Senior Advisors & Staff

CLAUDE FONTHEIM

NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIR

Claude Fontheim is the Non-Executive Chair of the GlobalWorks Foundation and has 39 years of experience advising global companies and civil society organizations regarding social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, governance and global public policy.

Mr. Fontheim was among the first CSR practitioners. His work includes crisis management and resolution; international trade, global development and foreign policy matters; partnerships involving labor, human rights, women’s and economic development civil society organizations; as well as multi-stakeholder initiatives.

Mr. Fontheim is a Co-Founder and Senior Advisor to the American Leadership Initiative, which is co-creating a 21st Century agenda for American global leadership with thought leaders from civil society, politics, government (including numerous elected officials), academia and business.

Mr. Fontheim’s extensive nonprofit activities include service on the following boards of directors:

  • Non-Executive Chair & Co-Founder: GlobalWorks Foundation provides capacity building, training and analysis regarding labor and human rights, and sustainable development. It is best known for developing and supporting Co-Governance programs that protect human rights in global supply chains.

  • Chair, Strategic Partnerships Committee of the board, and member of the Executive Committee: Center for International Private Enterprise is a core institution of the National Endowment for Democracy.

  • Member, Board of Directors: NewDEAL Forum supports outstanding pro-growth progressive state and local elected officials in the United States through education and professional development programs; Mr. Fontheim was a founding board member of NewDEAL (a c4 organization) and now serves on the board of directors of its counterpart 501c3 organization.

Mr. Fontheim served previously on the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations, as well as the advisory committees on Africa for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and on international economic policy for the State Department. Mr. Fontheim also served previously as Chair of GoodWeave International, one of the world’s leading civil society organizations working to eliminate child, forced and bonded labor from global supply chains, and was founded by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi.

Mr. Fontheim was a partner in a global law firm.

He also serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Michigan – Michigan in Washington Program.

Mr. Fontheim received his J.D., M.P.P., and B.A. from the University of Michigan where he graduated with High Honors, High Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, and was Managing Editor of Michigan’s international law publication.

D. HOLLY HAMMONDS

SENIOR ADVISOR

D. Holly Hammonds is a Senior Advisor to GlobalWorks Foundation and a Senior Advisor of Fontheim International, LLC.

Ms. Hammonds has extensive experience, as a government official and as an adviser to businesses and nonprofit organizations, in the areas of global trade, labor and human rights, gender equity and inclusive development.  She has worked in many capacities on opportunities and challenges at the intersection of these issues, across a range of sectors worldwide, including textiles and apparel, communications and technology, financial services, and food and agriculture.

Ms. Hammonds has served on the senior staff of the White House National Security and National Economic Councils, as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Economic Affairs, as a presidential appointee to the Board of Conciliators of the World Bank International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, as a trade negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, as a partner and managing director of Fontheim International LLC, and as an attorney in private practice.

Ms. Hammonds has degrees from Yale Law School (JD) and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (MPA). She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and has held fellowships with the Council on Foreign Relations, World Resources Institute, and Progressive Policy Institute.

ERIC BIEL

SENIOR ADVISOR

IN MEMORIAM, GLOBALWORKS FOUNDATION AND FONTHEIM INTERNATIONAL, LLC

We mourn the passing of our wonderful friend and colleague Eric Biel.

Eric contributed tremendously to the fields of business and human rights, with a particular emphasis on worker rights, and trade policy. He brought brilliance, kindness, and compassion to all of his work and personal relationships. He spent most of his career in the public sector with civil society organizations, executive branch positions, and as senior Senate staff.

Eric was a pioneer in teaching the law of business and human rights at Georgetown Law School and beyond. He was loved by his students and a scholarship has been named in his memory.

As part of leadership at the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs for five years, he led ILAB’s work on a diverse set of important projects and diplomatic initiatives. Before that, he held a series of positions, including a leadership position with Human Rights First.

Eric’s ability to bridge differences between adversaries and draw respect from both sides was legendary.

He most recently played a vital role at the Fair Labor Association, while also serving as a Senior Advisor to both Fontheim International, LLC and GlobalWorks Foundation, and as a member of the American Leadership Initiative Advisory Board. Earlier in his career, he was General Counsel & Senior Vice President at Fontheim.

We miss Eric and know that none can take his place.

TESS BONE

DIRECTOR

Tess Bone is a Director with GlobalWorks Foundation. Prior to joining GlobalWorks Foundation, Tess held a dual role at Tiffany & Co. and The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, where she advanced the company’s responsible sourcing initiatives and responsible mining standards development internally and externally, in addition to philanthropic strategy.

Tess was Manager of Accreditation Projects and Planning at Social Accountability Accreditation Services, a nonprofit—now part of Social Accountability International (SAI)—which oversees implementation of human rights standards in global supply chains. Tess performed field research for SAI in the Dominican Republic cacao industry, which included fact-finding at cacao farms and cooperatives, and interviewing members of the business community, government, civil society, and farmers. She recently served as a consultant to SAI on their SA8000 Standard system.

Before joining SAI, Tess was selected for a research team tasked by the United Nations Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo to study the challenges of illegal logging and local violence there. Through desk research and interviews with local and international officials, subject matter experts, civil society and affected communities, her team developed an analytical report with recommendations for various stakeholders. She co-presented their findings to members of the UN, EU and NATO in Kosovo, which was also published on Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution website.

Previously, Tess was Regional Coordinator and Field Consultant in Nicaragua for Community Empowerment Solutions, a nonprofit that develops local social enterprises to bring needed services to rural villages. She performed needs assessments across rural villages, gained the support of local officials, forged partnerships with various stakeholders and expanded the organization’s presence in new regions of the country.

Tess holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she focused on international human rights and corporate social responsibility, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame. During her graduate studies, Tess conducted research for United Nations University in New York City.

Tess has traveled extensively for study or work on human rights and economic development issues, including in Chile, China, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kosovo, Nicaragua, South Africa, and Uganda. She speaks fluent Spanish and conversational French.