Our board in the US

Russell DaSilva is Senior Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, advising general corporate lending, trade finance and leveraged acquisition finance clients, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions.

Prior to this he was a partner at Hogan Lovells in New York, specialising in international banking practice. Educated at Princeton and Harvard Universities, Russell is a member of the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Council on Foreign Relations. Russell speaks five languages.

Mahlette is a conservation and development professional based in Washington, DC.

Previously, Mahlette was Director for the Responsible Mining and Energy Program at Conservation International, where she worked for over ten years leading strategic partnerships with major corporations on a range of sustainability initiatives. Prior to joining Conservation International, she worked in the environmental consulting field advising clients on how to develop and implement environmental management systems. She recently completed a year consulting with several NGOs in her native country of Ethiopia.

Greg is currently Executive Director of the West Side Campaign Against Hunger.

Previously, Greg was Managing Director of Wellness in the Schools and prior to that, Director of National Partnerships for Share our Strength’s Cooking Matters ‘No Kid Hungry’ campaign. Greg has worked in London, England, as a food consultant for public sector organizations and the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames. He has also been a restaurant owner and chef in Ithaca, NY, and spent time as a US Peace Corps volunteer in Mali.

Seth Kerschner is a Partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he practices environmental law and assists clients with transactions, litigation, climate change, regulatory compliance, site remediation, sustainability, biodiversity, and energy transition matters.

His work involves advising clients on greenhouse gas emission reduction and offset projects.  Seth counseled a government client through several meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including COP21, which resulted in the Paris Agreement.  Seth is the former chair of the Conservation Law Foundation’s Connecticut State Board.