Kristen Genovese is a senior researcher at the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations. She specializes in supporting communities and workers who are seeking remedy for corporate-related human rights abuses through non-judicial grievance mechanisms. She has also worked with communities in Nicaragua, Colombia, Guatemala and Bolivia. Prior to joining SOMO in 2014, Kris was the director of the People, Land, and Resources Program at the Center for International Environmental Law and international counsel at Defenders of Wildlife.