Speakers
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Jerome Warren, a German-American political economist and current postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cologne, will deliver the keynote address on co-operatively building a better world.
Dave Abbot, VP, Terra Firma Building and Remodeling Co-op
John Dally, Former Owner, Cooperative Veterinary Care Vet Care
Kathy Draeger, Board Director, Agralite Rural Electric Coop
Chad Friese, General Manager and CEO, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Cooperative
Gretchen Hacquard, International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)
Erik Hatlestad, CURE
Heidi Hoff, Meatsmith Co-op
Christina Jennings, Shared Capital Cooperative
Nancy Johnson
Jac Kovarik, Organizing Committee Member, Paper Moon Childcare Cooperative
Erin Laverdure, Co-Founder and Board Member, Energy Capital Cooperative Childcare
Christina Nicholson, Cooperative Developer, Worker Ownership Initiative, Shared Ownership Center at Nexus Community Partners
Ryan Pesch, Co-Founder, Mana Food Co-op
Diane Prickett, Minnesota Lifestyle Solutions
Former Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Chair, World’s Fair Fund
State Senator Aric Putnam, Minnesota
Cathy Statz, Cooperative Outreach Specialist, National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA CLUSA)
Maria Steen, CAPLP Child Care Connections Director
Justin Stofferahn, Antimonopoly Director, Minnesota Farmers Union
Kelsey Love Zaavedra, Owner, Heirloomista Farm
Ashley Anderson, Loan Closer, Shared Capital Cooperative
Marie Barry, Director of Community Economic & Workforce Development, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative
Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher, Center for Rural Policy and Development
Gunnar Carlson, Riverton Community Housing
Victoria Clark-West, Northcountry Cooperative Foundation
Debra L. Hurston, Executive Director, Association for Black Economic Power and Chair, Arise Community Credit Union
Gillian Hornberger, Organizing Committee Member, Paper Moon Childcare Cooperative
Ariel Kagan, Climate and Working Lands Program Director, Minnesota Farmers Union
Dennis Johnson, Board Chair, Senior Cooperative Foundation
Brittney Kline, Advocate Care Solutions
Kirsten Kennedy, MNCEO
Katie Marty, Senior Consultant and Cooperative Director, Collectivity
Tom Lambrecht, Economic Development Director, Great River Energy
Charlie Rybak, COO, Coopertive Energy Futures
Natividad Seefeld, President, Park Plaza Cooperative
Nonkululeko “Nkuli” Shongwe, Director of Community Wealth Building, Nexus Community Partners
Electra Skrzydlewski, Director of Shared Ownership, Minnesota Consortium of Community Developers
Karen Yoshida Weldon, Evalution Coordinator, U of M Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
Leslie Watson, Northeast Investment Cooperative