Our Team

Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr.

Acting Executive Director, Business Civic Leadership Center

Alfonso “Al” Martinez-Fonts Jr. is a vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Martinez-Fonts previously was a consultant to the U.S. Chamber as president of Alfonso...

Richard Crespin

Senior Fellow

As a Senior Fellow for the Foundation, Richard helps lead the Business Civic Leadership Center's efforts to engage the business community in managing sustainable supply chains, building non-profit capacity, and responding to disasters. In addition...

Bailey Gilchrist Jacobs

Senior Manager, Communications

Bailey Jacobs serves as Manager, External Relations at the U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center executing the media and public relations efforts for the organization.  Her work mainly focuses on managing BCLC’s overall media strategy...

Kara Kozimor

Director, Events and Marketing

Kara Kozimor serves as the Director of Marketing and Events at the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Business Civic Leadership Center. In this position, she is responsible for overall marketing and branding of BCLC, as well as specific products and services...

Jeff Lundy, PhD

Research Manager

@CSRJeff Jeff Lundy joined the Business Civic Leadership Center in February 2012 to oversee and advance its research agenda. In this role, Jeff works with BCLC's network of companies to create their Business for Good Map presence. He also manages...

Jesse Matton

Coordinator, Corporate Relations

Jesse Matton coordinates BCLC’s issue’s portfolio, with a particular focus in Women’s Economic Empowerment. Additionally, she works with Rebecca Mousseau in fostering BCLC’s company network. In these roles, she is responsible for building awareness...

Gerald McSwiggan

Director, Issue Networks

Gerald McSwiggan oversees BCLC's disaster assistance and recovery capabilities. Under his leadership, BCLC's disaster portfolio provides best-practice recovery information for businesses and communities, as well as critical on-the-ground support...

Rebecca Freyvogel Mousseau

Director of Corporate Relations

Rebecca Freyvogel Mousseau has been with the Business Civic Leadership Center since the summer of 2004. As director of corporate relations, Rebecca helps companies identify how BCLC can support their corporate citizenship initiatives and introduces...

Brooks Nelson

Operations Manager

Brooks Nelson began working with BCLC in March 2009 as a researcher for the Together for Recovery campaign. Currently, Brooks is responsible for managing BCLC’s core operations – keeping the team fully staffed, managing BCLC’s budget, and...

Ines Pearce

Manager, Disaster Help Desk and Senior Disaster Advisor

As BCLC senior disaster advisor and manager of the National Disaster Help Desk for Business, Inés Pearce is BCLC's primary point of contact for community-level disaster preparedness, recovery, and partnership coordination. She is the chief executive...

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