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ABOUT REBECCA BALLARD

Building Companies and organizations THAT HONOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET

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  • Companies, nonprofits, and funders are all operating under real pressure right now — shifting demand, disrupted funding, institutions under strain. Moments like this are when organizations either get sharper or get smaller.

  • Women hold up the economies we depend on, at every level and in every sector. Building institutions that work for them is not a side project, but the work itself.

  • We need a giant toolkit to create the transformative, systemic change necessary to move from an extractive model to a regenerative one. And we need to use every tool we can, in the time we actually have.

  • How things get made, and who benefits, is the same question whether you are looking at a global supply chain, a growing company, or an institution trying to serve its community. I have spent two decades working on it at every scale.

  • If we let it, there is a beautiful web which can connect all of us in powerful and affirming ways.

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Rebecca Ballard bridges people, systems, resources, and organizations so that good missions become durable institutions. Serving companies, social enterprises, nonprofits, foundations, and coalitions in Washington, DC and beyond.

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Fresh Talk at the national museum of women in the arts: Women Reclaiming Agency in Fashion
Fresh Talk at the national museum of women in the arts: Women Reclaiming Agency in Fashion

In partnership with the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), Rebecca Ballard— principal of Ballard Advisory—served as program partner and moderator for Fresh Talk: Agency in Fashion.

Rebecca led a compelling conversation with Tracy Reese, acclaimed designer and founder of Hope for Flowers, and Katrina Orsini, fashion historian and curator at George Washington University. Together, they explored how women are reclaiming agency in the global fashion industry through sustainability, entrepreneurship, and creative leadership.

Drawing on her background in law, policy, and ethical fashion, Rebecca continues to highlight how responsibility and artistry can intersect to create a more equitable and innovative future for fashion.

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Rethinking Tariffs: A Progressive Case for Ethical Trade
Rethinking Tariffs: A Progressive Case for Ethical Trade

In an era of climate crisis and global exploitation, progressive tariff policy can be a powerful tool to promote ethical production, labor rights, and environmental sustainability. By aligning trade with our values, the U.S. can level the economic playing field while driving systemic change at home and abroad.

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A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE AMERICAN GARMENT INDUSTRY AND ITS IMPACT ON LABOR MOVEMENTS IN THE U.S.
A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE AMERICAN GARMENT INDUSTRY AND ITS IMPACT ON LABOR MOVEMENTS IN THE U.S.

In our latest installment of We Can Do This! Sally Greenberg, CEO of National Consumers League, sits down with Rebecca Ballard to discuss the fashion and garment industry.

Sally and Rebecca, an experienced and leading authority on sustainable fashion and founder of the consulting firm Ballard Advisory, discuss the incredible linkage connecting the garment industry’s history with the work of NCL specifically with respect to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the early 1900s, women’s and workers’ rights movements in the U.S., and child labor exploitation.

Rebecca, a former Labor and Employment Attorney with the U.S. Department of Commerce and owner of the sustainable fashion line Maven Women, recently penned a guest blog for NCL titled “The FABRIC Act will address garment industry workplace concerns.”

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