Stakeholder Advisory Board

Laura Chapman Rubbo is the Vice President, Policy Strategy in the Global Public Policy department of The Walt Disney Company. In this capacity, she leads public policy analysis, strategy development, and external stakeholder engagement for a range of responsible business conduct issues, including human rights and online child safety. Her work includes extensive engagement with inter-governmental organizations, industry associations, and civil society. Laura is also Co-Chair of Business at OECD’s Responsible Business Conduct Committee and previously served as Chair of the Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs Committee of the United States Council for International Business from 2015-2022. She is Vice-Chair of the American Apparel and Footwear Association’s Social Responsibility Steering Group; past Chair of the Steering Committee of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Global Business Network on Forced Labor; a two-time member of the United States delegation to the ILO’s International Labor Conference, and other ILO technical meetings; a Stakeholder Advisory Board member of the Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors; and an Advisory Board member of the University of Connecticut’s Human Rights Institute. She has a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and German from the University of Connecticut.

Matthias Thorns is Global Labor Relations and Human Rights Director at Samsung Electronics. He joined the company in February 2023. Matthias has more than 20 years of experience with regard to human rights and responsible business conduct. At Samsung, Matthias’s role involves promoting labor and human rights throughout the company through strategy, policy analysis, and training. He is also tasked with strengthening engagement with global trade unions, stakeholders, and international and intergovernmental institutions.

Before joining Samsung, Matthias worked as IOE Deputy Secretary-General. In this position, Matthias led the IOE’s human rights work and had a part in the overall responsibility for the management of the IOE Secretariat.

His career began as Adviser for Social Affairs in the European Business Federation UNICE (now BUSINESS EUROPE), before moving to the Confederation of German Employers as Adviser and later Deputy Director of the International and European Affairs Department.

After leaving the Confederation of German Employers in 2012, Matthias joined the IOE as Senior Adviser, leading the work on Human Rights, G20 and G7, Global Supply Chains as well as SMEs. In 2017 Matthias joined the Workplace Rights team of The Coca-Cola Company as Human Rights and Workplace Rights Manager.

Victoria Gilchrist is the Senior Human Rights Program Manager at Analog Devices, where she is responsible for building and leading a comprehensive human rights program. Her work spans the company’s own operations, upstream supply chain, and downstream customer engagement. Through this role, she drives meaningful transformation by embedding human rights principles into environmental stewardship, health and safety practices, ethical governance, and management systems—ensuring that respect for human dignity is central to every aspect of the business.

With a rich background as a social auditor, Victoria has cultivated deep expertise in supplier engagement through her previous roles at Intel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Advanced Semiconductor Materials (ASM). Her career reflects a steadfast commitment to ethical sourcing and sustainable business practices.

Beyond her professional endeavors, Victoria is a passionate advocate against social injustice and human trafficking. Her global experiences—spanning six continents—have fueled her mission to foster a more equitable world. She has worked with Hope for Children in Ethiopia, helping rescue children from forced labor and sex trafficking and guiding them into rehabilitation and vocational training programs. In Amsterdam, she collaborated with Not for Sale to support women exiting the sex trade through culinary internships aimed at economic empowerment.

Victoria also brought attention to the intersection of technology and human rights in her TEDx Talk, Giving AI a Sporting Chance, where she explored the potential of artificial intelligence to combat sex trafficking at major sporting events.

She holds a BA in Spanish Sociolinguistics from the University of Virginia, an MBA from the University of Southern California, and an Executive Masters in Sustainability Leadership from Arizona State University.

Bozena Gerits joined Amazon in 2019 and works in the Social Responsibility organization as a Senior Risk Manager. In this role, Bozena leads the supplier and vendor qualification program, which strives to embed fundamental dignity and respect for the people connected to our entire value chain, in line with Amazon’s supply chain standards. She focuses on methods of qualification, a wide variety of risk assessments, industry collaborations, and technological opportunities for innovation. She also manages the operations behind Amazon’s qualification process across the globe.

Prior to Amazon, Bozena worked in the Corporate Social Responsibility department at Brooks Running. Bozena has lived in Seattle, Washington, for 7+ years but was born and raised in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She obtained her Bachelors in History and a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Amsterdam.

Laura is the Vice President, Responsible Leadership for New Balance Athletics, Inc. Laura leads the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability functions. In this capacity she leads a global team of 23 based in five countries, focused on labor rights, health and safety and the wellbeing of supply chain workers, and corporate and supply chain environmental strategy.

