Cristina Villegas

Cristina Villegas is an award-winning sustainable supply chains innovator. For almost 20 years, she has worked hand in hand with local communities, global brands, host governments and development stakeholders to improve sustainability outcomes in raw material supply chains. For the past 10 years, she has developed and led Pact’s renowned responsible supply chain programs, which work with global brands seeking to perform on the leading edge of sustainability and human rights performance. She is regularly consulted as an ASM expert on gold, gemstones and conflict minerals by such organizations as USAID, U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Labor, the World Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and others. She lectures on extractives for Columbia University’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), and she is a technical advisor to the Conservation X Prize’s Amazon Grand Challenge. Cristina speaks Spanish and English.