Global Compliance’s Expert Advisors

Meet some of our in-house industry leaders

Has done ethics consulting in over forty countries for great organizations in most major industries. He is frequently asked to speak before organizations such as the Conference Board, Institute of Internal Auditors, Young Presidents Organization and Ethics Officer Association. He has raised awareness of the importance of ethical behavior on television, newspapers and magazines.

Steve has been described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the most sought after consultants to keep companies on the straight and narrow." Since 1993, Steve has built his ethics and compliance consulting reputation, in both the public and private sectors, helping more than 30% of the companies in the Fortune 200 meet their ethics and compliance program needs in more than forty countries globally.

Prior to founding the Ethical Leadership Group in 1993, Steve was executive director of the Center for Ethics and Corporate Policy, a Chicago-based ethics think tank. Steve received his ethics training both in the real world of business and inside the ivy covered walls at Harvard University, where he received a Master of Theological Studies degree. Steve has founded, nurtured and sold two businesses. In addition to consulting and speaking, Steve is a member of the Board of Directors of DePaul’s Institute for Business and Professional Ethics.

Steve has his MBA and BA from the University of Chicago, and studied international organizational development in the Graduate Business School at the Katholieke University of Leuven in Belgium.

Is a former senior trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, where he was hired under the Attorney General's Honors Program. During his time with the Department of Justice, Andrew investigated and litigated numerous cases against employers across the country and brought one of the Department of Justice's first "pattern or practice" sexual harassment cases. Andrew is recognized among the country's leading experts on conducting lawful and effective internal investigations.

Was a senior trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, where he was hired under the Attorney General's Honors Program. He brought one of the Department of Justice's first "pattern or practice" sexual harassment cases. Michael is recognized as among the country's leading experts on conducting lawful and effective internal investigations.

Along with Andrew Foose, Michael has been asked numerous times to speak on behalf of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at its Technical Advisory Program Seminars and on behalf of the Society for Human Resources (SHRM), the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), and other organizations throughout the country. Further, articles written by Michael have been featured in a variety of professional publications, including SHRM’s Legal Report and the Labor Law Journal. In addition, the United Nations hired Brightline Compliance (the name under which we provided training services prior to acquisition by Global Compliance) to consult on the development of its sexual harassment policy and investigation procedures, and to train its peacekeeping forces in the Congo and Sierra Leone.

Joined Global Compliance in 1999 from Caremark, a nationally recognized leader in compliance education and training. There she was Vice President in charge of education and program development for the Compliance and Integrity Department. During her tenure, she developed and executed the Caremark compliance program for more than 800 healthcare facilities across the country and received national recognition for her programs.

Mary is a registered pharmacist by training and has more than twenty years of management, education, and clinical experience earned in several large health care companies, including Baxter and Caremark. Mary has presented, published and consulted nationally and internationally on topics related to compliance programs and health care.

Joined Global Compliance in 2005, after serving nine years as the Executive Director and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA). The ECOA is the premier ethics association in the world, and Ed helped make it so.

At the ECOA, Ed oversaw the development of the most widely attended conferences and training programs in the business ethics field. He developed partnerships between the ECOA and the World Bank, the U. S. Sentencing Commissions and ethics and compliance organizations in Paris, London, Tokyo and Johannesburg. Ed also served as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Advisory Group and was a member of the Ethics Oversight Committee for the United States Olympic Committee.

Ed has authored several major surveys including the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s National Survey of Ethics and Compliance in Organizations (1995), Sources and Consequences of Workplace Pressure (1997) and Technology and Ethics in the Workplace (1998). He has edited and/or co-authored six books on business ethics, including The Ethical Edge: Tales of Organizations that Have Faced Moral Crises (1996) and The Ethics of Accounting and Finance (1996). He has also published numerous articles, been a featured speaker at numerous national and international forums including the Conference Board, the Chautauqua Institute and the European Business Ethics Institute, and has been quoted or appeared in too many media outlets to list.

Ed received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Pennsylvania State University and has also received degrees in philosophy from the University of Toronto and Trinity College. Prior to becoming ECOA’s first full-time director, Ed was a tenured professor of philosophy at Bentley College.

Has over 10 years experience in this area of law and training. Her professional experience includes work as an employment attorney with the national law firm, McGuire, Woods LLP, and she has served as in-house counsel for Capital One and AXA Equitable. She led the corporate governance initiative for the legal department at Capital One and developed and delivered compliance training programs for legal counsel, human resources professionals, and other employees.  Katrina is active with the American Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section as a speaker, writer, and advocate for corporate counsel involvement in the ABA. 

Katrina is a graduate of Hampton University and Harvard Law School.

Joined Global Compliance in 2005, having previously served as the Dubai Ethics Resource Center’s Manager of Programs where he helped launch the new Center and create its portfolio of products and services. His work in Dubai included: founding the Corporate Directors' Leadership Forum; conducting a high-profile research program on ethics and corporate responsibility in the Gulf region; and implementing several client-specific projects for public and private organizations.

Prior to his position in Dubai, Santiago was the Manager of Corporate Responsibility Reporting at Chiquita Brands International where he wrote two award-winning corporate responsibility reports. These reports are available online at www.chiquita.com. Santiago began his career in ethics as the World Bank Group’s Business Ethics Research Specialist, where he worked on implementing world-class standards throughout the organization.

Santiago has been a speaker at several international conferences and events, including the World Accounting Summit, the second Middle East Corporate Social Responsibility Summit and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Experts’ Meeting.

Santiago holds a master’s degree from the American University in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Has been working with The Setzer Group, a strategic planning firm that offers general management intervention for boards and senior executives interested in achieving superior organizational effectiveness and performance. Prior to establishing The Setzer Group, he was a senior vice president for strategic planning and secretary to the board of Carson Products Company, a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of hair care products for people of color.

John received his formal education at Morehouse College (B.A.) and Harvard University (M.B.A. and M. Div.). He has also held positions in higher education management at Harvard Business School, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and at Morehouse College. In addition to his current consulting practice, he enjoys counseling college and graduate students as well as young professionals about career preparation and life-long personal development.