The People Have Spoken. USFWC: Meet Your New Board Members.

A yellow graphic with five headshot photos of board members of the united states federation of worker cooperatives. Each person smiles at the camera or holds a microphone and stars surround their names: Ricardo Nuñez, Denise Hernandez, Ellen vera, Mavery Davis, Alan Luis Ramirez. Text that also reads Board Election Results.

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Welcome to the newly-elected USFWC At-Large Representatives!

You voted in the 2023 USFWC Board Elections and the USFWC Board has certified the results. Now it gives us great pleasure to announce the elected At-Large Representatives to the USFWC Board of Directors.

MAVERY DAVIS

  • Workplace: New Economy Works WV, Seed Commons
  • Member class: Cooperative Developer

DENISE HERNANDEZ

  • Workplace: Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA)
  • Member class: Worker Cooperative

RICARDO NUÑEZ

  • Workplace: Sustainable Economies Law Center
  • Member class: Democratic Workplace

ALAN LUIS RAMIREZ

  • Workplace: PODER Emma
  • Member class: Cooperative Developer

ELLEN VERA

  • Workplace: Co-op Cincy
  • Member class: Federation Partner

 

Get to Know Your Board

A yellow graphic with five headshot photos of board members of the united states federation of worker cooperatives pointing to a map of the united states that shows where each person´s organization is from. Each person smiles at the camera or holds a microphone and stars surround their names: Ricardo Nuñez, Denise Hernandez, Ellen vera, Mavery Davis, Alan Luis Ramirez. Text that also reads Board Election Results.

Mavery, Denise and Ricardo currently serve on the board and will return for another 2-year term. Alan Luis Ramirez and Ellen Vera were newly elected and will serve for the first time. Their terms will begin at the conclusion of our November board meeting.

If you haven’t yet, get to know the new board members by reading their candidate statements here.

Rounding out the Board for its 2023-2024 term are Kimberly Britt of Chicago’s ChiFresh Kitchen, Beatriz Ordaz of Voces de Nashville, Dominique Pearson of Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, and Diana Perez of Radiate Consulting NY.

Leaving the board at the end of this term are Emmanuel Pardilla of NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives and Lucha Luisa Silva of E-Quality Homecare Co-op. Both at-large representatives decided not to seek re-election. We are grateful for their service on the board.

An Enthusiastic Election

This election had a record number of candidates and one of the highest voter turnout of any USFWC Board election. It is an incredible honor that 16 candidates took time out of running businesses and organizing their communities to take a step toward leading their national organization.

Whether you ran for a seat or wanted to but missed the deadline, we invite you to get involved in the strategic direction of your federation by joining one of our Member Councils.

Congratulations and welcome to the USFWC Board!

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