The Ethix Merch Team

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For 15 years Kevin O'Brien has focused his career on understanding and working within supply chains. He has worked with Merchandising, Design, Manufacturing, Imprinting, Fulfillment, Distribution as well as Finance and Ecommerce. Kevin's experience comes out of the New York City Garment Center and from manufacturing facilities throughout the country. His experiences have brought him in contact with the creative and technical genius, as well as the shortcomings, of ethical manufacturing practices. He wishes to use his experience to help chart a more progressive future that is of greater benefit to workers and the natural environment. Kevin@ethixventures.com

    Kevin O'Brien

 
   

For twenty-eight years Chris Mackin has focused upon the structure of the workplace as a setting for social change. He is the founder of Ownership Associates, Inc. of Cambridge, MA, a leading advisor to employee-owned corporations throughout the United States and Europe. He serves as a member of the core faculty of the Harvard Trade Union Program, a mid-career training program for union leaders. He holds a Doctorate from Harvard University in the field of Human Development. Chris@ethixventures.com

 

    Chris Mackin

 
   

 With forty years of business experience, Pierre Ferrari has served in a wide variety of organizations from Ben & Jerry's (chair of the board) to Coca-Cola (Senior VP Marketing) to International Relief and Development (Special assistant to the President of CARE) to the environment (chair of Businesses and Environmentalists Allied for Recycling.) In addition to his work with Ethix Ventures, Pierre is a principal with Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products and in the field of social venture capital. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

 

    Pierre Ferrari

 
   

A notorious bleeding heart and a perennial activist/volunteer (and a UC Berkeley English major, to top it all off), Daniel is surprised to find himself so strongly attached to the idea of changing the world through business. He believes that when Business focuses equally on the three Ps (People, Planet, Profit), we may finally be able to move beyond "crisis mode" and create a truly spectacular world for everyone. Daniel@ethixventures.com

 

     Daniel Cardozo

 
   
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 John Harthan is our Operations go to player.  Once we know what you need John makes sure that all of the i's are dotted and t's are crossed.  John has overseen custom merchandise production and distribution for over a decade and is our guarantee for on time delivery.  In addition to helping us save our planet John is also an accomplished hockey coach so please feel free to ask him for some free hockey advice. John@ethixventures.com

 

        John Harthan

 
   

Aria came to Ethix straight from the University of Michigan, where she joined a firestorm of student anti-sweatshop activism. As a student leader, she used sit-ins, demonstrations, and letter-writing campaigns to pressure the university to actually enforce its stated policy against sweatshops. She also created the Fair Tees program to connect student groups with sweatfree T-shirts. Nothing good ever comes easy.  ...Read more about Aria's success @ UM
Aria spearheads Solidarity eXchange, which will empower students and individuals across the country to change the morally-bankrupt global apparel industry through entrepreneurship.  Aria@ethixventures.com

Aria DiSalvo