Dan Viederman

Partner

2016 - Current

Dan Viederman is a Managing Director of Working Capital Fund, focused on efforts to engage entrepreneurs and tech innovators in pursuit of new tools to scale improvements for vulnerable workers in global supply chains. Working Capital Fund was incubated within Humanity United (HU) where Dan served as Managing Director. Prior to HU Dan was CEO of Verité, a leading non-profit organization working against global forced and child labor through in-depth research and corporate engagement. In recognition of Verité’s impact, Dan was winner of a 2007 Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was named Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011. He has also managed China offices for World Wildlife Fund and Catholic Relief Services. Dan is a graduate of Yale University, the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and the Chinese language program at Nanjing Teacher’s University.

CEO

2003 - 2016

Verité's mission is to ensure that people worldwide work under safe, fair and legal conditions. www.verite.org (2001-2003 served as Managing Director/Director of Research and Training)

Chief Representative, China

1994 - 1998

China Representative

1992 - 1994

Trainer/Associate and Fellow in Public Affairs

1987 - 1989

English Teacher

1985 - 1987

Taught English to undergraduate and graduate students.