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CALIFORNIA

Lois Arkin, Executive Director
LOS ANGELES ECO-VILLAGE / CRSP INSTITUTE FOR URBAN ECOVILLAGES
117 Bimini Place #221
Los Angeles CA 90004
Phone: 213-738-1254
Email: crsp@igc.org

Kim Coontz
CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR COOPERATIVES
979 F Street, Suite A-1
Davis, CA 95616
530-297-1032
info@cccd.coop
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Loren Rodgers
NATIONAL EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP CENTER
1736 Franklin St., 8th Fl
Oakland, CA 94612
510-208-1307
www.nceo.org
LRodgers@nceo.org

INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIA (IDEPSCA)
1565 W. 14th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone: (213) 252-2952
idepsca@idepsca.org
http://idepsca.org/programs
This organization uses popular education techniques to inform constituents, and has organized several worker co-ops. Currently United Steel Workers in southern California is working with them to form a mobile, worker-owned carwash.

ARIZMENDI ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 204
Oakland, CA 94612
(415) 683-3335 phone
aac@arizmendi.coop
About the Arizmendi Association | Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives

LA WORCS 

Worker Ownership Resources and Cooperative Services
WORCS: Worker Ownership Resources and Cooperative Services

COLORADO

Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center

Denver, CO
Dick Peterson

dpeterson@rmeoc.org
303-919-1356
Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center | The Power Of Cooperation

IDAHO

John McNamara, Diane Gasaway, Luis Sierra, Deborah Craig
NORTHWEST COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
PO BOX 256
Olympia, WA 98507
info@nwcdc.coop

360-915-4243

ILLINOIS

Dennis Kelleher
CENTER FOR WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY
3411 West Diversey, Suite 10
Chicago, Illinois 60647
dennisk@workerdemocracy.org
815-243-0309
info@workerdemocracy.org

MASSACHUSETTS

Christopher Mackin 
OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATES, INC.17 Story StreetCambridge, MA 02138cm@ownershipassociates.com
Tel.: 617-868-4600Cell: 617-388-0650www.ownershipassociates.com

Jim Megson
24 Coolidge Road
Arlington, MA 02476
339-368-0366
megson.jim@gmail.com
References upon request. Finance.

Newell Lessell ICA GROUP1330 Beacon Street #355Brookline, MA 02446617-232-8765nlessell@ica-group.orgwww.ica-group.orgPeter Pitigoff, legal. Jen Silverman.

MICHIGAN

Deb Olson
Center for Community-Based Enterprise
Detroit, MI
(313) 331-7821
dgo@esoplaw.org
Legal, ESOP, worker co-op

NEW YORK

Mike Locker, Bob Locker
LOCKER ASSOCIATES
225 Broadway, Suite 2625
New York, NY 10007
212-962-2980
www.lockerassociates.com
lockerassociates@yahoo.com

Brendan Martin
WORKING WORLD USA
228 Park Ave S #27395
New York, NY 10003
646-257-4144
brendan@theworkingworld.org

OKLAHOMA

Bob Waldrop
OKLAHOMA WORKER CO-OP NETWORK
Tulsa, OK
bwaldrop@cox.net
Legal support

OREGON

John McNamara, Diane Gasaway, Luis Sierra, Deborah Craig
NORTHWEST COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
PO BOX 256
Olympia, WA 98507
info@nwcdc.coop

360-915-4243

TEXAS

Carlos Perez de Alejo, Nicole “Nikki” Marin Baena
COOPERATION TEXAS
5604 Manor Rd.
Austin, TX 78723
info@cooperationtexas.coop
512-394-8648

WASHINGTON

John McNamara, Diane Gasaway, Luis Sierra, Deborah Craig
NORTHWEST COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
PO BOX 256
Olympia, WA 98507
info@nwcdc.coop

360-915-4243