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The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to welcome three ESG leaders and Haub Law alumni as Advisory Board Members of the School’s Sustainable Business Law Hub. The new Advisory Board Members include Hana Heineken ‘10, Attorney, ClientEarth, Brendan Reilly ’04, Senior Legal Director, ESG Disclosures, PepsiCo, and Jesse Glickstein ‘13, Corporate Counsel, Amazon. The Sustainable Business Law Hub’s Advisory Board consists of Haub Law faculty, esteemed alumni, prominent members of the legal community, entrepreneurs, and ESG and sustainability leaders.

“With the shared vision of a more sustainable future, our advisory board members work closely with our faculty and students to help guide our Sustainable Business Law Hub towards that end goal,” said Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, Associate Dean for Environmental Law Programs and Strategic Initiatives, and the Faculty Director of the Sustainable Business Law Hub, Jason J. Czarnezki. “We are excited to have Hana, Brendan, and Jesse, all Haub Law alumni, join us and share their industry knowledge and expertise on practical solutions for companies to have sustainable business models.”

Hana Heineken ‘10 is an attorney with environmental law nonprofit ClientEarth. Hana concurrently serves as a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School, where she teaches environmental justice. Based in Washington DC, Hana specializes in securities litigation and financial regulation in the US, with a focus on climate risk and the role of financial institutions. Her work is also international and entails addressing the just energy transition in Japan and Southeast Asia through the financial sector. Hana brings diverse experiences and perspectives to the Board, having worked at influential corporate accountability organizations on subjects ranging from illegal logging and supply chain risks, to human and Indigenous rights, fossil fuels, and ESG investing. Fluent in English and Japanese, Hana holds a Juris Doctor from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, where she received a Rising Star Award.

Brendan Reilly ’04 is an attorney with 20 years of experience as a litigator, arbitrator and in-house counsel. Currently, he is Senior Legal Director, ESG Disclosures, with PepsiCo. For the first half of his career, Brendan litigated and arbitrated intellectual property matters in Europe and North and South America. Brendan joined PepsiCo’s litigation department in 2012, before transitioning into various legal generalist roles at PepsiCo in support of its business functions, including sales, marketing, and sustainability. As part of his sustainability practice at PepsiCo, Brendan leverages his litigation, trademark and marketing experience to counsel on green advertising and consumer protection, and relies on his deal-making experience to execute transactions in furtherance of PepsiCo’s sustainability journey, such as fleet electrification, water replenishment, and collection and incorporation of recycled materials into product packaging. In his current role, Brendan focuses on PepsiCo’s voluntary ESG disclosures and preparations for forthcoming mandatory ESG reporting under CSRD, ISSB, SEC Climate Rule and other ESG reporting regulations. Brendan also leads PepsiCo Law Department’s Sustainability Practice Center of Excellence, which is a global practice group of attorneys who are supporting PepsiCo’s numerous sustainability transformation projects around the world. Brendan received his Juris Doctor from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

Jesse Glickstein ‘13 is Corporate Counsel at Amazon where he primarily focuses on global ESG Regulatory Tracking and Reporting. He was previously the Environmental & Human Rights Counsel on the Global, Social, and Environmental Responsibility Team at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company where he advised on a wide range of environmental, energy, conflict minerals, and human rights compliance, supply chain, and legal issues. Prior to that, Jesse practiced environmental law at an international law firm, O’Melveny & Myers, which included work on renewable energy project finance transactions and environmental diligence on M&A deals. Jesse also co-founded Faiths United for Sustainable Energy, a non-profit that educated and mobilized faith-based communities around the intersection of issues related to the environment, climate change, social and economic justice, renewable energy, and religion. Jesse has a deep commitment to public interest and pro bono work. He currently serves on the Coalition for Green Capital Environmental Justice Advisory Board and in the Rainforest Alliance’s Ambassadors Circle to support the organization’s mission of creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. Jesse received his Juris Doctor from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

Launched in fall 2021, Haub Law’s Sustainable Business Law Hub serves as an incubator space, student-training program, research endeavor, and think tank devoted to addressing global sustainability challenges through policy and research projects, relationships with the business community, and capacity building in private environmental governance. The Sustainable Business Law Hub incorporates the three pillars of sustainability—economic, social and environmental welfare—into global business practices by engaging in research and policy development, improving public law and governance, and working with existing industry, the small business community, startups, and the community at-large to develop and employ innovative private environmental models and sustainability practices, such as those that promote a circular economy. Working hand-in-hand with faculty experts, students participating in the Hub receive practical training and experience in using the law to foster sustainable business practices.

