====== John A. McNamara, PhD ======
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**NWCDC Start Date:** April 20, 2014\\
**Starting Position:** Cooperative Development Specialist\\
**Current Position:** Co-Director\\
[[https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnalexandermcnamara|LinkedIn Profile]]

===== Bio for Website and Grant Applications =====

John joined NWCDC in the Spring of 2014. John has 26 years of practical experience in the worker cooperative world with Union Cab of Madison.  John holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and a Masters in Management: Cooperative and Credit Unions from Saint Mary’s University (Halifax) and now teaches in the Master’s program as part-time faculty.  John participated in the development of the Co-op Index Tool and has taught at The Evergreen State College and Presidio Graduate School. He co-edited a collection of essays titled Co-operatives for Sustainable Communities (2015) with a chapter on Social Auditing and wrote a chapter in Humanistic Governance in Democratic Organizations (2022). John serves on the Board of Directors for CooperationWorks!, is Chair of the Union-Coops Council of the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, and is on the Steering Committee for the Oregon New Economy Project. As Co-Director, John heads up the Education and General Cooperative Development programs along with the communications and networking teams for NWCDC.

===== Cooperative Experience =====

  * Union Cab of Madison Cooperative 1988-2014
  * Democracy at Work Network 2010-2015
  * O BEE Credit Union, current
  * Olympia Credit Union, current
  * Orca Books Cooperative, current
  * Blue Heron Community Co-op, current
  * Olympia Food Cooperative, current
  * Raven's Wing Magical Co-op, current

===== Education: =====
 

^Degree ^Field ^Institution ^Date Graduated ^
|Bachelor of Arts |English Lit/History|UW Madison| 1989|
|Masters in Management| Co-operatives and Credit Unions| Saint Mary's University| 2010|
|PhD| Business Administration |Saint Mary's University | 2019 |

===== Publications: =====

  * //Co-operatives for Sustainable Communities// (2015) with a chapter on Social Auditing 
  * //Humanistic Governance in Democratic Organizations// (2022). 

===== Current Boards and Committees: =====

  * Orca Books Cooperative
  * [[https://www.employeeownershipwa.org|Washington Employee Ownership Center Steering Committee]]
  * [[https://governor.wa.gov/boards-commissions/board-commission-profiles/Washington%20Employee%20Ownership%20Commission#:~:text=The%20Washington%20employee%20ownership%20commission,within%20the%20Department%20of%20Commerce.| Washington Employee Ownership Commission]]
  * USFWC Union-Coop Council
  * USFWC Policy and Advocacy Council

===== Previous Boards: =====
 
  * Blue Heron Community Cooperative
  * CooperationWorks!
  * US Federation of Worker Cooperatives
  * Union Cab of Madison Cooperative
  * Cantwell Court Condominium Association
  * Memorial Union Labor Organization Steward Council

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