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Victoria Woolner

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Victoria is a part of BSR’s nature team, where she helps companies understand their impacts and risks related to Nature and develop ambitious strategies and solutions to mitigate their impacts. She supports this work across various industries, including consumer products and food, beverage, and agriculture.  

Prior to joining BSR, Victoria worked at the World Cocoa Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works with companies and stakeholders throughout the cocoa supply chain to collaborate and promote a sustainable cocoa sector. While there, she managed industry sustainability initiatives that focused on engaging companies around shared targets for smallholder cocoa farmers in West Africa and Brazil to improve farmer livelihoods, empower communities, and protect the environment.

During her undergraduate studies, Victoria participated in a sustainable development direct research program in Costa Rica with the School for Field Studies. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies from Saint Michael’s College, with minors in Sociology and History.

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Cameron Steagall

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Cameron works to convene multinational corporations interested in utilizing collaborations and partnerships to advance industry solutions related to decarbonization, emissions tracking and reduction, and catalyzing climate solutions. He currently manages the Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions (BASCS), Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance (SFBA), and Sustainable Air Freight Alliance (SAFA). Cameron also consults on projects related to transportation, climate and Scope 3 emissions, and equity, inclusion, and justice.

Cameron joined BSR as an Associate on the Transport and Green Freight team, where he helped lead multiple collaborative initiatives, including Clean Cargo, SAFA, and Future of Fuels. He also conducted research and consulted on projects across BSR’s areas of expertise.

Prior to joining BSR, Cameron worked with the Port of Stockton on port modernization, the Blue Economy, and low- and zero-emission fuels. He also worked with the Naval Postgraduate School, Ocean Conservancy, and the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES).

Cameron has a MA in International Environmental Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and a BA in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science from the University of South Carolina. He speaks English and Spanish.

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Gracie Cook

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Gracie primarily works within the Governments and Foundations team to support BSR’s pursuit, across all areas of expertise, of high-impact, private sector-led grants to accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. Gracie also supports BSR’s Nature team to further member company commitments across various industries including food, beverage, and agriculture; media and entertainment; and consumer products.

Prior to joining BSR, Gracie worked in international development, promoting nature and climate resilience, specifically around forest risk commodities. She has held positions within various multinational corporations where she consulted on, developed, and implemented corporate social responsibility strategies. Gracie has worked both domestically and in the field in Austria and within the informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, where her work informed leading pharmaceutical and engineering companies’ global sustainability strategies.

Gracie has a MA in International Development Studies with specializations in corporate social responsibility and climate/environment as well as a BA in International Affairs with concentrations in international environmental science and conflict resolution, both from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University.

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Ashley Lin

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Ashley is dedicated to managing the Center for Business and Social Justice and provides daily calibration and support across multiple demands and workstreams.

Ashley also supports companies in equity, inclusion, and justice, and advancing women’s empowerment through consulting, strategy design, research and analysis, and collaborative initiatives. Prior to joining the Center, Ashley supported industry teams in sustainability management with a focus on food, beverage, and agriculture members.

Prior to joining BSR, Ashley worked primarily in agriculture and distribution, food service management and hospitality. It is here she discovered her passion for social impact work as she developed programs to alleviate hunger for high-risk youth and increase access to basic needs.

Ashley holds a M.P.S. and B.S. from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in association with Syracuse University, with her Master’s focus in Sustainable Development and her Bachelor’s in Environmental Law and Policy. Ashley also holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies of Sustainable Enterprise from Syracuse University.

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Christine Diamente

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Christine leads BSR’s Business Transformation team, helping companies to manage sustainability throughout their business and across their supply chains and to develop resilient business strategies that leverage insights from BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab.

She works with companies across sectors and geographies to structure a sustainability management approach that mitigates risk and captures emerging opportunities, creating strategic advantage for their businesses, while contributing to a more just, sustainable world. Christine also co-leads engagement with boards of directors to promote effective board governance and leadership ambition on sustainability. 

