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Elisa Pinto de Magalhães

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Elisa works with companies across sectors on sustainability management, human rights, and developing sustainable supply chains, among other topics.

Her areas of expertise include leading site-level Human Rights Impact Assessments, stakeholder and community engagement, conflict-affected and high-risk areas, and gender. Elisa works with BSR’s global member network, and those in Latin and South America in particular.  

Prior to joining BSR, Elisa worked as liaison to the United Nations on sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender issues. She has worked extensively in Latin America and the Caribbean on improving policy and supporting social movements to advance gender equality at national and regional levels. Elisa has also managed projects in East Africa on improving the supply chain for contraceptives.

Elisa holds a first-class honors MA in Gender, Society, and Representation from the University College of London and a BA in Economics and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Tufts University. Elisa is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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Laura Macias

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Laura leads RISE's Women’s Advancement and Leadership Program. She also leads the Data, Evidence, and Learning strategy globally and the implementation of RISE in India and Latin America.

At BSR, she worked on Keeping Workers in the Loop, where industry leaders collaborated on exploring the just transition to a circular fashion model, and she advised companies across the globe on equity, inclusion, and justice strategies, with a focus on supply chains. 

Prior to joining BSR, Laura researched the relationship between innovation, artificial intelligence, and diversity as part of the OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation. She also worked at UNICEF in corporate partnerships and fundraising. 

Laura writes about equity-related topics as a columnist, and she speaks Spanish, English, and French. She has an MPA degree from Sciences Po, and she completed a fellowship in public leadership at the Universidad de Los Andes.

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Lindsey Andersen

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Lindsey works with companies across industries to responsibly develop and deploy technology in line with international standards, regulations, and emerging best practice. She focuses primarily on risks to people in the fields of Responsible AI and online trust and safety. She leads BSR’s Responsible AI Working Group and has particular experience building out Responsible AI governance approaches, especially risk assessment processes.

She also has extensive experience in developing responsible sales processes, designing and conducting human rights assessments, conducting in-depth research exploring implications of emerging technology, and integrating human rights-based approaches into responsible technology development and deployment. 

Prior to joining BSR, Lindsey worked with digital rights organization, Access Now, to drive the then burgeoning conversation on the human rights implications of AI. As part of this, she wrote the foundational report Human Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Lindsey previously worked at Internews, implementing a large portfolio of digital rights projects across Latin America, which focused on equipping journalists and human rights defenders with digital security and policy advocacy skills. Lindsey has worked and lived across Latin America and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Lindsey holds a Master’s in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a BA in Political Science and International Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Simon Ma

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As part of the Finance team, Simon focuses on project accounting, financial planning and analysis functions and administration, and system implementation.

Simon last worked for the California Department of Transportation, where he supported the office by creating financial and budgeting reports. 

Simon holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems from the California State University, Sacramento. He speaks English, Taishanese, and Cantonese.

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Margo Weiss

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Margo leads on BSR’s contract negotiations and compliance monitoring. She applies diligence and pragmatism to ensure BSR’s project teams are well positioned to succeed.

Prior to joining BSR, Margo worked as the Director of Operations for the Columbia Water Center at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where she was responsible for day-to-day oversight and administration of the Center. She managed the Center’s communication channels, budgeting, pre- and post-award grant administration and compliance, contract review, and business development.

Margo holds a MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and a BA in Psychology from Boston University.

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Margot Brent

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Margot leads BSR’s strategy practice helping companies develop sustainable business strategies that drive innovation and build resilience leveraging insights from BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab. She also works with BSR members within the consumer sectors practice.

Margot brings over 10 years’ experience in sustainability, futures thinking, design-thinking, innovation management and communications. Prior to BSR, Margot was an innovation and sustainability manager within the fashion and retail sourcing industry. She has also helped design and deliver climate resilience projects for UNEP and UNDP. She has extensive experience in sustainability topics ranging from climate justice, climate resilience, circularity, supply chain, women’s empowerment, nature-based solutions, community livelihoods and social impact. She has lived and worked across Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe.

She holds a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics and a B.Phil in Sustainable Development, both from the University of Stellenbosch. 

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Nina Hatch

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Nina works with BSR member companies across industries on business transformation projects, such as double materiality, business strategy, and goal setting. She has expertise in stakeholder engagement and integrating sustainability across the value chain. Additionally, Nina works with members on climate topics, including climate scenarios, climate risk, TCFD, climate transition plans, and net zero decarbonization. 

