Adam Olson is a Senior Advocacy Advisor in Oxfam America’s Policy and Campaigns Division. In his role, Adam supports the organization’s policy goals through collaboration with policymakers, allied organizations, community leaders, faith groups, and academics in seven U.S. states. His current remit includes the crisis in Yemen, foreign aid reform, and international agricultural development. Adam’s work is entirely nonpartisan. Previous work with Oxfam contributed to new food company policies on climate, gender, and land rights. Adam also guest lectures, is an active Rotarian, and serves on the board of Chicago Fair Trade. He is proud to have grown up in Minnesota farm country, which informs his approach to sustainable agriculture.

Having worked for social justice movements dedicated towards human rights, immigrant rights, and workers rights for over twenty years all across the world from Chicago to Guatemala to Honduras, Katherine Bissell Cordova has gracefully taken on the role as the Executive Director of Chicago Fair Trade. Her dedication to human rights and fair trade is reflected in her well rounded experience throughout the world and her receiving the Casa Guatemala’s Human Rights Award. She was also recently appointed as a co-chair to the Fair Trade Campaigns’ National Steering Committee. Katherine currently lives in Chicago with her two children, Sofia, a budding artist, and Mateo who is showing telltale signs of being a future organizer. Her hobbies include a newfound passion for gardening and cooking delicious dinners for CFT board meetings.