Prior to joining New Balance, Laura spent more than 25 years in the apparel and footwear space designing and aligning corporate responsibility, ESG and sustainability initiatives to business priorities. Most recently, Laura spent six years at Global Brands Group as the Senior Vice President, Social and Environmental Affairs, where she was responsible for the successful development and evolution of supply chain reputational risk management programs that facilitated business decision-making and mitigated risks particularly related to social, labor and environmental concerns.

Laura graduated from James Madison University with a degree in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). She served as the chair of the AAFA’s Social Responsibility Committee for 14 years before exiting that role in 2023.

Claus Aabling brings 18 years of sustainability and human rights experience across the private, public, and consulting sectors to the Stakeholder Advisory Board. He currently serves as Labour Rights Manager at BESTSELLER, a Danish global fashion company operating in 90 markets with 20+ brands and sourcing from 750 factories across 20 countries. In this role, he leads BESTSELLER’s Social & Labour teams at headquarters and across key sourcing countries, including Turkey, India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Cambodia.

Claus has led the transformation of BESTSELLER’s social sustainability strategy, moving from a traditional compliance-based model to a partnership-oriented approach that links human rights due diligence with data-driven, performance-based supply chain management. His work spans supplier and stakeholder engagement, risk assessment, mitigation, remediation, and capacity building, as well as due diligence in high-risk and conflict-affected countries.

Previously, Claus ran an international consultancy advising companies on responsible sourcing and human rights due diligence, working closely with a network of local consultants across Asia. Earlier, he worked within the public sector at the Danish Government Centre for CSR, contributing to the national Danish CSR strategy, and managed supplier capacity development projects supported by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Nordic Council of Ministers.

Claus has a particular interest in the intersection of social compliance auditing and performance-based management approaches to due diligence and social & labour improvements.

He holds an M.Soc.Sc. in Business Studies & International Development from Roskilde University and Copenhagen Business School.

Linda Kromjong became president of amfori per 1 January 2022. In this role she continues driving positive impact by enabling organizations to enhance human prosperity, use natural resources responsibly and advocating for open and responsible trade globally.

From October 2018 through December 2021 she served as Global Labor & Human Rights Director at Samsung Electronics. In this role she focused on strengthening the company’s relationships with key international policymakers and opinion formers, and supporting Human Resources and other relevant business departments in driving corporate and supply chain improvements.

She represented Samsung in among others the Responsible Labor Initiative (RLI), the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Working Group on Diversity & Gender and connected on a regular basis with international institutions and civil society.

Prior to her role at Samsung, Linda Kromjong was Secretary-General of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) in Geneva from 1 May 2015 to 1 October 2018. Before the IOE, she was the Vice-President, Labor Relations International & Human Rights for Deutsche Post DHL. Linda started her career in the Hospitality Industry with Sodexo in the Netherlands and has many years’ experience in senior positions in general management, HR, Labor Relations and Business & Human Rights.

Linda Kromjong is a Dutch national and completed Hotel Management School and Business Management studies in the Netherlands.

Avedis H. Seferian joined WRAP in 2004 and became its President and CEO in 2012. He has extensive knowledge of social responsibility issues within the highly complex worldwide supply chains of the apparel, textile, and footwear sectors. A recognized expert in the area of social compliance and responsible sourcing, Mr. Seferian was named by Assent Compliance as one of the Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders in 2020. He often speaks on topics in this field at different forums around the world and has contributed to many leading trade publications and news outlets.

Mr. Seferian is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the Chairman of the Board of Directors (and a member of the Stakeholder Advisory Board) of the Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (APSCA), and sits on the Impartiality Committees of several audit organizations; he also served on the Board of Advisors of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety.

Mr. Seferian began his career working for a business research and development organization before migrating over to legal research. Prior to joining WRAP, he was with a small law firm in Washington, DC. Mr. Seferian has also taught in various capacities in the business and legal arenas, including as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College (now University of Maryland Global Campus). He speaks five languages, has lived in four countries and holds three degrees from three continents – a Bachelor’s in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University in India; an MBA from the American University of Armenia; and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in the United States, where he was a Law Fellow and made the Dean’s List.

Mr. Seferian is a member of the American Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. He resides in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife and their two sons.

Allison Hudson is the Director of Customer and Member Relations at Sedex. In this role Allison leads the management of relationships with the global customer base, driving improvements in service delivery, understanding customer needs and identifying opportunities to improve our products and services.

