Meet Some of Our Staff
Kelle Louaillier, Executive Director
Kelle Louaillier has been with Corporate Accountability International for nearly two decades, serving as director of international outreach, campaign director, development director, and associate director before becoming the organization’s executive director in 2007. Under her leadership, Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact) helped move General Electric out of the nuclear weapons business, spearheaded grassroots efforts behind the passage of the global tobacco treaty, and launched the nationwide Think Outside the Bottle campaign. Louaillier has been the driving force behind the campaign’s rapid expansion with corporate shareholders, city officials, campuses and faith communities across the country. Prior to joining Corporate Accountability International, Louaillier taught math in the Central African Republic and worked to empower homeless youth in Seattle. She holds degrees in French, philosophy and mathematics from Seattle University.
Kathryn Mulvey, Director of International Policy
A defender of human rights and advocate for corporate accountability for over 15 years, Mulvey has been the key visionary behind Corporate Accountability International's work to stop the abuses of Big Tobacco, which reached an important milestone with the adoption of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Mulvey currently leads our work to develop strategies with our allies that establish the global institutions and policies required to secure lasting changes in — and set new standards for — corporate conduct. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mulvey lived and taught in China during the height of the pro-democracy movement in the late 1980s, an experience she credits for solidifying her commitment to human rights work.
Leslie Samuelrich, Deputy Director
Named by The Chronicle of Philanthropy as "one of the environmental world's major new forces," Samuelrich oversees Corporate Accountability International's campaign, research, communications and administration units and is running the recruitment and training programs. Samuelrich is the former Executive Director and a founding member of Green Corps, which has recruited and trained thousands of young people to become grassroots environmental organizers. She received a B.A. in economics from Boston College.
Patti Lynn, Campaigns Director
Patti Lynn has been instrumental in organizing allies around the world to push governments to ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and mobilizing leaders of faith communities to endorse the Kraft Boycott. Previously, Lynn campaigned successfully to stop rollbacks on federal clean water laws, and advocated for consumer protections in a battle over deregulation of the electric utility industry in Massachusetts. She holds an M.A. in International Peace Studies and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame.
John Wortham, Financial and Administrative Director
John directs the team of staff that ensure that the organization's financial and administrative systems that support Corporate Accountability International's campaigns challenging dangerous and irresponsible corporate actions around the world.
Prior to assuming this position, John served as the Director of Finance and Administration at the Build the Out of School Time Network (BOSTNET). He currently serves as the President of the board of the Friends of Raphael Hernandez community group--an after school and summer arts program. John earned a Ph.D. in Social Ethics and an MBA in Non-profit Management from Boston University.
Yul Francisco Dorado Mazorra, Latin America Coordinator
Trained as a human rights lawyer, Yul worked with Consumers International to monitor and support the ratification and implementation processes of the global tobacco treaty in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Costa Rica prior to joining staff in 2005. In his work in Latin America, he has participated in various international and regional gatherings including the World Social Forum, Intergovernmental Working Group, and People's Health Assembly. Yul is based in Bogota, Colombia, and is working with NGO's and governments in Latin America on our water and tobacco programs.
Meet Some of Our Board Members
T.J. Boisseau
Historian, scholar and educator, T.J. Boisseau is a professor of women's and African American history at the University of Akron in Ohio. Boisseau has been active with Corporate Accountability International since 1990.
Mig Boyle
Mig has served the progressive non-profit community in many ways over the years, including as a public speaker, substantial funder, and promoter of the UN convention on disabilities with the Land Mine Survivors Network; as Board president and lead founder of an organization providing affordable housing in New York City; and as a staffer for the National Catholic Reporter, anti-war groups, and medical and educational groups in New Mexico.
Susan LaSalle
An activist since the GE Boycott, LaSalle grew up in Hanford, Washington, where GE produced nuclear weapons. LaSalle worked as a volunteer on Corporate Accountability International's Academy Award-winning documentary Deadly Deception and is currently a filmmaker in Seattle.
Leah Margulies
As a founding member of Corporate Accountability International (then Infact), Leah Margulies has been working to rein in corporate power for more than twenty years. She was a founder of IBFAN, the International Baby Food Action Network; helped to develop the former Environment Unit at the UN Centre on Transnational Corporations; and helped Corporate Accountability International with their work on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Kathleen Ruff
Kathleen is a long-time human rights activist in Canada. A former director of the British Columbia Human Rights Commission and publisher of the Canadian Human Rights Advocate, she has worked with community organizations to promote human rights ahead of corporate profits.
Matt Wilson
Matt Wilson is the former Field Director for Grassroots Campaigns Inc., a national political consulting firm which provides field operations for progressive issues and progressive candidates. For 16 years, Matt directed Toxics Action Center, a New England-wide environmental organization which provides organizing assistance to communities fighting toxic pollution issues in their communities.
| |
 |
|
