NWCDC Start Date: April 20, 2014
Starting Position: Cooperative Development Specialist
Current Position: Co-Director
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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.

• 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

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

• Orca Books Cooperative
• Washington Employee Ownership Center Steering Committee
• Washington Employee Ownership Commission
• USFWC Union-Coop Council
• USFWC Policy and Advocacy Council

• 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