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Cassie Collier

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Cassie works with BSR member companies in the financial services sector to launch ESG funds, meet ambitious net zero goals, and build sustainable supply chains. Her engagements, spanning across private equity firms, investment banks, and pension funds, aim to build a just and equitable financial system that works for all.

Cassie brings with her 12+ years experience across the private, non-profit, and public sectors. Prior to joining BSR, Cassie worked as a risk specialist at Deutsche Bank, where she priced illiquid securities across the bank’s credit trading portfolio. Cassie also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua, where she partnered with the Ministry of Education to launch a youth entrepreneurship program. While in graduate school, Cassie led a consulting project that analyzed Fortune 500 companies’ adherence to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Cassie holds a MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BS in Economics from Susquehanna University.

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Todd Jones

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Todd works with BSR members on their climate change and sustainability management initiatives. Todd supports members improving their social and environmental performance through sustainability strategies, materiality assessments, and sustainable reporting, among other projects.

Todd has experience running operations and project management for renewable energy and energy efficiencies programs. Prior to joining BSR, Todd worked within the United States federal government on their sustainable building and energy programs, ensuring new buildings and retrofits were meeting federal sustainability standards. He previously worked as a project manager where he coordinated hundreds of energy efficiency updates between low-income California schools and their utilities. In his early career, Todd worked in development for an environmental education nonprofit, enabling low-income school children to experience exciting hands-on marine science education programs. He has also worked within the solar sector promoting renewables, smart technologies, and energy-saving solutions.

Todd holds a MBA in Sustainability from Unity College. He has also received a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB).

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Lizzie Russler

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Lizzie supports BSR’s climate and sustainability work across industries with a primary focus on climate change, climate justice, and collaboration. She has also supported BSR’s Collaborative Initiatives portfolio, facilitating the development and implementation of impactful multi-stakeholder solutions that tackle systemic challenges to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Prior to joining BSR, Lizzie worked at Sephora on its social impact and sustainability teams. Lizzie has also accrued a range of relevant experience from work with the US Mission to the EU; with Reconsidered, an environmental and social impact consultancy; and with Hope of Children and Women NGO in Uganda, an initiative that equips refugees with marketable skills through job training programs and entrepreneurial initiatives.

Lizzie holds a BA in Contemporary European Studies and Sustainability Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is fluent in English and German and is proficient in French and Swiss German.

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Lara Abiona

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Lara works with BSR members on their sustainability management, human rights, and equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives. Lara supports members improving their social and environmental performance through sustainability strategies, materiality assessments, and sustainable reporting, among other projects. 

Lara comes to BSR from the international development space, with five years of experience in partnership development, stakeholder engagement, communications, and project management. Most recently, she supported gender and development research and policy advocacy at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC. Furthermore, Lara has an extensive background in business, development, and mission-driven partnerships in Africa, creating and leading the Partnerships team at Baobab Consulting, an Africa-focused social impact consulting firm, and founding her own digital communications consulting company for Africa-focused businesses and organizations. Lara is a Spring 2022 Sustainable Investing Fellow at 17 Asset Management, an impact asset management and advisory firm focused on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Lara holds a MSc Development Studies (Specialism in Applied Development Economics) from the London School of Economics and a BA in Sociology and International Studies from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.  

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Anine Bundgård

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Anine works with BSR member companies across industries on sustainability management with a focus on the intersection of climate change and people, namely climate justice, just transition, and climate and human rights. She supports this work through one-on-one advisory engagement with companies, through facilitation of cross-sector collaborative initiatives like Transform to Net Zero, and through grant-funded resource development.

Prior to joining BSR, Anine worked at Operate A/S, a Danish consulting company, specializing in stakeholder analysis, stakeholder mapping, and stakeholder engagement.

Anine holds a MSc in Business and Development Studies from Copenhagen Business School with a focus on sustainable development and cross-sector collaboration. She also holds a BSc in Business, Language, and Culture, also from Copenhagen Business School.

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Paloma Muñoz Quick

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Paloma leads BSR’s work on Human Rights Standards, including knowledge management and advising companies across industries on human rights and responding to emerging standards and regulation. She is also Senior Advisor to BSR’s Finance & Human Rights Practice.

