Shawn MacDonald is CEO of Verité, a civil society organization that works with major multinational companies, governments, and worker organizations to promote workers’ rights in global supply chains through research, consulting, training, assessments, and policy advocacy. Shawn has broad international experience in labor rights, social entrepreneurship, workplace health, and multi-sector partnerships from his roles as Director of Accreditation at the Fair Labor Association; Vice President of Ashoka; Senior Advisor at Meridian Group International; co-founder of the Development and Employment Policy Project, and various consultancies. He holds a Ph.D. from George Mason University’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, where his dissertation focused on conflict management between multinational corporations and civil society in conflict zones and in labor and environmental disputes. He also earned an AB in History from Harvard University.
