Meet Our Team

As Senior Manager of Communications and Marketing at SAI, Alex Ducett develops and implements communications and marketing strategies and promotes SAI’s services and programs. She also supports media relations, fundraising, and donor management.
Alex worked previously as coordinator and communications assistant at NYU Division of Libraries for their five-year strategic planning process and has supported communications in education- and human rights-focused nonprofits, Every Hour Counts and U.S. Campaign for Burma.
Alex has a Master of Public Administration degree from NYU Wagner School of Public Service where she focused her research on human rights in the global value chain. She has a bachelor’s degree from The University of Chicago in East Asian Languages & Civilizations with a minor in Human Rights.

Christie Daly is the Director of SAI’s Corporate Programs. Christie manages service delivery to SAI’s corporate members, including Social Fingerprint evaluations, supplier and supply-chain management training, and multi-stakeholder panels. She is also responsible for developing capacity building programs for other corporate partners.
Before joining SAI, Christie worked as a Project Associate with the New York City Department of Education in the Office of Public and Community Affairs. She has previously conducted research for the NYU School of Law, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice on a wide range of business and human rights issues.
Daly holds a master’s degree from New York University Center for Global Affairs with a concentration in Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance. She received her bachelor’s degree from Skidmore College.

As Senior Manager of Corporate Programs and Training at SAI, Hannah Crane manages service delivery to SAI’s corporate clients and members, including Social Fingerprint evaluations, supplier and supply-chain management training, and multi-stakeholder panels. She also develops capacity-building and training programs for corporate partners and a variety of other stakeholders.

Previously, Hannah was Senior Manager of Institutional Memberships at NationSwell, where she managed a portfolio of Institutional Members from the corporate, philanthropic, non-profit, and financial sectors. She has previously served as a Program Fellow at SAI, supporting research, writing, data analysis, and project management across our Corporate Programs and Innovations & Partnerships teams and as a research scholar and founding member of the Institute for Executive Education at NYU School of Law. Hannah has previous experience in leadership development and administration in higher education and she has been a contributing writer for HuffPost.

Hannah has an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business, a BA in Anthropology from NYU and previous coursework in Gender Politics at NYU.

As Program Associate, Isiah provides administrative, operational, and programmatic support across multiple departments at SAI. This includes team coordination, stakeholder communication, the maintenance and updating of key internal documents, research, project management, and the preparation of reports and presentations for SAI’s stakeholders.

In joining SAI, Isiah brings a range of experience in social impact, program and project management, and operations from his work at Build Up Companies, Nike, the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, and more. Additionally, he founded and leads an organization that supports the families of children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Isiah holds a B.S. from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

Jane Hwang serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of SAI. Working with the Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and staff she oversees the organization’s strategy, management, and stakeholder engagement. Since joining SAI in 2005, Jane has led significant growth and innovation of SAI’s programs, especially in corporate advisory services, training and capacity building, and public-private partnerships. Jane co-created Social Fingerprint® and TenSquared—both highly effective and popular programs to measure and improve management systems, worker engagement, and social performance. She has co-authored implementation guides and served on working groups for international agencies, such as the United Nations, The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Prior to joining SAI, Jane worked in corporate marketing and legal research, and has previous experience in behavioral sciences and medical research. She earned her bachelor’s degree and MBA from Columbia University.

John Brookes serves as the Executive Director of Social Accountability Accreditation Services (SAAS). SAAS is a division of SAI that is responsible for monitoring and assessing auditing companies that themselves evaluate conformity to social codes and standards, including accrediting SA8000 certification bodies.
John has years of experience as a management systems and accreditation specialist focused on voluntary conformity assessment and consensus standards in the field of social certification, accreditation, and monitoring. He has consulted on quality, environmental, and health and safety management systems, as well as training, auditing, and operational leadership services.
John has previously held operational, business development, and quality management positions at SGS and AIG. He also ran his own professional services business and contributed to the development of the ANSI-RAB National Accreditation Program for Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001). During this time, John also provided various pro-bono governance, audit, and paid consultative services to both SAAS and SAI, including contributions during the development and launch of the first SA8000 Standard in 1998.
Earlier in his career, John held positions as a Merchant Navy Radio Officer, Quality Engineer, Quality Consultant, and IRCA-certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor.

Kat Henkle-Kawa is a Program Fellow in SAI’s Standards & Impacts Department. She manages and supports the SA8000 certification system as well as the SA8000 Database. Kat has a Bachelor’s Degree from Fordham University in Political Science with a concentration in International Politics.

Lisa Bernstein serves as a Senior Manager for SA8000 with Social Accountability Accreditation Services (SAAS). She is responsible for the accreditation and oversight of certification bodies that are authorized to deliver audits for the SA8000® Standard.
Lisa has deep experience in the field of accreditation and certification, having worked for SAAS and SAI since 2001. She manages policy and procedure creation for certification body accreditation and social auditing, and oversees the evaluation and assessment of accredited and applicant certification bodies. Previously, Lisa coordinated special projects, communication, and fundraising at SAI.
Before joining SAI and SAAS, Lisa was a Registered Representative and Administrative Director for Green Century Capital Management, a socially responsible investment firm. She has directed public interest and recruitment campaigns for the national association of State Public Interest Research Groups and holds a degree in environmental policy from Rutgers University.

As Director for Innovation and Partnerships, Stephanie Wilson develops and implements diverse research, training, and capacity-building programs in collaboration with SAI’s clients and other partners. She is managing several USDOL-funded grants, including Palma Futuro, MY Voice, and Sustentar. As Director she will also develop new innovations and partnerships
Stephanie’s particular areas of expertise include occupational health and safety, living wage and remuneration, change management, and process improvement. She has implemented programs focusing on forced labor, gender issues, management systems, migration, remediation, and social auditing.
Stephanie has a long-standing interest in development and human rights and a background in volunteering in these fields in Australia and India. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations, political science, and psychology from the University of Western Australia.