John McNamara

I have been in the co-op community for over three decades. I spent most of that time at Union Cab of Madison Cooperative as a worker-owner. Since 2014, I have been helping other start or improve cooperative for the Northwest Cooperative Development Center. I have a Ph.D. in Business Administration (management) and a Master in Management: Co-operatives and Credit Unions from Saint Mary's University. I teach on co-ops and democratic management during the summer at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA when they let me. I am especially interested in sociocracy and creating management tools native to cooperative values and principles.