Speakers - NCBA CLUSA

A PLATFORM FOR IMPACT

Speakers

The Co-op IMPACT Conference brings together an ambitious docket of speakers representing educational institutions, foundations, law and accounting firms, government agencies and international development organizations—all with the overarching goal to advance the shared interests of the cooperative ecosystem.

Linda Ann Akanvou, NCBA CLUSA

Dr. Jaime Aristotle Alip, CARD MRI

Ahmed Attia, Direct Global/Direct Co-ops

Rebecca Bauen, Democracy at Work Institute

Julia Baumgartner, Equal Exchange

Tony Bedard, Frontier Co-op

Stephen Bediako, Turning Basin Labs

Michelle Bekkering, U.S. Agency for International Development

Tamela Blalock, NCBA CLUSA

Cornelius Blanding, Federation of Southern Cooperatives

Sedric Brinson, Statewide Federal Credit Union

Greg Brodsky, Start.coop

Virginia Brown, NCBA CLUSA

Sam Brownell, Stratus Wealth Advisors

Jennifer Bryant, Washington Area Community Investment Fund

Juan Buchenau, World Bank

Ben Burkett, Mississippi Association of Cooperatives

Katie Carlson-Akuto, Venture 37

Lisa Cavanaugh, FCC Services

Susy Cheston, World Council of Credit Unions

Terence Courtney, Federation of Southern Cooperatives

John-Michael Cross, Environmental & Energy Study Institute

Erbin Crowell, Neighboring Food Co-op Association, Chair of NCBA CLUSA Board of Directors

Monica Davy, National Credit Union Administration

Angela Dawson, Forty Acre Co-op

Carla Decker, DC Credit Union

Kiera Derman, NCBA CLUSA

Everett M. Dobrinski, CoBank

Francisco Donoso, NCBA CLUSA

Andrea Dunathan, Dunathan Consulting

Nikki Duncan, Global Communities

Rebecca Fisher-McGinty, Round Sky Solutions

Robert Flick, Independent Consultant and Farmer

Omar Freilla, Green Worker Cooperatives

Félix E. Gardón, The Training Collective, NYCNoWC and Caracol Language Co-op

Diane Gasaway, Northwest Cooperative Development Center

Lindsay Gaskins, CCA Global Partners

Paul Giudice, CoMetrics

Neil Gladstein, International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

Jessica Gordon Nembhard, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

Ariel Guarco, International Cooperative Alliance

Luke Hahn, Hahn Financial Group

Verlyn Hahn, Hahn Financial Group

Erin Hancock, International Centre for Co-operative Management

Renee Hatcher, John Marshall School of Law

Paul Hazen, Overseas Cooperative Development Council

Chad Helminak, National Credit Union Foundation

Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Business School

Judith A. Hermanson, Overseas Cooperative Development Council

Leslie Hilton, FCC Services

John Holdsclaw, National Cooperative Bank

Ashley Holst, Global Communities

Dominic Hosack, EarthBound Building Cooperative

Ann Hoyt, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Carmen Huertas-Noble, CUNY School of Law

Dr. Mark Huth, Group Health Cooperative

Oscar Inocente, NCBA CLUSA

Tom Ivy, DotCoop Enterprises

Esteban Kelly, U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives

Camille Kerr, Upside Down Consulting

Jazmine Kilpatrick, Local Government FCU

Kate Latour, NCBA CLUSA

Lauress Lawrence, Sewell Foundation

Nick Leiter, UPROOT Homes

Daniel Little, Round Sky Solutions

Patrice Lockert Anthony, Black Label Consulting and Coaching

Leah Marie Lucas, Overseas Cooperative Development Council

Rebecca Lurie, CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies

Thukela Mashologu, GENEX

Jessica Mason, Start.coop

Tracy McIntyre, Montana Cooperative Development Center

Jamila Medley, Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance

Fernando Mercado, NRECA International

Michael Mercer, Georgia Credit Union Affiliates

Karen Miner, International Centre for Cooperative Management

Nadejda Mocanu, Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture

Meegan Moriarty, USDA Rural Development-Cooperative Service

Sarah Murungi, HealthPartners

Sonja Novkovic, International Centre for Cooperative Management

Jill Nowacki, Humanidei

Isaac Nyamongo, Co-operative University of Kenya

Doug O'Brien, NCBA CLUSA

Carrie O’Dell, Group Health Cooperative

George Ombado, ACCOSCA

Kari Onyancha, Venture 37

Hazelmae Overturf, BECU

Olga Oyier, Global Communities

Michelle Padilla, FCC Services

Marea Pappas, U.S. Agency for International Development

Kellen Parrish, Partners of the Americas

Neha Patel, National Co+op Grocers

Camila Piñeiro, NCBA CLUSA

Alison Powers, Capital Impact Partners

Monica Armster Rainge, Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund

Matthew Rhody, GENEX

Austin Robey, Ampled

Evania Robles, U.S. Agency for International Development

Angela Russell, CUNA Mutual Group

Arthur Sabiti, Cooperative Development Institute

Elizabeth Salazar, NCBA CLUSA

Samira Salem, Credit Union National Association

Renée Sattiewhite, African-American Credit Union Coalition

Gina Schaefer, A Few Cool Hardware Stores

Charity Schmidt, UW Center for Cooperatives

Nathan Schneider, University of Colorado-Boulder

Alex Serrano, NCBA CLUSA

Liege Siqueira, Sicredi Campos Gerais PR/SP

Maurice R. Smith, Local Government Federal Credit Union

Sarah Speare, Tootie's Tempeh

Greg Starheim, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation

Cathy Statz, Wisconsin Farmers Union

Douglas Steinberg, NCBA CLUSA

Alex Stone, CooperationWorks!

StaceyUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Faye Tate, CoBank

Brett Theodos, Urban Institute

Thaleon Tremain, Pachamama Coffee Cooperative

Zen Trenholm, Democracy at Work Institute

Thelonious Trimmell, ACDI/VOCA

Russell Tucker, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Emily Varga, U.S. Agency for International Development

Mario Vega, Guadalupe Credit Union

Rep. Nydia Velázquez, U.S. House of Representatives

Megan Wall, NCBA CLUSA

Lewis Weil, Money Positive

Jason Wiener, Jason Wiener | p.c.

Kristin Wilcox, Global Communities

Curtis Wynn, Roanoke Electric Cooperative

Karen Zimbelman, National Co+op Grocers

Ibon Zugasti, LKS Cooperative, Mondragon