Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade

Alyssa works as a responsible supply chain program manager for Google. Alyssa has over 20 years of experience in the energy and environmental sector. She worked in broad range of Corporate Social Responsibility functions (private sector, government, and global nonprofits). She launched SunPower’s sustainability efforts in 2008, including the SunPower Foundation, where she managed more than $5 million in global energy programs and over 1MW of donated solar power technology, including to Virunga National Park and the City of Joy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She's an advisor and board member to several nonprofits working at the intersection of conflict-climate change-conservation. When she's not working on humanitarian causes, she's running-biking-swimming-adventuring, producing stories, or working in her garden.

Annie Signorelli is a responsible sourcing expert with Apple’s Environment and Supply Chain Innovation team. In this role, she supports the advancement of industry-wide standards for the responsible sourcing of minerals. Prior to joining Apple, Annie led responsible sourcing policy programs at both the Sentry (formerly the Enough Project) and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, focusing on conflict, human rights, and supply chain due diligence. Annie holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Peace & Justice Studies from Tufts University. 

Patricia Syvrud is the Program Manager for the Minerals, Materials and Society program, an education, research and training initiative at the University of Delaware (UD). She is the immediate past Executive Director of the World Diamond Council, an international organization charged with representing the diamond pipeline at the UN-mandated Kimberley Process forum, (the organization charged with global tracking of rough diamonds from mine to manufacture), and a current member of the Board of Directors of the United States Kimberley Process Authority.  Patricia holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and is a Graduate Gemologist (Gemological Institute of America). She is passionate about responsible sourcing and supply chain transparency and is currently overseeing the creation of the Jewelry Development Impact index (JDI), which is now a technical evaluative research project of the Minerals, Materials and Society program at UD.

Patricia’s career highlights include cataloging the entire National Gem Collection at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, developing a world-class museum collection for the Gemological Institute of America, and working as a pro bono consultant to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for assistance with Albright's pin exhibition and book, “Read My Pins, Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box”.

A frequent public and industry speaker, Patricia has been featured at the following events: OECD 2019 Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, Paris, France; Metropolitan Museum of Art MetFridays, New York; World Bank Global Conference on Oil, Gas and Mining; AGTA GemFair; American Gem Society Guild Meetings; Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference; GIA Alumni Association; Inhorgenta Show, Munich; International Diamond Week, Israel; JA NY Show; Jewelry Industry Summit; MJSA Expo, among others.