Nina joined BSR in 2019 and has worked across all industries, with a specific focus on working with energy and industrials companies. 

Prior to joining BSR, Nina worked with a mission-driven consumer products company that makes menstrual products for women. There, she helped to create a long-term strategy to establish its leadership in sustainability, social impact, and health. In her early career, Nina worked at an environmental health advocacy firm in Maine and collaborated with industry leaders to remove harmful chemicals from food products. She also worked at a landscape architecture firm, promoting climate resilience through parks in New York City.

Nina holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment, a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences from the Yale School of Public Health, and a BA in Environmental Policy from Colby College.

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Jonathan Drimmer

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Jonathan Drimmer is a partner in Steptoe's Washington, D.C. office, where he resolves complex cross-border challenges with the benefit of having sat in every chair at the table: senior legal officer for a Global 500 company, federal prosecutor, and seasoned advocate.

He is ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global for business and human rights law and is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities in the field. For more than two decades, he has advised and represented a wide range of companies and individuals on anti-corruption matters. His practice spans the full life cycle for both topics, including developing compliance programs, conducting investigations, and representing clients in enforcement proceedings and disputes.

Over the span of 30 years, Jonathan has directed hundreds of investigations worldwide, encompassing a vast span of geographies and substantive issues. He has represented companies and individuals in high-profile civil and criminal proceedings related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-bribery laws, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFPLA), the U.S. Tariff Act and other laws banning forced labor imports, the Trafficking Victims Protections Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and other anti-trafficking laws, the Alien Tort Statute, and similar matters. Jonathan has handled class actions in the U.S., Canada, and abroad, dealing with transnational torts, environmental cases, land controversies, and a variety of other similar areas. He has repeatedly represented companies and witnesses in congressional and parliamentary hearings related to human rights and anti-corruption issues.

Jonathan also has wide-ranging experience in helping companies manage multi-faceted dilemmas in overseas activities, developing and managing solutions that may encompass civil, criminal, regulatory, and political dimensions. He has designed a variety of human rights remedy programs and is particularly experienced in representing companies in non-judicial and quasi-judicial legal proceedings involving human rights and transnational torts. Jonathan also has significant experience in assisting companies in developing best-in-class anti-corruption and human rights compliance programs, which include policies and procedures, training, due diligence, governance and all other program components.

He is a member of the U.S. Federal Advisory Committee for Responsible Business Conduct, a senior advisor at BSR, the North American advisor to the Global Business Initiative on Business and Human Rights, and a strategic advisor to the secretariat for the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades and recognitions, including recognition as a Regulatory and Compliance Trailblazer and one of the 100 most influential in-house counsel in the U.S. and Canada.

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Nine Weijenborg

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Nine leads BSR’s double materiality practice, working closely with companies to translate regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations into clear, decision-useful outcomes.

She supports organizations across sectors on sustainability strategy development, including goal-setting, governance, and integration into core business processes, with a particular focus on financial services. Her work helps companies prioritize the most significant sustainability risks and opportunities and connect strategy, reporting, and implementation in a practical and credible way.

Prior to joining BSR, Nine worked in PwC’s sustainability services practice, advising multinational companies on sustainability strategies and performance. Her experience includes supporting organizations in integrating the Sustainable Development Goals into business strategy, as well as auditing social and environmental data. Nine is a One Young World ambassador and brings a strong analytical and collaborative approach to advancing impactful and accountable sustainability practices.

Nine holds an M.Sc. in Food Safety Law from Wageningen University and an L.L.M. in Law from the University of Amsterdam. She wrote her master’s thesis at the University of Cape Town, focusing on food innovations for local farmers.

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Adam Fishman

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Adam works with BSR member companies across industries on sustainability management, including stakeholder engagement, materiality, strategy and reporting, among other topics.

Prior to BSR, Adam was a thematic expert on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, focusing on the linkages between climate, development, business, and sustainable consumption and production. He previously worked on the SDGs team at World Resources Institute. During his graduate studies, Adam interned at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and was a Coca-Cola World Fund fellow with Conservation International, researching the strategic connections between the SDGs and corporate sustainability.

Adam holds a Master’s in Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment, specializing in Business and the Environment. He has a BA in Environmental Studies and Government, with a concentration in International Politics, from Wesleyan University.