Advisory Board Members
Komala Ramachandra
Komala Ramachandra is the Director for Social, Labor & Human Rights at Gap Inc. In this role, she focuses on protecting workers’ rights and wellbeing in facilities that manufacture Gap Inc. branded apparel around the world. She designs and implements Gap Inc.’s strategies on stakeholder engagement, fair wages, and human rights due diligence.
Komala has been a human rights advocate for over 15 years, seeking to hold companies and financial institutions accountable for human rights and environmental impacts globally. Prior to joining Gap Inc., she was a social and environmental compliance specialist at the World Bank Group. She has worked at Human Rights Watch, investigating predatory corporate practices and spearheading research on economic inequality and human rights. She previously served as the Communities Director for South Asia at Accountability Counsel, where she supported communities to defend their human rights and natural resources through cases in Peru, Mexico, India, and Nepal. She has also lived and worked with mining affected communities in Oaxaca, Mexico and agricultural workers in Telangana, India.
Komala has a BA in economics and political science from Northwestern University and a JD from Harvard Law School. She has served on the boards of multiple organizations, including the Business and Human Rights Resource Center and the Coalition for Human Rights in Development.