Learn more about the Sustainable Business Law Hub at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and its advisory board.

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Hannah Cahill

Class of 2023, 2025

Political Science, BA
Mental Health Counseling, MS

You graduated from Pace with a BA in Political Science and are now pursuing an MS in Mental Health Counseling. How did you become interested in both subjects?

My decision to pursue a BA in Political Science was very much influenced by my high school teacher in American History and Advanced Placement (AP) United States Government and Politics, who urged me to get involved in advocacy and activism in my community. It became important to me to explore our political system and the ways in which it impacts the lives of those who live within it, and studying political science was the way I wanted to do that.

I have always had an interest in psychology, and so I decided to pursue a minor in the subject while I was earning my BA in Political Science at Pace. The more I learned, the more I was influenced to pursue a career in the field. I also have a natural inclination towards helping others, and work experience has taught me that I feel the most fulfilled in professional environments that allow me to interact with a diverse and ever-changing group of people. Ultimately, it was the positive experiences my loved ones and I have had with mental health professionals that sold me on applying to graduate programs.

Why did you choose to attend Pace, for both your undergraduate and graduate studies?

I chose to attend Pace for undergrad because of the opportunities available to me through the Honors College, the expertise and support of the faculty, and the convenience of the Pleasantville campus location for me as a commuter student. I decided to return to Pace for my master’s degree not only because I already loved Pace, but also because of positive feedback about the MS in Mental Health Counseling program from trusted people in my life. To this day, I have nothing but rave reviews about the program.

This past summer, you participated in Pace University-Career Services’s Community Impact Funded Internship program, at G.O.O.D. for Girls, a non-profit community-based asset/leadership development and mentoring organization for girls ages 9-18. Please tell us about your role and how this internship was meaningful to you.

I feel so incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to work with G.O.O.D. for Girls, Inc. (GfG) this past summer. My role consisted of wearing many hats and was a challenging mix of marketing, curriculum building, facilitating educational workshops, and lending a hand any way I could. It was empowering to work alongside such accomplished and altruistic women, and the relationships I formed with the girls we served are ones which have left a permanent mark on my heart. In terms of counseling, this internship gave me the opportunity to practice providing psychoeducation and working with adolescents in a quasi-therapeutic setting. Though not a clinical intern at GfG, many of the interactions I had with the girls were focused on conflict resolution and emotional regulation and have certainly helped prepare me for my future work.

What have your experiences been like with the Pleasantville Psychology Department? What faculty have been instrumental in your journey?

The one thing I appreciate most about the Pleasantville Psychology Department has been the passion the faculty have for their profession and for the subjects they teach. To learn from professors like Catherine Morrison, PhD, and Nikita Krishnan, PhD, who are so knowledgeable about their subjects and excited to teach, was such a privilege, especially because they inspired curiosity in me about topics I had not previously been interested in. Professor Jennaleigh Iseman, PhD, was also an invaluable source of support and encouragement in both my exploration of counseling styles and journey toward finding my individual counseling identity.

I decided to return to Pace for my master’s degree not only because I already loved Pace, but also because of positive feedback about the MS in Mental Health Counseling program from trusted people in my life. To this day, I have nothing but rave reviews about the program.

What other activities and organizations have you been involved with as a student?

As an undergrad, I was part of Model UN, the Honors College, and did some volunteer work through the Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR). CCAR helped facilitate volunteer work at the JCCA Cottage School in Pleasantville and allowed me to volunteer with the Westchester Council of the Blind, an organization very close to my heart, as the civic engagement component of my Leadership and Advocacy course.

