Sokchiveneath Taing Chhoan
Sokchiveneath holds the position of Socio-Economic Development Senior Manager and sits on the Management Committee at Fédération des Coopératives du Nouveau-Québec (Ilagiisaq – FCNQ) from 2011 to 2020, where he has held several positions over the past 31 years. His first mandate as Senior Manager was to create the Nunavik financial services cooperative, banking services […]
Thomas Bauwens
Dr. Thomas Bauwens is an Assistant Professor researching collective action for sustainability at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He is specialized in sustainability and energy issues with a pronounced interest in multi-disciplinarity. His research concerns the conditions conducive to the creation of effective collective solutions to the social, economic, and environmental grand challenges of our times. […]
LuAnn Werner
LuAnn Werner is an international development professional serving as the Deputy Executive Director of the US Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC). This is a member-based organization serving 10 cooperative development organizations (CDOs). An enthusiastic networker, she is passionate about using her cooperative knowledge and management skills to promote effective international cooperative development. With OCDC she led […]
Howard Brodsky
Howard Brodsky is a world leader of co-operatives and recipient of the 2019 Rochdale Pioneer Award is a prolific American entrepreneur. In 1984 he cofounded CCA Global Partners, and has been its Chairman and Chief Executive for the past 34 years. During that time, he built the organization into one of the largest retail companies […]
Hazel Corcoran
Hazel Corcoran is the Executive Director of the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (CWCF), and she has been in all aspects of worker co-op development and support for more than 30 years. A trained lawyer, Hazel has served the co-operative movement in a variety of capacities, including as Director of the national francophone apex organization as […]
Igor Calzada
Dr Igor Calzada is Principal Investigator/Research Fellow/Associate Professor at Ikerbasque, University of the Basque Country, and Cardiff University (WISERD – Civil Society ESRC) since 2021. He holds Fulbright Award (US-UK Commission) having worked in California around Data Cooperatives, AI, and DAOs with Stanford University. He has worked for more than 20 years as Senior Researcher/Scientist/Advisor […]
Luc Rabouin
Luc Rabouin became mayor of Plateau-Mont-Royal borough in October, 2019. The same year in December, he was appointed executive committee member responsible for economic, commercial and design development. Upon his re-election, in November, 2021, he remained mayor of his borough and was appointed executive committee member responsible for economic, commercial, knowledge, innovation and design development. […]
Janielle Maxwell
Janielle is a passionate advocate for racial empowerment, equity, and the role of co-operative economics therein. She has been serving as the Project Coordinator for the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation’s (CWCF) Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion (JEDDI) Business Conversion Project since September 2022, and is also a Master’s candidate; pursuing her degree with a […]
J. Benoit Caron
Benoit Caron has accumulated nearly 35 years of experience in business development and management, with almost 30 years specifically focused on cooperative development. He is widely recognized for his involvement and expertise in creating and fostering cooperatives that address economic and social needs while emphasizing their consolidation. Benoit has played a significant role in the […]
Philippe Labrecque
Philippe Labrecque is an independent researcher studying the digital economy. He focuses on innovations, such as data cooperatives and data dignity, that have the potential to alleviate the social and economic inequalities generated by today’s digital technologies. Philippe has worked with data unions and Web3 companies and is now a development officer at the Social Economy […]