Patricia Jurewicz
Founder and ceo
Patricia is CEO of Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), a for-benefit CSO that champions human rights in the raw materials found in products we use every day.
Since 2004, Patricia has worked with civil society and shareholder communities to address labor and human rights abuses. She speaks extensively about modern slavery, due diligence, traceability, and value chains. Patricia has contributed to KnowTheChain’s benchmarking reports, OECD’s due diligence guidance, BCI’s forced labor task force, and ICCR’s Equitable Supply Chain Group. She launched RSN’s initiative, YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced, which aims to mitigate forced labor in cotton production globally, and enable yarn and fabric mills to implement a risk-based due diligence approach for all of their sourcing.
Prior to RSN, Patricia managed production at Gap, Inc., encouraged equitable trade for IATP, and trained women's artisan cooperatives. She has degrees from Fashion Institute of Technology, Cornell, and Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Michael Baldino-Kelly
Director of Program Development
Michael Baldino-Kelly has a diverse background in international development, global public health, and the humanitarian sector. His primary focus areas include monitoring and evaluation, program development, and program performance with a focus on quality improvement. Michael’s career has seen him support civil society development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and emergency response work around the globe.
At RSN, Michael is leading efforts to scale initiatives and enhance capacity building with partners, focusing on ethical and sustainable sourcing practices globally.
Originally from Philadelphia, Michael divides his time between the US and Italy.
Mara Curtis
Operations coordinator
Mara Curtis is a recovering academic scientist who lends her science literacy and system development skills to forwarding sustainable practices, justice and environmental issues. She holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Granada, Spain and an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Pomona College. Her recent work experience includes raising her two small children, and supporting non profit organizations in the fields of shareholder advocacy, mental health, and sexual assault.