Meet Our Team

Christopher Lamoureux serves as Manager of Policy and Stakeholder Engagement with SAI. He is responsible for conducting research and legal analyses on diverse human rights topics. Christopher also supports SAI’s customer support, stakeholder engagement, data analyses, and training and policy development. Christopher has previously served with the Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham and at the Equal Justice Center and American Civil Liberties Union in Austin, Texas. He has also supported the work of the Human Rights Law Network in India and the Icelandic Human Rights Centre. Christopher received his bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Texas State University. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law and a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

As a Program Manager at SAI, Hannah Crane supports research, writing, data analysis, and project management across our Corporate Programs and Innovations & Partnerships teams. Before joining SAI, Hannah was a research scholar and founding member of the Institute for Executive Education at NYU School of Law, where she delivered educational programming, implemented strategic marketing plans, and managed client relationships for the Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy program. She has previous experience in leadership development and administration in higher education and as a contributor to the Huffington Post. 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.

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.

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 Senior Director of Standards and Impacts, Rochelle Zaid oversees development and implementation of the SA8000® Standard, its certification system, and related tools and programs. She leads SAI’s collaboration with other standards organizations and brands, spearheading innovative initiatives to advance the human rights of workers around the world. Rochelle previously served as Executive Director of Social Accountability Accreditation Services (SAAS) for almost a decade. Under her leadership, SAAS grew into a leading organization evaluating, accrediting, and monitoring firms that audit and certify organizations to social standards. Prior to her tenure at SAAS, Rochelle served in various roles with SAI – most recently as Director of Training and Accreditation. Rochelle has a background in promoting sustainability in the fashion industry. She worked as project administrator for social accountability at Eileen Fisher, where she helped establish the company’s first social compliance system. In this role, she collaborated with a progressive and visionary team in a company that was among the first to adopt the SA8000 Standard. Earlier in her career, Zaid served for eight years with the clothing company Country Miss, managing its product development department including factories and outsourcing facilities in the United States, China and Hong Kong. Respect for workers’ rights was an inherent part of the company’s culture. Rochelle holds a bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College.

As Associate 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 has managed SAI’s groundbreaking worker–manager program TenSquared since 2014, helping improve the lives of over 50,000 workers in Brazil, China, and Turkey. 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.