Ending Modern Slavery

Speakers

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  Leif Coorlim

  Executive Editor, CNN Freedom Project, CNN

  Leif Coorlim is an award-winning journalist and executive editor of the CNN Freedom Project. He has overseen the broadcast of hundreds of stories on modern-day slavery from the network’s global headquarters in Atlanta. Coorlim has produced a number of award-winning documentaries on modern-day slavery including “The Fighters,” “Common Dreams” and “Innocence for Sale”, which won the 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award. In less than four years of broadcasting the Freedom Project, CNN has helped free more than 1,000 people held in slavery, catalyzed public rallies, facilitated life-saving surgeries for tortured victims and changed federal laws and business practices from Cambodia to California. Previous to his work on human trafficking, Coorlim oversaw the network’s environmental programming, producing both of CNN’s long-standing series, “Eco-Solutions” and “Going Green.” He has also led CNN International’s “Impact Your World” segment, an initiative empowering its global audience to take action.

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  Nina Smith

  Chief Executive Officer, GoodWeave

  Nina Smith is the founding Chief Executive Officer of GoodWeave International, the leading NGO working to stop child labor in global supply chains. The GoodWeave® certification offers the best assurance that select products are made without child or forced labor and that childhoods and rights are restored. Under Nina's leadership, GoodWeave has pioneered a system that has changed business practices and community beliefs and ensured freedom and education for hundreds of thousands of children across South Asia. Nina is winner of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship; the Schwab Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurs; the Tufts University Alumni Award for Active Citizenship and Public Service; the Center for Nonprofit Advancement’s EXCEL Award for excellence in chief executive leadership; and the Elluminate Award for Jewish women social entrepreneurs. Nina sits on the boards of the Fair Labor Association and the Better Buying Institute. She is a graduate of Tufts University.

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  Daniel Viederman

  Managing Director, Working Capital

  Dan Viederman is a Partner at the Working Capital Innovation Fund, focused on efforts to engage and invest in entrepreneurs and tech innovators in pursuit of tools to scale improvements for vulnerable workers in global supply chains. Previously, Dan was CEO of Verité, a leading non-profit organization working against global forced and child labor through in-depth research and corporate engagement. In recognition of Verité’s impact, Dan was winner of a Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was named Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year. He has also managed China offices for World Wildlife Fund and Catholic Relief Services. Dan is graduate of Yale University, the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and the Chinese language program at Nanjing Teacher’s University.

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  Leslie Dach

  Founder & Chair, Protect Our Care

  Leslie is leading the effort to protect the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid in the U.S. Congress through his role as founder and chair of Protect our Care. He also serves as a senior advisor to Co-Impact and the Rockefeller Foundation. He served in the Obama Administration as Senior Counselor to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, responsible for issues such as Ebola, Zika, the ACA, and nutrition policy. Previous roles include Executive Vice President and member of the management committee at Walmart Inc., where he led the development of initiatives in sustainability, food and nutrition, and women’s economic empowerment and the Walmart Foundation, global vice chairman of Edelman, a strategic communications firm, and senior capacities in six U.S. presidential campaigns. Leslie serves on the Board of the Environmental Defense Fund and Sunrun Inc., and is a member of the Yale University Council the Council on Foreign Relations.

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  Kathy Calvin

  President & Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation

  Kathy Calvin is President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation. She is a passionate advocate for multi-sector problem-solving, U.S. leadership on global issues, and the inclusion of women at all levels and in all sectors. The UN Foundation, created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes, advocates for the UN and connects people, ideas and resources to help the UN solve global problems. Kathy's career has spanned the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Before joining the UN Foundation as Chief Operating Officer in 2003, she served as President of the AOL Time Warner Foundation. She previously served in senior positions at AOL, Hill and Knowlton, and U.S. News & World Report. From 1976 through 1984 she was Senator Gary Hart's press secretary. She is a graduate of Purdue University.

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