Author

Lazri DiSalvo is a doctoral student and instructor in the political science department at the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on co-operative development in post-conflict regions in the world, including Nicaragua, East Timor, and Rwanda.

Jessie Myszka is a DAWN-certified Peer Advisor and has been a worker owner at Equal Exchange since 1996. Participating with DAWN’s pilot with Kiva Zip has been a great way to combine her background in Sales (seven years) and Operations (nine years), serving on the board at a consumer grocery cooperative, and volunteering locally with community development for small businesses.
 

Adam Trott is Director of Member Relations at Shared Capital Cooperative, and Executive Director of the Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives. He has a Masters in Management of Co-operatives and Credit Unions from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Contact him at adam@valleyworker.coop.

Micha Josephy is CFNE's Program Manager, with varied responsibilities, including grant writing, communications and networking. He first joined the co-op movement as a member of the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, in Oberlin, OH, and later coordinated the development of Boston Community Cooperative’s first housing development, Seed Pod Co-op, in Dorchester, MA.

Esteban Kelly is the Development Director at the New Economics Institute. He has been an important leader in food justice and co-op movements, including recently through his work at Mariposa Food Co-op, and as a board member of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, NCBA–CLUSA, and NASCO, where he was recently Board President, and was inducted into their Cooperative Hall of Fame in 2011. He is a founding member of AORTA (the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance), a worker co-op of consultants serving co-ops and social justice organizations. Esteban is a facilitator, parent, nerd, and blogger, who holds a Masters in Anthropology from the CUNY Graduate Center.