Food, Beverage, and Agriculture

Jorgette oversees the newly-created Advisory Services business development function, leveraging her expertise to facilitate sustainability impacts with BSR members and potential members.

She ensures BSR leaders engage effectively with companies across industries to scope and execute projects that drive measurable sustainability outcomes in climate; human rights; equity, inclusion, and justice; and nature. Previously leading consumer sectors for North America with BSR, Jorgette continues to support BSR member relationships and sustainability strategy and implementation, engaging executive teams and practitioners on overall corporate transformation and supply chain strategy. She leverages more than 20 years in management consulting and in-house sustainability.

Prior to joining BSR in 2014, Jorgette started and ran global responsible sourcing for PepsiCo, and also held consulting positions with Great Place to Work, Unisys and Arthur Andersen. Her experience includes living or working in several major global markets, appreciating the subtle and complex differences that impact our ability to drive change.

Jorgette earned a B.A. in Economics and Policy Studies (dual major), with a Marketing minor from Syracuse University. Jorgette speaks English and Spanish.

Cliodhnagh focuses on supply chain sustainability under BSR’s consumer sectors practice. She has more than 10 years of international business experience, spanning business development, sustainability, technology, and design.

Previously, Cliodhnagh worked as a Sustainable Agribusiness Consultant with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2017, she completed the Origin Green Ambassador Programme, a two-year executive education master’s program developed to support the promotion and implementation of Ireland’s Origin Green, the world’s first national sustainability plan for the food and drink sector. As part of the program, she spent three secondments delivering sustainability projects for FAO, Tyson Foods, and Sodexo. She has also worked with Burberry and Alexander McQueen.

Cliodhnagh holds a first-class honors MSc. in Business Sustainability from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in Dublin, a B.A. in Business and Economics from Trinity College Dublin, and a postgraduate degree in Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in California. 

Elisa leads BSR’s consumer sectors practice globally and oversees the BSR global membership network. She works with companies in the luxury, beauty, fashion, hospitality, retail, and food industries to better integrate sustainability into core business strategy, products, and operations.

She helps companies understand the world’s big disruptions, create resilient and inclusive business models and practices, and evolve brand strategy to integrate changing consumer expectations. Elisa also leads BSR’s Responsible Luxury Initiative and the Southeast Asia Reptile Conservation Alliance (SARCA).

Prior to joining BSR, Elisa was an account manager at CHANEL and a consultant at Accenture and Ernst & Young.

Elisa is French-American. She holds an M.B.A. in Luxury Goods Marketing and Management from Sup de Luxe, an M.A. in International Relations from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Paris, and a B.A. in French from the University of Pennsylvania.