2020 Cooperative Issues Forum
The Cooperative Issues Forum highlights the vital issues of the day. Held in conjunction with the Cooperative Hall of Fame, the Issues Forum features cooperative leaders and thinkers.
2020 Cooperative Issues Forum
Thursday, October 8, 2020
3:45pm - 5:00pm
Marriott Metro Center
775 12th St NW
Washington, DC 20005
2020 Cooperative Issues Forum
TBD
Webinar
Setting the Co-op Policy Agenda
Keynote Presentations
Brett Theodos, Senior Fellow and Director of the Community Economic Development Hub, Urban Institute
Leiha Edmonds, Research Analyst, Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, Urban Institute
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Brett Theodos and Leiha Edmonds
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Panel TBD
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Grand Ballroom
2020 Hall of Fame Inductees Panel
A casual conversation with the 2020 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees about their lives and careers in cooperatives. The behind the scenes stories untold in the induction videos.
Moderator:
Doug O'Brien, President & CEO, NCBA CLUSA
Panelists:
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Ben Burkett, State Coordinator, Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
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Everett M. Dobrinski, former Board Chair, CoBank
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Carmen Huertas-Noble, Professor, City University of New York School of Law
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Michael Mercer, former CEO, Georgia Credit Union Affiliates