Allison is a key member of the executive team, setting the overall direction and strategy of Sedex. She leads the Sedex community programme, bringing members, customers and stakeholders together to raise awareness, convene discussions on customer and industry challenges and drive best practice. Throughout her time at Sedex, Allison has worked on multi-stakeholder projects to develop tools and programmes to support the Sedex vision. She now leads the Sedex Audit Quality programme, working closely with APSCA, Audit partners and members to drive improvements in audit quality.

Janet Mensink holds 25+ years of experience in sustainability and textile supply chains. With an academic background in environmental science, she started her career in consultancy before working in numerous roles with global NGO Solidaridad. As the International Program Manager, Sustainable Cotton & Textiles at Solidaridad Network, Janet was responsible for high-level projects in the supply chain, as well as developing initiatives promoting sustainable market development and direct partnerships with brands and retailers. The role included strategy setting, stakeholder engagement and grant management.

In 2015, Janet took the challenge to set up and lead The Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP). SLCP is a multi-stakeholder initiative, which aims to implement a Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) that supports stakeholders’ efforts to improve working conditions in global supply chains. Since early 2019, she has been appointed as Executive Director and is leading SLCP’s scaled operation and is responsible for setting the strategic direction. Under her leadership the Program has grown to an organization supported by 250+ signatories including the top 10 of the global apparel industry and the CAF is implemented in 50+ countries. The organization was financially self-sustaining after three years of implementation and is now one of the leading and most innovative programs in this space.

Janet has served and is serving on several boards and councils. This includes Council member of the Better Cotton Initiative and co-founder of Chetna Organic and Copenhagen Fashion Weeks Advisory Board.

Craig Moss is Executive Vice President- Measurement of Ethisphere and a leading expert on using management systems to improve compliance and risk management performance within companies and across supply chains. He is responsible for developing and delivering programs designed to help companies and their supply chains measure and improve their programs on a wide range of ESG and compliance topics, including social performance, data protection, anti-corruption, DEI, and employee mental health. He has designed and led numerous programs helping Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms around the world to implement management systems to reduce supply chain risk and improve performance.

Craig is the Chair of the Licensing Executives Society committee that developed an ANSI global standard for Intellectual Property Protection in the Supply Chain. He is Director – Content & Certification at the Cyber Readiness Institute, an organization focused on improving cybersecurity in small and mid-sized businesses by focusing on human behavior. Craig is Director at the Digital Supply Chain Institute, where he developed programs to accelerate digital transformation with a unique new data trading framework and a new change management approach for the digital era.

Prior to joining Ethisphere, Craig was COO at the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade. While a director at Social Accountability International he co-developed the Social Fingerprint labor management maturity assessment and the TenSquared change management programs. He has published guides on implementing management systems to improve ESG and compliance for organizations including the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation and the United Nations. Previously, Craig founded Global Access Corporation, where he led more than 3,000 business development projects in 50 countries.

Ines Kaempfer is CEO of The Center for Child Rights &Business (formerly CCR CSR). She brings over 15 years of experience in supply chain sustainability where she has been deeply engaged in issues related to child rights and business in the manufacturing and agriculture industries in Asia.

Since 2014, Ines has been serving as the Executive Director and since 2021, the CEO of The Centre for Child Rights and Business (which was known as CCR CSR up to 2020) in Asia, a social enterprise that helps businesses improve their direct and indirect impact on children, particularly in supply chains. In her role as CEO, Ines leads strategic design and implementation of overall operations and stakeholder engagement, working closely with major multinational clients and partners around the world.

Under Ines’s leadership, The Centre has significantly expanded its geographic reach to cover over a dozen key East, South and Southeast Asian sourcing countries where Ines has spearheaded the development and scaling of innovative factory and workplace improvement programmes.

Prior to joining The Centre, Ines was the Director of Learning and Impact at ELEVATE Limited, a leading CSR learning and capacity-building consultancy. She has also worked as a Director of Assessment, Capacity Building and Training at the Fair Labor Association (FLA).

Ines holds a PhD from the University of Fribourg’s Faculty of Arts in Sociology of Religion and a Master’s degree in Social Work, Law & Sociology of Religion from the University of Fribourg.

Kapil Kirpalani leads regional compliance for Asia Pacific at RGA, with more than a decade of experience in regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and risk management. He advises on anti-corruption, mergers and acquisitions, and legal frameworks across diverse markets. Known for embedding compliance into business strategy, Kapil fosters a culture of accountability and ethical excellence across RGA’s operations. He serves on APSCA’s Stakeholder Advisory Board.