What other internships have you had as a student?

Besides my work at GfG, I have been fortunate to work in two other internships during my time at Pace. The first was a Community Impact Funded Internship at United Way of Westchester and Putnam, where I worked with their director of educational programs to build curriculum and provide STEM education to children in underserved communities in Westchester County. I loved how this role allowed me to dive deep into the realm of social-emotional learning and explore the best ways to teach the subject to children in grades 1-3.

I am also just beginning my second year as a graduate intern for Pace’s Counseling Center on the Pleasantville campus. Although I have not yet reached the fieldwork portion of the MS in Mental Health Counseling program, I was so excited to be awarded an opportunity to work on campus supporting our amazing clinical staff. In my role as a graduate intern, I am primarily responsible for marketing our services and events as well as doing all sorts of outreach on campus, such as Open House and UNV 101 presentations. This year, we are trying to get the word out to the Pace community that counseling services are available to help students face any challenges they encounter during their time at Pace; you don’t need to be in crisis to reach out.

What would you like to do upon graduation/what are your career goals?

Upon graduation, I hope to begin earning my licensure hours by working with children and adolescents. Ultimately, I would love to work in a school setting and have my own private practice. I would also be thrilled if I could publish the picture book I created as part of my senior Honors thesis. Although I majored in political science, I chose to do my thesis as part of my psychology minor and decided to research, write, and (attempt to) illustrate a picture book promoting both early literacy and emotional regulation. Maybe one day you’ll see The Big Feelings Zoo on shelves at a bookstore near you.

What advice would you like to give to our current students?

My advice to current students is to remember that school is not who you are at your core and should not be how you define yourself. Class and homework may take up a lot of your time, but it is important to create a full life for yourself outside of your academic obligations.

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Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professors Emily Gold Waldman and Bridget J. Crawford announce the release of their book “Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It.,” co-authored with Naomi R. Cahn, the Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Law and Nancy L. Buc '69 Research Professor in Democracy and Equity at the University of Virginia School of Law. The book, published by Stanford University Press, shows how silence and stigma around many aspects of reproductive health—from menstruation to menopause—have historically created the conditions in which bias and discrimination can flourish. The authors’ goal is to replace the legal and cultural silence surrounding menopause with a deeper understanding.

Hot Flash explores the culturally specific stereotypes that surround menopause in the United States, as well as how menopause is treated in law and medicine. The book also emphasizes the importance of contextualizing menopause alongside other reproductive stages, as opposed to viewing it as an entirely distinct event. Taking U.S. law regarding pregnancy and breastfeeding as an entry point, the authors suggest changes in existing legislation and workplace policies that would incorporate menopause as well. More broadly, they push us to imagine how law can support a more equitable future. As Professor Waldman explains, “Just as legal protections have evolved to address the challenges of pregnancy and breastfeeding in the workplace, the law can also support those experiencing menopause. By building on existing frameworks, we can ensure that employees affected by menopause have the support they need, ultimately fostering more inclusive work environments."

Throughout the book, a broader framework further enables the authors to explore menopause and its connections with gender, disability, age, and race. In so doing, the authors prompt readers to imagine how law can support a more equitable future and bodily autonomy for all. “Menopause is an inevitable experience for approximately half the population, yet it remains under-discussed in both law and culture,” said Professor Crawford. “Our hope is that this book will shine a light on the legal and social gaps surrounding menopause and also spark meaningful reforms that promote equity and understanding for all people.”

“Menopause is an inevitable experience for approximately half the population, yet it remains under-discussed in both law and culture."

Hot Flash has received critical acclaim from a variety of scholars, authors, doctors, publications, and more. Dr. Isaac Schiff of Harvard Medical School commented: “This is a groundbreaking exploration of a critical, yet overlooked aspect of reproductive health and the many ways that menopause is not just a personal, or even a medical, issue but also has legal implications. A must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of menopause and advocating for inclusive, supportive practices and policies.” A Zoom book launch, hosted by the LawTech Center at the University of Virginia, will be held on October 28 at 1:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public with pre-registration.

