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Susan Mac Cormac

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Susan Mac Cormac is a partner of global law firm Morrison & Foerster, serving as co-chair of the energy and clean technology groups.

Mac Cormac’s work focuses on advising innovative, forward-thinking sustainable and renewable energy companies and investors on corporate structure, equity and debt financings, mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, reorganizations, and joint ventures. She advises corporations on the intersection of fiduciary duties and environmental sustainability as well as disclosure around ESG. She has particular expertise on ensuring energy, sustainability, and other investments have positive impact through use of new corporate forms, hybrids, alternative debt and equity instruments, and disclosure.

In 2015, the Financial Times named Mac Cormac the “Most Innovative North American Lawyer” for her work championing impact investing and social enterprise legal innovation. She was named one of California Lawyer’s Attorneys of the Year in 2016 and in 2012, received the 2016 National Public Service Award from the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section for her innovative pro bono services to nonprofits, and has been recognized on several leadership lists, including the Daily Journal’s Top Female Lawyers for 2016, 2012, and 2011 and Top 100 Lawyers for 2012. She was a founding board member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, is a member of the Ceres President’s Council and the Board of Earth Genome Project, and is an advising board member of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy’s Strategic Investor Initiative. She is also professor of social enterprise law at UC Berkeley School of Law.

Mac Cormac holds a B.A. from Williams College and received her J.D. and LL.M. degrees from Duke University School of Law. 

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Paris Zhang

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Paris liaises with internal departments and external parties to ensure the smooth running of BSR’s China offices. She supports general management, administration, finance, and events for the BSR China team. She also works with the People and Culture team to enhance employee experience across the organization. Paris contributes to engagement projects on data collection, benchmarking, and research as well.

Prior to joining BSR, Paris worked for several companies across industries, including Maersk and small startups. During her time with a Spanish aviation consulting company, she worked with the Civil Aviation Administration of China to recruit foreign Airbus pilots for Chinese airline companies, such as Capital Airlines and China Eastern.

Paris holds a BA in Law from East China University of Political Science and Law. She speaks Mandarin Chinese, English, and French.

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Berkley Rothmeier

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Berkley leads BSR’s work with consumer products companies to align business and sustainability strategy and improve social and environmental performance. She also works across sectors to support BSR’s efforts to catalyze private-sector action on climate change and build value chain resilience.

With over a decade in the sustainable business field, Berkley has broad experience in reporting and disclosure, stakeholder engagement, issues management, and sustainability storytelling. Prior to BSR, she was part of Edelman’s Business + Social Purpose team and the Ceres water program. She has counseled companies in a variety of sectors and geographies, and she has collaborated with investors and NGOs to increase understanding of and action on sustainability topics.

Berkley holds a Master of Environmental Science from the Yale School of the Environment and a BA in Environment Studies from Yale University. 

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Christine Svarer

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Christine leads RISE (Reimagining Industry to Support Equality), a collaborative initiative focused on accelerating and expanding gender equality and women’s empowerment across global supply chains through the delivery of proven interventions and greater cross-sector collaboration. Its mission is to empower women workers, embed gender equality in business practice, and catalyze systems change with an initial focus on the apparel, footwear, and home sectors.  RISE is founded by BSR, CARE, Better Work and Gap, Inc. 

Prior to RISE, Christine led BSR’s HERproject and was previously the global director of women’s economic empowerment at CARE International and before that led CARE’s work on private-sector development, focusing on inclusive business models and social enterprise development. Christine also previously worked for the United Nations Development Programme. Christine lives in London and speaks English, Spanish and Danish. 

Christine is also the Vice Chair of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women supporting women entrepreneurs globally.  

Christine holds an MSc in International Development and Business and a BSc in International Business and Modern Languages, both from Copenhagen Business School. She also holds an Advanced Business Management degree from IESE Business School. 

