Renee Bowers

Fair Labor Association

Senior Director for Social Compliance

Description

Renee oversees factory-level monitoring and business level accreditation and leads FLA’s fair compensation program. Previously she served as the executive director of the Fair Trade Federation, an association of businesses dedicated to supporting artisan and farmer communities through fair trade practices. In that role she worked with stakeholders to develop and uphold criteria involving fair wages, sustainable purchasing practices, and ethical production. She spent the early years of her career as a fair trade buyer, where she worked directly with producers in India and Sri Lanka to build their business capacity and ensure sustainable practices on the ground. Renee holds a graduate certificate in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Apparel Business from the University of Delaware and was a senior research fellow with the American Institute of Indian Studies