Speakers Keynote Speakers Jeremy DeChario Position title: General Manager/CEO Syracuse Cooperative Market Jonah Fertig-Burd Position title: Owner InterRooted Anthony Goodwin Position title: Business Innovation Director National Co+op Grocers Seth Naumann Position title: Director of Operations The Merc Co+op LeAnna Nieratko Position title: General Manager/CEO Erie Food Co-op amaha sellessie Position title: Board President Gem City Market Breakout Session Speakers Jade Barker Position title: Leadership Development Consultant Columinate Brandon Bills Position title: Director, Business Development PCC Community Markets Kirstie Boyette Position title: Associate Director Cooperative Development Foundation Heather Burt Position title: General Manager Rising Tide Co-op Jamie Cermak Position title: Marketing Manager Belfast Community Co-op Amanda Charland Position title: General Manager Hanover Food Co-op Sarah Christensen Position title: General Manager/CEO Oryana Community Co-op Nick Clark Position title: Board President Hanover Food Co-op Maggie Cohn Position title: Loan and Outreach Officer Cooperative Fund of the Northeast Steve Cooke Position title: General Manager Friendly City Food Co-op Erbin Crowell Position title: Executive Director Neighboring Food Co-op Association Gabrielle Davis Position title: Racial Equity & Food Justice Manager National Co+op Grocers Eric DeLuca Position title: Board Member Hanover Food Co-op Joe Dickson Position title: Co-Founder and Head of Standards & Policy Merryfield Wynston Estis Position title: Retail Operations/Project Manager Columinate Gina Ferendo Position title: Store Service Manager Belfast Community Co-op Laura Frogameni Position title: Preschool & Partnership Coordinator Early Childhood Center at the Northampton Public Schools Audrey Griffin, CPA Position title: Finance Consultant Columinate Shari Gross Position title: Board Treasurer Erie Food Co-op LeeAnne Haglund Position title: Director of HR BriarPatch Food Co-op Allanah Hines Position title: DEI Coordinator / Chair of Board of Directors Weaver Street Market Mike Houston Position title: General Manager Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op Bonnie Hudspeth Position title: Independent Consultant Firebrand Cooperative Maria Isley Position title: Board Chair Whole Foods Co-op Doug Johnson Position title: General Manager Belfast Co-op Laura King Position title: Leadership Development Coach and Facilitator Columinate Anthony Lang Position title: Board Director Community Mercantile Cassidy Limberg Position title: Assistant Store Operations Manager BriarPatch Food Co-op Susan Livingston Position title: VP, Marketing + Purpose PCC Community Markets Mary Lougee Position title: Director of People and Culture Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society Lisa Malmarowski Position title: Marketing and Retail Operations Consultant Columinate Sam McCormick Position title: General Manager Assabet Cooperative Market Jamila Medley Position title: Organizational Development and Leadership Consultant Columinate Pam Mehnert Position title: GM Mentor and Coach Columinate James Morrell Position title: Operations, Leadership, and Team Solutions Columinate Seth Naumann Position title: Director of Operations The Merc Co+op LeAnna Nieratko Position title: General Manager/CEO Erie Food Co-op Doug O'Brien Position title: President and CEO NCBA CLUSA Michelle O'Connor Position title: Principal Moxie Consulting Bruce Phlegar Position title: CEO/GM Roanoke Co+op Rochelle Prunty Position title: General Manager River Valley Food Co-op Mike Runco Position title: Store and Staff Development Manager Rising Tide Co-op Danielle Scallin Position title: Training Coordinator BriarPatch Food Co-op Melinda Schab Position title: General Manager Moscow Food Co-op Amber Schlater Position title: Board Secretary Whole Foods Co-op Jenny Silverman Position title: Board Treasurer Dorchester Food Cooperative Mark Sprauge Position title: Board Director Community Mercantile Leigha Staffenhagen Position title: Community Marketing Manager Skagit Valley Food Co-op Kristina Sweet Position title: Board President City Market Onion River Co-op John Tashiro Position title: General Manager City Market Onion River Co-op Mark Thorne Position title: Board President Moscow Food Co-op Rebecca Torpie Position title: Director of Marketing BriarPatch Food Co-op Michael Walter Position title: Store Operations Manager Belfast Community Co-op Wendy Walter Position title: Human Development Manager Oryana Community Co-op Jeanie Wells Position title: Retail Trainer and Leadership Consultant Columinate Mike Wenrick Position title: Director, Purpose PCC Community Markets Sam Werbel Position title: Vice President City Market Onion River Co-op Tony White Position title: General Manager Skagit Valley Food Co-op