Prior to joining BSR, Paloma was Advisor to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and Senior Consultant of the UN B-Tech Project, where she developed an ambitious vision for promoting the uptake of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights among investors and developed guidance on responsible investment in digital technologies. Prior to the UN, Paloma launched and served as Director of the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, where she developed thought leadership on the investor responsibility to respect human rights and supported stewardship engagements across industries. She also worked as Senior Advisor at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, where she advised companies, governments, and civil society around the world on business and human rights.

Paloma is on the Editorial Board of Developments in the Field of the Business and Human Rights Journal of Cambridge University. She was also Design Team Member of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative and served as Advisory Board Member for First Peoples Worldwide.

She holds a Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.) in Human Rights from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a B.A. in Political Science, also from Columbia University. 

Paloma is Chilean-American and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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Nicole Pamani

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Nicole supports BSR’s member companies across industries with expertise in supply chain sustainability and sustainability management.

Prior to joining BSR, she was an Independent Consultant for the Circular Economy with a particular passion for sustainable packaging solutions. In that role, she worked with small and medium-sized businesses to increase operational efficiency, develop robust sustainability strategies, and craft compelling narratives. Nicole has previously held additional roles in management consulting, imports and logistics, web strategy, and digital marketing. She also currently serves as a leader of the New York Chapter of the Circular Economy Club, where she facilitates deeper learning and regional networking to build collective impact and advance the principles of the circular economy.

Nicole holds a MBA in Sustainability with concentrations in Consulting and the Circular Economy from Bard College, NY. She also holds a BS in Journalism and International Studies from the University of Miami, FL.

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Erin Leitheiser

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Erin helps lead BSR’s nature team where she focuses on the climate/nature nexus, including credits, nature-based solutions (NbS), and beyond value chain mitigation.

She leads engagements with companies to evaluate their nature impacts, devise nature positive strategies, and implement operational and supply chain solutions that further both biodiversity and decarbonization goals. She also works closely with companies on supplier engagement for Scope 3 emissions reductions and nature action, helping to develop resources like the Supplier Engagement Guide and the Climate Fit: Net Zero Training course on the SME Climate Hub. 

Erin brings more than 18 years of experience, including remaining on the faculty at Copenhagen Business School following her prior role as an Assistant Professor. Before academia, Erin worked in CSR and sustainability at Target, where she built external partnerships and developed strategies to drive both business resilience and community impact. She began her career in sustainability consulting, working on public policy and social impact projects for nonprofit, public, and private clients.  

Erin holds a PhD in Sustainability Governance from Copenhagen Business School, a MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Honors History from Gustavus Adolphus College. 

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Paul Holdredge

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Paul leads BSR’s Industrials and Transport and Logistics practices, helping companies to align innovative sustainability practices with business strategy and operations. Paul works with leaders in the manufacturing, automotive, freight, and aviation industries to put sustainability strategy into action.

Paul has over 25 years of industry experience in engineering and sustainability leadership roles. He has deep experience in product development, greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, sustainability reporting, and sustainability strategy. Previously, he founded an independent consultancy helping mid-size industrials get started on their sustainability journey.

Paul holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a MBA from Marquette University.

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Alexandra Kolev

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Alexandra supports BSR’s Collaborative Initiatives portfolio, facilitating the development and implementation of impactful multi-stakeholder solutions that tackle systemic challenges to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including climate change, economic inequity, and gender inequality. She works across industries, largely within agricultural commodities and consumer products, to drive collective action for supply chain sustainability, responsible sourcing, and ethical trade.

Prior to joining BSR, Alexandra developed global partnerships to foster business transformation, promote responsible business conduct, and scale business action to accelerate progress on the SDGs. Alexandra began her career analyzing trade policy and coordinating international trade and supply chain projects for a global, multi-sector clientele.

Alexandra holds a Master’s in International Public Management, with specializations in Global Economic Policy and Diplomacy, from l’Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. She graduated magna cum laude with a BA in International Affairs and French from the George Washington University. She speaks English, French, and German.