Todd Nash is the Vice President of Customer Solutions at G360 where he is focused on business development and informing product functionality to ensure customer needs are solved via G360’s one-stop ESG due diligence data solutions.

Todd has over 28 years of retail and consulting experience in the areas of responsible sourcing and ESG regulatory compliance. He joined The Home Depot in January 2011 as the Director of Responsible Sourcing and worked with internal teams and external supply chain partners to conduct business in an ethical manner. Prior to joining The Home Depot, Todd led the Global Product Compliance teams at Amazon.com, he was responsible for regulatory compliance at West Marine, and he partnered with multiple U.S. government agencies as a senior consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton.

A native of Rhode Island, Todd holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rhode Island in political science and English. Todd also received his Master of Public Administration degree, with a concentration in environmental policy, from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Thembani Ncube is a proactive management systems auditor and consultant with over 25 years of experience across mining, metallurgy, construction, food, electrical, and mechanical sectors. His extensive field experience spans global supply chains from cobalt and copper extraction in the DRC to European manufacturing; alongside platinum and gold operations in South Africa and Ghana, diamond mines in Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa, and ruby mining in Mozambique.

As a CSCA freelancing Lead Auditor, predominantly with SGS, Thembani conducts third-party audits for Social Systems and SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment, Quality). He specializes in implementing integrated management systems across SHEQ, Business Continuity, and ESG, while leading supplier audits and capability development programs for multinational clients.

A qualified Metallurgist holding a Bachelor’s degree in Quality Management and multiple professional compliance certifications, Thembani frequently speaks at regional seminars on risk management. He brings global regulatory insights, operational expertise, and specialized skills in training and legal compliance auditing to the APSCA Stakeholder Advisory Board.

Shushan (Susan) Yeh has been dedicated to the field of social compliance auditing since 2010, amassing over 16 years of extensive practical experience working alongside facility management from diverse backgrounds. Formerly with globally recognized verification organizations such as UL Responsible Sourcing, she now operates as an independent freelance auditor.

With exceptional insight into global labor rights and ethical management systems, Susan has conducted over 2,000 factory assessments. Her experience spans multiple sectors—including garments and textiles, electronics, food processing, chemicals, and footwear. Her professional footprint extends across more than ten countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region and Oceania, providing audit and technical support for world-renowned brands. Susan excels at viewing challenges from the perspective of both the audited facilities and their management. This empathy allows her to help businesses navigate high-paced, high-pressure environments, guiding them to find the most suitable corrective actions and root-cause solutions that align with international regulations. Driven by strong logical reasoning and adaptive judgment, she delivers precise technical support to ensure enterprises achieve and sustain international compliance standards.

Core Expertise & Qualifications:

Global Credentials: APSCA CSCA certified auditor; approved Lead Auditor for BSCI, SMETA, SLCP, ESEP, and Fair Trade USA.

Comprehensive Audit Scope: Core expertise in labor and employment legislation (with a strong focus on foreign worker risk assessments), corporate sustainability root-cause analysis, environmental auditing, Occupational Health & Safety (ISO 45001), and supply chain security (C-TPAT / SCAN).

Haricleea Spaler is an Assessor based in Bucharest, Romania, and has worked with ARCHE Advisors since 2022. She brings over +1,000 audits conducted in more than 40 countries across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Canada and Mauritius.

Her career in social compliance began in the early 2000s, with eight years of factory-side experience at a Romanian CMT facility. She then spent eight years in the private sector in international real estate services and products, before transitioning to third-party auditing in 2016 with a British auditing company.

This combined manufacturing and international private-sector experience gives her a comprehensive perspective on business operations and compliance.”With each project and each employer, I feel our work brings changes in the lives of workers.”

Rachelle Hernandez is an independent field assessor and consultant with three decades in labor and human rights due diligence. An APSCA CSCA, she has conducted more than 2,000 assessments in over eighty countries across manufacturing, agriculture, mining and forestry, and is an approved assessor for SMETA, SA8000, Copper Mark, LBMA, ICMM and ISAE 3000. She has previously served on SAI’s SA8000 Standard Revision Committee, the Copper Mark Technical Committee, and the UNGC Sustainable Supply Chain Working Group. She has led human rights impact assessments for UNDP, advised UNICEF on child labor in supply chains, and was appointed to the USDA Consultative Group on child and forced labor. She holds an MA in CSR, Social Auditing and Accountability from the Universitat de Barcelona.