Board of Directors

Independent Labor Rights Experts Representing the WRC Advisory Council

• Jill Esbenshade (Secretary), Associate Professor of Sociology, San Diego State University
• Julie Farb , Director of Growth Strategies, AFL-CIO
• Mark Levinson, Chief Economist, Workers United²
• Julie Martínez Ortega, Director, Washington Office and Chief Data Scientist, Sandler Phillips Center
• Mark Pearce, Visiting Professor of Law; Executive Director, Workers Rights Institute and Distinguished Lecturer
• Angeles Solis, Director of Worker Organizing, The Action Lab

Representatives of the University Caucus

• Michael Ferrari (Board Chair), Northeastern University
• Sam Harasen, University of Washington
• Alixe Holcomb, University of Arizona
• Kyle Muncy, University of Connecticut²
• Cal Watson, Georgetown University
• Craig Westemeier, University of Texas at Austin

Representatives of United Students Against Sweatshops

• Erika Alfaro, University of California, Berkeley
• Lainie Beauchemin, Carnegie Mellon University²
• El Besjak, University of Pittsburgh
• Saesha Jindal, New York University
• Madison McCartha, Kent State University
• Brooke McMullan, University of Texas at Austin¹

¹ Members of WRC Board Ethics Committee
² Members of WRC Board Audit Committee and Ethics Committee