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Salah Husseini

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Salah leads BSR’s human rights practice within the Consumer Sectors industry cluster, which includes the following sub-clusters: Food, Beverage, and Agriculture; Commodities Trading; Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality; Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals; and Luxury, Apparel, and Beauty. He supports companies in implementing human rights due diligence programs and human rights strategy and governance development, as well as aligning with regulatory, investor, and other stakeholder expectations around human rights management. Additionally, Salah leads the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality and is a regular contributor to the Human Rights Working Group.

Prior to joining BSR, Salah worked at a major media conglomerate where he ensured compliance with labor law requirements within the company’s manufacturing supply chain. He also worked with a standard-setting organization that developed the first auditable program for labor standards enforcement in manufacturing. Additionally, he practiced as an attorney in New York City, focusing on civil rights issues.

Salah holds a J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law, and a B.A. in Political Science, Spanish, and Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Michigan. He speaks Arabic, English, and Spanish.  

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Johanna Poschwatta

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Johanna leads the global Operations team, overseeing cross-functional collaboration, team strategy and planning, and systems and processes. She is responsible for metrics and reporting and for internal processes related to BSR’s single-company consulting work. She also leads BSR’s project staffing function.

Prior to joining BSR, Johanna worked in both legal and grant administration.

Johanna holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Mike Zeitouny

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Mike provides leadership and oversight to the finance and information technology functions of BSR. His work is crucial in helping the organization achieve its mission, grow its activities, and operate efficiently. He also serves on the organization’s Executive Committee. 

Mike has more than 25 years of financial management experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. He served in similar roles at Pathfinder International, Jhpiego, and American Refugee Committee. Mike was the director of finance and administration for Habitat for Humanity International in Pretoria, South Africa, and before that, he was director of finance and administration for the U.S. Peace Corps in Guinea. He speaks three languages and has broad international experience, having lived in eight countries and worked in more than two dozen. In 2010, Mike was named Chief Financial Officer of the Year by the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal.

Mike holds an M.B.A from Aspen University and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Northwestern Ohio.

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Katrina Fracisco

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As part of BSR’s Finance team, Katrina is responsible for streamlining processes, enhancing reports, and analyzing key performance metrics on a monthly basis. She focuses on general project accounting and systems tools.

Katrina previously worked at a private transportation company managing the accounting department. There, she led all daily and monthly general ledger processes, converted the department to paperless billing and filing, and implemented an accounting systems conversion. Prior to that, she managed accounts payable and expense processing in advertising.

Katrina has a B.A. in Economics, with an emphasis in Accounting, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She speaks fluent MS Excel.

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Alessandro Carlucci

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Alessandro Carlucci was recently elected Chairman of the board at BSR, and his interest in sustainability goes back a long way.

He worked for Natura Cosmetics for 25 years, the last 10 as its CEO. During his tenure as CEO, Natura grew fourfold, becoming one of the leading companies in Latin America. At the same time, it reduced its relative CO2 emissions by 33 percent and, by offsetting its emissions, became a carbon-neutral company.

Carlucci also served as chairman of the board at the World Federation of Direct Selling Association and is a board member of Renner, which is the biggest fashion retailer in Brazil.

It is his strong belief that the best way to do business is to integrate economic, social, and environmental aspects of a company which, in turn, generates greater value for all stakeholders.

Carlucci is a Business Administration graduate of Fundação Getulio Vargas, and he continued his studies at the Kellogg School of Business and at INSEAD.

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David Lawrence

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David Lawrence is an expert in sustainable procurement, bringing a practical, collaborative approach to global supply chains. He is the senior procurement advisor for the Procurement Leadership Group, enhancing the buyer perspective of the work.

Most recently, David worked for Diageo, where he created and led the company’s sustainable procurement activities globally. He was also the global category director for capital expenditures and maintenance, repair, and operations, managing an annual capital expenditure budget of more than £350 million.

Additionally, David is a non-executive board member of SEDEX and executive chairman of AIM-Progress. He is also a tutor at Cambridge University, where he helps develop and deliver material for its Postgraduate Certificate and Master’s programs.

David holds degrees in Engineering and in Management Studies, and he also recently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business from Cambridge University.