Profiles

Jessica Rivas is the Director of Human Rights for McDonald’s Corporation. She has been with McDonald’s since 2017 when she joined as the Director of Global Supply Chain Human Rights leading the strategy for human rights in McDonald’s global supply chain. In 2020, she became the Director of Human Rights overseeing human rights for the company, restaurants, and global supply chain.

Prior to McDonald’s, Jessica was an Adjunct Professor at DePaul University teaching Sustainable Supply Chains and Human Rights courses and a freelance consultant working with social enterprises and corporations. Jessica also worked as the first Business Development Manager for a social enterprise where she worked with global supply chain companies, such as Marks & Spencer, designing ethical sourcing strategies to incorporate real-time mobile data from factory workers to increase transparency in their supply chains. Jessica began her career as an attorney where she focused on products liability defense work and real estate litigation.

Jessica holds an MBA with a focus on sustainability from ESADE Business School in Spain. She also received her JD from William Mitchell College of Law and a BA in English with Honors from the University of Michigan.

When not working, Jessica enjoys spending time with her daughters Sophia and Eden and husband Josh, playing tennis, traveling and exploring the Chicago food scene.