She brings over 20 years of experience in leading brand, sustainability, public affairs, communications, and reputation management with multinational corporations at the executive leadership level. This also includes overseeing corporate relations with external stakeholders, such as the World Economic Forum, the UN, European institutions, and investors.

Previously, Christine was Head of Brand Strategy at Nokia. She has also held major roles at Alcatel-Lucent and Alcatel, leading Brand and Corporate Sustainability and European Affairs. Christine has also served on various boards, including as a chair of the Telecoms Industry Dialogue on human rights, as an advisory board member of Reuters Events Sustainability, as a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, and on the European Internet Foundation.

Christine holds a MA in History and a BA in History and International Politics from the University of Ottawa. She completed the Management Acceleration Program (MAP) at INSEAD, and she achieved the ESG Competent Boards Certificate and Global Competent Boards Designation (2021). She speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

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Lale Tekişalp

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Lale works with BSR member companies across industries to incorporate human rights into business operations and strategy. She focuses on the intersection of human rights and technology, and she leads the Tech Against Trafficking collaborative initiative.

Prior to BSR, Lale worked with the Partnership on AI to help build its AI for Social Good strategy. Previously, she held several different marketing roles at Microsoft, where she played a key role in establishing the company's cloud business across Turkey, the Middle East, and Africa.

Lale holds a MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where she focused on responsible business and social sector leadership. She received a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Charlotte Binaut

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In BSR's People and Culture team, Charlotte leads People Operations for EMEA. She ensures the smooth running of BSR’s offices in Paris and Copenhagen and is supported by office coordinators in place. She helps updating BSR policies and processes while ensuring compliance with local laws, and she serves as the key contact for Human Resources, Legal, and Finance. Charlotte is also the global lead on Learning and Development, aiming to allow all BSR staff to benefit from continuous professional growth.

Charlotte worked for more than 15 years in several small-sized entertainment companies for French and international artists. Prior to joining BSR, Charlotte worked as an office manager for a small sustainability consulting firm in Paris.

Charlotte holds a Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property Law from Montesquieu University, Bordeaux and a Master’s Degree in Cultural Projects Management from Sciences Po Bordeaux.

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Constance Géraud

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Constance supports BSR’s sustainability work in the Infrastructure and Finance industries, with a focus on ESG and impact investment. She supports financial actors in building ambitious responsible investment strategies, conducting due diligences, monitoring performances, and growing outcomes.

Prior to joining BSR, Constance worked in PwC’s sustainability services practice in Paris. In this role, she supported French and European private equity firms in developing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment strategy, conducted ESG and impact due diligence, and reviewed sustainability practices of French CAC 40 companies in the banking, insurance, oil and gas, and automotive sector.

Constance holds a MSc in Environmental Technology, Business and the Environment from Imperial College London, a MA in European Public Policy from King’s College London, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Sussex. She speaks fluent French, Spanish, and English.

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Ricki Berkenfeld

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Ricki supports BSR’s work in consumer sectors. Her engagements focus on design and implementation of sustainability strategies, with a particular focus on sustainable sourcing of commodities.

Ricki brings with her many years of strategy consulting experience, with strong ability to design and execute research, draw business insights and develop corporate strategies. Prior to joining BSR, Ricki worked at ZS Associates where she advised healthcare companies on their growth marketing strategies.

Ricki holds a BS in Development Sociology from Cornell University.

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Alice Pease

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Alice advises consumer sector members on how to design and implement human rights governance, strategy and due diligence programs, and multi-stakeholder collaboration, with a particular focus on anti-trafficking. She manages the Global Business Coalition against Human Trafficking (GBCAT) and Healthcare and Human Rights Forum collaborative initiatives.

Prior to joining BSR, Alice managed a campaign at the British Parliament on an initiative to strengthen the supply chain transparency requirements of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. Previously, she had policy and research roles with a human rights focus at the Argentine Council for International Relations, the European Commission, and the Italian National Research Council. Alice is the co-author of Crime and Global Justice: The Dynamics of International Punishment, published by Polity in 2018.

Alice holds an MA in International Relations: Latin America—Europe from the University of Bologna and an MA in History and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh. She speaks English, French, Italian, and Spanish.