Tamaryn Nelson (New York, New York) researches global regulation and stakeholder engagement of multinational corporations with John Ruggie, former UN Special Representative on ‘business and human rights’ at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). She has complemented her research with coursework at the Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT School of Urban Studies and Planning. In addition to this work at HKS, Tamaryn conducts her own sustainability consulting for corporations, NGOs, intergovernmental organizations in Brazil. Prior to HKS, Tamaryn spent 15 years leading innovative research and advocacy in over 20 countries in Latin America and Africa on behalf of Amnesty International, Planned Parenthood, the Pan American Health Organization, and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL). She also created and led the Latin America Program at WITNESS – an NGO founded by British musician Peter Gabriel to document human rights abuses through video technology. Originally from Brazil, Tamaryn holds a Masters in Public Administration (MPA 2014) from the Harvard Kennedy School, where she was a Jorge Paulo Lemann Fellow. She also earned a certificate in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University (IHRL 2002) and has an undergraduate degree in International Relations and African Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS 2000). In 2010, she was selected by Americas Quarterly journal edition ‘Next Generation of Leaders,’ as one of twenty-five emerging business entrepreneurs, activists and political leaders in the region. (Attended Socrates)
Tamaryn Nelson
2015 Ricardo Salinas Scholar ,
Ricardo Salinas Scholarship
Tamaryn Nelson (New York, New York) researches global regulation and stakeholder engagement of multinational corporations with John Ruggie, former UN Special Representative on ‘business and human rights’ at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).