Together, Professor Crawford and Professor Waldman also co-authored the book Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law’s Silence on Periods published in 2022 by NYU Press. That book explores the burgeoning menstrual advocacy movement and analyzes how law should evolve to take menstruation into account. It asks what the law currently says about menstruation and provides a roadmap for legal reform that can move society closer to a world where no one is held back or disadvantaged by menstruation. Hot Flash builds on these issues.

Professors Crawford and Waldman have also co-authored numerous articles focused on menstruation and the law, including Period Rhetoric and Partisan Politics, 57 Fam. L.Q. 265 (2024); Menstruation in a Post-Dobbs World, 97 N.Y.U. L. Rev. Online 6 (2023); The Unconstitutional Tampon Tax, 53 U. Rich. L. Rev. 439 (2019), Period Poverty in a Pandemic: Harnessing Law to Achieve Menstrual Equity, 98 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1569 (2021); Title IX and Menstruation, 43 Harv. J.L & Gender 225 (2020) (with Margaret E. Johnson); and The Ground on Which We All Stand: A Conversation About Menstrual Equity Law and Activism, 26 Mich. J. Gender & Law 341 (2020) (with Margaret E. Johnson, Marcy L. Karin, & Laura Strausfeld). Professors Crawford and Waldman have also published several law review articles with Professor Naomi Cahn focused on the law’s connections with menstruation and menopause, including Title IX and “Menstruation or Related Conditions,” 30 Mich. J. Gender & L. 101 (2023) (co-author with Marcy L. Karin, Elizabeth B. Cooper, Margaret E. Johnson); Managing and Monitoring the Menopausal Body, 2022 U. CHI. L. FORUM 41; Contextualizing Menopause in the Law, 45 Harv. J. L. & Gender 1 (2022); and Working Through Menopause, 99 Wash U. L. Rev. 1531 (2022). All three professors have also co-authored several book chapters on the subject.

Bridget J. Crawford is a graduate of Yale College (BA), the University of Pennsylvania School of Law (JD), and Griffith University (PhD) in Brisbane, Australia. Prior to joining the Haub Law faculty, Professor Crawford practiced law at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York (now Milbank LLP). At Haub Law, she teaches Federal Income Taxation; Wills, Trusts and Estates; and Feminist Legal Theory. In 2021, she was appointed as a Distinguished Professor by Pace University, the highest honor the University can bestow upon a faculty member. Crawford’s published work includes several casebooks, books, and more than 100 scholarly articles and essays. Crawford is one of 26 law professors profiled in the book by Michael Hunter Schwartz et al., What the Best Law Teachers Do, published by Harvard University Press. She has been honored multiple times by graduating students at Haub Law as Outstanding Professor of the Year. She also is a prior recipient of Haub Law’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Goettel Prize for faculty scholarship, and the Ottinger Prize for Faculty Achievement.

Emily Gold Waldman is a graduate of Yale University (BA) and Harvard Law School (JD). She joined the Pace faculty in 2006, after clerking for the Honorable Robert A. Katzmann, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. At Haub Law, she teaches Constitutional Law, Law & Education, Employment Law Survey, and Civil Procedure. She has also served for many years as the Faculty Director of the law school's Federal Judicial Honors Program, which places students in externships with federal judges in the Second Circuit, Third Circuit, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and District of Connecticut. From 2003-05, she practiced in the litigation department of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; prior to that, she clerked for the Honorable William G. Young, United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. She served as the chair of the AALS Section on Education Law during the 2011-12 school year, is a member of the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Employment Discrimination, and is also a member of the Second Circuit's Judicial Council Committee on Civic Education & Public Engagement. An expert in the areas of education law, employment law, and constitutional law, Professor Waldman frequently presents on and serves as a panelist for programs focused on these topics and is often called upon by the news media for her expertise. Professor Waldman received the law school's Ottinger Award for Faculty Achievement in 2015, 2018, and 2023, the Professor of the Year Award from the Black Law Students Association in 2013, and the Goettel Prize for Faculty Scholarship in 2008. She currently serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Development.