Faculty and Staff
Jason Judd
- Executive Director, Global Labor Institute
Jason Judd previously led the Ship to Shore Rights Project at the International Labor Organization (Bangkok) and served as Vice President of the Fair Labor Association in Washington, DC.
Anna Burger
- Chair of the Board
Hailed by Fortune Magazine as "the most powerful woman in the labor movement" Anna Burger retired in 2010 as both a top ranking officer at SEIU and the first chair of the labor federation, Change t
Sarosh Kuruvilla
- Academic Director, Global Labor Institute
Sarosh Kuruvilla is currently Professor of Industrial Relations and Asian Studies at Cornell University and Visiting Professor of Employment Relations and Organizational Behaviour at the London Sch
Brian Wakamo
- Research Support Specialist
Brian Wakamo previously was with UNI Global Union, where he worked to kickstart a global campaign against postal privatization, and with the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he
Samira Rafaela
Belgium
Samira Rafaela has been a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.
Victoria Skeie
- Visiting Fellow January 2025- June 2025
Victoria Skeie is a visiting Fulbright scholar from the Faculty of Law at The University of Oslo where she is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian Center for Human Rights.
Cassidy Stanley
- Program Assistant
Cassidy Stanley is a Program Assistant at Cornell University, supporting multiple initiatives including CAROW, Speech and Debate, the Community Justice and Employment Initiative, and the Global Lab
Advisory Board
Anna Burger
- Chair of the Board
Kalpona Akter
- Founder and Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity (BCWS)
As the founder and executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity (BCWS), Kalpona Akter campaigns for worker safety, fair wages and the right to labour unions.
Michael Bride
- Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility - Global Affairs at PVH Corp.
Based in New York, Michael is charged with ensuring that PVH’s Corporate Responsibility policies, both human rights and environment, are respected by the company and enforced throughout its supply
Sarah Dadush
- Professor and Director, the Responsible Contracting Project, Rutgers Law School
Sarah Dadush is a Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School where she writes and teaches in the areas of contract law, business and human rights, and consumer law.
Tenisha Elliott
- Vice President, Sustainability Analyst, Responsible Investment Team, Columbia Threadneedle
Tenisha joined the Responsible Investment team in 2013 with extensive knowledge of the mechanics of proxy voting and data management.
Dan Fibiger
- Head of Social, Labor and Human Rights, Gap Inc.
Jenny Holdcroft
- Former Assistant General Secretary, IndustriALL Global Union
Jos Huber
- Former Senior Policy Advisor, CSR, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bruce Raynor
- Principal, R&S Associates, LLC
- Former President, UNITE HERE
Edgar Romney
- Secretary-Treasurer, Workers United, SEIU
- Manager, NY Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United
Duncan Scott
- Senior Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Quality - New Balance Athletic Shoe
Duncan Scott is Senior Vice President of Strategic Sourcing & Quality for New Balance Athletic Shoe, a leading manufacturer of branded athletic footwear, apparel and equipment since 1906.
Inga Skippings
- Organizational and Strategic Communications Consultant
Ruwan Subasinghe
- Legal Director, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)
Ruwan Subasinghe is Legal Director at the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), a global trade union body representing over 18.5 million workers in 147 countries.
Anne Sutanto
- Vice President Director, PT. Pan Brothers TBK
Jill Tucker
- Labour Rights advocate, Former Head of Labour Rights Programme - Laudes Foundation
Mi Zhou
- Chief Technical Advisor - Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Research Network
GLI has a research network of faculty and experts.
Matthew Amengual, Associate Professor in International Business, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Sarah Ashwin, Professor of Comparative Employment Relations, Department of Management, London School of Economics
Jinsun Bae, Assistant Professor in International Business, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
Jennifer Bair, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia
Alex Covarrubias, Professor, El Colegio de Sonora
Martin Curley, Co-Director, Katalyst Initiative
Greg Distelhorst, Assistant Professor, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Eli Friedman, Associate Professor, International and Comparative Labor, Cornell University ILR School
Pauline Jerrentrup, PhD scholar in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics, former ILR Cornell visiting fellow in September to October 2023.
Anne Lally, Co-Director, Katalyst Initiative
Chunyun Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, London School of Economics
Raymond Robertson, Professor, Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government, Department of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Texas A&M University