtual SPLiCE Member meetings. Along with these responsibilities Kimberly manages SPLiCE member communications and the SPLiCEonline website. The SPLiCE Community of Best Practice represents 20% of the DOW incorporated as a NYS 501c6 Trade Association in 2004. As a 5 year old grassroots organization, the organizational cornerstones are derived from the Legal, Marketing and Quality functions within the licensing process.

Kimberly’s career roles comprise Sales, Marketing, Retail, and Team Management. Her employment includes quality assurance program management for Fortune 100 companies. Professional focus has included global liaison management for licensing and manufacturing; technical quality assurance requirements; promotional products; brand management; training; and marketing. Kimberly’s passions are licensing, community building and leadership facilitation.

Kimberly is an Advisory Board Member for the Fair Factory Clearinghouse. Kimberly currently sits on the Smithsonian National Postal Museum Advisory Council and participates on the Brand Image and Strategic Initiative Committees.

Kimberly has presented: 2005 Compliance and Beyond NYC and Advanstar LINK NYC conference; 2006 ICPHSO Bethesda Symposium & Expert-to-Expert SUNY Conference; 2007 Defense Research Institute Licensing Product Liability Learning Track and American Household & Appliance Manufacturers; and 2008 DRI and at the 2008 LES Orlando Annual Meeting.

Kimberly holds an MBA Certificate, SUNY International Business B.S. and Change Leadership M.S. Kimberly resides in Buffalo, NY with her husband Tony and their two daughters.

Scott Greathead, Advisory Board Member

CEO, World Monitors Inc.
Partner, Wiggin and Dana LLP
Scott Greathead is a partner in the New York City office of Wiggin and Dana LLP, where he practices commercial litigation, and the CEO of World Monitors, Inc., a consulting firm affiliated with Wiggin and Dana that works with global companies on strategies for responsible business practices. Greathead is a member of the Board of Directors of Human Rights First (formerly, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights), which he helped to found in 1978. Human Rights First is a New York-based organization that works to promote international human rights and refugee law in the United States and abroad. He has visited more than a dozen countries on human rights fact finding missions for Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, the International League for Human Rights, and other organizations. Since 1982, he has represented the families of four American churchwomen who were murdered in El Salvador in December, 1980. He also represented U.S. Jesuit organizations in connection with the November, 1989 murders of six Jesuits and two members of their household staff by elements of the Salvadoran army. In addition to Human Rights First, Greathead serves as an officer or director of Human Rights in China, the American Conservation Association and the Sperry Fund. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Tom Litchford, Advisory Board Member

Industry Director, Retail and Hospitality Industries - Microsoft Corporation
As an industry director, Tom Litchford is responsible for driving strategy, planning and execution in the retail and hospitality industries, as well as developing alliances with industry solution developers. Litchford plans and directs all aspects of Microsoft's policies, strategies, objectives, and initiatives for his assigned vertical industries where he is focused on market assessment and competitive analysis, industry solutions strategy, marketing and sales execution, coordination of product and service groups, and development of related programs such as Microsoft's Smarter Retailing and Smarter Hospitality initiatives. He supports independent software vendors (ISVs) in building solutions that take full advantage of the Microsoft .NET vision and technology platform for XML and Web Services, including the .NET Framework, Windows Server Family, and Microsoft Office System.

Litchford is a member of NRF's Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) board of directors, the Texas A&M Center for Retailing Studies advisory board, and the Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC) advisory board (a collaborative industry effort involving retail and consumer brands and retail trade associations to create a system for managing and sharing audit information). He has also served on the Associate Members Advisory Council for the NRF as well as the Food Marketing Institute's (FMI) education committee.

Litchford has more than 29 years of experience in systems engineering, sales, product management and marketing of technology business solutions for the retail and hospitality industries. Prior to assuming his current position in July of 2006, he has held other Microsoft industry positions including industry marketing manager, marketing and channel director, and most recently US industry manager for retail and hospitality in the subsidiary marketing, sales, and partner group. Prior to joining Microsoft in 1998, he was director of Business Impact Modeling for NCR's Retail Solutions Group in Atlanta, Georgia, where his team developed comprehensive return on investment (ROI) models to help retailers understand the business impact of implementing various technologies. He was instrumental in driving the development of the OPOS application program interface (API) set - now a defacto industry standard for point-of-sale application-to-peripheral connectivity. Working with organizations such as ARTS and NAFEM, he has also been influential in establishing XML messaging standards in the retail and foodservices sectors - critical for the evolution to service oriented architectures.

Litchford holds a bachelor of applied science degree in Computer Systems from Florida Atlantic University. A native of Louisiana, he is an avid pianist (although he can't play one), a backyard astronomist and enjoys white water rafting and gardening. He has been involved with numerous community services, including symphony board member, volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician, Red Cross instructor, and UMYF youth counselor. He recently completed his certification as a member of the Woodinville Fire & Life Safety's C.E.R.T. program (Community Emergency Response Team). He currently is a member of the board of directors for the Medic One Foundation and is active in church where he holds the chair of the Committee on Finance and is a member of the stewardship and endowment committees. He makes his home in Woodinville, Washington with his wife Ruthann and two girls.

Kiku Loomis, Advisory Board Member

President, World Monitors Inc.
Kiku's career combines her interests in business and entrepreneurship with a desire to contribute to a better world. Kiku began her business career in 1994 at BMG Interactive Entertainment as Financial Analyst assisting with business planning and M&A for BMG International, was also Manager of Strategy at BMG Classics. IN 1998, she co-founded World Monitors Inc. (WMI), a consulting firm specializing in corporate social responsibility strategy, serving as President. While at WMI, Kiku help to start up the Fair Factories Clearinghouse and served as the organization's Interim Executive Director for three years. Kiku received an MBA from INSEAD and graduated from Princeton University summa cum laude in Anthropology.

Daniel Viederman, Advisory Board Member

Executive Director, Verité
Since becoming Executive Director of Verité in 2004, Dan has led the expansion of global capacity and the establishment of formal partnerships with NGOs and Regional Offices around the world. This structure recognizes that sustainable change requires strong local institutions, and leverages Verité's global strength and corporate relationships to support our in-country partners. Under Dan's leadership Verité has become a recognized source for thoughtful commentary on the impacts of globalization on workers around the world. In 2001 he began his career with Verité as Director of Research, where he designed the first-ever effort to incorporate labor risk into institutional investment portfolios, for two of the largest US public pension funds.

Dan was previously CEO of the China Program for WWF-World Wildlife Fund, where he established the Beijing office for the first international environmental NGO in China. In that role he worked extensively with government and private sector institutions to support conservation outcomes, linking on-the-ground understanding with national policy goals, and providing key strategic leadership to the first Chinese environmental and corporate responsibility NGOs.

Prior to working with WWF, Dan led development and relief efforts in China and Indonesia for Catholic Relief Services, working with local governments, private sector institutions and NGOs.

A graduate of Yale University, Dan has a Master's Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a certificate in Chinese language from Nanjing Teacher's University. He was a San Francisco Coro Foundation Fellow, and serves on the Boards of Clean Air-Cool Planet and Dwight Hall at Yale. He lives with his wife and two children in Amherst, MA.