Nina Smith is the founding Chief Executive Officer of GoodWeave International, the leading global NGO working to stop child labor in global supply chains by bringing visibility and voice to workers; restoring childhoods; and providing assurance to companies and consumers. Under Nina's leadership GoodWeave has pioneered and innovated a system that has directly rescued more than 6,000 children from exploitation and provided rehabilitation, education, and other critical support to these and thousands of other children in producer communicates in India, Nepal, and Afghanistan. A longtime advocate for children’s rights and an expert on addressing labor violations in manufacturing supply chains, Nina has spoken on these issues at fora such as the Skoll World Forum, the World Economic Forum, Harvard University, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, the American Bar Association, among others. She is winner of the Skoll and Schwab awards for social entrepreneurship, and the Center for Nonprofit Advancement’s EXCEL Award for excellence in chief executive leadership. Currently Nina sits on the board of the Fair Labor Association, and is a practitioner affiliate of the Social Enterprise Graduate Degree program at American University. She is a graduate of Tufts University.
Early Childhood to Primary Education • Economic Opportunity • Education • Human Rights • International Justice • Livelihoods • Responsible Supply Chains • Smallholder Productivity • Standards • Sustainable Markets • Women's and Girls' Education
Central and Southern Asia, North America, Europe
