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.

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Dave Abbot, VP, Terra Firma Building and Remodeling Co-op

Margaret Bau, Former USDA Cooperative Developer

Gunnar Carlson, Riverton Community Housing

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

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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

April Prusia, Meatsmith Co-op

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
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Kelsey Love Zaavedra, Owner, Heirloomista Farm

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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

Victoria Clark-West, Northcountry Cooperative Foundation

Dr. Gabe Chan, University of Minnesota

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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

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Charlie Rybak, COO, Coopertive Energy Futures

Natividad Seefeld, President, Park Plaza Cooperative

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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