Cathy Statz
Cathy Statz is Education Director of the Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU), headquartered in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. She coordinates a variety of cooperative education programs for Farmers Union members, their children and the general public, including the WFU Summer Camp Program at Kamp Kenwood, and the National Farmers Union College Conference on Cooperatives. Cathy grew up […]
Megan Marcoux
Megan has worked in the field of post-secondary education (PSE) for nearly 15 years and believes that the education system can play a powerful role in fostering inclusion, innovation, and social change. In 2017-18 she engaged as a fellow in the Jean Sauvé Foundation’s two-year Public Leadership Program, and since 2020 has served as Concordia’s Project Lead […]
Lymarie Nieves
Lymarie Nieves Plaza is a Marketing Manager & Cooperative Former Educator. With more thantwenty years working under the cooperative model, it has always been aimed at social responsibilityand community work. Her legacy is attached to the project with the ARIGOS Multiple ServicesCooperative, incarcerated mens of the Guayama Penal Institution 945; where she served asspokesperson, adviser […]
HANNAH SCOTT
Hannah Scott joined the ACE Board of Directors in 2019.- Hannah Scott is the Program Manager for the CFAES Center for Cooperatives where she leads the creation and implementation of programs and technical assistance to foster cooperative business and education in Ohio, West Virginia, and beyond. Hannah is especially passionate about cooperative opportunities in agriculture, […]
Emily Nail
Emily Nail is Executive Director for the Cooperative Council of North Carolina. As Executive Director, Emily administers executive planning, administration, communications, education, and marketing. Since assuming the position in 2015 she has worked to enhance the programs, membership and get the cooperative movement networking. Among the programs she directs are the Council’s summer Cooperative Leadership […]
Audra Krueger
Audra Krueger is the Executive Director of Co-operatives First, a non-profit organization promoting the co-operative model in rural and Indigenous communities across western Canada. Before joining Co-operatives First, Ms. Krueger was Research Liaison at the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for the Study of Co-operatives. She is former vice-chair of Good Food Junction Co-operative, first director […]
Andréa Renaud
Andréa Renaud was elected President of ACE in 2017 at the beginning of her first term as a director. She is a Cooperative Affairs Advisor at La Coop fédérée. Andréa trains employees and members about cooperation and supports them to encourage a better representation of women on boards of directors. She has ten years of […]
Pascal Billard
Pascal Billard obtained his bachelor’s degree in agronomic sciences, with a specialization in business management in France. Having worked on three continents (Africa, Europe, North America), he has participated in the design and management of numerous projects aimed at sustainable development in the agri-food and environmental sectors. He is President and CEO of SOL-AIR Consultants, […]
Kate Latour
Kate LaTour is Senior Manager for Government Affairs where she represents CoBank before Congress and the Administration. In this role, she also supports CoBank’s corporate social responsibility programs primarily focused on cooperatives, food systems and rural prosperity. Previously, Kate was the Director of Government Relations for the National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International where she led […]
Natalie Kallio
Natalie Kallio (she/her) joined the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan as Professional Research Associate in summer 2022, after managing community-engaged collaborative research projects based out the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Unit (SPHERU) for three years. Natalie is an advocate for the kind of community-based engagement that is at […]