The People

Solidarity eXchange is a project of Ethix Ventures, a company of Merchant Adventurers. Ethix is a trusted corporation with the legal ability to conduct commerce, and a history based in SweatX one of the original Sweatfree movement projects. It is operated by proven activists, academics, and empowered leaders who share the Sweatfree vision.

If you need to contact us, please call 877-709-3845 or email ethix@solidarityexchange.com.

	Since the 1980s, Bob Ross has worked on the political economy of urban development and the analysis of global capitalism at Clark University. He still does occasional work on the social movements of the 1960s, and is frequently interviewed about his role in those movements. Bob has worked as a speechwriter and policy advisor, and he writes occasional commentary for magazines. In 1995, he began research on the resurgence of sweatshops in the U.S. and global apparel industry, and he has given over 100 public lectures on the issue. His work on this topic has been published in The Nation, Foreign Affairs, Dollars and Sense, as well as a number of edited collections of research on globalization. Bob's book, Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops, was published in 2004.
Robert Ross

	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 DiSalvo

	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 Cardozo

	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 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 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

	John Harthan is our Operations go to player. Once we know what custom merchandise 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 Harthan