{"id":24593,"date":"2023-12-07T17:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/?p=24593"},"modified":"2024-01-19T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T18:01:27","slug":"fair-labor-association-welcomes-new-president-and-ceo-jeff-vockrodt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/fair-labor-association-welcomes-new-president-and-ceo-jeff-vockrodt\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Labor Association welcomes new President and CEO Jeff Vockrodt\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-text section\" data-dc-animate>\n    <div class=\" fade-animate \"  data-dc-animate-ref=\"fadeBlocks[]\">\n        \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vockrodt brings record of innovative leadership, two decades of advancing labor standards&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, DC, December 7, 2023 <\/strong>\u2014 The Fair Labor Association (FLA) today announced that Jeff Vockrodt will serve as its next President and CEO, effective December 11. He was appointed by the organization\u2019s 19-member Board of Directors, which includes equal representation from companies, universities, and civil society organizations, with an independent chair.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vockrodt will succeed Sharon Waxman, who has served as President and CEO since 2016. Under her leadership, FLA developed award-winning living wage tools, expanded human rights due diligence programs across the value chain, and increased staff presence to 13 countries on five continents to meet the needs of a growing membership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFLA has thrived under Sharon\u2019s outstanding leadership, and now we are excited to have someone with Jeff\u2019s background and vision lead the organization going forward,\u201d said FLA Board Chair Michael Posner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am honored and excited to be taking on this role,\u201d said Vockrodt. \u201cThere are so many good things to say about FLA. The team is exceptionally strong, the organization\u2019s standards and processes are robust, the model of collaborative, concrete progress is incredibly important. Most of all, though, I am humbled by the mission\u2014the number of people whose lives FLA can impact in fundamentally important ways that go right to the heart of quality of life, dignity, and respect. I look forward to diving in and advancing that mission, working with FLA\u2019s members, board, staff, and partners to build on the organization\u2019s many strengths.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJeff has an impressive record of advancing the rights and interests of workers. As President and CEO of FLA he will lead an incredibly passionate, talented, and committed global staff that is laser-focused on bringing human rights to work,\u201d said Waxman. \u201cI will always admire Team FLA, and I fully expect FLA\u2019s impact to continue to grow under Jeff\u2019s leadership.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vockrodt has been working to advance workers\u2019 rights and responsible business practices for two decades, as an organizer, attorney, policymaker, and executive. He has held leadership positions at organizations including the US Department of Labor and Climate Jobs NY and has advanced human rights in the workplace through his work with labor unions, the International Labor Organization, and the law firm of James &amp; Hoffman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vockrodt has been recognized as an innovative nonprofit leader, particularly for his work at the intersection of labor standards and climate action. Throughout his career, he has sought out opportunities to work closely with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including business leaders, investors, labor leaders, tech developers, academics, and public officials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vockrodt graduated from the University of Minnesota with BSB, JD, and MPP degrees and completed an MBA at Columbia Business School. He serves on multiple boards, including the CHPE Green Economy Fund\u2019s advisory board and the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable\u2019s board of directors. He has also served on the Shift Commission, as a guest lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, and as a judge for MIT\u2019s Inclusive Innovation Challenge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The Fair Labor Association (FLA) promotes human rights at work. We are an international network of companies, universities, and civil society organizations collaborating to ensure that millions of people working at the world\u2019s factories and farms are paid fairly and protected from risks to their health, safety, and well-being.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CONTACT:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stacy Hope&nbsp;<br><a href=\"mailto:communications@fairlabor.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">communications@fairlabor.org<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"location":[],"members":[],"partner":[],"class_list":["post-24593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24613,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24593\/revisions\/24613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24593"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=24593"},{"taxonomy":"members","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/members?post=24593"},{"taxonomy":"partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairlabor.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner?post=24593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}