Sharon Waxman (United States)

Date: 09/09/2024

Sharon Waxman (United States)

Sharon Waxman was President and CEO of the Fair Labor Association (FLA) from 2016 to 2024 where she oversaw development of award-winning living wage tools, expanded human rights due diligence programs, and increased the presence of the FLA to 13 countries on five continents with over 200 member organizations. Prior to the FLA Sharon served as VP for Public Policy and Advocacy at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and led a global team working on human rights issues affecting displaced persons globally. She also served as Deputy to the Undersecretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights and oversaw five Bureaus and two Ambassadorial offices, including the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and the Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons. For more than a decade, Sharon served as Senior National Security Advisor to U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA). Earlier in her career in the Congress she was Associate Staff to the Senate Appropriations Committee and developed funding strategies for development and foreign assistance programs. Sharon has served on the Board of the US Global Leadership Coalition, the Nespresso Sustainability Advisory Board, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Sharon received her Masters of International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.